NYT Spelling Bee Answers for May 14, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | R |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | f, l, m, n, o, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 29 words |
| Total Points | 132 points |
| Genius Level | 92 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
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- Spelling Bee Grid
- Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
- Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
- Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
- Today's Complete Solution
- Answer Definitions
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Spelling Bee Grid
The following table shows the standard Spelling Bee summary grid, which lists word lengths across the top and letters down the left-hand side. The cell where the word lengths and letters intersect displays the number of words in today's puzzle with the corresponding first letter and word length.
| 4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| L | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| M | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 7 |
| N | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| O | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
| U | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | Σ | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| F | FL×2 FO×4 FR×2 FU×2 |
|---|---|
| L | |
| M | MO×6 MU×1 |
| N | NO×1 |
| O | OR×1 |
| R | RO×4 RU×2 |
| U | UN×4 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| F | FLO×2 FOR×3 FOU×1 FRO×2 FUR×2 |
|---|---|
| L | |
| M | MOO×2 MOR×2 MOU×2 MUR×1 |
| N | NOR×1 |
| O | ORM×1 |
| R | ROL×1 ROO×3 RUM×1 RUN×1 |
| U | UNF×1 UNM×1 UNR×2 |
Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing)
The table below lists all of the solutions to today's puzzle, but they're concealed. You can click the plus button (+) to reveal additional letters, one-by-one.
Concealed definitions are provided as additional clues. You can toggle concealment of the definitions by clicking on the concealer bar or the text that appears when the definition is visible.
Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| fl... | FL5 | The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room. |
| fl... | FL5 | Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry. |
| fo..... | FO7 | Abandoned, deserted, left behind. |
| fo.. | FO4 | To do with shape. The shape or visible structure of a thing or person. A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold. Regularity, beauty, or elegance. The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists. Characteristics not involving atomic components. (Can we add an example for this sense?) A long bench with no back. The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body. The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid. |
| fo... | FO5 | A place for discussion. |
| fo.. | FO4 | NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 4. |
| fr.. | FR4 | Used to indicate source or provenance. |
| fr...... | FR8 | Alternative spelling of frou-frou |
| fu.. | FU4 | To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag) |
| fu... | FU5 | A general uproar or commotion. |
| mo...... | MO8 | A sunroof that has a clear glass panel, rather than being opaque, so that light can enter the vehicle even when the roof is closed. |
| mo.. | MO4 | An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath |
| mo.. | MO4 | Morning. |
| mo... | MO5 | A stupid person; an idiot; a fool. |
| mo... | MO5 | To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death). |
| mo...... † | MO8 | Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns. |
| mu.... | MU6 | Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water. |
| no.. | NO4 | That which is normal or typical. |
| or.... | OR6 | Golden or gilded brass or bronze used for decorative purposes. |
| ro.. | RO4 | To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface. |
| ro.. | RO4 | The external covering at the top of a building. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Opportunity or scope (to do something). |
| ro..... | RO7 | The amount that a room can hold, especially the number of people that can fit into a room. |
| ru... | RU5 | A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth. |
| ru.... | RU6 | That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area. |
| un.... | UN6 | To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag. |
| un.... | UN6 | To unfix or unsecure (a moored boat). |
| un.... | UN6 | To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled. |
| un.... | UN6 | To remove a roof from, e.g. a building. |
Today's Complete Solution
The words that follow are a complete listing of all acceptable words in today's New York Time Spelling Bee puzzle.
Next to the answer word you'll see the two-letter reference (2L Ref) in parentheses. We added that 2L Ref for easier translation of the spoiler-avoidant language you see on the Spelling Bee Forum and Twitter. The 2L Ref signifies a word's two start letters followed by the total number of letters in the word.
- floor (FL5)
- flour (FL5)
- forlorn (FO7)
- form (FO4)
- forum (FO5)
- four (FO4)
- from (FR4)
- froufrou (FR8)
- furl (FU4)
- furor (FU5)
- moonroof (MO8)
- moor (MO4)
- morn (MO4)
- moron (MO5)
- mourn (MO5)
- mournful† (MO8)
- murmur (MU6)
- norm (NO4)
- ormolu (OR6)
- roll (RO4)
- roof (RO4)
- room (RO4)
- roomful (RO7)
- rumor (RU5)
- runoff (RU6)
- unfurl (UN6)
- unmoor (UN6)
- unroll (UN6)
- unroof (UN6)
Answer Definitions
- floor (noun): The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
- flour (noun): Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
- forlorn (adjective): Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
- form (noun): To do with shape. The shape or visible structure of a thing or person. A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold. Regularity, beauty, or elegance. The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists. Characteristics not involving atomic components. (Can we add an example for this sense?) A long bench with no back. The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body. The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
- forum (noun): A place for discussion.
- four (numeral): NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 4.
- from (preposition): Used to indicate source or provenance.
- froufrou (noun): Alternative spelling of frou-frou
- furl (verb): To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
- furor (noun): A general uproar or commotion.
- moonroof (noun): A sunroof that has a clear glass panel, rather than being opaque, so that light can enter the vehicle even when the roof is closed.
- moor (noun): An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
- morn (noun): Morning.
- moron (noun): A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
- mourn (verb): To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
- mournful† (adjective): Filled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
- murmur (noun): Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water.
- norm (noun): That which is normal or typical.
- ormolu (noun): Golden or gilded brass or bronze used for decorative purposes.
- roll (verb): To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
- roof (noun): The external covering at the top of a building.
- room (noun): Opportunity or scope (to do something).
- roomful (noun): The amount that a room can hold, especially the number of people that can fit into a room.
- rumor (noun): A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
- runoff (noun): That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
- unfurl (verb): To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag.
- unmoor (verb): To unfix or unsecure (a moored boat).
- unroll (verb): To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
- unroof (verb): To remove a roof from, e.g. a building.