Sunday, October 27, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • bill
  • billy
  • blob
  • blobby
  • bloom
  • blot
  • blotto
  • boil
  • boll
  • bolo
  • bolt
  • bomb
  • boob
  • booboo
  • booby
  • boom
  • boomy
  • boot
  • booty
  • bottom
  • immobility
  • limb
  • limbo
  • lobby
  • lobo
  • lobotomy
  • mobility
  • obit
  • tomb
  • tomboy


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 120

Number of Answers: 30

Points Needed for Genius: 84

Genius requires between 11 and 28 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 95% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 59% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 120 was the in the 37th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on October 23, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 30 possible answers rank it in the 35th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on October 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 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

  • loll 43
  • toot 43
  • naan 39
  • nana 39
  • ratatat 36
  • tart 36
  • tartar 36
  • attar 35
  • noon 35
  • call 34
  • calla 34
  • array 32
  • tatty 32
  • anal 30
  • lilt 30
  • root 30
  • roto 30
  • rotor 30
  • till 30
  • tilt 30
  • toro 30
  • tort 30
  • trot 30
  • allay 29
  • ally 29
  • nanny 27
  • natant 27
  • tint 27
  • baba 26
  • coot 26
  • loot 26
  • lotto 26
  • nene 26
  • onto 26
  • poop 26
  • tact 26
  • toll 26
  • tool 26
  • toon 26
  • itty 25
  • tall 25
  • ball 23
  • blab 23
  • radar 23
  • arty 22
  • hath 22
  • mama 22
  • mamma 22
  • mono 22
  • moon 22


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • bibb
  • bilbo
  • bilby
  • bimbo
  • bitt
  • bittily
  • bitty
  • blimy
  • bloomy
  • blotty
  • bobbly
  • bobby
  • bobo
  • bott
  • boyo
  • limbi
  • limby
  • loblolly
  • looby
  • obol
  • oboli
  • titbit
  • toby
  • tombolo
  • yobbo
  • yobby

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