Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • bellboy
  • belly
  • blobby
  • booby
  • booty
  • byte
  • eely
  • eyebolt
  • eyelet
  • lobby
  • loopy
  • obey
  • pebbly
  • peppy
  • petty
  • peyote
  • ploy
  • polyp
  • poppy
  • potbelly
  • potty
  • teletype
  • type
  • typo
  • yell
  • yelp


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 119

Number of Answers: 26

Points Needed for Genius: 83

Genius requires between 13 and 23 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:

  • August 12, 2019 (Center Letter: O)
  • February 14, 2019 (Center Letter: T)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 119 was the in the 42nd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on July 19, 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 25th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on July 17, 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 72
    • naan 66
    • nana 66
    • toot 66
    • noon 63
    • lilt 50
    • till 50
    • tilt 50
    • ratatat 49
    • tart 49
    • tartar 49
    • attar 48
    • array 46
    • lull 46
    • lulu 46
    • root 46
    • roto 46
    • rotor 46
    • toro 46
    • tort 46
    • trot 46
    • anal 44
    • allay 42
    • ally 42
    • tatty 42
    • call 41
    • calla 41
    • radar 41
    • loot 39
    • lotto 39
    • mono 39
    • moon 39
    • natant 39
    • poop 39
    • toll 39
    • tool 39
    • illy 38
    • lily 38
    • loon 37
    • onto 37
    • toon 37
    • itty 36
    • mama 36
    • mamma 36
    • nanny 36
    • tall 36
    • coot 35
    • dodo 35
    • tint 35
    • aria 34


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • blebby
    • blooey
    • bloopy
    • blotty
    • blype
    • bobbly
    • bobby
    • boppy
    • boyo
    • loblolly
    • lollopy
    • lolly
    • lollypop
    • looby
    • looey
    • loppy
    • peyotl
    • plotty
    • ploye
    • poboy
    • poly
    • polyol
    • polytype
    • poopy
    • popply
    • potboy
    • ptooey
    • telly
    • tepoy
    • toby
    • tolyl
    • topotype
    • totty
    • toyo
    • tyee
    • typey
    • typp
    • typy
    • yett
    • yobbo
    • yobby

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