Saturday, November 12, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • airflow
  • allow
  • arrow
  • fallow
  • farrow
  • flaw
  • flow
  • follow
  • foofaraw
  • fowl
  • waif
  • wail
  • wall
  • wallaroo
  • wallow
  • warrior
  • will
  • willow
  • wolf
  • woof
  • wool


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 87

Number of Answers: 21

Points Needed for Genius: 61

Genius requires between 8 and 19 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 84% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • January 30, 2022 (Center Letter: I)
  • July 29, 2020 (Center Letter: O)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 87 was in the 8th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on November 8, 2022.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 21 possible answers rank it in the 2nd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on November 8, 2022.
    The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
    The lowest number of answers was 17 on October 2, 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 133
    • loll 132
    • toot 125
    • naan 110
    • nana 110
    • lilt 97
    • till 97
    • tilt 97
    • tint 84
    • mama 82
    • mamma 82
    • onto 80
    • toon 80
    • call 76
    • calla 76
    • dodo 75
    • nene 75
    • tatty 74
    • boob 73
    • booboo 73
    • lull 73
    • lulu 73
    • allay 72
    • ally 72
    • anal 72
    • array 72
    • olio 72
    • ratatat 72
    • tart 72
    • tartar 72
    • attar 71
    • loon 70
    • mitt 70
    • loom 69
    • moll 69
    • mono 69
    • moon 69
    • acacia 68
    • acai 68
    • anon 68
    • papa 68
    • poop 68
    • radar 68
    • baba 66
    • coot 66
    • loot 66
    • lotto 66
    • onion 66
    • root 66
    • rotor 66


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • alow
    • awol
    • frow
    • waff
    • wair
    • wali
    • walla
    • wawl
    • williwaw
    • wirra
    • woorali
    • woorari

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