Friday, January 20, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • agog
  • aloe
  • aloof
  • apogee
  • elope
  • falloff
  • flagpole
  • floe
  • flog
  • flop
  • foal
  • fool
  • gallop
  • galop
  • gloop
  • glop
  • goal
  • goggle
  • golf
  • goof
  • google
  • googol
  • goop
  • loaf
  • loge
  • logo
  • loll
  • lollop
  • loofa
  • loop
  • lope
  • offal
  • ogee
  • ogle
  • oleo
  • opal
  • paleo
  • people
  • plop
  • pogo
  • pole
  • poll
  • polo
  • poof
  • pool
  • poop
  • pope
  • poppa


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 135

Number of Answers: 48

Points Needed for Genius: 95

Genius requires between 16 and 43 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • March 2, 2022 (Center Letter: G)
  • March 3, 2021 (Center Letter: F)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 135 was in the 39th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on January 19, 2023.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 48 possible answers rank it in the 76th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on January 19, 2023.
    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 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

    • noon 138
    • loll 137
    • toot 127
    • naan 113
    • nana 113
    • lilt 102
    • till 102
    • tilt 102
    • mama 86
    • mamma 86
    • tint 84
    • onto 81
    • toon 81
    • call 79
    • calla 79
    • lull 79
    • lulu 79
    • dodo 78
    • nene 78
    • boob 77
    • booboo 77
    • tatty 77
    • poop 75
    • allay 74
    • ally 74
    • anal 74
    • array 74
    • olio 74
    • papa 74
    • ratatat 74
    • tart 74
    • tartar 74
    • acacia 73
    • acai 73
    • attar 73
    • anon 72
    • loon 72
    • mitt 72
    • mono 71
    • moon 71
    • radar 71
    • loom 70
    • moll 70
    • baba 69
    • onion 69
    • coot 68
    • root 68
    • rotor 68
    • toro 68
    • tort 68


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • agloo
    • apagoge
    • apogeal
    • apollo
    • apolog
    • apologal
    • epopee
    • felloe
    • feoff
    • feoffee
    • foggage
    • galago
    • gaol
    • glogg
    • gogo
    • logoff
    • loof
    • offa
    • olea
    • olla
    • pepo
    • pollee
    • popple

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