Saturday, January 9, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • aioli
  • alack
  • alit
  • alkali
  • allot
  • alto
  • atilt
  • atoll
  • calico
  • call
  • calla
  • callaloo
  • catcall
  • cattail
  • cilia
  • clack
  • click
  • cloaca
  • cloak
  • clock
  • clot
  • coal
  • coattail
  • cocktail
  • coil
  • coital
  • cola
  • colic
  • colt
  • cool
  • iliac
  • illicit
  • italic
  • kill
  • kilo
  • kilt
  • koala
  • kola
  • lack
  • lactic
  • laic
  • laical
  • licit
  • lick
  • lilac
  • lilt
  • local
  • loci
  • lock
  • loco
  • loll
  • look
  • loot
  • lotto
  • ocotillo
  • octal
  • olio
  • tactical
  • tail
  • tailcoat
  • talc
  • tali
  • talk
  • tall
  • till
  • tilt
  • toil
  • toll
  • tool
  • toolkit
  • total


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 259

Number of Answers: 71

Points Needed for Genius: 181

Genius requires between 29 and 62 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 259 was the in the 92nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on January 2, 2021.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 71 possible answers rank it in the 99th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on January 2, 2021.
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 89
  • noon 82
  • toot 80
  • naan 75
  • nana 75
  • lilt 62
  • till 62
  • tilt 62
  • ratatat 57
  • tart 57
  • tartar 57
  • attar 56
  • root 53
  • roto 53
  • rotor 53
  • toro 53
  • tort 53
  • trot 53
  • anal 51
  • lull 51
  • lulu 51
  • tint 51
  • call 50
  • calla 50
  • array 49
  • radar 49
  • allay 48
  • ally 48
  • loon 48
  • mono 48
  • moon 48
  • tatty 47
  • loot 46
  • lotto 46
  • mama 46
  • mamma 46
  • onto 46
  • toll 46
  • tool 46
  • toon 46
  • illy 45
  • lily 45
  • dodo 44
  • poop 44
  • itty 43
  • natant 43
  • roar 43
  • coot 42
  • papa 42
  • nanny 41


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • aalii
  • alcaic
  • alcool
  • alkalic
  • alkalotic
  • alliak
  • atlatl
  • calcic
  • calcitic
  • calk
  • calo
  • catalatic
  • catalo
  • cattalo
  • cicala
  • citola
  • clit
  • clitic
  • cloacal
  • cloot
  • coala
  • coccal
  • colitic
  • ilia
  • ilial
  • ilka
  • illitic
  • kail
  • killick
  • killock
  • klick
  • klik
  • kolo
  • lactitol
  • lall
  • latakia
  • lati
  • latilla
  • lilo
  • litai
  • litotic
  • loca
  • lookit
  • lota
  • loti
  • lotic
  • loto
  • lotta
  • olicook
  • olla
  • oolitic
  • tala
  • tallit
  • tallol
  • talooka
  • tical
  • tilak
  • tola
  • tolt

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