Thursday, January 14, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • afar
  • affray
  • afro
  • array
  • arroyo
  • farro
  • fora
  • foray
  • fork
  • fray
  • hark
  • harry
  • hayfork
  • hoar
  • hoary
  • hoorah
  • hooray
  • hora
  • horror
  • okra
  • roar
  • roof
  • rook


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 81

Number of Answers: 23

Points Needed for Genius: 57

Genius requires between 9 and 21 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 85% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • June 4, 2019 (Center Letter: A)
  • July 27, 2018 (Center Letter: R)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 81 was the in the 6th 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 23 possible answers rank it in the 10th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on January 1, 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 6-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 90
    • noon 82
    • toot 81
    • naan 75
    • nana 75
    • lilt 62
    • till 62
    • tilt 62
    • ratatat 58
    • tart 58
    • tartar 58
    • attar 57
    • root 54
    • roto 54
    • rotor 54
    • toro 54
    • tort 54
    • trot 54
    • lull 53
    • lulu 53
    • anal 52
    • call 51
    • calla 51
    • tint 51
    • array 50
    • radar 49
    • allay 48
    • ally 48
    • loon 48
    • mono 48
    • moon 48
    • loot 47
    • lotto 47
    • tatty 47
    • toll 47
    • tool 47
    • mama 46
    • mamma 46
    • onto 46
    • toon 46
    • illy 45
    • lily 45
    • dodo 44
    • poop 44
    • roar 44
    • coot 43
    • itty 43
    • natant 43
    • papa 42
    • tall 42


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • arak
    • faro
    • forky
    • haar
    • horah
    • horary
    • hork
    • karoo
    • karroo
    • kora
    • kray
    • kyar
    • orfray
    • orra
    • raff
    • raya
    • rayah
    • rooky
    • yarak

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