Monday, September 9, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • accept
  • acetate
  • affect
  • apace
  • cafe
  • cape
  • efface
  • effect
  • effete
  • epee
  • face
  • facet
  • fate
  • feat
  • feet
  • feta
  • fete
  • pace
  • pate
  • payee
  • peace
  • peat
  • peaty
  • peep
  • peppy
  • petty
  • tacet
  • taffeta
  • tape
  • teat
  • teepee
  • teff
  • tepee
  • type
  • typeface


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 127

Number of Answers: 35

Points Needed for Genius: 89

Genius requires between 14 and 31 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • March 26, 2023 (Center Letter: F)
  • October 20, 2020 (Center Letter: P)
  • August 17, 2019 (Center Letter: T)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 127 was in the 30th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on September 5, 2024.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 35 possible answers rank it in the 41st percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on September 5, 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 179
    • loll 172
    • toot 164
    • naan 159
    • nana 159
    • lilt 128
    • till 128
    • tilt 128
    • tint 121
    • mama 114
    • mamma 114
    • acacia 110
    • acai 110
    • nene 109
    • onto 106
    • toon 106
    • anal 105
    • onion 104
    • boob 103
    • booboo 103
    • anon 102
    • lull 101
    • lulu 101
    • olio 100
    • baba 98
    • papa 97
    • call 96
    • calla 96
    • mitt 96
    • poop 96
    • dodo 95
    • allay 94
    • ally 94
    • ratatat 94
    • tart 94
    • tartar 94
    • tatty 94
    • attar 93
    • cocci 92
    • tact 91
    • mono 90
    • moon 90
    • nanny 90
    • epee 89
    • loon 89
    • peep 89
    • radar 89
    • tattoo 89
    • tutu 89
    • array 87


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • acceptee
    • aceta
    • caeca
    • cate
    • catface
    • ceca
    • cepe
    • cete
    • ectype
    • epact
    • etape
    • facete
    • fyce
    • fytte
    • pacey
    • pattee
    • pectate
    • tace
    • tapeta
    • tappet
    • tate
    • tecta
    • tepa
    • tepefy
    • tyee
    • typey
    • yett

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