Friday, April 11, 2025

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • gigolo
  • glow
  • glowing
  • goggling
  • going
  • gong
  • gonging
  • googling
  • googol
  • goon
  • gown
  • gowning
  • hogging
  • holing
  • hollow
  • hollowing
  • honing
  • howl
  • howling
  • igloo
  • lingo
  • lion
  • logging
  • login
  • logo
  • loin
  • loll
  • lolling
  • long
  • longing
  • loon
  • lowing
  • noggin
  • nohow
  • nonillion
  • noon
  • ogling
  • oiling
  • olio
  • ongoing
  • onion
  • oolong
  • owing
  • owning
  • willow
  • winnow
  • winnowing
  • wino
  • woohoo
  • wooing
  • wool
  • wowing


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 266

Number of Answers: 52

Points Needed for Genius: 186

Genius requires between 25 and 44 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • September 11, 2021 (Center Letter: L)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 266 was in the 88th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on April 2, 2025.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 52 possible answers rank it in the 81st percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on April 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 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 194
    • loll 189
    • 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 115
    • anal 113
    • anon 111
    • boob 110
    • booboo 110
    • olio 109
    • baba 108
    • dodo 105
    • tact 105
    • call 104
    • calla 104
    • lull 104
    • lulu 104
    • papa 104
    • mitt 102
    • poop 102
    • ratatat 102
    • tart 102
    • tartar 102
    • attar 101
    • tattoo 101
    • tatty 101
    • allay 100
    • ally 100
    • ammo 99
    • momma 99
    • tutu 99
    • cocci 98
    • mono 98
    • moon 98
    • epee 97
    • peep 97
    • roar 95
    • loon 94


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • glogg
    • glonoin
    • gogo
    • golliwog
    • golliwogg
    • gonion
    • hillo
    • hilloing
    • hogg
    • hollo
    • holloing
    • holloo
    • hollooing
    • holo
    • hong
    • hongi
    • hongiing
    • ingoing
    • inion
    • lilo
    • lino
    • logion
    • logoi
    • logon
    • looing
    • lown
    • ninon
    • nogg
    • nogging
    • noil
    • nolo
    • nonwinning
    • nonwool
    • nooning
    • ohing
    • olingo
    • oohing
    • willowing
    • wonning

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