Sunday, January 26, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • abbacy
  • ache
  • achy
  • beach
  • beachy
  • beech
  • belch
  • bellyache
  • bleach
  • blech
  • cabal
  • cabala
  • cabby
  • cable
  • cache
  • call
  • calla
  • callable
  • celeb
  • cell
  • challah
  • clay
  • clayey
  • cycle
  • each
  • lace
  • lacy
  • leach
  • lech
  • leech
  • lychee
  • yecch
  • yech


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 147

Number of Answers: 33

Points Needed for Genius: 103

Genius requires between 17 and 28 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 79% 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 147 was the in the 54th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on January 24, 2020.
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 45th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on January 25, 2020.
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 55
  • toot 53
  • naan 49
  • nana 49
  • noon 47
  • array 37
  • call 37
  • calla 37
  • ratatat 37
  • tart 37
  • tartar 37
  • attar 36
  • root 36
  • roto 36
  • rotor 36
  • toro 36
  • tort 36
  • trot 36
  • allay 35
  • ally 35
  • lilt 35
  • tatty 35
  • till 35
  • tilt 35
  • anal 34
  • loot 32
  • lotto 32
  • nanny 32
  • natant 32
  • poop 32
  • toll 32
  • tool 32
  • tint 31
  • onto 30
  • toon 30
  • itty 29
  • nene 29
  • radar 29
  • coot 28
  • mono 28
  • moon 28
  • tall 28
  • baba 27
  • illy 27
  • lily 27
  • loon 27
  • mama 27
  • mamma 27
  • tact 27
  • ball 26


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • abaca
  • acyl
  • alec
  • bacca
  • baccae
  • baccala
  • baccy
  • bach
  • beachball
  • beechy
  • bleachable
  • cabbala
  • cabbalah
  • caca
  • cachaca
  • caeca
  • caecal
  • caecally
  • caleche
  • callee
  • calyceal
  • calycle
  • ceca
  • cecal
  • cecally
  • cella
  • cellae
  • chalah
  • chaleh
  • challa
  • chally
  • chay
  • chebec
  • chela
  • chelae
  • chyle
  • clach
  • eche
  • echelle
  • halacha
  • lacey
  • leachable
  • leachy
  • lycea
  • lycee
  • lych
  • yechy

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