Friday, March 14, 2025

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • aback
  • alack
  • babka
  • back
  • balk
  • ballcock
  • barback
  • bark
  • barrack
  • black
  • blackball
  • block
  • bock
  • book
  • bookrack
  • brook
  • callback
  • clack
  • cloak
  • clock
  • cock
  • cook
  • cookbook
  • cork
  • crack
  • croak
  • crock
  • crook
  • kabob
  • koala
  • kola
  • kook
  • lack
  • lark
  • lock
  • look
  • lookbook
  • oarlock
  • okra
  • rack
  • rock
  • rollback
  • rook


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 178

Number of Answers: 43

Points Needed for Genius: 125

Genius requires between 18 and 38 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 77% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • January 12, 2024 (Center Letter: B)
  • December 26, 2018 (Center Letter: O)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 178 was in the 55th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on March 13, 2025.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 43 possible answers rank it in the 61st percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on March 12, 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 184
    • toot 181
    • naan 168
    • nana 168
    • lilt 136
    • till 136
    • tilt 136
    • tint 134
    • mama 127
    • mamma 127
    • nene 126
    • acacia 119
    • acai 119
    • onto 118
    • toon 118
    • anal 113
    • onion 113
    • anon 109
    • boob 109
    • booboo 109
    • baba 107
    • olio 105
    • dodo 103
    • lull 103
    • lulu 103
    • papa 103
    • tact 103
    • call 102
    • calla 102
    • mitt 102
    • poop 102
    • ratatat 100
    • tart 100
    • tartar 100
    • tatty 100
    • allay 99
    • ally 99
    • attar 99
    • tattoo 99
    • tutu 99
    • ammo 97
    • cocci 97
    • epee 97
    • momma 97
    • mono 97
    • moon 97
    • peep 97
    • nada 93
    • loon 92


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • abaka
    • acock
    • arak
    • arrack
    • backbar
    • backblock
    • blackcock
    • bookoo
    • bork
    • brock
    • calk
    • carack
    • cark
    • carrack
    • crackback
    • crookback
    • kabab
    • kabaka
    • kabala
    • kabar
    • kabbala
    • kaka
    • karoo
    • karroo
    • kbar
    • kobo
    • kolo
    • kora
    • kraal
    • roorback

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