Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • alfalfa
  • elfin
  • fail
  • failing
  • falafel
  • fall
  • fallen
  • falling
  • fang
  • fanning
  • feel
  • feeling
  • feign
  • feigning
  • feline
  • fell
  • fella
  • felling
  • fennel
  • fief
  • fife
  • fifing
  • file
  • filial
  • filing
  • fill
  • filling
  • finagle
  • finagling
  • final
  • finale
  • fine
  • finial
  • fining
  • flag
  • flagella
  • flagging
  • flail
  • flailing
  • flan
  • flange
  • flanging
  • flannel
  • flea
  • flee
  • fleeing
  • fling
  • flinging
  • gaff
  • gaffe
  • infill
  • infilling
  • leaf
  • leafing
  • life
  • lifeline
  • naif


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 291

Number of Answers: 57

Points Needed for Genius: 204

Genius requires between 27 and 48 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 291 was in the 93rd 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 57 possible answers rank it in the 88th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on December 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 190
  • loll 180
  • toot 175
  • naan 165
  • nana 165
  • lilt 130
  • till 130
  • tilt 130
  • tint 127
  • mama 121
  • mamma 121
  • nene 120
  • acacia 115
  • acai 115
  • onto 114
  • toon 114
  • anal 110
  • onion 110
  • anon 107
  • boob 107
  • booboo 107
  • olio 103
  • baba 102
  • papa 102
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • poop 101
  • tact 101
  • dodo 100
  • mitt 100
  • allay 98
  • ally 98
  • call 98
  • calla 98
  • ratatat 98
  • tart 98
  • tartar 98
  • attar 97
  • tutu 97
  • cocci 96
  • tattoo 96
  • tatty 96
  • mono 95
  • moon 95
  • ammo 94
  • epee 94
  • momma 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*:

  • affinal
  • affine
  • alef
  • alfa
  • alif
  • effigial
  • effing
  • faena
  • faff
  • faffing
  • fagging
  • fagin
  • faille
  • fain
  • fallal
  • fane
  • fanega
  • fanga
  • feal
  • feeing
  • felafel
  • fenagle
  • fenagling
  • fening
  • fenning
  • figging
  • fila
  • fille
  • finnan
  • finning
  • flagellin
  • flanneling
  • flannelling
  • gaffing
  • ganef
  • gliff
  • infall
  • infalling
  • leafage
  • lief
  • naff
  • naffing
  • neif
  • niff
  • niffing

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