Sunday, September 22, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • allay
  • allayed
  • alley
  • ally
  • daddy
  • daily
  • dally
  • daylily
  • dazedly
  • deadeye
  • deadly
  • delay
  • delayed
  • dialyze
  • dialyzed
  • diddly
  • dilly
  • dillydallied
  • dillydally
  • dizzily
  • dizzy
  • dyad
  • dyed
  • eddy
  • eely
  • eyed
  • eyelid
  • ideally
  • idly
  • idyl
  • idyll
  • illy
  • lady
  • lazily
  • lazy
  • lily
  • yell
  • yelled
  • yield
  • yielded


Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 200

Number of Answers: 40

Points Needed for Genius: 140

Genius requires between 18 and 35 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 82% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 65% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 200 was in the 67th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 20, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 40 possible answers rank it in the 54th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 20, 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 7-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 181
  • loll 172
  • toot 164
  • naan 161
  • nana 161
  • lilt 128
  • till 128
  • tilt 128
  • tint 122
  • mama 114
  • mamma 114
  • acacia 110
  • acai 110
  • nene 110
  • onto 107
  • toon 107
  • anal 106
  • boob 105
  • booboo 105
  • onion 105
  • anon 103
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • olio 100
  • baba 99
  • papa 97
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • dodo 96
  • mitt 96
  • poop 96
  • allay 95
  • ally 95
  • ratatat 94
  • tart 94
  • tartar 94
  • tatty 94
  • attar 93
  • cocci 93
  • tact 92
  • mono 90
  • moon 90
  • nanny 90
  • epee 89
  • loon 89
  • peep 89
  • radar 89
  • tattoo 89
  • tutu 89
  • array 87


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • addedly
  • aiyee
  • aliya
  • allyl
  • ayaya
  • deedy
  • delly
  • diddley
  • didy
  • laddy
  • layed
  • leady
  • leally
  • lezzy
  • yald
  • yeld
  • yill
  • zaidy

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