Friday, December 2, 2022

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • arrival
  • avail
  • avatar
  • aviary
  • larva
  • larval
  • lava
  • rival
  • rivalry
  • travail
  • trivia
  • trivial
  • triviality
  • trivially
  • vary
  • vial
  • villa
  • viral
  • virality
  • virally
  • virility
  • vital
  • vitality
  • vitally


Number of Pangrams: 3

Maximum Puzzle Score: 163

Number of Answers: 24

Points Needed for Genius: 114

Genius requires between 13 and 21 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 99% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 56% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • December 13, 2019 (Center Letter: Y)
  • April 13, 2019 (Center Letter: I)
  • January 10, 2019 (Center Letter: T)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 163 was in the 54th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this high was on December 1, 2022.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 24 possible answers rank it in the 12th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on December 1, 2022.
    The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
    The lowest number of answers was 17 on October 2, 2022.

    It takes a 8-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 133
    • noon 133
    • toot 125
    • naan 110
    • nana 110
    • lilt 99
    • till 99
    • tilt 99
    • tint 84
    • mama 83
    • mamma 83
    • onto 80
    • toon 80
    • call 77
    • calla 77
    • dodo 77
    • nene 76
    • lull 74
    • lulu 74
    • tatty 74
    • boob 73
    • booboo 73
    • ratatat 73
    • tart 73
    • tartar 73
    • allay 72
    • ally 72
    • anal 72
    • array 72
    • attar 72
    • olio 72
    • acacia 71
    • acai 71
    • loon 70
    • mitt 70
    • papa 70
    • loom 69
    • moll 69
    • mono 69
    • moon 69
    • poop 69
    • radar 69
    • anon 68
    • baba 67
    • coot 66
    • loot 66
    • lotto 66
    • onion 66
    • root 66
    • rotor 66


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • alvar
    • arval
    • lavalava
    • tivy
    • vail
    • vair
    • valval
    • valvar
    • vara
    • varia
    • vill
    • villi
    • virl
    • vita
    • vitta
    • viva
    • vivaria
    • vivary
    • vivat

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