Thursday, February 13, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • biopic
  • biotic
  • boric
  • cirri
  • citric
  • cocci
  • coop
  • coopt
  • coot
  • crib
  • critic
  • croc
  • croci
  • crop
  • octopi
  • optic
  • picot
  • portico
  • probiotic
  • proctor
  • robotic
  • rococo
  • topic
  • toric
  • tricot
  • tropic


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 135

Number of Answers: 26

Points Needed for Genius: 95

Genius requires between 14 and 22 words. You need at least a 6-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 135 was the in the 47th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on February 11, 2020.
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 21st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on February 10, 2020.
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

  • loll 56
  • toot 55
  • naan 50
  • nana 50
  • noon 48
  • ratatat 41
  • tart 41
  • tartar 41
  • attar 40
  • call 39
  • calla 39
  • lilt 39
  • till 39
  • tilt 39
  • root 38
  • roto 38
  • rotor 38
  • tatty 38
  • toro 38
  • tort 38
  • trot 38
  • array 37
  • allay 36
  • ally 36
  • anal 35
  • natant 34
  • nanny 33
  • poop 33
  • tint 33
  • loot 32
  • lotto 32
  • toll 32
  • tool 32
  • tall 31
  • itty 30
  • onto 30
  • radar 30
  • toon 30
  • coot 29
  • nene 29
  • baba 28
  • illy 28
  • lily 28
  • loon 28
  • mono 28
  • moon 28
  • tact 28
  • ball 27
  • blab 27
  • hath 27


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • bioptic
  • biotitic
  • bocci
  • boocoo
  • cobb
  • coccic
  • coco
  • coir
  • coocoo
  • crip
  • crit
  • ictic
  • iritic
  • octroi
  • otic
  • otitic
  • picric
  • picritic
  • poco
  • ptotic
  • tictoc
  • toco
  • torc
  • tricrotic

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