Saturday, December 14, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • bluff
  • bubba
  • buck
  • buff
  • bulb
  • bulk
  • bull
  • caul
  • caulk
  • club
  • cluck
  • cuff
  • cull
  • flub
  • fluff
  • full
  • fullback
  • luau
  • luck
  • lull
  • lulu


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 55

Number of Answers: 21

Points Needed for Genius: 39

Genius requires between 6 and 20 words. You need at least a 5-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 98% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 60% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 55 was the in the 0th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on May 17, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 21 possible answers rank it in the 2nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were fewer answers than this was on November 6, 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 5-letter word for genius. The last time that happened was on DATE.



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

  • loll 49
  • toot 48
  • naan 43
  • nana 43
  • noon 38
  • array 37
  • ratatat 37
  • tart 37
  • tartar 37
  • attar 36
  • call 35
  • calla 35
  • allay 34
  • ally 34
  • tatty 34
  • lilt 33
  • till 33
  • tilt 33
  • anal 32
  • root 32
  • roto 32
  • rotor 32
  • toro 32
  • tort 32
  • trot 32
  • loot 30
  • lotto 30
  • natant 30
  • poop 30
  • toll 30
  • tool 30
  • nanny 29
  • tint 29
  • coot 28
  • itty 27
  • onto 27
  • radar 27
  • toon 27
  • baba 26
  • nene 26
  • tact 26
  • tall 26
  • hath 24
  • illy 24
  • lily 24
  • lull 24
  • lulu 24
  • that 24
  • aria 23
  • arty 23


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • alula
  • aucuba
  • babacu
  • babu
  • babul
  • bacula
  • baulk
  • blackbuck
  • blub
  • bubal
  • bubu
  • buccal
  • bulbul
  • bulla
  • facula
  • faucal
  • fuck
  • kulak
  • luff
  • luffa

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