Thursday, August 13, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • dial
  • dill
  • fail
  • filial
  • fill
  • final
  • find
  • finial
  • flail
  • iliad
  • infill
  • inlaid
  • inland
  • laid
  • lain
  • lanai
  • landfill
  • naiad
  • naif
  • nail
  • waif
  • wail
  • wild
  • wildland
  • will
  • wind
  • windfall


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 100

Number of Answers: 27

Points Needed for Genius: 70

Genius requires between 10 and 25 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 82% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • July 8, 2020 (Center Letter: I)
  • February 14, 2020 (Center Letter: N)
  • July 8, 2019 (Center Letter: A)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 100 was the in the 25th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on August 11, 2020.
    The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 27 possible answers rank it in the 29th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on August 10, 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 8-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 76
    • toot 69
    • naan 66
    • nana 66
    • noon 65
    • lilt 51
    • till 51
    • tilt 51
    • ratatat 49
    • tart 49
    • tartar 49
    • attar 48
    • lull 47
    • lulu 47
    • root 47
    • roto 47
    • rotor 47
    • toro 47
    • tort 47
    • trot 47
    • array 46
    • anal 45
    • call 43
    • calla 43
    • allay 42
    • ally 42
    • tatty 42
    • loot 41
    • lotto 41
    • poop 41
    • radar 41
    • toll 41
    • tool 41
    • mama 40
    • mamma 40
    • mono 40
    • moon 40
    • natant 39
    • onto 39
    • toon 39
    • illy 38
    • lily 38
    • loon 38
    • dodo 36
    • itty 36
    • nanny 36
    • tact 36
    • tall 36
    • tint 36
    • aria 35


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • aalii
    • affinal
    • alanin
    • alidad
    • alif
    • anil
    • anilin
    • diff
    • diwan
    • fain
    • fila
    • finnan
    • ilia
    • ilial
    • infall
    • inia
    • inwall
    • inwind
    • liana
    • linin
    • linn
    • nandin
    • nandina
    • nidal
    • nidi
    • niff
    • nill
    • wadi
    • wain
    • wali
    • williwaw
    • windflaw

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