Monday, September 14, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • agog
  • alga
  • algal
  • biologic
  • biological
  • blog
  • boogaloo
  • clog
  • gaga
  • gala
  • gall
  • gigolo
  • gill
  • glacial
  • glia
  • glial
  • glib
  • glob
  • global
  • goal
  • googol
  • igloo
  • illogic
  • illogical
  • logic
  • logical
  • logo


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 114

Number of Answers: 27

Points Needed for Genius: 80

Genius requires between 10 and 24 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 82% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 114 was the in the 36th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on September 9, 2020.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 27 possible answers rank it in the 28th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on September 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 8-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 78
  • toot 71
  • naan 68
  • nana 68
  • noon 68
  • lilt 55
  • till 55
  • tilt 55
  • ratatat 50
  • tart 50
  • tartar 50
  • attar 49
  • lull 49
  • lulu 49
  • anal 47
  • root 47
  • roto 47
  • rotor 47
  • toro 47
  • tort 47
  • trot 47
  • array 46
  • call 44
  • calla 44
  • radar 43
  • tatty 43
  • allay 42
  • ally 42
  • mono 42
  • moon 42
  • tint 42
  • loot 41
  • lotto 41
  • poop 41
  • toll 41
  • tool 41
  • illy 40
  • lily 40
  • loon 40
  • mama 40
  • mamma 40
  • natant 40
  • onto 40
  • toon 40
  • itty 39
  • tall 38
  • boob 37
  • booboo 37
  • coot 37
  • nanny 37


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • abigail
  • abiological
  • agio
  • agloo
  • algological
  • alogical
  • biog
  • blag
  • clag
  • colog
  • gabba
  • galabia
  • galago
  • gallic
  • gallica
  • gaol
  • giga
  • glaciological
  • glogg
  • goalball
  • gobo
  • gogo
  • laogai
  • loggia
  • logia
  • logoi
  • oologic
  • oological

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