Saturday, April 11, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cirri
  • citric
  • color
  • critic
  • croc
  • croci
  • rill
  • riot
  • rococo
  • roil
  • roll
  • root
  • roti
  • roto
  • rotor
  • rototill
  • tori
  • toric
  • torii
  • toro
  • tort
  • tricolor
  • tricot
  • trill
  • trio
  • troll
  • trot
  • victor
  • vitriol
  • vitriolic


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 122

Number of Answers: 30

Points Needed for Genius: 85

Genius requires between 13 and 27 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 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • December 29, 2018 (Center Letter: O)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 122 was the in the 40th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on April 10, 2020.
    The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 30 possible answers rank it in the 37th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on April 9, 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 60
    • toot 60
    • naan 55
    • nana 55
    • noon 55
    • lilt 45
    • ratatat 45
    • tart 45
    • tartar 45
    • till 45
    • tilt 45
    • attar 44
    • root 42
    • roto 42
    • rotor 42
    • toro 42
    • tort 42
    • trot 42
    • tatty 40
    • call 39
    • calla 39
    • allay 38
    • ally 38
    • anal 38
    • array 38
    • poop 36
    • itty 35
    • natant 35
    • onto 35
    • toon 35
    • tint 34
    • loot 33
    • lotto 33
    • lull 33
    • lulu 33
    • mono 33
    • moon 33
    • nanny 33
    • tall 33
    • toll 33
    • tool 33
    • coot 32
    • nene 32
    • tact 32
    • illy 31
    • lily 31
    • loon 31
    • radar 31
    • aria 29
    • mama 29


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • clitoric
    • coir
    • colicroot
    • criollo
    • crit
    • iritic
    • lictor
    • liri
    • lirot
    • octroi
    • rotl
    • tiltrotor
    • tirl
    • tiro
    • torc
    • torot
    • torr
    • tricrotic
    • triol
    • virl
    • vitric

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