Monday, August 8, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • affray
  • airy
  • array
  • arty
  • fairy
  • fatty
  • fifty
  • fratty
  • fray
  • friary
  • gratify
  • gray
  • gritty
  • iffy
  • itty
  • rarity
  • ratify
  • ratty
  • taffy
  • tarry
  • tatty
  • tray


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 97

Number of Answers: 22

Points Needed for Genius: 68

Genius requires between 11 and 19 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 82% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • May 4, 2021 (Center Letter: T)
  • February 27, 2019 (Center Letter: T)
  • November 13, 2018 (Center Letter: F)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 97 was in the 15th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on July 29, 2022.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 22 possible answers rank it in the 5th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on July 23, 2022.
    The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
    The lowest number of answers was 18 on May 1, 2022.

    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

    • noon 128
    • loll 126
    • toot 120
    • naan 107
    • nana 107
    • lilt 93
    • till 93
    • tilt 93
    • tint 79
    • mama 77
    • mamma 77
    • onto 76
    • toon 76
    • dodo 74
    • nene 74
    • boob 72
    • booboo 72
    • ratatat 72
    • tart 72
    • tartar 72
    • anal 71
    • array 71
    • attar 71
    • call 71
    • calla 71
    • lull 71
    • lulu 71
    • tatty 71
    • olio 69
    • loon 68
    • allay 67
    • ally 67
    • loot 66
    • lotto 66
    • mitt 66
    • mono 66
    • moon 66
    • toll 66
    • tool 66
    • onion 65
    • radar 65
    • papa 64
    • poop 64
    • root 64
    • rotor 64
    • toro 64
    • tort 64
    • trot 64
    • acacia 63
    • acai 63


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • ariary
    • ayaya
    • faggy
    • firry
    • gyri
    • raggy
    • rarify
    • raya
    • tarty
    • tayra
    • titty
    • trayf
    • yaff
    • yagi
    • yirr
    • yttria

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