Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • chic
  • chichi
  • chick
  • chicory
  • chock
  • choir
  • choky
  • cirri
  • cocci
  • cock
  • cocky
  • coho
  • cook
  • cork
  • crick
  • croc
  • croci
  • crock
  • crook
  • hick
  • hickory
  • hock
  • hooch
  • ichor
  • icky
  • kick
  • kicky
  • rich
  • rick
  • rock
  • rocky
  • rococo


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 121

Number of Answers: 32

Points Needed for Genius: 85

Genius requires between 15 and 28 words. You need at least a 5-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • May 15, 2020 (Center Letter: C)
  • June 2, 2019 (Center Letter: O)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 121 was the in the 42nd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on September 14, 2020.
    The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 32 possible answers rank it in the 45th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on September 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 5-letter word for genius. The last time that happened was on DATE.



    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 80
    • toot 72
    • naan 69
    • nana 69
    • noon 69
    • lilt 55
    • till 55
    • tilt 55
    • ratatat 52
    • tart 52
    • tartar 52
    • attar 51
    • lull 49
    • lulu 49
    • root 49
    • roto 49
    • rotor 49
    • toro 49
    • tort 49
    • trot 49
    • anal 48
    • array 46
    • call 45
    • calla 45
    • tatty 44
    • radar 43
    • allay 42
    • ally 42
    • loot 42
    • lotto 42
    • mono 42
    • moon 42
    • tint 42
    • toll 42
    • tool 42
    • loon 41
    • mama 41
    • mamma 41
    • poop 41
    • illy 40
    • lily 40
    • natant 40
    • onto 40
    • toon 40
    • itty 39
    • tall 39
    • boob 38
    • booboo 38
    • baba 37
    • coot 37


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • chiccory
    • chickory
    • chico
    • chirk
    • chiro
    • chirr
    • choc
    • chook
    • choric
    • coccic
    • coco
    • coir
    • coky
    • cooch
    • coocoo
    • cooky
    • corky
    • cory
    • hoick
    • ochry
    • yock

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