Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • adman
  • afar
  • armada
  • damn
  • darn
  • dharma
  • dram
  • drama
  • farad
  • farm
  • farmhand
  • hand
  • haram
  • hard
  • harm
  • madam
  • madman
  • mama
  • mamma
  • manna
  • marm
  • naan
  • nada
  • nana
  • radar
  • ramada
  • rand


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 93

Number of Answers: 27

Points Needed for Genius: 65

Genius requires between 11 and 24 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 83% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 93 was the in the 11st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on August 1, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 27 possible answers rank it in the 24th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on August 16, 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 6-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 37
  • loll 35
  • naan 33
  • nana 33
  • ratatat 32
  • tart 32
  • tartar 32
  • attar 31
  • noon 30
  • tatty 30
  • array 29
  • call 28
  • calla 28
  • anal 27
  • lilt 27
  • root 27
  • roto 27
  • rotor 27
  • till 27
  • tilt 27
  • toro 27
  • tort 27
  • trot 27
  • allay 25
  • ally 25
  • itty 24
  • nene 24
  • onto 24
  • toon 24
  • natant 23
  • tact 23
  • tint 23
  • poop 22
  • arty 21
  • coot 21
  • loot 21
  • lotto 21
  • nanny 21
  • ratty 21
  • tall 21
  • tarry 21
  • tell 21
  • toll 21
  • tool 21
  • tray 21
  • baba 20
  • lull 20
  • lulu 20
  • mama 20
  • mamma 20


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • amah
  • amarna
  • ananda
  • anna
  • dada
  • daff
  • daman
  • damar
  • dammar
  • dharna
  • draff
  • faff
  • fard
  • haaf
  • haar
  • haha
  • hamada
  • hammada
  • hammam
  • maar
  • mana
  • manana
  • mannan
  • mara
  • marram
  • naff
  • nanna
  • nard
  • raff
  • randan

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