Thursday, October 24, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • diddling
  • digging
  • dildo
  • dill
  • ding
  • dinging
  • dingo
  • dining
  • dino
  • diploid
  • dipping
  • dodging
  • dodo
  • dogging
  • doggo
  • doing
  • doling
  • doll
  • dolling
  • dollop
  • dolloping
  • dong
  • donning
  • doodling
  • doping
  • gild
  • gilding
  • gliding
  • gold
  • good
  • idling
  • idol
  • indigo
  • lipid
  • lodging
  • nodding
  • noodling
  • opioid
  • piddling
  • pidgin
  • plod
  • plodding
  • pond


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 232

Number of Answers: 43

Points Needed for Genius: 162

Genius requires between 21 and 36 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 232 was in the 78th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 22, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 43 possible answers rank it in the 62nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on October 22, 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 185
  • loll 177
  • toot 167
  • naan 162
  • nana 162
  • lilt 130
  • till 130
  • tilt 130
  • tint 123
  • mama 116
  • mamma 116
  • nene 113
  • acacia 111
  • acai 111
  • onto 111
  • toon 111
  • anal 107
  • onion 107
  • boob 106
  • booboo 106
  • anon 104
  • olio 103
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • baba 99
  • papa 99
  • dodo 98
  • poop 98
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • mitt 96
  • ratatat 96
  • tart 96
  • tartar 96
  • allay 95
  • ally 95
  • attar 95
  • cocci 95
  • tatty 95
  • mono 93
  • moon 93
  • tact 93
  • epee 91
  • loon 91
  • peep 91
  • tattoo 91
  • tutu 91
  • nanny 90
  • ammo 89
  • array 89


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • dido
  • dindling
  • dingdong
  • dingdonging
  • dinning
  • diol
  • diplopod
  • doggoning
  • donging
  • doodoo
  • godding
  • godling
  • indign
  • indigoid
  • indol
  • iodid
  • iodin
  • lidding
  • lido
  • lipoid
  • loid
  • loiding
  • nidi
  • niding
  • noddling
  • nodi
  • noodging
  • oidioid
  • pindling
  • podding
  • poind
  • poinding
  • ponding
  • pongid
  • pood

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