Saturday, December 28, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • dang
  • darn
  • drag
  • drug
  • duad
  • dual
  • dull
  • dullard
  • dung
  • gangland
  • garland
  • glad
  • gland
  • glandular
  • grad
  • gradual
  • grand
  • grandad
  • granddad
  • guard
  • laggard
  • land
  • landau
  • lard
  • laud
  • nada
  • radar
  • rand


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 108

Number of Answers: 28

Points Needed for Genius: 76

Genius requires between 10 and 25 words. You need at least a 7-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 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 108 was the in the 26th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on December 24, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 28 possible answers rank it in the 28th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on December 27, 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

  • loll 52
  • toot 49
  • naan 45
  • nana 45
  • noon 42
  • array 37
  • ratatat 37
  • tart 37
  • tartar 37
  • attar 36
  • call 35
  • calla 35
  • tatty 35
  • allay 34
  • ally 34
  • lilt 33
  • root 33
  • roto 33
  • rotor 33
  • till 33
  • tilt 33
  • toro 33
  • tort 33
  • trot 33
  • anal 32
  • loot 31
  • lotto 31
  • nanny 31
  • natant 31
  • poop 31
  • toll 31
  • tool 31
  • tint 30
  • onto 29
  • toon 29
  • coot 28
  • radar 28
  • itty 27
  • mono 27
  • moon 27
  • baba 26
  • nene 26
  • tact 26
  • tall 26
  • hath 24
  • illy 24
  • lily 24
  • loon 24
  • lull 24
  • lulu 24


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • adland
  • aggada
  • aland
  • ananda
  • audad
  • auld
  • dada
  • dagga
  • dura
  • dural
  • durn
  • durr
  • durra
  • garda
  • gaud
  • graduand
  • gurnard
  • lalland
  • lurdan
  • nard
  • nurd
  • radula
  • radular
  • randan
  • rudd
  • ulnad
  • undular
  • unguard

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