Sunday, July 28, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • afar
  • affair
  • affirm
  • afro
  • ammo
  • aria
  • armor
  • aroma
  • fair
  • farm
  • farro
  • fava
  • favor
  • foam
  • fora
  • friar
  • imam
  • mafia
  • maim
  • mama
  • mamma
  • marm
  • momma
  • raffia
  • riffraff
  • roam
  • roar
  • variform


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 96

Number of Answers: 28

Points Needed for Genius: 67

Genius requires between 11 and 25 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 83% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 64% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 96 was in the 12th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on July 24, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 28 possible answers rank it in the 21st percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on July 24, 2024.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

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 176
  • loll 170
  • toot 159
  • naan 158
  • nana 158
  • lilt 128
  • till 128
  • tilt 128
  • tint 118
  • mama 113
  • mamma 113
  • nene 107
  • acacia 106
  • acai 106
  • anal 105
  • onto 103
  • toon 103
  • anon 101
  • boob 101
  • booboo 101
  • onion 100
  • lull 99
  • lulu 99
  • olio 99
  • papa 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • poop 94
  • allay 93
  • ally 93
  • baba 93
  • dodo 93
  • mitt 93
  • tatty 93
  • ratatat 91
  • tact 91
  • tart 91
  • tartar 91
  • attar 90
  • nanny 90
  • cocci 89
  • mono 89
  • moon 89
  • radar 89
  • tutu 89
  • loon 88
  • array 87
  • epee 87
  • peep 87
  • tattoo 87


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • amia
  • amir
  • arvo
  • faff
  • faro
  • fiar
  • foram
  • maar
  • maffia
  • mair
  • mara
  • maria
  • marram
  • moira
  • moirai
  • mora
  • offa
  • orra
  • raff
  • raia
  • rami
  • ramiform
  • vair
  • vara
  • varia
  • varoom
  • varroa
  • viva
  • vivaria

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