Thursday, February 27, 2025

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • acacia
  • acai
  • arco
  • cacao
  • calf
  • calico
  • call
  • calla
  • callaloo
  • caloric
  • calorific
  • carol
  • ciao
  • cilia
  • circa
  • cirri
  • cliff
  • cloaca
  • coal
  • coca
  • cocci
  • cocoa
  • coif
  • coil
  • coir
  • cola
  • colic
  • collar
  • color
  • colorific
  • cool
  • coral
  • corolla
  • corral
  • croc
  • croci
  • facial
  • farcical
  • focaccia
  • focal
  • foci
  • folic
  • frolic
  • iliac
  • laic
  • laical
  • lilac
  • local
  • loci
  • loco
  • official
  • orca
  • racial
  • railcar
  • rococo


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 246

Number of Answers: 55

Points Needed for Genius: 172

Genius requires between 26 and 47 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% 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:

  • May 6, 2023 (Center Letter: I)
  • October 11, 2021 (Center Letter: F)
  • August 4, 2020 (Center Letter: A)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 246 was in the 82nd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on February 25, 2025.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 55 possible answers rank it in the 85th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on February 23, 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 192
    • loll 184
    • toot 181
    • naan 167
    • nana 167
    • lilt 135
    • till 135
    • tilt 135
    • tint 134
    • nene 126
    • mama 125
    • mamma 125
    • acacia 119
    • acai 119
    • onto 118
    • toon 118
    • anal 113
    • onion 113
    • anon 109
    • boob 109
    • booboo 109
    • baba 106
    • olio 105
    • dodo 103
    • lull 103
    • lulu 103
    • papa 103
    • tact 103
    • call 102
    • calla 102
    • mitt 102
    • poop 101
    • allay 99
    • ally 99
    • ratatat 99
    • tart 99
    • tartar 99
    • tattoo 99
    • tatty 99
    • tutu 99
    • attar 98
    • cocci 97
    • ammo 96
    • momma 96
    • mono 96
    • moon 96
    • epee 95
    • peep 95
    • loon 92
    • loot 92


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • acari
    • acro
    • alcaic
    • alcool
    • caca
    • caff
    • calcar
    • calcaria
    • calcic
    • calcific
    • calif
    • calo
    • caracal
    • caracara
    • caracol
    • carioca
    • carl
    • caroli
    • carr
    • cicala
    • claro
    • cloacal
    • coala
    • coccal
    • coccic
    • coco
    • coff
    • coocoo
    • coof
    • corf
    • coria
    • craal
    • criollo
    • facia
    • farci
    • fico
    • flic
    • floc
    • flocci
    • loca
    • locofoco
    • lorica
    • orificial
    • ricrac

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