Thursday, June 10, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • abbot
  • abhor
  • abort
  • ammo
  • aorta
  • arbor
  • armor
  • aroma
  • athrob
  • atom
  • bamboo
  • baobab
  • barroom
  • bathroom
  • boar
  • boat
  • boba
  • boho
  • bomb
  • boob
  • booboo
  • boohoo
  • boom
  • boor
  • boot
  • booth
  • both
  • bottom
  • broom
  • broth
  • haboob
  • harbor
  • hoar
  • hobo
  • hoorah
  • hoot
  • hora
  • horror
  • mambo
  • mammoth
  • marmot
  • moat
  • momma
  • moor
  • moot
  • mortar
  • moth
  • motor
  • motorboat
  • motto
  • oath
  • orator
  • roam
  • roar
  • robot
  • room
  • root
  • rotator
  • rotor
  • taboo
  • tabor
  • taro
  • tarot
  • tattoo
  • throat
  • throb
  • tomato
  • tomb
  • toot
  • tooth
  • torah
  • toro
  • tort
  • trot
  • troth


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 287

Number of Answers: 75

Points Needed for Genius: 201

Genius requires between 33 and 64 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 74% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 287 was in the 95th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on May 29, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 75 possible answers rank it in the 100th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on January 22, 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 105
  • noon 94
  • naan 89
  • nana 89
  • toot 89
  • lilt 70
  • till 70
  • tilt 70
  • anal 60
  • ratatat 60
  • tart 60
  • tartar 60
  • tint 60
  • attar 59
  • lull 59
  • lulu 59
  • call 58
  • calla 58
  • loon 57
  • mama 56
  • mamma 56
  • root 56
  • rotor 56
  • toro 56
  • tort 56
  • trot 56
  • roto 55
  • dodo 53
  • loot 53
  • lotto 53
  • onto 53
  • toll 53
  • tool 53
  • toon 53
  • array 52
  • mono 52
  • moon 52
  • nene 52
  • radar 52
  • tatty 52
  • allay 51
  • ally 51
  • poop 50
  • tact 50
  • loom 49
  • moll 49
  • olio 49
  • papa 49
  • roar 48
  • coot 47


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • abator
  • abmho
  • abohm
  • aboma
  • ambo
  • amort
  • araroba
  • arroba
  • baboo
  • barbot
  • barrator
  • bhoot
  • boart
  • bobo
  • bombora
  • bora
  • bort
  • bota
  • bott
  • bromo
  • broo
  • homa
  • homo
  • horah
  • moho
  • mora
  • morro
  • mort
  • motmot
  • mott
  • orra
  • ortho
  • ottar
  • otto
  • rabato
  • rato
  • rhomb
  • robata
  • rota
  • roto
  • tamarao
  • thoro
  • thro
  • toom
  • tora
  • torot
  • toroth
  • torr
  • torta

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