Sunday, December 1, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • allay
  • ally
  • appall
  • apply
  • avail
  • avid
  • avidly
  • daddy
  • daily
  • dally
  • daylily
  • dial
  • dillydally
  • diva
  • dyad
  • iliad
  • lady
  • laid
  • lava
  • paddy
  • paid
  • pail
  • pall
  • pallid
  • pallidly
  • palp
  • papa
  • papal
  • papally
  • papaya
  • papilla
  • pappy
  • payday
  • plaid
  • play
  • valid
  • validly
  • vapid
  • vapidly
  • vial
  • villa
  • yappy


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 180

Number of Answers: 42

Points Needed for Genius: 126

Genius requires between 20 and 36 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 180 was the in the 70th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on November 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 42 possible answers rank it in the 67th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on November 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 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

  • loll 47
  • toot 47
  • naan 41
  • nana 41
  • noon 37
  • ratatat 37
  • tart 37
  • tartar 37
  • attar 36
  • array 34
  • call 34
  • calla 34
  • lilt 33
  • tatty 33
  • till 33
  • tilt 33
  • allay 32
  • ally 32
  • root 32
  • roto 32
  • rotor 32
  • toro 32
  • tort 32
  • trot 32
  • anal 30
  • loot 29
  • lotto 29
  • natant 29
  • tint 29
  • toll 29
  • tool 29
  • nanny 28
  • poop 28
  • coot 27
  • onto 27
  • toon 27
  • baba 26
  • itty 26
  • nene 26
  • radar 26
  • tact 26
  • tall 26
  • aria 23
  • ball 23
  • blab 23
  • hath 23
  • illy 23
  • lily 23
  • lull 23
  • lulu 23


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • aalii
  • alidad
  • aliya
  • allyl
  • appal
  • ayaya
  • dada
  • davy
  • ilia
  • ilial
  • laddy
  • lall
  • lapilli
  • lavalava
  • lipa
  • padi
  • palapa
  • pali
  • palladia
  • pallia
  • pallial
  • pally
  • palpal
  • palpi
  • paly
  • pappi
  • pavid
  • pial
  • pipa
  • pipal
  • playa
  • playday
  • vail
  • valval
  • vidalia
  • viva
  • yald

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