Friday, October 18, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • alack
  • allow
  • arco
  • arrow
  • cacao
  • call
  • calla
  • callaloo
  • callow
  • carol
  • clack
  • claw
  • cloaca
  • cloak
  • coal
  • coca
  • cocoa
  • cola
  • collar
  • coral
  • corolla
  • corral
  • crack
  • craw
  • crawl
  • croak
  • koala
  • kola
  • lack
  • lark
  • local
  • oarlock
  • okra
  • oral
  • orca
  • rack
  • roar
  • wack
  • wacko
  • walk
  • wall
  • wallaroo
  • wallow
  • warlock
  • wrack


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 177

Number of Answers: 45

Points Needed for Genius: 124

Genius requires between 20 and 39 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 76% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 67% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 177 was the in the 68th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 16, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 45 possible answers rank it in the 75th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on October 16, 2019.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 21 on August 5, 2018.

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

  • toot 43
  • loll 42
  • naan 36
  • nana 36
  • ratatat 36
  • tart 36
  • tartar 36
  • attar 35
  • noon 35
  • call 34
  • calla 34
  • tatty 32
  • array 31
  • lilt 30
  • root 30
  • roto 30
  • rotor 30
  • till 30
  • tilt 30
  • toro 30
  • tort 30
  • trot 30
  • allay 29
  • ally 29
  • anal 29
  • natant 27
  • tint 27
  • coot 26
  • loot 26
  • lotto 26
  • nene 26
  • onto 26
  • tact 26
  • toll 26
  • tool 26
  • toon 26
  • baba 25
  • itty 25
  • nanny 25
  • poop 25
  • tall 25
  • arty 22
  • ball 22
  • blab 22
  • hath 22
  • radar 22
  • ratty 22
  • tarry 22
  • that 22
  • tray 22


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • acock
  • acro
  • alar
  • alcool
  • alow
  • arak
  • arrack
  • awol
  • caca
  • calcar
  • calk
  • calo
  • caracal
  • caracara
  • carack
  • caracol
  • cark
  • carl
  • carr
  • carrack
  • claro
  • cloacal
  • coala
  • coccal
  • craal
  • kaka
  • karoo
  • karroo
  • kora
  • kraal
  • lall
  • loca
  • loral
  • olla
  • orra
  • rackwork
  • walla
  • wark
  • warwork
  • wawl

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