Friday, August 24, 2018

The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • coconut
  • cocoon
  • concoct
  • concur
  • contort
  • contour
  • coon
  • coot
  • corn
  • corny
  • cotton
  • cottony
  • count
  • country
  • county
  • court
  • croc
  • crony
  • croon
  • crouton
  • cutout
  • noon
  • noun
  • occur
  • onto
  • outcry
  • outro
  • outrun
  • rococo
  • root
  • roto
  • rotor
  • rout
  • runout
  • tony
  • toon
  • toot
  • torn
  • toro
  • tort
  • tour
  • tout
  • trot
  • trout
  • troy
  • tryout
  • turnout
  • tutor
  • tycoon
  • tyro
  • unto
  • your

Maximum Puzzle Score: 202

Number of Answers: 52

Points Needed for Genius: 141

Genius requires between 22 and 45 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 75% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 202 was the in the 76th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on August 22, 2018.
The highest score ever was 315 on July 6, 2018.
The lowest score ever was 76 on July 27, 2018.

This puzzle's 52 possible answers rank it in the 90th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on August 15, 2018.
The highest number of answers was 65 on July 6, 2018.
The lowest number of answers was 21 on August 5, 2018.

It takes a 7-letter word for genius. This is pretty common.

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Haven't I seen these words before?

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