Sunday, January 13, 2019

The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • blob
  • blog
  • bloom
  • boil
  • boll
  • bolo
  • bomb
  • boob
  • booboo
  • boom
  • boor
  • brio
  • broil
  • broom
  • gigolo
  • glob
  • glom
  • gloom
  • googol
  • grog
  • groom
  • igloo
  • imbroglio
  • limbo
  • limo
  • lobo
  • logo
  • logroll
  • loll
  • loom
  • mirror
  • moil
  • moll
  • moor
  • olio
  • oribi
  • rigor
  • roil
  • roll
  • room

Maximum Puzzle Score: 117

Number of Answers: 40

Points Needed for Genius: 82

Genius requires between 13 and 36 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 117 was the in the 30th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on January 7, 2019.
The highest score ever was 357 on December 12, 2018.
The lowest score ever was 70 on September 22, 2018.

This puzzle's 40 possible answers rank it in the 61st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on January 10, 2019.
The highest number of answers was 73 on October 15, 2018.
The lowest number of answers was 21 on August 5, 2018.

It takes a 6-letter word for genius. This is pretty common.

Haven't I seen these letters before?

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Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are