Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • ammo
  • armor
  • aroma
  • atom
  • imam
  • imitator
  • maim
  • mama
  • mamma
  • marm
  • marmot
  • mart
  • mirror
  • mitt
  • moat
  • momma
  • moor
  • moot
  • moratoria
  • mortar
  • motivator
  • motor
  • motto
  • omit
  • roam
  • room
  • tamari
  • tatami
  • tomato
  • tomtit
  • tram
  • trim
  • vomit
  • vroom


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 131

Number of Answers: 34

Points Needed for Genius: 92

Genius requires between 14 and 30 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 80% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 131 was in the 32nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on August 9, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 34 possible answers rank it in the 39th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on August 12, 2024.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

It takes a 6-letter word for genius. This is pretty common.



Haven't I seen these letters before?

Hover over a letter to see its first and most recent appearance in the Bee!



Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are

  • noon 177
  • loll 172
  • toot 162
  • naan 158
  • nana 158
  • lilt 128
  • till 128
  • tilt 128
  • tint 119
  • mama 114
  • mamma 114
  • nene 109
  • acacia 108
  • acai 108
  • anal 105
  • onto 105
  • toon 105
  • boob 102
  • booboo 102
  • anon 101
  • onion 101
  • olio 100
  • lull 99
  • lulu 99
  • papa 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • baba 95
  • poop 95
  • mitt 94
  • allay 93
  • ally 93
  • dodo 93
  • tatty 93
  • ratatat 91
  • tact 91
  • tart 91
  • tartar 91
  • attar 90
  • nanny 90
  • cocci 89
  • loon 89
  • mono 89
  • moon 89
  • radar 89
  • tutu 89
  • tattoo 88
  • array 87
  • epee 87
  • peep 87


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

You may be wondering why these words aren't here*:

  • airtram
  • amia
  • amir
  • amort
  • amrit
  • amrita
  • atma
  • maar
  • mair
  • mammati
  • mara
  • maria
  • marram
  • matt
  • miri
  • moira
  • moirai
  • momi
  • mora
  • morro
  • mort
  • motmot
  • mott
  • rami
  • tamarao
  • tarama
  • toom
  • trimotor
  • tritoma
  • varoom
  • vomito

*Because the New York Times considers them obscure or offensive.