Thursday, July 30, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • attach
  • captcha
  • catch
  • catchup
  • chat
  • chutzpah
  • cutup
  • hatch
  • hath
  • hatha
  • hutch
  • pact
  • patch
  • path
  • phat
  • putt
  • putz
  • tach
  • tact
  • tapa
  • taut
  • that
  • thatch
  • tutu


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 84

Number of Answers: 24

Points Needed for Genius: 59

Genius requires between 9 and 22 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 86% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • April 17, 2020 (Center Letter: A)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 84 was the in the 10th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on July 13, 2020.
    The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 24 possible answers rank it in the 15th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on July 15, 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 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 73
    • toot 67
    • naan 66
    • nana 66
    • noon 64
    • lilt 51
    • till 51
    • tilt 51
    • ratatat 49
    • tart 49
    • tartar 49
    • attar 48
    • array 46
    • lull 46
    • lulu 46
    • root 46
    • roto 46
    • rotor 46
    • toro 46
    • tort 46
    • trot 46
    • anal 44
    • allay 42
    • ally 42
    • call 42
    • calla 42
    • tatty 42
    • radar 41
    • loot 40
    • lotto 40
    • toll 40
    • tool 40
    • mono 39
    • moon 39
    • natant 39
    • poop 39
    • illy 38
    • lily 38
    • mama 38
    • mamma 38
    • onto 38
    • toon 38
    • loon 37
    • dodo 36
    • itty 36
    • nanny 36
    • tact 36
    • tall 36
    • tint 36
    • coot 35


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • acta
    • aphtha
    • atap
    • caput
    • chapt
    • chutzpa
    • cutch
    • haut
    • hutzpa
    • hutzpah
    • pataca
    • phpht
    • phut
    • tathata
    • tazza

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