Thursday, September 27, 2018

The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • acyclic
  • afflict
  • alfalfa
  • alit
  • allay
  • ally
  • atilt
  • calcify
  • calf
  • call
  • calla
  • catalytic
  • catalytically
  • catcall
  • cattail
  • cilia
  • clay
  • cliff
  • cyclic
  • cyclical
  • cyclically
  • facial
  • facially
  • facility
  • fail
  • fall
  • fallacy
  • fatal
  • fatality
  • fatally
  • filial
  • filially
  • fill
  • filly
  • fitly
  • flail
  • flat
  • flatly
  • flay
  • flit
  • icily
  • iliac
  • illicit
  • illicitly
  • illy
  • italic
  • lactic
  • lacy
  • laic
  • laical
  • laically
  • laity
  • licit
  • licitly
  • lift
  • lilac
  • lilt
  • lily
  • tacitly
  • tactical
  • tactically
  • tail
  • talc
  • tali
  • tall
  • tally
  • till
  • tilt

Maximum Puzzle Score: 331

Number of Answers: 68

Points Needed for Genius: 232

Genius requires between 30 and 58 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 73% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 69% of the remaining points to reach genius.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 331 was the in the 100th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on never.
The highest score ever was 331 on September 27, 2018.
The lowest score ever was 70 on September 22, 2018.

This puzzle's 68 possible answers rank it in the 99th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 24, 2018.
The highest number of answers was 68 on September 24, 2018.
The lowest number of answers was 21 on August 5, 2018.

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

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