Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • adorn
  • andiron
  • android
  • ardor
  • aria
  • arid
  • aril
  • darn
  • dinar
  • dirndl
  • dollar
  • dolor
  • donor
  • door
  • doornail
  • dorado
  • drain
  • drill
  • droid
  • droll
  • drool
  • indoor
  • inroad
  • iron
  • lair
  • landlord
  • lard
  • liar
  • lira
  • lord
  • nadir
  • noir
  • nori
  • odor
  • oral
  • ordain
  • ordinal
  • radar
  • radial
  • radian
  • radii
  • radio
  • radon
  • raid
  • rail
  • railroad
  • rain
  • rand
  • rani
  • rial
  • rill
  • rind
  • road
  • roan
  • roar
  • roil
  • roll
  • rondo
  • rood


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 216

Number of Answers: 59

Points Needed for Genius: 151

Genius requires between 23 and 52 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 81% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • September 15, 2021 (Center Letter: I)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 216 was in the 77th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on September 4, 2022.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 59 possible answers rank it in the 91st percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on September 4, 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 130
    • loll 129
    • toot 121
    • naan 107
    • nana 107
    • lilt 94
    • till 94
    • tilt 94
    • tint 80
    • mama 78
    • mamma 78
    • onto 77
    • toon 77
    • nene 75
    • dodo 74
    • boob 72
    • booboo 72
    • call 72
    • calla 72
    • ratatat 72
    • tart 72
    • tartar 72
    • anal 71
    • array 71
    • attar 71
    • lull 71
    • lulu 71
    • tatty 71
    • loon 70
    • olio 70
    • allay 68
    • ally 68
    • mitt 67
    • mono 67
    • moon 67
    • radar 67
    • loot 66
    • lotto 66
    • onion 66
    • papa 66
    • poop 66
    • toll 66
    • tool 66
    • loom 65
    • moll 65
    • acacia 64
    • acai 64
    • anon 64
    • baba 64
    • root 64


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • airn
    • alar
    • aldrin
    • andro
    • arilloid
    • aroid
    • dirl
    • donair
    • dorr
    • drail
    • indri
    • inro
    • irid
    • laari
    • ladron
    • laird
    • laniard
    • lardon
    • lardoon
    • lari
    • larn
    • liard
    • lidar
    • liri
    • loral
    • loran
    • lorn
    • nadiral
    • naira
    • nard
    • nardoo
    • narial
    • nondollar
    • noniron
    • nonoral
    • nonrailroad
    • noria
    • norland
    • oorali
    • orad
    • ordinand
    • ordo
    • orlon
    • orra
    • radialia
    • radiolaria
    • radiolarian
    • raia
    • randan
    • ranid
    • ronin
    • ronion

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