Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • boor
  • born
  • boron
  • borrow
  • bourbon
  • brow
  • brown
  • brownout
  • brunt
  • brut
  • burb
  • burbot
  • burn
  • burnout
  • burnt
  • burr
  • burro
  • burrow
  • outro
  • outrun
  • outworn
  • robot
  • root
  • roto
  • rotor
  • rout
  • runout
  • runt
  • torn
  • toro
  • tort
  • tour
  • trot
  • trout
  • turbo
  • turbot
  • turn
  • turnout
  • tutor
  • unborn
  • unburnt
  • unworn
  • worn
  • wort


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 172

Number of Answers: 44

Points Needed for Genius: 120

Genius requires between 19 and 38 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 172 was the in the 66th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on November 10, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 44 possible answers rank it in the 74th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on October 31, 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 46
  • loll 45
  • naan 39
  • nana 39
  • noon 37
  • ratatat 37
  • tart 37
  • tartar 37
  • attar 36
  • call 34
  • calla 34
  • array 33
  • lilt 32
  • root 32
  • roto 32
  • rotor 32
  • tatty 32
  • till 32
  • tilt 32
  • toro 32
  • tort 32
  • trot 32
  • anal 30
  • allay 29
  • ally 29
  • loot 28
  • lotto 28
  • poop 28
  • toll 28
  • tool 28
  • coot 27
  • nanny 27
  • natant 27
  • onto 27
  • tint 27
  • toon 27
  • baba 26
  • nene 26
  • tact 26
  • itty 25
  • tall 25
  • radar 24
  • ball 23
  • blab 23
  • aria 22
  • arty 22
  • hath 22
  • illy 22
  • lily 22
  • loon 22


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • bort
  • bourn
  • broo
  • brrr
  • burton
  • notturno
  • nutbrown
  • outburn
  • outburnt
  • outroot
  • outrow
  • outtrot
  • outturn
  • rubout
  • torot
  • torr
  • trou
  • trow
  • turnon
  • turr
  • unroot
  • untorn

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