Friday, August 3, 2018

The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • acacia
  • acai
  • acclaim
  • acyclic
  • almanac
  • caiman
  • call
  • calla
  • calm
  • calmly
  • canal
  • cancan
  • cannily
  • canny
  • cayman
  • cilia
  • claim
  • clam
  • clammy
  • clan
  • clay
  • clinic
  • clinical
  • clinically
  • clinician
  • cyan
  • cyclic
  • cyclical
  • cyclically
  • cynic
  • cynical
  • cynically
  • icily
  • iliac
  • inimical
  • inimically
  • lacy
  • laic
  • laical
  • laically
  • lilac
  • malic
  • maniac
  • maniacal
  • maniacally
  • manic
  • manically
  • mica
  • mimic
  • minicam
  • niacin
  • mancala

Maximum Puzzle Score: 313

Number of Answers: 52

Points Needed for Genius: 219

Genius requires between 26 and 45 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 83% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 313 was the in the 97th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on July 6, 2018.
The highest score ever was 315 on July 6, 2018.
The lowest score ever was 76 on July 27, 2018.

This puzzle's 52 possible answers rank it in the 88th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on July 29, 2018.
The highest number of answers was 65 on July 6, 2018.
The lowest number of answers was 22 on July 27, 2018.

It takes a 8-letter word for genius. This is pretty common.

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Haven't I seen these words before?

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