Friday, November 1, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • afar
  • affair
  • affirm
  • affray
  • airman
  • airy
  • aria
  • army
  • array
  • fair
  • fairy
  • farina
  • farm
  • firm
  • fray
  • friar
  • friary
  • infirm
  • infirmary
  • mammary
  • marina
  • marinara
  • marm
  • marry
  • nary
  • raffia
  • rain
  • rainy
  • ramify
  • rani
  • riff
  • riffraff
  • yarn


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 138

Number of Answers: 33

Points Needed for Genius: 97

Genius requires between 14 and 29 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 80% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 138 was the in the 48th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on October 29, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 33 possible answers rank it in the 44th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on October 29, 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 6-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 44
  • toot 44
  • naan 39
  • nana 39
  • ratatat 37
  • tart 37
  • tartar 37
  • attar 36
  • noon 36
  • call 34
  • calla 34
  • array 33
  • tatty 32
  • root 31
  • roto 31
  • rotor 31
  • toro 31
  • tort 31
  • trot 31
  • anal 30
  • lilt 30
  • till 30
  • tilt 30
  • allay 29
  • ally 29
  • nanny 27
  • natant 27
  • onto 27
  • poop 27
  • tint 27
  • toon 27
  • baba 26
  • coot 26
  • loot 26
  • lotto 26
  • nene 26
  • tact 26
  • toll 26
  • tool 26
  • itty 25
  • tall 25
  • radar 24
  • ball 23
  • blab 23
  • aria 22
  • arty 22
  • hath 22
  • loon 22
  • mama 22
  • mamma 22


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • airn
  • amarna
  • amir
  • ariary
  • fiar
  • firman
  • firn
  • firry
  • inarm
  • infra
  • maar
  • mair
  • mara
  • maria
  • marram
  • miri
  • mirin
  • miry
  • naira
  • raff
  • raia
  • rami
  • ramin
  • rammy
  • rarify
  • raya
  • rimy
  • yirr

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