Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • alfalfa
  • allele
  • allow
  • aloe
  • aloof
  • appall
  • appeal
  • appellee
  • apple
  • falafel
  • fall
  • falloff
  • fallow
  • fella
  • flap
  • flaw
  • flea
  • foal
  • lapel
  • leaf
  • leap
  • loaf
  • loofa
  • offal
  • opal
  • paella
  • palapa
  • pale
  • pall
  • palp
  • papa
  • papal
  • papaw
  • pawl
  • pawpaw
  • peafowl
  • peal
  • plea
  • poppa
  • waffle
  • wale
  • wall
  • wallop
  • wallow
  • weal


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 173

Number of Answers: 45

Points Needed for Genius: 121

Genius requires between 19 and 39 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 173 was in the 62nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 18, 2021.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 45 possible answers rank it in the 71st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 18, 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 114
  • noon 106
  • toot 99
  • naan 94
  • nana 94
  • lilt 79
  • till 79
  • tilt 79
  • tint 67
  • anal 65
  • ratatat 65
  • tart 65
  • tartar 65
  • attar 64
  • loon 64
  • lull 61
  • lulu 61
  • call 60
  • calla 60
  • dodo 60
  • mama 59
  • mamma 59
  • onto 59
  • root 59
  • rotor 59
  • tatty 59
  • toon 59
  • toro 59
  • tort 59
  • trot 59
  • mono 58
  • moon 58
  • nene 58
  • olio 58
  • array 57
  • loot 56
  • lotto 56
  • toll 56
  • tool 56
  • allay 55
  • ally 55
  • loom 55
  • moll 55
  • radar 55
  • roto 55
  • papa 54
  • nanny 53
  • poop 53
  • tact 53
  • tall 53


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • alae
  • alee
  • alef
  • alfa
  • allee
  • alow
  • apollo
  • appal
  • appel
  • awee
  • awol
  • faff
  • fallal
  • feal
  • felafel
  • lall
  • leal
  • offa
  • olea
  • olla
  • palea
  • paleae
  • paleal
  • palpal
  • pepla
  • waff
  • walla
  • wawl

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