Monday, April 7, 2025

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • allay
  • ally
  • anally
  • apply
  • aptly
  • illy
  • inanity
  • inaptly
  • initially
  • inlay
  • itty
  • laity
  • lily
  • linty
  • lippy
  • litany
  • nanny
  • natality
  • nattily
  • natty
  • ninny
  • nippy
  • panty
  • papally
  • papaya
  • pappy
  • patly
  • patty
  • pinny
  • pity
  • plainly
  • platypi
  • play
  • pliantly
  • tally
  • tatty
  • tinily
  • tinny
  • tiny
  • tippy
  • yappy


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 217

Number of Answers: 41

Points Needed for Genius: 152

Genius requires between 23 and 35 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • December 3, 2023 (Center Letter: N)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 217 was in the 72nd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on April 6, 2025.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 41 possible answers rank it in the 55th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on April 6, 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 193
    • loll 187
    • toot 183
    • naan 169
    • nana 169
    • lilt 137
    • till 137
    • tilt 137
    • tint 134
    • nene 130
    • mama 128
    • mamma 128
    • acacia 121
    • acai 121
    • onto 119
    • toon 119
    • onion 114
    • anal 113
    • anon 111
    • boob 110
    • booboo 110
    • baba 108
    • olio 108
    • 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 101
    • tatty 101
    • allay 100
    • ally 100
    • tutu 99
    • ammo 98
    • cocci 98
    • momma 98
    • mono 98
    • moon 98
    • epee 97
    • peep 97
    • loot 94
    • lotto 94


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • alanyl
    • aliya
    • allyl
    • anality
    • anility
    • atalaya
    • ayaya
    • ayin
    • inly
    • latinity
    • layin
    • linny
    • liny
    • lytta
    • nappy
    • natantly
    • nippily
    • nitty
    • nyala
    • painty
    • palatally
    • palatially
    • pally
    • paly
    • papayan
    • pattypan
    • paty
    • pily
    • piny
    • pinyin
    • pipy
    • pitaya
    • platy
    • playa
    • ptyalin
    • pyin
    • tattily
    • tinnily
    • titty
    • tiyin
    • tiyn
    • tyin
    • tyiyn
    • typal
    • typp
    • typy
    • yill

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