Thursday, July 6, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • airily
  • airplay
  • airy
  • apiary
  • aria
  • arid
  • aril
  • array
  • dairy
  • diary
  • dray
  • drill
  • drip
  • drippy
  • dryad
  • dryly
  • lair
  • lapidary
  • lard
  • liar
  • lira
  • pair
  • papyri
  • parlay
  • parry
  • pillar
  • pray
  • radar
  • radial
  • radially
  • radii
  • raid
  • rail
  • rally
  • rapid
  • rapidly
  • rial
  • rill
  • ripply
  • riyal
  • yard


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 169

Number of Answers: 41

Points Needed for Genius: 118

Genius requires between 18 and 36 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 84% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • September 1, 2020 (Center Letter: D)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 169 was in the 55th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on July 5, 2023.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 41 possible answers rank it in the 60th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on July 5, 2023.
    The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
    The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

    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 146
    • loll 142
    • toot 135
    • naan 124
    • nana 124
    • lilt 109
    • till 109
    • tilt 109
    • mama 93
    • mamma 93
    • tint 93
    • nene 88
    • acacia 86
    • acai 86
    • lull 85
    • lulu 85
    • onto 85
    • toon 85
    • call 84
    • calla 84
    • dodo 84
    • poop 83
    • boob 82
    • booboo 82
    • tatty 82
    • mitt 81
    • anal 80
    • papa 80
    • allay 79
    • ally 79
    • array 79
    • olio 79
    • radar 79
    • ratatat 78
    • tart 78
    • tartar 78
    • attar 77
    • baba 77
    • anon 76
    • mono 76
    • moon 76
    • onion 76
    • loon 75
    • loom 74
    • moll 74
    • nanny 73
    • tact 73
    • tutu 73
    • coot 72
    • epee 72


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • alar
    • alary
    • ariary
    • aridly
    • arrayal
    • aryl
    • diapir
    • dirl
    • drail
    • drily
    • drippily
    • irid
    • laari
    • laird
    • lairdly
    • lairy
    • lardy
    • lari
    • liard
    • lidar
    • liri
    • lyard
    • padri
    • paillard
    • papillar
    • papillary
    • papyral
    • para
    • pard
    • pardi
    • pardy
    • parr
    • parral
    • pilar
    • piraya
    • priapi
    • prill
    • pyralid
    • pyralidid
    • radialia
    • raia
    • raya
    • riprap
    • yaird
    • yird
    • yirr

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