Thursday, July 14, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • abbot
  • abort
  • airboat
  • arbitrator
  • arbor
  • arborio
  • baba
  • bait
  • baobab
  • barb
  • barrio
  • biota
  • boar
  • boat
  • boba
  • boob
  • booboo
  • boor
  • boot
  • brat
  • brava
  • bravo
  • briar
  • brio
  • obit
  • orbit
  • rabbi
  • rabbit
  • ribbit
  • robot
  • taboo
  • tabor
  • tibia
  • vibrato
  • vibrator


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 160

Number of Answers: 35

Points Needed for Genius: 112

Genius requires between 16 and 31 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 85% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 63% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 160 was in the 54th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on July 13, 2022.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 35 possible answers rank it in the 47th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on July 13, 2022.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 18 on May 1, 2022.

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

  • noon 128
  • loll 125
  • toot 117
  • naan 105
  • nana 105
  • lilt 91
  • till 91
  • tilt 91
  • tint 78
  • mama 76
  • mamma 76
  • onto 75
  • toon 75
  • dodo 72
  • nene 72
  • ratatat 72
  • tart 72
  • tartar 72
  • attar 71
  • array 70
  • call 70
  • calla 70
  • lull 70
  • lulu 70
  • anal 69
  • tatty 69
  • loon 68
  • olio 68
  • boob 67
  • booboo 67
  • allay 66
  • ally 66
  • mono 65
  • moon 65
  • onion 65
  • loot 64
  • lotto 64
  • papa 64
  • radar 64
  • root 64
  • rotor 64
  • toll 64
  • tool 64
  • toro 64
  • tort 64
  • trot 64
  • baba 63
  • loom 63
  • moll 63
  • poop 63


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • abator
  • abattoir
  • abba
  • abri
  • araroba
  • arriba
  • arroba
  • babbitt
  • baboo
  • barbot
  • barrator
  • batata
  • batt
  • bibb
  • biro
  • birr
  • bitt
  • boart
  • bobo
  • bora
  • bort
  • bota
  • bott
  • bravi
  • briarroot
  • brit
  • britt
  • broo
  • brrr
  • obia
  • obviator
  • oribi
  • rabat
  • rabato
  • robata
  • titbit
  • vibrio

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