Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee

Note:

The NYT rolled out the new rankings format on Valentine's Day. As I mentioned, I had to make some changes when they finally did that.

I think I got it. I've also built the code so that if they switch back, we should be okay. There's not much room for testing with no notice from the NYT. So we're testing in prod.

It's very late (early?), and I'm heading to bed.

If you are still seeing yesterday's page, rest assured that I am on it.


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • agog
  • apogee
  • dodge
  • dodged
  • dodgy
  • dodo
  • doge
  • dogged
  • doggo
  • doggy
  • doodad
  • dope
  • doped
  • dopey
  • dopy
  • epode
  • geode
  • goad
  • goaded
  • good
  • goody
  • gooey
  • goop
  • goopy
  • odea
  • ogee
  • pagoda
  • peapod
  • pedagogy
  • pogo
  • pogoed
  • poop
  • pooped
  • pope
  • poppa
  • popped
  • poppy
  • yoga


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 154

Number of Answers: 38

Points Needed for Genius: 108

Genius requires between 18 and 32 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 78% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • June 4, 2021 (Center Letter: D)
  • November 8, 2020 (Center Letter: E)


  • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 154 was in the 49th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on February 14, 2023.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 38 possible answers rank it in the 53rd percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were more answers than this was on February 14, 2023.
    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 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 139
    • loll 137
    • toot 128
    • naan 114
    • nana 114
    • lilt 103
    • till 103
    • tilt 103
    • tint 87
    • mama 86
    • mamma 86
    • onto 82
    • toon 82
    • dodo 81
    • call 79
    • calla 79
    • lull 79
    • lulu 79
    • acacia 78
    • acai 78
    • nene 78
    • tatty 78
    • boob 77
    • booboo 77
    • poop 77
    • papa 75
    • allay 74
    • ally 74
    • anal 74
    • array 74
    • olio 74
    • radar 74
    • ratatat 74
    • tart 74
    • tartar 74
    • anon 73
    • attar 73
    • mitt 73
    • loon 72
    • mono 71
    • moon 71
    • onion 71
    • loom 70
    • moll 70
    • baba 69
    • root 69
    • rotor 69
    • toro 69
    • tort 69
    • trot 69


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • apagoge
    • apod
    • dado
    • dadoed
    • dago
    • dogey
    • dogy
    • doodoo
    • doody
    • dopa
    • eddo
    • epopee
    • godded
    • gogo
    • gypo
    • gyppo
    • ogdoad
    • ogeed
    • oped
    • pagod
    • pedagog
    • pepo
    • podded
    • podgy
    • pogey
    • pogy
    • pood
    • pooed
    • poopy
    • popeyed
    • yogee

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