Saturday, July 27, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee

The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • allow
  • alloy
  • annoy
  • anon
  • arrow
  • arroyo
  • llano
  • loan
  • loll
  • loon
  • loony
  • lorry
  • lowly
  • loyal
  • loyally
  • narrow
  • narrowly
  • nonroyal
  • noon
  • nylon
  • onlay
  • only
  • oral
  • orally
  • rayon
  • roan
  • roar
  • roll
  • rollaway
  • royal
  • royally
  • wallaroo
  • wallow
  • wool
  • woolly
  • worn
  • worry
  • yarrow
  • yowl

Maximum Puzzle Score: 172

Number of Answers: 39

Points Needed for Genius: 120

Genius requires between 19 and 34 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 172 was the in the 66th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on July 24, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 39 possible answers rank it in the 62nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on July 24, 2019.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 21 on August 5, 2018.

It takes a 7-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

Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

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