Saturday, February 29, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • abort
  • altar
  • aorta
  • aortal
  • arbor
  • array
  • arroyo
  • arty
  • attar
  • barb
  • boar
  • boor
  • brat
  • bratty
  • bray
  • labor
  • laboratory
  • lorry
  • oral
  • orally
  • orator
  • oratory
  • rally
  • ratatat
  • rattly
  • ratty
  • roar
  • robot
  • roll
  • rollbar
  • root
  • rotary
  • rotator
  • rotatory
  • roto
  • rotor
  • royal
  • royally
  • royalty
  • tabor
  • taro
  • tarot
  • tarry
  • tart
  • tartar
  • tartly
  • toolbar
  • toro
  • tort
  • tray
  • troll
  • trot
  • troy
  • tyro


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 232

Number of Answers: 54

Points Needed for Genius: 162

Genius requires between 25 and 46 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 232 was the in the 86th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on February 17, 2020.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 54 possible answers rank it in the 88th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on February 12, 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 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 58
  • toot 56
  • naan 52
  • nana 52
  • noon 51
  • ratatat 43
  • tart 43
  • tartar 43
  • attar 42
  • lilt 40
  • tatty 40
  • till 40
  • tilt 40
  • call 39
  • calla 39
  • root 39
  • roto 39
  • rotor 39
  • toro 39
  • tort 39
  • trot 39
  • array 38
  • allay 36
  • ally 36
  • anal 36
  • natant 34
  • loot 33
  • lotto 33
  • nanny 33
  • poop 33
  • tint 33
  • toll 33
  • tool 33
  • itty 32
  • onto 32
  • tall 32
  • toon 32
  • loon 31
  • mono 30
  • moon 30
  • nene 30
  • radar 30
  • tact 30
  • coot 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*:

  • abator
  • ablator
  • aboral
  • aborally
  • alar
  • alary
  • allobar
  • araroba
  • arrayal
  • arroba
  • artal
  • aryl
  • barbal
  • barbot
  • barrator
  • barratry
  • barry
  • baryta
  • boart
  • bolar
  • bora
  • boral
  • bort
  • borty
  • boyar
  • brolly
  • broo
  • brrr
  • byrl
  • labara
  • labra
  • labral
  • lobar
  • loral
  • lory
  • lyart
  • oblatory
  • orby
  • orra
  • ottar
  • rabat
  • rabato
  • ratably
  • ratal
  • rato
  • raya
  • robalo
  • robata
  • robotry
  • rootball
  • rooty
  • rota
  • rotl
  • ryot
  • talar
  • tarty
  • tatar
  • tayra
  • tolar
  • tollbar
  • tora
  • torot
  • torr
  • torta
  • tory
  • trolly
  • trotyl

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