Thursday, May 14, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • annular
  • annularly
  • array
  • aura
  • aural
  • aurally
  • darn
  • dray
  • dryad
  • dryland
  • dryly
  • dullard
  • lanyard
  • lard
  • laundry
  • lunar
  • nary
  • radar
  • rally
  • rand
  • randy
  • ruddy
  • runny
  • rural
  • rurally
  • ulnar
  • unary
  • unruly
  • yard
  • yarn


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 144

Number of Answers: 30

Points Needed for Genius: 101

Genius requires between 15 and 26 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • April 10, 2019 (Center Letter: Y)
  • July 9, 2018 (Center Letter: D)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 144 was the in the 55th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on May 13, 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 38th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on May 11, 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 64
    • toot 62
    • naan 58
    • nana 58
    • noon 58
    • lilt 46
    • ratatat 46
    • tart 46
    • tartar 46
    • till 46
    • tilt 46
    • attar 45
    • root 44
    • roto 44
    • rotor 44
    • toro 44
    • tort 44
    • trot 44
    • array 42
    • call 40
    • calla 40
    • tatty 40
    • allay 39
    • ally 39
    • anal 39
    • lull 37
    • lulu 37
    • natant 37
    • onto 37
    • radar 37
    • toon 37
    • itty 36
    • mono 36
    • moon 36
    • poop 36
    • loot 35
    • lotto 35
    • toll 35
    • tool 35
    • loon 34
    • nanny 34
    • tact 34
    • tall 34
    • tint 34
    • coot 33
    • 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*:

    • alar
    • alary
    • alular
    • anura
    • anural
    • anuran
    • arrayal
    • aryl
    • aurar
    • dura
    • dural
    • durn
    • durr
    • durra
    • lardy
    • larn
    • laura
    • lunular
    • lurdan
    • lyard
    • nard
    • nurd
    • nurl
    • radula
    • radular
    • randan
    • ranula
    • ranular
    • raya
    • ruana
    • rudd
    • ruly
    • rynd
    • undular
    • uranyl
    • yardland

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