Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cede
  • ceded
  • cell
  • celled
  • cello
  • clock
  • clocked
  • clod
  • cock
  • cocked
  • cockle
  • coddle
  • coddled
  • code
  • coded
  • coed
  • coke
  • cold
  • coldcock
  • coldcocked
  • cooed
  • cook
  • cooked
  • cool
  • cooled
  • cowed
  • cowl
  • deck
  • decked
  • deckle
  • deco
  • decode
  • decoded
  • dock
  • docked
  • lock
  • locked
  • loco
  • locoweed
  • wedlock
  • woodcock


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 181

Number of Answers: 41

Points Needed for Genius: 127

Genius requires between 18 and 36 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.

Other days with this pangram:

  • April 13, 2023 (Center Letter: W)
  • May 13, 2022 (Center Letter: K)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 181 was in the 57th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on January 6, 2025.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 41 possible answers rank it in the 56th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on January 6, 2025.
    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 181
    • toot 176
    • naan 166
    • nana 166
    • lilt 130
    • till 130
    • tilt 130
    • tint 128
    • mama 123
    • mamma 123
    • nene 121
    • acacia 115
    • acai 115
    • onto 115
    • toon 115
    • anal 110
    • onion 110
    • anon 107
    • boob 107
    • booboo 107
    • olio 104
    • baba 102
    • papa 102
    • lull 101
    • lulu 101
    • mitt 101
    • poop 101
    • tact 101
    • dodo 100
    • allay 99
    • ally 99
    • call 99
    • calla 99
    • ratatat 99
    • tart 99
    • tartar 99
    • attar 98
    • tattoo 97
    • tatty 97
    • tutu 97
    • cocci 96
    • mono 96
    • moon 96
    • ammo 95
    • momma 95
    • epee 94
    • peep 94
    • loon 91
    • nanny 91


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • cleek
    • cleeked
    • clew
    • clewed
    • cockled
    • coco
    • codded
    • codec
    • coked
    • cole
    • coled
    • coocoo
    • cooee
    • cooeed
    • cowled
    • deckel
    • dolce
    • keck
    • kecked
    • keckle
    • keckled
    • locoed

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