Monday, November 30, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • goth
  • gout
  • grog
  • grotto
  • grout
  • grow
  • growth
  • hoot
  • horror
  • hour
  • ought
  • outgo
  • outgrow
  • outgrowth
  • outro
  • outthought
  • root
  • rotgut
  • roto
  • rotor
  • rough
  • rout
  • thorough
  • thou
  • though
  • thought
  • through
  • throughout
  • throw
  • toot
  • tooth
  • toro
  • tort
  • tough
  • tour
  • tout
  • trot
  • troth
  • trough
  • trout
  • tutor
  • woohoo
  • woot
  • wort
  • worth
  • wroth
  • wrought


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 209

Number of Answers: 47

Points Needed for Genius: 146

Genius requires between 20 and 42 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 82% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • November 7, 2018 (Center Letter: U)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 209 was the in the 80th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on November 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 47 possible answers rank it in the 78th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on November 29, 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 86
    • toot 78
    • noon 76
    • naan 74
    • nana 74
    • lilt 58
    • till 58
    • tilt 58
    • ratatat 55
    • tart 55
    • tartar 55
    • attar 54
    • lull 51
    • lulu 51
    • root 51
    • roto 51
    • rotor 51
    • toro 51
    • tort 51
    • trot 51
    • anal 50
    • tint 49
    • array 48
    • call 48
    • calla 48
    • radar 47
    • loon 46
    • allay 45
    • ally 45
    • onto 45
    • tatty 45
    • toon 45
    • loot 44
    • lotto 44
    • toll 44
    • tool 44
    • mama 43
    • mamma 43
    • natant 43
    • coot 42
    • dodo 42
    • illy 42
    • lily 42
    • mono 42
    • moon 42
    • poop 42
    • roar 41
    • aria 40
    • itty 40
    • tall 40


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • gogo
    • grot
    • hogg
    • ortho
    • otto
    • outroot
    • outrow
    • outthrow
    • outtrot
    • outwrought
    • roughout
    • routh
    • rowth
    • thoro
    • thoroughwort
    • thro
    • toothwort
    • torot
    • toroth
    • torr
    • trog
    • trou
    • trow
    • trowth
    • turgor
    • whort

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