Sunday, December 20, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • epilog
  • giggle
  • gigolo
  • gill
  • high
  • hill
  • hippie
  • hippo
  • igloo
  • liege
  • lipo
  • logophile
  • lollipop
  • olio
  • ollie
  • piehole
  • pile
  • pill
  • pipe
  • plie
  • polio


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 89

Number of Answers: 21

Points Needed for Genius: 62

Genius requires between 9 and 19 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 85% 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 89 was the in the 11th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on November 21, 2020.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 21 possible answers rank it in the 2nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on December 8, 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 79
  • naan 75
  • nana 75
  • 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
  • anal 51
  • lull 51
  • lulu 51
  • tint 50
  • call 49
  • calla 49
  • radar 49
  • allay 48
  • ally 48
  • array 48
  • loon 47
  • tatty 47
  • loot 45
  • lotto 45
  • mama 45
  • mamma 45
  • mono 45
  • moon 45
  • onto 45
  • toll 45
  • tool 45
  • toon 45
  • illy 44
  • lily 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*:

  • elhi
  • eolipile
  • eolopile
  • ghillie
  • gighe
  • gillie
  • goolie
  • heigh
  • heil
  • helio
  • higgle
  • hili
  • hillo
  • hoolie
  • lilo
  • lipe
  • loggie
  • logoi
  • looie
  • oilhole
  • piggie
  • pilei
  • pili

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