Sunday, September 5, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • abate
  • abet
  • acetate
  • acetic
  • affect
  • babe
  • bate
  • beat
  • beatific
  • beef
  • beet
  • befit
  • beta
  • bite
  • cabbie
  • cafe
  • cite
  • efface
  • effect
  • effete
  • face
  • facet
  • fate
  • feat
  • feet
  • feta
  • fete
  • fief
  • fife
  • tacet
  • taffeta
  • teat
  • tibiae


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 110

Number of Answers: 33

Points Needed for Genius: 77

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 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • November 9, 2020 (Center Letter: F)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 110 was in the 27th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on August 31, 2021.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 33 possible answers rank it in the 43rd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on August 31, 2021.
    The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
    The lowest number of answers was 21 on August 5, 2018.

    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

    • loll 113
    • noon 101
    • toot 97
    • naan 93
    • nana 93
    • lilt 79
    • till 79
    • tilt 79
    • tint 67
    • anal 65
    • ratatat 65
    • tart 65
    • tartar 65
    • attar 64
    • loon 62
    • lull 61
    • lulu 61
    • call 60
    • calla 60
    • dodo 59
    • mama 59
    • mamma 59
    • tatty 59
    • onto 58
    • root 58
    • rotor 58
    • toon 58
    • toro 58
    • tort 58
    • trot 58
    • mono 57
    • moon 57
    • array 56
    • nene 56
    • olio 56
    • allay 55
    • ally 55
    • loom 55
    • loot 55
    • lotto 55
    • moll 55
    • radar 55
    • roto 55
    • toll 55
    • tool 55
    • tact 53
    • tall 53
    • nanny 52
    • poop 52
    • itty 51


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • abbe
    • aceta
    • aecia
    • baccae
    • baccate
    • beebee
    • betta
    • bibe
    • bice
    • biface
    • caeca
    • cate
    • catface
    • cattie
    • ceca
    • ceiba
    • cete
    • ebbet
    • ectatic
    • etic
    • facete
    • facetiae
    • faciae
    • factice
    • feeb
    • fice
    • tabetic
    • tace
    • tate
    • tattie
    • tecta
    • tectite
    • teff
    • tittie

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