Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cent
  • efficient
  • entente
  • entice
  • even
  • event
  • evince
  • feint
  • fence
  • fifteen
  • fine
  • finite
  • incentive
  • incite
  • ineffective
  • inefficient
  • infect
  • infective
  • infinite
  • infinitive
  • innie
  • intent
  • invective
  • invent
  • inventive
  • invite
  • invitee
  • nene
  • nice
  • niece
  • nine
  • nineteen
  • nite
  • teen
  • tenet
  • tent
  • tinct
  • tine
  • tint
  • vein
  • vent
  • vine


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 225

Number of Answers: 42

Points Needed for Genius: 158

Genius requires between 18 and 37 words. You need at least a 9-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 83% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • January 2, 2023 (Center Letter: C)
  • August 19, 2021 (Center Letter: T)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 225 was in the 76th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on December 7, 2024.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 42 possible answers rank it in the 59th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on December 8, 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 9-letter word for genius. The last time that happened was on DATE.



    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 188
    • loll 180
    • toot 172
    • naan 165
    • nana 165
    • lilt 130
    • till 130
    • tilt 130
    • tint 126
    • mama 121
    • mamma 121
    • nene 119
    • acacia 115
    • acai 115
    • onto 113
    • toon 113
    • anal 110
    • onion 108
    • anon 106
    • boob 106
    • booboo 106
    • olio 103
    • papa 102
    • baba 101
    • lull 101
    • lulu 101
    • dodo 100
    • mitt 100
    • poop 100
    • tact 99
    • allay 97
    • ally 97
    • call 97
    • calla 97
    • ratatat 96
    • tart 96
    • tartar 96
    • attar 95
    • cocci 95
    • tatty 95
    • tutu 95
    • tattoo 94
    • ammo 93
    • epee 93
    • momma 93
    • mono 93
    • moon 93
    • peep 93
    • loon 91
    • roar 91


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • cine
    • enceinte
    • eventive
    • evincive
    • fennec
    • ficin
    • incent
    • inti
    • intine
    • neif
    • nett
    • neve
    • nevi
    • niente
    • nieve
    • niff
    • tein
    • tenne
    • tentie
    • tiffin
    • venene
    • venin
    • venine
    • vinic

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