Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • aboard
  • abroad
  • adobo
  • ammo
  • arbor
  • ardor
  • armor
  • aroma
  • bamboo
  • baobab
  • barroom
  • boar
  • board
  • boardroom
  • boba
  • bomb
  • bombard
  • boob
  • booboo
  • boom
  • boor
  • broad
  • brood
  • broom
  • dodo
  • dojo
  • doodad
  • doom
  • door
  • doorjamb
  • dorm
  • jojoba
  • major
  • majordomo
  • mambo
  • marjoram
  • mojo
  • momma
  • mood
  • moor
  • odor
  • ramrod
  • road
  • roam
  • roar
  • rood
  • room


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 184

Number of Answers: 47

Points Needed for Genius: 129

Genius requires between 20 and 41 words. You need at least a 6-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 184 was the in the 74th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on March 22, 2020.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 47 possible answers rank it in the 79th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on March 22, 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 59
  • toot 57
  • naan 55
  • nana 55
  • noon 54
  • ratatat 45
  • tart 45
  • tartar 45
  • attar 44
  • lilt 43
  • till 43
  • tilt 43
  • root 40
  • roto 40
  • rotor 40
  • tatty 40
  • toro 40
  • tort 40
  • trot 40
  • call 39
  • calla 39
  • anal 38
  • array 38
  • allay 37
  • ally 37
  • natant 35
  • poop 34
  • tint 34
  • itty 33
  • loot 33
  • lotto 33
  • nanny 33
  • onto 33
  • tall 33
  • toll 33
  • tool 33
  • toon 33
  • tact 32
  • loon 31
  • lull 31
  • lulu 31
  • mono 31
  • moon 31
  • nene 31
  • radar 31
  • coot 30
  • illy 30
  • lily 30
  • mama 29
  • mamma 29


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • aboma
  • ambo
  • araroba
  • arroba
  • baboo
  • bobo
  • bombora
  • bora
  • bromo
  • broo
  • dado
  • dobra
  • dobro
  • doob
  • doodoo
  • dorado
  • dorr
  • joram
  • mojarra
  • mora
  • morro
  • orad
  • ordo
  • orra

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