Friday, December 18, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • ably
  • allay
  • alloy
  • ally
  • anally
  • annoy
  • atonally
  • attaboy
  • baby
  • ballboy
  • banally
  • banyan
  • batboy
  • batty
  • blabby
  • blatantly
  • blobby
  • bonny
  • bony
  • booby
  • booty
  • botany
  • lobby
  • loblolly
  • loony
  • loyal
  • loyally
  • loyalty
  • nanny
  • natty
  • nobly
  • notably
  • nylon
  • oaty
  • onlay
  • only
  • tabby
  • tallboy
  • tally
  • tatty
  • tonally
  • tony
  • totally


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 228

Number of Answers: 43

Points Needed for Genius: 160

Genius requires between 24 and 35 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • April 4, 2019 (Center Letter: T)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 228 was the in the 84th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on December 14, 2020.
    The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 43 possible answers rank it in the 70th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on December 14, 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 87
    • toot 80
    • noon 78
    • naan 74
    • nana 74
    • lilt 60
    • till 60
    • tilt 60
    • ratatat 55
    • tart 55
    • tartar 55
    • attar 54
    • root 52
    • roto 52
    • rotor 52
    • toro 52
    • tort 52
    • trot 52
    • lull 51
    • lulu 51
    • anal 50
    • tint 50
    • call 49
    • calla 49
    • radar 49
    • allay 48
    • ally 48
    • array 48
    • tatty 47
    • loon 46
    • loot 45
    • lotto 45
    • mama 45
    • mamma 45
    • onto 45
    • toll 45
    • tool 45
    • toon 45
    • illy 44
    • lily 44
    • mono 44
    • moon 44
    • dodo 43
    • itty 43
    • natant 43
    • poop 43
    • coot 42
    • papa 42
    • roar 42
    • aria 40


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • abaya
    • alanyl
    • allyl
    • anyon
    • atalaya
    • atony
    • ayaya
    • bally
    • banty
    • blotty
    • bobbly
    • bobby
    • boyla
    • boyo
    • lolly
    • looby
    • lytta
    • natantly
    • nobby
    • nonloyal
    • nonyl
    • nyala
    • tannoy
    • toby
    • tolyl
    • totty
    • toyo
    • toyon
    • yabby
    • yobbo
    • yobby

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