Tuesday, August 7, 2018

The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • cement
  • cent
  • cento
  • cocoon
  • come
  • comet
  • commence
  • commencement
  • comment
  • common
  • comp
  • compete
  • competence
  • competent
  • component
  • compote
  • concept
  • concoct
  • cone
  • connect
  • connote
  • conte
  • contemn
  • contempt
  • content
  • contentment
  • coon
  • coop
  • coopt
  • coot
  • cope
  • cote
  • cotton
  • ecotone
  • emcee
  • neocon
  • nonce
  • noncom
  • octet
  • once
  • pence

Maximum Puzzle Score: 251

Number of Answers: 41

Points Needed for Genius: 176

Genius requires between 19 and 37 words. You need at least a 8-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 94% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 60% of the remaining points to reach genius.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 251 was the in the 87th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on August 3, 2018.
The highest score ever was 315 on July 6, 2018.
The lowest score ever was 76 on July 27, 2018.

This puzzle's 41 possible answers rank it in the 63th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on August 4, 2018.
The highest number of answers was 65 on July 6, 2018.
The lowest number of answers was 21 on August 5, 2018.

It takes a 8-letter word for genius. This is pretty common.

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Haven't I seen these words before?

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