Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • faith
  • fifth
  • filth
  • haft
  • hail
  • halal
  • half
  • halfwit
  • hall
  • halt
  • hath
  • hatha
  • hiatal
  • hill
  • hilt
  • lath
  • that
  • thaw
  • tilth
  • what
  • whiff
  • whit
  • with
  • withal


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 75

Number of Answers: 24

Points Needed for Genius: 53

Genius requires between 9 and 22 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 87% 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 26, 2019 (Center Letter: I)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 75 was the in the 4th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on June 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 24 possible answers rank it in the 15th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on September 5, 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 78
    • toot 71
    • noon 68
    • naan 67
    • nana 67
    • lilt 53
    • till 53
    • tilt 53
    • lull 49
    • lulu 49
    • ratatat 49
    • tart 49
    • tartar 49
    • attar 48
    • anal 47
    • root 47
    • roto 47
    • rotor 47
    • toro 47
    • tort 47
    • trot 47
    • array 46
    • call 44
    • calla 44
    • radar 43
    • tatty 43
    • allay 42
    • ally 42
    • mono 42
    • moon 42
    • loot 41
    • lotto 41
    • poop 41
    • toll 41
    • tool 41
    • illy 40
    • lily 40
    • loon 40
    • mama 40
    • mamma 40
    • onto 40
    • tint 40
    • toon 40
    • itty 39
    • natant 39
    • boob 37
    • booboo 37
    • coot 37
    • nanny 37
    • tall 37


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • haaf
    • haffit
    • haha
    • halala
    • halalah
    • hallah
    • hallal
    • halwa
    • hawala
    • hila
    • hili
    • lahal
    • laith
    • lathi
    • lithia
    • tallith
    • tathata
    • thali
    • thalli
    • thill
    • waah
    • wallah

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