Monday, May 4, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • agape
  • ample
  • apex
  • appall
  • appeal
  • appellee
  • apple
  • epee
  • example
  • exempla
  • expel
  • expellee
  • gape
  • lamp
  • lapel
  • leap
  • maple
  • megaplex
  • paella
  • page
  • pale
  • pall
  • palm
  • palp
  • pampa
  • papa
  • papal
  • peal
  • peel
  • peep
  • plea


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 118

Number of Answers: 31

Points Needed for Genius: 83

Genius requires between 12 and 28 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • December 24, 2019 (Center Letter: G)
  • April 19, 2019 (Center Letter: M)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 118 was the in the 38th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on May 3, 2020.
    The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 31 possible answers rank it in the 41st percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on May 1, 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 63
    • toot 61
    • naan 58
    • nana 58
    • noon 57
    • lilt 46
    • till 46
    • tilt 46
    • ratatat 45
    • tart 45
    • tartar 45
    • attar 44
    • root 43
    • roto 43
    • rotor 43
    • toro 43
    • tort 43
    • trot 43
    • call 40
    • calla 40
    • tatty 40
    • anal 39
    • array 39
    • allay 38
    • ally 38
    • itty 36
    • lull 36
    • lulu 36
    • natant 36
    • onto 36
    • poop 36
    • toon 36
    • mono 35
    • moon 35
    • loot 34
    • lotto 34
    • nanny 34
    • radar 34
    • tint 34
    • toll 34
    • tool 34
    • loon 33
    • tact 33
    • tall 33
    • coot 32
    • illy 32
    • lily 32
    • nene 32
    • aria 31
    • mama 31


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • agapae
    • appal
    • appel
    • empale
    • gamp
    • palapa
    • palea
    • paleae
    • paleal
    • palpal
    • peag
    • peage
    • pelage
    • pele
    • pellmell
    • pepla
    • plagal
    • plage
    • plex
    • plexal

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