Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • bilk
  • bill
  • billion
  • blin
  • blini
  • blink
  • blob
  • blot
  • blotto
  • bobolink
  • boil
  • boll
  • bolo
  • bolt
  • inkblot
  • kill
  • kiln
  • kilo
  • kilobit
  • kiloton
  • kilt
  • knoll
  • lilt
  • link
  • lint
  • lion
  • lobo
  • loin
  • loll
  • look
  • loon
  • loot
  • lotion
  • lotto
  • nonillion
  • olio
  • till
  • tilt
  • toil
  • toll
  • tool
  • toolkit


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 120

Number of Answers: 42

Points Needed for Genius: 84

Genius requires between 12 and 39 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 79% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 66% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 120 was the in the 37th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this low was on September 13, 2019.
The highest score ever was 444 on April 6, 2019.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 42 possible answers rank it in the 67th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 17, 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 7-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 41
  • loll 38
  • naan 35
  • nana 35
  • noon 34
  • call 33
  • calla 33
  • ratatat 33
  • tart 33
  • tartar 33
  • attar 32
  • array 31
  • tatty 31
  • anal 28
  • lilt 28
  • root 28
  • roto 28
  • rotor 28
  • till 28
  • tilt 28
  • toro 28
  • tort 28
  • trot 28
  • onto 26
  • toon 26
  • allay 25
  • ally 25
  • itty 25
  • natant 25
  • nene 25
  • loot 24
  • lotto 24
  • nanny 24
  • tint 24
  • toll 24
  • tool 24
  • baba 23
  • coot 23
  • poop 23
  • tact 23
  • tall 22
  • arty 21
  • hath 21
  • mono 21
  • moon 21
  • ratty 21
  • tarry 21
  • tell 21
  • that 21
  • tray 21


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • bilbo
  • billon
  • klik
  • kolo
  • lilo
  • linin
  • linn
  • lino
  • lintol
  • lookit
  • loti
  • loto
  • nill
  • nitinol
  • noil
  • nolo
  • obol
  • oboli
  • tolt

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