Friday, September 27, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • arid
  • band
  • bandana
  • bandanna
  • bard
  • bind
  • bindi
  • bird
  • birdbrain
  • brad
  • braid
  • brand
  • darn
  • dinar
  • drab
  • drain
  • drib
  • hairband
  • hand
  • hard
  • harridan
  • hind
  • hindbrain
  • nada
  • nadir
  • naiad
  • rabid
  • radar
  • radian
  • radii
  • raid
  • rand
  • rind


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 135

Number of Answers: 33

Points Needed for Genius: 95

Genius requires between 13 and 30 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 91% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 62% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 135 was the in the 46th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on September 26, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 33 possible answers rank it in the 44th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on September 26, 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 8-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 41
  • loll 39
  • naan 35
  • nana 35
  • noon 34
  • ratatat 34
  • tart 34
  • tartar 34
  • attar 33
  • call 33
  • calla 33
  • array 31
  • tatty 31
  • lilt 30
  • till 30
  • tilt 30
  • anal 28
  • root 28
  • roto 28
  • rotor 28
  • toro 28
  • tort 28
  • trot 28
  • allay 27
  • ally 27
  • natant 26
  • onto 26
  • toon 26
  • itty 25
  • loot 25
  • lotto 25
  • nene 25
  • tall 25
  • tint 25
  • toll 25
  • tool 25
  • baba 24
  • nanny 24
  • poop 24
  • coot 23
  • tact 23
  • radar 22
  • arty 21
  • ball 21
  • blab 21
  • hath 21
  • mono 21
  • moon 21
  • ratty 21
  • tarry 21


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • ananda
  • baidar
  • banda
  • bandaid
  • bidi
  • briard
  • dada
  • dahabiah
  • darb
  • darbar
  • dharna
  • indaba
  • indri
  • irid
  • nandin
  • nandina
  • nard
  • nidi
  • rainband
  • rainbird
  • randan
  • ranid
  • riband
  • ribband

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