Saturday, November 14, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • acolyte
  • allocate
  • allot
  • alloy
  • aloe
  • alto
  • atoll
  • cacao
  • callaloo
  • cello
  • cloaca
  • clot
  • cloy
  • coact
  • coal
  • coat
  • coca
  • cocoa
  • cola
  • collate
  • collect
  • collet
  • collocate
  • colt
  • cool
  • coolly
  • coot
  • cote
  • coyly
  • coyote
  • local
  • locale
  • locally
  • locate
  • loco
  • loll
  • loot
  • lotto
  • loyal
  • loyally
  • loyalty
  • oaty
  • ocelot
  • octal
  • octet
  • oleo
  • oocyte
  • taco
  • tattoo
  • teetotal
  • toccata
  • toll
  • tool
  • toot
  • tootle
  • total
  • totally
  • tote


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 248

Number of Answers: 58

Points Needed for Genius: 174

Genius requires between 26 and 50 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 74% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 248 was the in the 90th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 29, 2020.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 58 possible answers rank it in the 92nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on November 11, 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 83
  • toot 76
  • noon 74
  • naan 72
  • nana 72
  • lilt 57
  • till 57
  • tilt 57
  • ratatat 55
  • tart 55
  • tartar 55
  • attar 54
  • lull 51
  • lulu 51
  • root 50
  • roto 50
  • rotor 50
  • toro 50
  • tort 50
  • trot 50
  • anal 49
  • array 48
  • call 48
  • calla 48
  • radar 47
  • tint 46
  • tatty 45
  • allay 44
  • ally 44
  • onto 44
  • toon 44
  • loon 43
  • loot 43
  • lotto 43
  • mama 43
  • mamma 43
  • toll 43
  • tool 43
  • coot 42
  • dodo 42
  • mono 42
  • moon 42
  • natant 42
  • poop 42
  • illy 41
  • lily 41
  • roar 41
  • aria 40
  • tall 40
  • itty 39


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • alcool
  • allottee
  • calo
  • calotte
  • catalo
  • cattalo
  • cloacae
  • cloacal
  • cloot
  • clotty
  • coala
  • coaly
  • coatee
  • coccal
  • coco
  • cocotte
  • cole
  • colly
  • colocate
  • coly
  • coocoo
  • cooee
  • cooey
  • cooly
  • cotta
  • cottae
  • cyclo
  • loca
  • lolly
  • looey
  • lota
  • loto
  • lotta
  • lotte
  • ocellate
  • octette
  • octyl
  • olea
  • oleate
  • olla
  • otto
  • tallol
  • teetotally
  • telco
  • toccate
  • toco
  • toea
  • tola
  • tole
  • tolt
  • tolyl
  • totty
  • toyo

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