Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • afar
  • affair
  • affirm
  • affray
  • fair
  • fairy
  • fanny
  • farina
  • farm
  • firm
  • fray
  • friar
  • friary
  • iffy
  • infamy
  • infirm
  • infirmary
  • mafia
  • miff
  • naif
  • raffia
  • ramify
  • riff
  • riffraff


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 107

Number of Answers: 24

Points Needed for Genius: 75

Genius requires between 11 and 21 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:

  • November 1, 2019 (Center Letter: R)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 107 was in the 24th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on July 25, 2021.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 24 possible answers rank it in the 12th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on July 17, 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 107
    • noon 97
    • toot 94
    • naan 91
    • nana 91
    • lilt 76
    • till 76
    • tilt 76
    • tint 65
    • ratatat 63
    • tart 63
    • tartar 63
    • anal 62
    • attar 62
    • call 60
    • calla 60
    • lull 60
    • lulu 60
    • loon 58
    • mama 58
    • mamma 58
    • tatty 58
    • root 57
    • rotor 57
    • toro 57
    • tort 57
    • trot 57
    • dodo 56
    • nene 56
    • onto 56
    • toon 56
    • array 55
    • mono 55
    • moon 55
    • roto 55
    • allay 54
    • ally 54
    • loot 54
    • lotto 54
    • radar 54
    • toll 54
    • tool 54
    • olio 52
    • poop 52
    • tact 52
    • loom 51
    • moll 51
    • tall 51
    • itty 50
    • nanny 50


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • faff
    • fain
    • fiar
    • finnan
    • finny
    • firman
    • firn
    • firry
    • infra
    • maffia
    • miffy
    • minify
    • naff
    • niff
    • niffy
    • raff
    • rarify
    • yaff

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