Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • allay
  • ally
  • array
  • daddy
  • dally
  • draggy
  • dray
  • dryad
  • dryly
  • dyad
  • gaydar
  • gayly
  • gladly
  • gray
  • haggardly
  • halyard
  • hardly
  • hardy
  • harry
  • hydra
  • lady
  • laggardly
  • laggy
  • lallygag
  • rally
  • yard


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 130

Number of Answers: 26

Points Needed for Genius: 91

Genius requires between 14 and 23 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 80% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 130 was the in the 43rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on November 19, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 26 possible answers rank it in the 20th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on November 9, 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 47
  • loll 46
  • naan 41
  • nana 41
  • noon 37
  • ratatat 37
  • tart 37
  • tartar 37
  • attar 36
  • array 34
  • call 34
  • calla 34
  • lilt 33
  • tatty 33
  • till 33
  • tilt 33
  • root 32
  • roto 32
  • rotor 32
  • toro 32
  • tort 32
  • trot 32
  • allay 31
  • ally 31
  • anal 30
  • loot 29
  • lotto 29
  • natant 29
  • toll 29
  • tool 29
  • nanny 28
  • poop 28
  • tint 28
  • coot 27
  • onto 27
  • toon 27
  • baba 26
  • nene 26
  • tact 26
  • tall 26
  • itty 25
  • radar 25
  • aria 23
  • ball 23
  • blab 23
  • hath 23
  • illy 23
  • lily 23
  • that 23
  • arty 22


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • agly
  • alary
  • allyl
  • argyll
  • arrayal
  • aryl
  • ayah
  • ayaya
  • gally
  • gayal
  • gharry
  • ghyll
  • glady
  • glary
  • graylag
  • grayly
  • gyral
  • gyrally
  • hyla
  • laddy
  • lardy
  • lyard
  • raggy
  • raya
  • rayah
  • yald

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