Sunday, August 18, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • afloat
  • alfalfa
  • allot
  • allow
  • aloft
  • aloof
  • alto
  • atoll
  • dataflow
  • doll
  • dolt
  • fall
  • falloff
  • fallow
  • fatal
  • flat
  • flatfoot
  • flaw
  • float
  • flood
  • floodwall
  • flow
  • foal
  • fold
  • follow
  • fool
  • footfall
  • footwall
  • fowl
  • load
  • loaf
  • loft
  • loll
  • loofa
  • loot
  • lotto
  • offal
  • offload
  • tall
  • tallow
  • told
  • toll
  • tool
  • total
  • twofold
  • wall
  • wallow
  • wolf
  • wool


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 189

Number of Answers: 49

Points Needed for Genius: 132

Genius requires between 20 and 43 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 189 was the in the 74th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on August 7, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 49 possible answers rank it in the 81st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on August 12, 2019.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 21 on August 5, 2018.

It takes a 7-letter word for genius. This is pretty common.



Haven't I seen these letters before?

Hover over a letter to see its first and most recent appearance in the Bee!



Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are

  • toot 36
  • loll 35
  • naan 32
  • nana 32
  • ratatat 32
  • tart 32
  • tartar 32
  • attar 31
  • noon 30
  • tatty 30
  • array 29
  • call 28
  • calla 28
  • anal 27
  • lilt 27
  • till 27
  • tilt 27
  • root 26
  • roto 26
  • rotor 26
  • toro 26
  • tort 26
  • trot 26
  • allay 25
  • ally 25
  • itty 24
  • nene 24
  • onto 24
  • toon 24
  • natant 23
  • tact 23
  • tint 23
  • arty 21
  • coot 21
  • loot 21
  • lotto 21
  • nanny 21
  • poop 21
  • ratty 21
  • tall 21
  • tarry 21
  • tell 21
  • toll 21
  • tool 21
  • tray 21
  • baba 20
  • lull 20
  • lulu 20
  • entente 19
  • illy 19


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

You may be wondering why these words aren't here*:

  • aldol
  • alfa
  • allod
  • alow
  • atlatl
  • awol
  • dotal
  • fallal
  • flota
  • lall
  • loof
  • lota
  • loto
  • lotta
  • olla
  • tala
  • tallol
  • tola
  • tolt
  • walla
  • wawl
  • woald
  • wold
  • woodlot

*Because the New York Times considers them obscure or offensive.