Wednesday, November 21, 2018

The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • activity
  • anti
  • antic
  • attain
  • attaint
  • attic
  • cacti
  • cant
  • cantata
  • cantina
  • catty
  • cavatina
  • cavity
  • city
  • inactivity
  • inanity
  • incant
  • intact
  • natant
  • nativity
  • natty
  • tacit
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tactician
  • taint
  • tannic
  • tannin
  • tatty
  • tinct
  • tinny
  • tint
  • tiny
  • titan
  • titanic
  • vacant
  • vanity
  • vicinity
  • vivacity
  • itty

Maximum Puzzle Score: 223

Number of Answers: 40

Points Needed for Genius: 156

Genius requires between 22 and 33 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% 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 223 was the in the 84th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on November 2, 2018.
The highest score ever was 337 on October 12, 2018.
The lowest score ever was 70 on September 22, 2018.

This puzzle's 40 possible answers rank it in the 60th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on November 14, 2018.
The highest number of answers was 73 on October 15, 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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