Sunday, February 23, 2025

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • acacia
  • acai
  • alien
  • alliance
  • alpine
  • apian
  • apiece
  • appliance
  • canine
  • cannellini
  • capellini
  • celiac
  • celli
  • cilia
  • clinic
  • clinical
  • clinician
  • clip
  • epic
  • epicene
  • icicle
  • iliac
  • inane
  • incipience
  • incline
  • innie
  • ipecac
  • laic
  • laical
  • lain
  • lanai
  • lenience
  • lice
  • lien
  • lilac
  • line
  • lineal
  • linen
  • nail
  • niacin
  • nice
  • niece
  • nine
  • ninepin
  • nipple
  • pail
  • pain
  • panic
  • panini
  • papilla
  • papillae
  • pelican
  • pellicle
  • pencil
  • penicillin
  • penile
  • pica
  • picnic
  • piece
  • pile
  • pill
  • pine
  • pineal
  • pineapple
  • pinnacle
  • pipe
  • pipeline
  • pippin
  • plain
  • plie


Number of Pangrams: 4

Maximum Puzzle Score: 382

Number of Answers: 70

Points Needed for Genius: 267

Genius requires between 33 and 61 words. You need at least a 8-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 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • July 7, 2022 (Center Letter: C)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 382 was in the 99th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on September 8, 2024.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 70 possible answers rank it in the 98th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on February 9, 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 8-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 192
    • loll 183
    • toot 181
    • naan 167
    • nana 167
    • lilt 134
    • till 134
    • tilt 134
    • tint 133
    • nene 126
    • mama 125
    • mamma 125
    • acacia 118
    • acai 118
    • onto 118
    • toon 118
    • onion 113
    • anal 112
    • anon 109
    • boob 109
    • booboo 109
    • baba 106
    • olio 105
    • dodo 103
    • papa 103
    • tact 103
    • lull 102
    • lulu 102
    • mitt 102
    • call 101
    • calla 101
    • poop 101
    • allay 99
    • ally 99
    • ratatat 99
    • tart 99
    • tartar 99
    • tattoo 99
    • tutu 99
    • attar 98
    • tatty 98
    • ammo 96
    • cocci 96
    • momma 96
    • mono 96
    • moon 96
    • epee 95
    • peep 95
    • loot 92
    • lotto 92


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • aalii
    • acapnia
    • acini
    • acinic
    • aclinic
    • aecia
    • aecial
    • alanin
    • alanine
    • alcaic
    • alienee
    • aline
    • allelic
    • allicin
    • ancilla
    • ancillae
    • anil
    • anile
    • anilin
    • aniline
    • apical
    • apneic
    • caecilian
    • cain
    • calcanei
    • calcic
    • calcine
    • calicle
    • calipee
    • callipee
    • calpain
    • canaille
    • cannie
    • capelin
    • caplin
    • ceil
    • ceili
    • cicala
    • cicale
    • cilice
    • cine
    • cipaille
    • clinal
    • cline
    • elain
    • elapine
    • encaenia
    • encina
    • encinal
    • epical
    • icecap
    • ilea
    • ileac
    • ileal
    • ilia
    • ilial
    • inclip
    • inia
    • inlace
    • lapilli
    • lapin
    • liana
    • liane
    • licence
    • licencee
    • lienal
    • linac
    • linin
    • linn
    • lipa
    • lipe
    • lipin
    • lippen
    • nannie
    • nappie
    • nellie
    • nielli
    • nill
    • nipa
    • pali
    • pallia
    • pallial
    • palpi
    • panicle
    • panpipe
    • papain
    • pappi
    • pein
    • peneplain
    • penial
    • penicil
    • penicillia
    • penni
    • pennia
    • pennine
    • pial
    • pian
    • piani
    • pianic
    • pical
    • piccalilli
    • pice
    • pilea
    • pilei
    • pili
    • pina
    • pinene
    • pinna
    • pinnace
    • pinnae
    • pinnal
    • pipa
    • pipal
    • plaice
    • plica
    • plicae
    • plical

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