Sunday, October 14, 2018

The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • alit
  • altar
  • amity
  • arty
  • atilt
  • atria
  • atrial
  • attar
  • laity
  • lariat
  • lilt
  • limit
  • malt
  • malty
  • marital
  • maritally
  • mart
  • martial
  • martially
  • martyr
  • militarily
  • military
  • militia
  • mitral
  • mitt
  • rarity
  • ratatat
  • rattail
  • rattly
  • ratty
  • tail
  • tali
  • tall
  • tally
  • tarry
  • tart
  • tartar
  • tartly
  • tatami
  • tatty
  • tiara
  • till
  • tilt
  • trail
  • trait
  • tram
  • tray
  • trial
  • trill
  • trim
  • trimly
  • yttria
  • itty

Maximum Puzzle Score: 266

Number of Answers: 53

Points Needed for Genius: 186

Genius requires between 25 and 47 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 92% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 60% of the remaining points to reach genius.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 266 was the in the 90th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 13, 2018.
The highest score ever was 337 on October 12, 2018.
The lowest score ever was 70 on September 22, 2018.

This puzzle's 53 possible answers rank it in the 89th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on October 13, 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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