Saturday, May 30, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • alfalfa
  • allay
  • ally
  • altar
  • artful
  • artfully
  • aural
  • aurally
  • fall
  • fatal
  • fatally
  • fatly
  • fault
  • faulty
  • flat
  • flatly
  • flauta
  • flay
  • fluff
  • fluffy
  • flurry
  • full
  • fully
  • furl
  • luau
  • lull
  • lulu
  • rally
  • rattly
  • ruffly
  • rural
  • rurally
  • tall
  • tally
  • tartly
  • tautly
  • trayful
  • truly
  • ultra


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 192

Number of Answers: 39

Points Needed for Genius: 134

Genius requires between 20 and 33 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 82% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • March 15, 2020 (Center Letter: F)
  • June 6, 2019 (Center Letter: R)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 192 was the in the 78th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on May 28, 2020.
    The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 39 possible answers rank it in the 63rd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on May 28, 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 66
    • toot 63
    • naan 61
    • nana 61
    • noon 58
    • lilt 47
    • ratatat 47
    • tart 47
    • tartar 47
    • till 47
    • tilt 47
    • attar 46
    • root 45
    • roto 45
    • rotor 45
    • toro 45
    • tort 45
    • trot 45
    • array 43
    • allay 41
    • ally 41
    • anal 41
    • call 41
    • calla 41
    • tatty 41
    • lull 39
    • lulu 39
    • radar 38
    • mono 37
    • moon 37
    • natant 37
    • onto 37
    • toon 37
    • itty 36
    • loot 36
    • lotto 36
    • poop 36
    • toll 36
    • tool 36
    • loon 35
    • tall 35
    • illy 34
    • lily 34
    • nanny 34
    • tact 34
    • tint 34
    • coot 33
    • mama 33
    • mamma 33
    • aria 32


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • alar
    • alary
    • alfa
    • allyl
    • alula
    • alular
    • arrayal
    • artal
    • aryl
    • atalaya
    • atlatl
    • fallal
    • farfal
    • farl
    • fluty
    • fluyt
    • furfural
    • futural
    • lall
    • latu
    • laura
    • luff
    • luffa
    • lyart
    • lytta
    • ratal
    • ruly
    • tala
    • talar
    • trull

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