Sunday, September 16, 2018

The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • eely
  • eminently
  • enemy
  • enmity
  • entity
  • eyelet
  • illy
  • imminently
  • intently
  • leniently
  • lenity
  • lily
  • linty
  • melty
  • minty
  • myelin
  • nettly
  • netty
  • ninety
  • ninny
  • teeny
  • timely
  • tinily
  • tinny
  • tiny
  • yell
  • yente
  • yeti
  • itty

Maximum Puzzle Score: 156

Number of Answers: 29

Points Needed for Genius: 109

Genius requires between 14 and 26 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 89% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 62% of the remaining points to reach genius.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 156 was the in the 57th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 13, 2018.
The highest score ever was 315 on July 6, 2018.
The lowest score ever was 76 on July 27, 2018.

This puzzle's 29 possible answers rank it in the 28th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on September 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 8-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