Sunday, January 2, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • allow
  • ardor
  • arrow
  • award
  • awkward
  • dark
  • dollar
  • doodad
  • draw
  • drawl
  • koala
  • kola
  • lard
  • lark
  • load
  • okra
  • oral
  • radar
  • road
  • roadwork
  • roar
  • walk
  • wall
  • wallaroo
  • wallow
  • ward
  • warlord
  • workload


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 111

Number of Answers: 28

Points Needed for Genius: 78

Genius requires between 11 and 25 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • December 15, 2018 (Center Letter: L)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 111 was in the 26th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on December 31, 2021.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 28 possible answers rank it in the 27th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on December 31, 2021.
    The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
    The lowest number of answers was 19 on October 3, 2021.

    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 118
    • noon 114
    • toot 102
    • naan 98
    • nana 98
    • lilt 84
    • till 84
    • tilt 84
    • tint 73
    • ratatat 67
    • tart 67
    • tartar 67
    • anal 66
    • attar 66
    • loon 66
    • call 64
    • calla 64
    • dodo 64
    • lull 64
    • lulu 64
    • onto 64
    • tatty 64
    • toon 64
    • array 63
    • mama 63
    • mamma 63
    • olio 62
    • root 62
    • rotor 62
    • toro 62
    • tort 62
    • trot 62
    • nene 61
    • allay 60
    • ally 60
    • mono 60
    • moon 60
    • loom 59
    • moll 59
    • radar 58
    • itty 57
    • loot 57
    • lotto 57
    • tact 57
    • toll 57
    • tool 57
    • onion 56
    • poop 56
    • natant 55
    • papa 55


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • alar
    • aldol
    • allod
    • alow
    • arak
    • arrowwood
    • awol
    • dada
    • dado
    • dawk
    • dorado
    • kaka
    • karoo
    • karroo
    • kora
    • kraal
    • lall
    • loral
    • olla
    • orad
    • orra
    • walla
    • wark
    • warwork
    • wawl
    • woad
    • woald
    • woodlark

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