Sunday, November 3, 2024

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • allay
  • allot
  • alloy
  • ally
  • altar
  • alto
  • aortal
  • appall
  • apply
  • aptly
  • atoll
  • laptop
  • loll
  • lollop
  • loop
  • loopy
  • loot
  • lorry
  • lotto
  • loyal
  • loyally
  • loyalty
  • opal
  • oral
  • orally
  • palapa
  • palatal
  • pall
  • pallor
  • palp
  • paltry
  • papal
  • papally
  • parlay
  • parlor
  • parol
  • partly
  • patly
  • patrol
  • payola
  • payroll
  • plat
  • play
  • plop
  • plot
  • ploy
  • polar
  • poll
  • polo
  • polyp
  • pool
  • poorly
  • poplar
  • portal
  • portly
  • portrayal
  • rally
  • raptly
  • rattly
  • roll
  • rolltop
  • royal
  • royally
  • royalty
  • tall
  • tally
  • tartly
  • toll
  • tool
  • total
  • totally
  • troll
  • trollop


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 332

Number of Answers: 73

Points Needed for Genius: 232

Genius requires between 37 and 60 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 73% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 332 was in the 97th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 8, 2024.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 73 possible answers rank it in the 99th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on May 16, 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 185
  • loll 179
  • toot 169
  • naan 162
  • nana 162
  • lilt 130
  • till 130
  • tilt 130
  • tint 123
  • mama 117
  • mamma 117
  • acacia 113
  • acai 113
  • nene 113
  • onto 111
  • toon 111
  • anal 107
  • onion 107
  • boob 106
  • booboo 106
  • anon 104
  • olio 103
  • lull 101
  • lulu 101
  • baba 99
  • papa 99
  • dodo 98
  • poop 98
  • allay 96
  • ally 96
  • call 96
  • calla 96
  • mitt 96
  • ratatat 96
  • tart 96
  • tartar 96
  • attar 95
  • cocci 95
  • tatty 95
  • tact 94
  • mono 93
  • moon 93
  • epee 92
  • peep 92
  • loon 91
  • tattoo 91
  • tutu 91
  • nanny 90
  • ammo 89
  • array 89


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • alar
  • alary
  • allopatry
  • allotropy
  • allotypy
  • allyl
  • apollo
  • appal
  • arrayal
  • artal
  • aryl
  • atalaya
  • atlatl
  • lall
  • lollopy
  • lolly
  • lollypop
  • loppy
  • loral
  • lory
  • lota
  • loto
  • lotta
  • lyart
  • lytta
  • olla
  • orlop
  • palatally
  • pally
  • palpal
  • palpator
  • palpatory
  • paly
  • papyral
  • parral
  • platy
  • playa
  • plotty
  • poly
  • polyol
  • polypary
  • popply
  • propyl
  • propyla
  • prototypal
  • protyl
  • pyrola
  • pyrrol
  • ratal
  • rotl
  • tala
  • talar
  • tallol
  • tapalo
  • tola
  • tolar
  • tolt
  • tolyl
  • trollopy
  • trolly
  • trotyl
  • typal

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