Thursday, November 7, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • acetate
  • actuate
  • acute
  • attach
  • attache
  • cachet
  • catch
  • chat
  • chateau
  • chateaux
  • cheat
  • cheetah
  • chute
  • cute
  • etch
  • exact
  • exacta
  • execute
  • hatch
  • hatchet
  • hate
  • hath
  • hatha
  • haute
  • heat
  • heath
  • hutch
  • tacet
  • tach
  • tact
  • taut
  • taxa
  • teach
  • teat
  • tech
  • teeth
  • teethe
  • text
  • that
  • thatch
  • thee
  • theta
  • tutee
  • tutu


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 185

Number of Answers: 44

Points Needed for Genius: 130

Genius requires between 21 and 38 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 185 was in the 60th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on November 3, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 44 possible answers rank it in the 64th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on November 3, 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 179
  • toot 169
  • naan 163
  • nana 163
  • lilt 130
  • till 130
  • tilt 130
  • tint 123
  • mama 119
  • mamma 119
  • acacia 113
  • acai 113
  • nene 113
  • onto 111
  • toon 111
  • anal 108
  • onion 107
  • boob 106
  • booboo 106
  • anon 105
  • olio 103
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • papa 100
  • baba 99
  • dodo 98
  • poop 98
  • allay 97
  • ally 97
  • mitt 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • ratatat 96
  • tart 96
  • tartar 96
  • attar 95
  • cocci 95
  • tact 95
  • tatty 95
  • mono 93
  • moon 93
  • epee 92
  • peep 92
  • tattoo 92
  • tutu 92
  • ammo 91
  • loon 91
  • momma 91
  • nanny 90


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • aceta
  • acta
  • acuate
  • cate
  • catechu
  • cathect
  • cete
  • chaeta
  • chaetae
  • chetah
  • cheth
  • cutch
  • eath
  • echt
  • haet
  • haut
  • heth
  • tace
  • tache
  • tate
  • tathata
  • tecta
  • teth
  • teuch
  • thae
  • theca
  • thecae
  • thecate

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