Thursday, July 20, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • alive
  • allay
  • allele
  • alley
  • ally
  • avail
  • eely
  • evil
  • evilly
  • hail
  • halal
  • hale
  • hall
  • halva
  • halvah
  • halve
  • heal
  • heavily
  • heel
  • hell
  • helve
  • hill
  • hilly
  • illy
  • lava
  • lave
  • leave
  • levee
  • level
  • levelly
  • levy
  • lily
  • live
  • lively
  • vale
  • valley
  • valve
  • veal
  • veil
  • vial
  • vile
  • vilely
  • villa
  • yell


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 149

Number of Answers: 44

Points Needed for Genius: 104

Genius requires between 18 and 38 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 77% 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 21, 2022 (Center Letter: V)
  • December 3, 2020 (Center Letter: E)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 149 was in the 44th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on July 14, 2023.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

    This puzzle's 44 possible answers rank it in the 67th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on July 19, 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 147
    • loll 143
    • toot 135
    • naan 125
    • nana 125
    • lilt 109
    • till 109
    • tilt 109
    • tint 95
    • mama 94
    • mamma 94
    • nene 89
    • acacia 88
    • acai 88
    • onto 86
    • toon 86
    • lull 85
    • lulu 85
    • call 84
    • calla 84
    • dodo 84
    • poop 84
    • tatty 83
    • boob 82
    • booboo 82
    • mitt 81
    • allay 80
    • ally 80
    • anal 80
    • array 80
    • olio 80
    • papa 80
    • radar 79
    • baba 78
    • ratatat 78
    • tart 78
    • tartar 78
    • anon 77
    • attar 77
    • onion 77
    • mono 76
    • moon 76
    • loom 75
    • loon 75
    • moll 75
    • tact 75
    • nanny 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*:

    • aalii
    • alae
    • alee
    • aliya
    • aliyah
    • allee
    • allheal
    • allyl
    • elhi
    • halala
    • halalah
    • halavah
    • hallah
    • hallal
    • hallel
    • heil
    • hila
    • hili
    • hyla
    • ilea
    • ileal
    • ilia
    • ilial
    • lahal
    • lall
    • lavalava
    • leal
    • leally
    • leavy
    • leva
    • lieve
    • livelily
    • vail
    • valval
    • vealy
    • vela
    • vielle
    • vill
    • villae
    • villi
    • vlei
    • yill

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