Saturday, January 18, 2025

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • ahead
  • ahem
  • aleph
  • alpha
  • deadhead
  • deadheaded
  • halal
  • hale
  • hall
  • hammed
  • head
  • headed
  • headlamp
  • heal
  • healed
  • heap
  • heaped
  • heed
  • heeded
  • heel
  • heeled
  • held
  • hell
  • helm
  • helmed
  • help
  • helped
  • heme
  • hemmed
  • hemp


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 121

Number of Answers: 30

Points Needed for Genius: 85

Genius requires between 12 and 27 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 80% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • March 19, 2022 (Center Letter: P)
  • July 31, 2020 (Center Letter: M)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 121 was in the 26th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on January 2, 2025.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 30 possible answers rank it in the 26th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on January 13, 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 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 190
    • loll 181
    • toot 176
    • naan 167
    • nana 167
    • lilt 132
    • till 132
    • tilt 132
    • tint 130
    • mama 123
    • mamma 123
    • nene 123
    • acacia 115
    • acai 115
    • onto 115
    • toon 115
    • anal 111
    • onion 110
    • boob 108
    • booboo 108
    • anon 107
    • baba 104
    • olio 104
    • papa 103
    • lull 102
    • lulu 102
    • tact 102
    • dodo 101
    • mitt 101
    • poop 101
    • allay 99
    • ally 99
    • call 99
    • calla 99
    • ratatat 99
    • tart 99
    • tartar 99
    • attar 98
    • tattoo 98
    • 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*:

    • aahed
    • ahed
    • allheal
    • almah
    • almeh
    • amah
    • dahl
    • daledh
    • dhal
    • epha
    • ephah
    • hadal
    • hade
    • haded
    • haed
    • haem
    • haemal
    • haha
    • halala
    • halalah
    • halalled
    • haled
    • hallah
    • hallal
    • hallalled
    • hallel
    • halm
    • halma
    • hamada
    • hamal
    • hame
    • hammada
    • hammal
    • hammam
    • happed
    • heddle
    • helled
    • hemal
    • hmmm
    • lahal
    • lamedh
    • pelham
    • phellem

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