Friday, September 28, 2018

The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • aboard
  • abroad
  • adobo
  • ardor
  • bald
  • ballad
  • bard
  • blood
  • board
  • bold
  • bollard
  • brad
  • broad
  • brood
  • dodo
  • doll
  • dollar
  • dollop
  • dolor
  • doodad
  • door
  • drab
  • droll
  • drool
  • droop
  • drop
  • lapboard
  • larboard
  • lard
  • load
  • lord
  • oddball
  • odor
  • parador
  • paradrop
  • plod
  • pollard
  • prod
  • radar
  • road
  • rood

Maximum Puzzle Score: 167

Number of Answers: 41

Points Needed for Genius: 117

Genius requires between 18 and 36 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.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 167 was the in the 61st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 27, 2018.
The highest score ever was 331 on September 27, 2018.
The lowest score ever was 70 on September 22, 2018.

This puzzle's 41 possible answers rank it in the 62nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 27, 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 7-letter word for genius. This is pretty common.

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