Friday, July 3, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • agar
  • augur
  • aura
  • dang
  • darn
  • drag
  • duad
  • gaga
  • gang
  • grad
  • gran
  • grand
  • grandad
  • granddad
  • guar
  • guard
  • guava
  • naan
  • nada
  • nana
  • radar
  • raga
  • rand
  • rang
  • ungag
  • vanguard


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 77

Number of Answers: 26

Points Needed for Genius: 54

Genius requires between 8 and 24 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 87% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 63% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 77 was the in the 5th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on June 24, 2020.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 26 possible answers rank it in the 24th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on June 29, 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 70
  • naan 66
  • nana 66
  • toot 65
  • noon 62
  • lilt 48
  • ratatat 48
  • tart 48
  • tartar 48
  • till 48
  • tilt 48
  • attar 47
  • array 45
  • root 45
  • roto 45
  • rotor 45
  • toro 45
  • tort 45
  • trot 45
  • anal 44
  • lull 42
  • lulu 42
  • allay 41
  • ally 41
  • call 41
  • calla 41
  • radar 41
  • tatty 41
  • mono 39
  • moon 39
  • natant 39
  • loot 38
  • lotto 38
  • toll 38
  • tool 38
  • onto 37
  • poop 37
  • toon 37
  • illy 36
  • itty 36
  • lily 36
  • loon 36
  • mama 36
  • mamma 36
  • nanny 36
  • coot 35
  • tall 35
  • tint 35
  • tact 34
  • aria 33


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • aggada
  • ananda
  • anga
  • anna
  • anura
  • anuran
  • audad
  • aurar
  • dada
  • dagga
  • dura
  • durra
  • garda
  • gaud
  • gaun
  • gaur
  • gnar
  • gnarr
  • graduand
  • grana
  • guan
  • guarana
  • gurnard
  • naga
  • nagana
  • nanna
  • nard
  • navar
  • ragg
  • ragga
  • randan
  • ruana
  • ruga
  • unau
  • unguard
  • vanda
  • vang
  • vara
  • varna

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