Thursday, February 25, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • agog
  • agora
  • ammo
  • amoral
  • amour
  • armor
  • aroma
  • aurora
  • auroral
  • glamor
  • glamour
  • glom
  • gloom
  • goal
  • googol
  • grog
  • groom
  • largo
  • loam
  • logo
  • logogram
  • logroll
  • loll
  • loom
  • mammogram
  • mogul
  • molar
  • moll
  • momma
  • moola
  • moor
  • moral
  • oral
  • roam
  • roar
  • roll
  • room
  • rumor


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 150

Number of Answers: 38

Points Needed for Genius: 105

Genius requires between 17 and 33 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 77% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • November 5, 2020 (Center Letter: L)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 150 was the in the 55th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on February 23, 2021.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 38 possible answers rank it in the 59th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on February 23, 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 97
    • noon 85
    • toot 85
    • naan 76
    • nana 76
    • lilt 65
    • till 65
    • tilt 65
    • ratatat 58
    • tart 58
    • tartar 58
    • attar 57
    • anal 55
    • root 55
    • roto 55
    • rotor 55
    • toro 55
    • tort 55
    • trot 55
    • lull 54
    • lulu 54
    • tint 53
    • call 52
    • calla 52
    • loon 51
    • array 50
    • loot 50
    • lotto 50
    • toll 50
    • tool 50
    • mono 49
    • moon 49
    • radar 49
    • allay 48
    • ally 48
    • onto 48
    • tatty 48
    • toon 48
    • mama 47
    • mamma 47
    • dodo 46
    • poop 46
    • coot 45
    • illy 45
    • lily 45
    • roar 45
    • itty 44
    • loom 44
    • moll 44
    • papa 44


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • aggro
    • agloo
    • agro
    • alamo
    • algor
    • argol
    • armour
    • arugola
    • galago
    • gaol
    • gloam
    • glogg
    • gogo
    • gooral
    • goral
    • gorm
    • grogram
    • loral
    • louma
    • lour
    • magalog
    • malaroma
    • mola
    • molal
    • mool
    • mora
    • morro
    • morula
    • morular
    • ogam
    • olla
    • ormolu
    • orra
    • rugola
    • rumour
    • urogram

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