Sunday, April 20, 2025

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • belie
  • bell
  • belle
  • bible
  • bile
  • bilk
  • bill
  • blob
  • bloke
  • bobble
  • boil
  • boll
  • bollix
  • bolo
  • boxlike
  • exile
  • keel
  • kibble
  • kill
  • kilo
  • leek
  • libel
  • libelee
  • like
  • lobe
  • lobo
  • loll
  • look
  • lookbook
  • oleo
  • olio
  • ollie
  • oxlike


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 107

Number of Answers: 33

Points Needed for Genius: 75

Genius requires between 12 and 30 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 107 was in the 17th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on April 17, 2025.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 33 possible answers rank it in the 34th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on April 17, 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 196
  • loll 191
  • toot 185
  • naan 170
  • nana 170
  • lilt 137
  • till 137
  • tilt 137
  • tint 134
  • nene 131
  • mama 128
  • mamma 128
  • acacia 122
  • acai 122
  • onto 121
  • toon 121
  • onion 116
  • anal 114
  • anon 111
  • boob 111
  • booboo 111
  • olio 111
  • baba 108
  • tact 106
  • dodo 105
  • papa 105
  • call 104
  • calla 104
  • lull 104
  • lulu 104
  • poop 104
  • ratatat 103
  • tart 103
  • tartar 103
  • attar 102
  • mitt 102
  • tattoo 101
  • tatty 101
  • allay 100
  • ally 100
  • mono 100
  • moon 100
  • ammo 99
  • momma 99
  • tutu 99
  • cocci 98
  • epee 98
  • peep 98
  • loon 95
  • loot 95


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • beelike
  • belike
  • belleek
  • biblike
  • bilbo
  • billie
  • bleb
  • blooie
  • bole
  • bollox
  • eellike
  • ilex
  • killie
  • klik
  • koel
  • kolo
  • leke
  • libellee
  • lilo
  • looie
  • lookie
  • obeli
  • obol
  • obole
  • oboli

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