Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • abracadabra
  • array
  • backyard
  • barb
  • bard
  • bark
  • barrack
  • brad
  • bray
  • carb
  • card
  • carry
  • crab
  • crabby
  • crack
  • cracky
  • crybaby
  • dark
  • drab
  • dray
  • dryad
  • rack
  • racy
  • radar
  • yard


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 91

Number of Answers: 25

Points Needed for Genius: 64

Genius requires between 9 and 23 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 84% 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:

  • July 11, 2020 (Center Letter: B)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 91 was in the 11th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on April 16, 2021.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 25 possible answers rank it in the 17th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on April 17, 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 101
    • noon 90
    • toot 86
    • naan 84
    • nana 84
    • lilt 66
    • till 66
    • tilt 66
    • lull 59
    • lulu 59
    • ratatat 58
    • tart 58
    • tartar 58
    • anal 57
    • attar 57
    • tint 56
    • call 55
    • calla 55
    • loon 55
    • root 55
    • roto 55
    • rotor 55
    • toro 55
    • tort 55
    • trot 55
    • loot 52
    • lotto 52
    • toll 52
    • tool 52
    • array 51
    • radar 51
    • allay 50
    • ally 50
    • mama 50
    • mamma 50
    • onto 50
    • tatty 50
    • toon 50
    • dodo 49
    • mono 49
    • moon 49
    • poop 49
    • papa 48
    • loom 47
    • moll 47
    • nene 47
    • coot 46
    • illy 46
    • lily 46
    • natant 46


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • arak
    • arrack
    • baccara
    • backbar
    • barca
    • barky
    • barry
    • bayard
    • braky
    • brrr
    • caracara
    • carack
    • cark
    • carr
    • carrack
    • carryback
    • crackback
    • darb
    • darbar
    • darky
    • kabar
    • kbar
    • kray
    • kyar
    • raya
    • yarak

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