Saturday, March 25, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • amatory
  • ammo
  • aorta
  • armor
  • armory
  • army
  • aroma
  • array
  • arrow
  • arrowroot
  • arroyo
  • arty
  • atom
  • attar
  • away
  • awry
  • mama
  • mamma
  • mammary
  • marm
  • marmot
  • marrow
  • marry
  • mart
  • martyr
  • mayo
  • mayor
  • moat
  • momma
  • moray
  • mortar
  • motorway
  • oaty
  • orator
  • oratory
  • ratatat
  • ratty
  • roam
  • roar
  • rotary
  • rotator
  • rotatory
  • taro
  • tarot
  • tarry
  • tart
  • tartar
  • tattoo
  • tatty
  • tomato
  • tram
  • tramway
  • tray
  • warm
  • wart
  • warty
  • wary
  • watt
  • worrywart
  • yarrow


Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 257

Number of Answers: 60

Points Needed for Genius: 180

Genius requires between 27 and 51 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangram, you need 74% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangram, you only need 68% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 257 was in the 88th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on March 18, 2023.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 50 on May 17, 2019.

This puzzle's 60 possible answers rank it in the 92nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on March 18, 2023.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 17 on October 2, 2022.

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

  • noon 142
  • loll 141
  • toot 129
  • naan 117
  • nana 117
  • lilt 104
  • till 104
  • tilt 104
  • mama 88
  • mamma 88
  • tint 88
  • onto 82
  • toon 82
  • dodo 81
  • lull 81
  • lulu 81
  • nene 81
  • acacia 80
  • acai 80
  • call 80
  • calla 80
  • poop 79
  • tatty 79
  • boob 78
  • booboo 78
  • anal 76
  • array 76
  • papa 76
  • radar 76
  • allay 75
  • ally 75
  • mitt 75
  • olio 75
  • ratatat 75
  • tart 75
  • tartar 75
  • anon 74
  • attar 74
  • loon 73
  • mono 73
  • moon 73
  • loom 72
  • moll 72
  • onion 72
  • baba 71
  • itty 71
  • root 69
  • rotor 69
  • toro 69
  • tort 69


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

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

  • amort
  • armyworm
  • arrowworm
  • arrowy
  • atma
  • atomy
  • ayaya
  • maar
  • mammy
  • mara
  • marram
  • marrowy
  • martyry
  • matt
  • maya
  • mora
  • moratory
  • mortary
  • myoma
  • myomata
  • orra
  • ottar
  • rammy
  • rato
  • raya
  • rota
  • tamarao
  • tammy
  • tarama
  • tarty
  • tatar
  • tayra
  • tora
  • torta
  • towaway
  • tryma
  • trymata
  • twat

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