Sunday, January 31, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • blob
  • blobby
  • boho
  • boil
  • boll
  • bolo
  • boob
  • booboo
  • booby
  • boohoo
  • boor
  • brio
  • broil
  • hobby
  • hobo
  • holly
  • holy
  • horribly
  • horror
  • lobby
  • loblolly
  • lobo
  • loll
  • lorry
  • oily
  • olio
  • roil
  • roily
  • roll
  • yoohoo


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 104

Number of Answers: 30

Points Needed for Genius: 73

Genius requires between 11 and 27 words. You need at least a 6-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.

Other days with this pangram:

  • May 27, 2020 (Center Letter: B)
  • March 15, 2019 (Center Letter: L)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 104 was the in the 25th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on January 20, 2021.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 30 possible answers rank it in the 37th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on January 20, 2021.
    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 6-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 91
    • toot 84
    • noon 82
    • naan 75
    • nana 75
    • lilt 64
    • till 64
    • tilt 64
    • ratatat 58
    • tart 58
    • tartar 58
    • attar 57
    • root 54
    • roto 54
    • rotor 54
    • toro 54
    • tort 54
    • trot 54
    • anal 53
    • lull 53
    • lulu 53
    • tint 52
    • call 51
    • calla 51
    • array 50
    • loot 49
    • lotto 49
    • radar 49
    • toll 49
    • tool 49
    • allay 48
    • ally 48
    • loon 48
    • mono 48
    • moon 48
    • mama 47
    • mamma 47
    • onto 47
    • tatty 47
    • toon 47
    • coot 45
    • illy 45
    • lily 45
    • poop 45
    • dodo 44
    • roar 44
    • itty 43
    • natant 43
    • tall 43
    • boob 42


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • bilbo
    • biro
    • bobbly
    • bobby
    • bobo
    • boyo
    • brillo
    • brolly
    • broo
    • hillo
    • holily
    • hollo
    • holloo
    • holo
    • hooly
    • lilo
    • lolly
    • looby
    • lory
    • obol
    • oboli
    • oilily
    • orby
    • oribi
    • yobbo
    • yobby

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