Thursday, February 20, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • acacia
  • acai
  • acid
  • acidic
  • aphid
  • apian
  • candid
  • canid
  • chai
  • chain
  • chia
  • chic
  • chica
  • chichi
  • chin
  • china
  • chip
  • cicada
  • cinch
  • handicap
  • hind
  • inch
  • indicia
  • naiad
  • niacin
  • paid
  • pain
  • panic
  • panini
  • pica
  • picnic
  • pinch


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 132

Number of Answers: 32

Points Needed for Genius: 92

Genius requires between 15 and 27 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 79% 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 132 was the in the 45th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on February 16, 2020.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 32 possible answers rank it in the 42nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on February 16, 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 57
  • toot 56
  • naan 52
  • nana 52
  • noon 50
  • ratatat 42
  • tart 42
  • tartar 42
  • attar 41
  • lilt 40
  • till 40
  • tilt 40
  • call 39
  • calla 39
  • tatty 39
  • root 38
  • roto 38
  • rotor 38
  • toro 38
  • tort 38
  • trot 38
  • array 37
  • allay 36
  • ally 36
  • anal 36
  • natant 34
  • loot 33
  • lotto 33
  • nanny 33
  • poop 33
  • tint 33
  • toll 33
  • tool 33
  • tall 32
  • itty 31
  • onto 31
  • toon 31
  • radar 30
  • coot 29
  • loon 29
  • mono 29
  • moon 29
  • nene 29
  • tact 29
  • baba 28
  • illy 28
  • lily 28
  • aria 27
  • ball 27
  • blab 27


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • acapnia
  • accidia
  • acini
  • acinic
  • adipic
  • aphidian
  • cadi
  • caid
  • cain
  • candida
  • chid
  • chincapin
  • chinch
  • cnida
  • daphnia
  • diacid
  • diacidic
  • happi
  • indican
  • inia
  • nandin
  • nandina
  • nicad
  • nidi
  • nipa
  • padi
  • painch
  • pandani
  • papain
  • paphian
  • pappi
  • pian
  • piani
  • pianic
  • pina
  • pinna
  • pipa
  • pippin

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