Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • alibi
  • ambling
  • baaing
  • baba
  • babbling
  • bagging
  • bagman
  • bail
  • bailing
  • baling
  • ball
  • balling
  • balm
  • banal
  • banana
  • bang
  • banging
  • banning
  • bilabial
  • bill
  • billing
  • binging
  • binning
  • blab
  • blabbing
  • blam
  • blaming
  • blin
  • bling
  • blini
  • gabbing
  • gabbling
  • gambling
  • gibing
  • glib
  • iamb
  • iambi
  • imbibing
  • labia
  • labial
  • lamb
  • limb
  • mailbag
  • mamba
  • nabbing
  • nibbling
  • nimbi


Number of Pangrams: 3

Maximum Puzzle Score: 257

Number of Answers: 47

Points Needed for Genius: 180

Genius requires between 22 and 40 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 84% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 257 was in the 86th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on August 16, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 47 possible answers rank it in the 71st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on August 16, 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 7-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 163
  • 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
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • onion 101
  • olio 100
  • papa 97
  • baba 96
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • poop 96
  • dodo 94
  • mitt 94
  • tatty 94
  • allay 93
  • ally 93
  • ratatat 92
  • tart 92
  • tartar 92
  • attar 91
  • tact 91
  • nanny 90
  • cocci 89
  • loon 89
  • mono 89
  • moon 89
  • radar 89
  • tattoo 89
  • tutu 89
  • epee 88
  • peep 88
  • array 87


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • abba
  • abigail
  • alba
  • albinal
  • alibiing
  • baal
  • baalim
  • bambini
  • bamming
  • bani
  • banian
  • baning
  • biali
  • bibb
  • bibbing
  • biggin
  • bigging
  • bilging
  • bima
  • bimini
  • binal
  • bing
  • binman
  • blag
  • blagging
  • blain
  • blamming
  • blinging
  • gabba
  • gabling
  • galabia
  • gamb
  • gamba
  • gambia
  • gangbang
  • gangbanging
  • gibbing
  • gimbal
  • gimbaling
  • gimballing
  • imbalm
  • imbalming
  • lambing
  • liblab
  • limba
  • limbi
  • limbing
  • minilab
  • nibbing

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