Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • airy
  • apiary
  • aria
  • array
  • aviary
  • carp
  • carpi
  • carry
  • caviar
  • circa
  • cirri
  • crap
  • crappy
  • pair
  • papyri
  • parry
  • piracy
  • pray
  • priapic
  • pricy
  • privacy
  • privy
  • racy
  • vary
  • vicar


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 110

Number of Answers: 25

Points Needed for Genius: 77

Genius requires between 12 and 21 words. You need at least a 6-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 80% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.

Other days with this pangram:

  • July 10, 2020 (Center Letter: A)
  • September 13, 2019 (Center Letter: R)



    • How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

    Today's score of 110 was in the 27th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there was a score this low was on July 17, 2021.
    The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
    The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

    This puzzle's 25 possible answers rank it in the 16th percentile of all puzzles.
    The last time there were fewer answers than this was on July 17, 2021.
    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

    • loll 106
    • noon 96
    • toot 93
    • naan 91
    • nana 91
    • lilt 75
    • till 75
    • tilt 75
    • tint 64
    • ratatat 63
    • tart 63
    • tartar 63
    • attar 62
    • anal 61
    • lull 59
    • lulu 59
    • call 58
    • calla 58
    • loon 57
    • mama 57
    • mamma 57
    • root 57
    • rotor 57
    • tatty 57
    • toro 57
    • tort 57
    • trot 57
    • nene 56
    • array 55
    • dodo 55
    • onto 55
    • roto 55
    • toon 55
    • loot 54
    • lotto 54
    • mono 54
    • moon 54
    • radar 54
    • toll 54
    • tool 54
    • poop 52
    • tact 52
    • allay 51
    • ally 51
    • olio 51
    • itty 50
    • loom 50
    • moll 50
    • papa 50
    • nanny 49


    Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

    • acari
    • airvac
    • ariary
    • capri
    • capric
    • capricci
    • caracara
    • carr
    • crip
    • paprica
    • para
    • parr
    • picara
    • picric
    • piraya
    • priapi
    • pyric
    • raia
    • raya
    • ricrac
    • riprap
    • vair
    • vara
    • varia
    • vivaria
    • vivary
    • vivipara
    • yirr

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