Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • alchemy
  • allay
  • allele
  • alley
  • ally
  • amyl
  • call
  • calla
  • calm
  • calmly
  • camel
  • cell
  • challah
  • clam
  • clammy
  • clay
  • clayey
  • cycle
  • eely
  • halal
  • hale
  • hall
  • heal
  • heel
  • hell
  • helm
  • lace
  • lacy
  • lama
  • lame
  • lamely
  • leach
  • lech
  • leech
  • lemma
  • llama
  • lychee
  • male
  • mall
  • mammal
  • meal
  • mealy
  • melee
  • yell


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 146

Number of Answers: 44

Points Needed for Genius: 102

Genius requires between 17 and 39 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 77% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • August 17, 2023 (Center Letter: C)
  • July 12, 2022 (Center Letter: A)
  • May 13, 2021 (Center Letter: M)
  • October 17, 2020 (Center Letter: H)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 146 was in the 39th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on December 13, 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 December 15, 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 189
    • loll 180
    • toot 173
    • naan 165
    • nana 165
    • lilt 130
    • till 130
    • tilt 130
    • tint 126
    • mama 121
    • mamma 121
    • nene 119
    • acacia 115
    • acai 115
    • onto 114
    • toon 114
    • anal 110
    • onion 109
    • anon 107
    • boob 106
    • booboo 106
    • olio 103
    • papa 102
    • baba 101
    • lull 101
    • lulu 101
    • poop 101
    • dodo 100
    • mitt 100
    • tact 100
    • allay 98
    • ally 98
    • call 98
    • calla 98
    • ratatat 97
    • tart 97
    • tartar 97
    • attar 96
    • tatty 96
    • tutu 96
    • cocci 95
    • tattoo 95
    • ammo 94
    • epee 94
    • momma 94
    • mono 94
    • moon 94
    • peep 94
    • loon 91
    • roar 91


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • acyl
    • alae
    • alchymy
    • alec
    • alee
    • allee
    • allheal
    • allyl
    • alma
    • almah
    • alme
    • almeh
    • caecal
    • caecally
    • caleche
    • callee
    • calyceal
    • calycle
    • cecal
    • cecally
    • cella
    • cellae
    • chalah
    • chaleh
    • challa
    • chally
    • chela
    • chelae
    • chyle
    • clach
    • echelle
    • elmy
    • haemal
    • halacha
    • halala
    • halalah
    • hallah
    • hallal
    • hallel
    • halm
    • halma
    • hamal
    • hammal
    • hemal
    • hyla
    • lacey
    • lahal
    • lall
    • lamella
    • lamellae
    • leachy
    • leal
    • leally
    • lycea
    • lycee
    • lych
    • macle
    • malacca
    • mallee
    • malm
    • malmy
    • mell
    • mycele
    • ylem

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