Friday, May 30, 2025

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • bide
  • bided
  • bind
  • bindi
  • binned
  • biocide
  • bionic
  • bobbin
  • bocci
  • bodice
  • bodied
  • cocci
  • codeine
  • coin
  • coincide
  • coincided
  • coincidence
  • coined
  • conic
  • decide
  • decided
  • deice
  • deiced
  • deicide
  • denied
  • dice
  • diced
  • died
  • dine
  • dined
  • dino
  • diode
  • doobie
  • ecocide
  • eddied
  • iced
  • icon
  • iconic
  • incidence
  • indeed
  • indie
  • innie
  • innocence
  • iodide
  • iodine
  • ionic
  • nice
  • niece
  • nine
  • obedience
  • onion


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 268

Number of Answers: 51

Points Needed for Genius: 188

Genius requires between 27 and 43 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • November 19, 2023 (Center Letter: C)
  • July 10, 2022 (Center Letter: B)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 268 was in the 88th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on May 24, 2025.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 51 possible answers rank it in the 79th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on May 25, 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 200
    • loll 195
    • toot 187
    • naan 172
    • nana 172
    • lilt 139
    • till 139
    • tilt 139
    • tint 136
    • nene 133
    • mama 131
    • mamma 131
    • acacia 123
    • acai 123
    • onto 123
    • toon 123
    • onion 120
    • anal 117
    • olio 115
    • anon 113
    • boob 112
    • booboo 112
    • dodo 109
    • baba 108
    • papa 108
    • tact 108
    • poop 107
    • lull 105
    • lulu 105
    • call 104
    • calla 104
    • mitt 104
    • ratatat 104
    • tart 104
    • tartar 104
    • attar 103
    • mono 103
    • moon 103
    • tatty 103
    • allay 101
    • ally 101
    • tattoo 101
    • tutu 101
    • ammo 100
    • cocci 100
    • momma 100
    • epee 99
    • peep 99
    • loon 98
    • loot 95


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • beedi
    • benni
    • bibb
    • bibbed
    • bibe
    • bice
    • bidden
    • bidi
    • bine
    • boccie
    • bonnie
    • boobie
    • cebid
    • ceboid
    • cedi
    • cine
    • cion
    • coccic
    • coccid
    • coccoid
    • codein
    • coni
    • coniine
    • conin
    • conine
    • conoid
    • deni
    • dibbed
    • didie
    • dido
    • diene
    • dinned
    • dobbin
    • dobie
    • edenic
    • eide
    • indene
    • inion
    • inned
    • iodic
    • iodid
    • iodin
    • ionone
    • nibbed
    • nide
    • nided
    • nidi
    • ninon
    • niobic
    • nodi
    • noncoincidence
    • nonionic
    • obconic
    • odic
    • oidioid

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