Monday, March 31, 2025

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • aback
  • acme
  • ameba
  • amebae
  • ammo
  • amoeba
  • amoebae
  • amok
  • baba
  • babe
  • babka
  • back
  • backcomb
  • bake
  • bamboo
  • baobab
  • beak
  • beam
  • became
  • boba
  • cacao
  • cake
  • came
  • cameo
  • camo
  • coca
  • cocoa
  • coma
  • comeback
  • comma
  • kabob
  • kaboom
  • kebab
  • mace
  • make
  • mako
  • mama
  • mamba
  • mambo
  • mamma
  • mecca
  • momma


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 155

Number of Answers: 42

Points Needed for Genius: 109

Genius requires between 18 and 37 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 155 was in the 44th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on March 30, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 42 possible answers rank it in the 58th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on March 30, 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 192
  • loll 186
  • toot 182
  • naan 169
  • nana 169
  • lilt 136
  • till 136
  • tilt 136
  • tint 134
  • nene 129
  • mama 128
  • mamma 128
  • acacia 121
  • acai 121
  • onto 118
  • toon 118
  • anal 113
  • onion 113
  • anon 110
  • boob 110
  • booboo 110
  • baba 108
  • olio 107
  • tact 105
  • dodo 104
  • papa 104
  • call 103
  • calla 103
  • lull 103
  • lulu 103
  • mitt 102
  • poop 102
  • ratatat 102
  • tart 102
  • tartar 102
  • attar 101
  • tattoo 100
  • tatty 100
  • allay 99
  • ally 99
  • tutu 99
  • ammo 98
  • momma 98
  • mono 98
  • moon 98
  • cocci 97
  • epee 97
  • peep 97
  • nada 94
  • roar 94


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • abaca
  • abaka
  • abba
  • abbe
  • abeam
  • aboma
  • ackee
  • acock
  • akee
  • ambo
  • baboo
  • bacca
  • baccae
  • bema
  • cabob
  • cabomba
  • caca
  • caeca
  • caeoma
  • ceca
  • comae
  • comake
  • ekka
  • kabab
  • kabaka
  • kaka
  • kame
  • kokam
  • mabe
  • macaco
  • mack
  • mamee
  • mammae
  • mammee
  • mammock

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