Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • blot
  • blotto
  • bolt
  • boot
  • booty
  • bottom
  • immobility
  • itty
  • lilt
  • limit
  • lobotomy
  • loot
  • lotto
  • mitt
  • mobility
  • molt
  • moot
  • motility
  • motto
  • obit
  • omit
  • till
  • tilt
  • toil
  • toll
  • tomb
  • tomboy
  • tomtit
  • tool
  • toot


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 110

Number of Answers: 30

Points Needed for Genius: 77

Genius requires between 9 and 28 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 99% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 57% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • June 4, 2020 (Center Letter: O)
  • October 27, 2019 (Center Letter: B)
  • July 20, 2018 (Center Letter: L)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 110 was the in the 31st percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on November 21, 2020.
    The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 30 possible answers rank it in the 38th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on November 22, 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 86
    • toot 79
    • noon 76
    • naan 74
    • nana 74
    • lilt 59
    • till 59
    • tilt 59
    • 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
    • loot 45
    • lotto 45
    • onto 45
    • tatty 45
    • toll 45
    • tool 45
    • toon 45
    • mama 43
    • mamma 43
    • natant 43
    • coot 42
    • dodo 42
    • illy 42
    • lily 42
    • mono 42
    • moon 42
    • poop 42
    • itty 41
    • roar 41
    • aria 40
    • tall 40


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • bitt
    • bittily
    • bitty
    • blotty
    • bott
    • loti
    • loto
    • milt
    • milty
    • mity
    • molto
    • motmot
    • mott
    • otto
    • timolol
    • titbit
    • titi
    • titty
    • toby
    • toit
    • tolt
    • tolyl
    • tombolo
    • tommy
    • toom
    • totty
    • toyo

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