Monday, May 5, 2025

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • appall
  • apron
  • lamp
  • lampoon
  • lollop
  • loop
  • malaprop
  • napalm
  • nonpolar
  • opal
  • palapa
  • pall
  • pallor
  • palm
  • palp
  • pampa
  • panama
  • panorama
  • papa
  • papal
  • paranormal
  • parlor
  • parol
  • plan
  • planar
  • plop
  • polar
  • poll
  • polo
  • pomp
  • pompano
  • pompom
  • pool
  • poolroom
  • poop
  • poor
  • poplar
  • poppa
  • porn
  • porno
  • pram
  • prom
  • promo
  • prop
  • ramp
  • romp


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 184

Number of Answers: 46

Points Needed for Genius: 129

Genius requires between 19 and 41 words. You need at least a 7-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:

  • October 6, 2022 (Center Letter: M)
  • December 19, 2020 (Center Letter: N)
  • March 5, 2020 (Center Letter: A)
  • January 20, 2019 (Center Letter: R)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 184 was in the 58th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on May 4, 2025.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 46 possible answers rank it in the 67th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on May 4, 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 197
    • loll 193
    • toot 186
    • naan 171
    • nana 171
    • lilt 138
    • till 138
    • tilt 138
    • tint 135
    • nene 131
    • mama 129
    • mamma 129
    • acacia 123
    • acai 123
    • onto 121
    • toon 121
    • onion 117
    • anal 115
    • olio 113
    • anon 112
    • boob 111
    • booboo 111
    • baba 108
    • tact 108
    • dodo 107
    • papa 107
    • lull 105
    • lulu 105
    • poop 105
    • call 104
    • calla 104
    • mitt 103
    • ratatat 103
    • tart 103
    • tartar 103
    • attar 102
    • tatty 102
    • tattoo 101
    • allay 100
    • ally 100
    • mono 100
    • moon 100
    • tutu 100
    • ammo 99
    • momma 99
    • cocci 98
    • epee 98
    • peep 98
    • loon 96
    • loot 95


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • apollo
    • appal
    • napa
    • nappa
    • nonpapal
    • nonpar
    • nonplanar
    • nonpoor
    • nopal
    • orlop
    • paan
    • palmar
    • palpal
    • para
    • paramo
    • parr
    • parral
    • polaron
    • pomo
    • pompon
    • poon
    • praam
    • prana
    • prao
    • proa
    • prolan
    • propanol
    • propman
    • propranolol
    • rollmop

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