NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 1, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | B |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, l, o, r, t, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 48 words |
| Total Points | 176 points |
| Genius Level | 123 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!
- 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</th><th>9</th><th>10 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| B | 20 | 4 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 32 |
| L | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| T | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 22 | 15 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 48 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AB×3 AR×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×8 BL×8 BO×13 BR×3 |
| L | LA×2 LO×3 |
| O | |
| R | RO×2 |
| T | TA×4 TO×1 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ABB×1 ABL×1 ABO×1 ARB×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BAB×2 BAL×2 BAO×1 BAR×1 BAT×2 BLA×3 BLO×5 BOA×2 BOB×1 BOL×4 BOO×6 BRA×3 |
| L | LAB×2 LOB×3 |
| O | |
| R | ROB×1 ROL×1 |
| T | TAB×4 TOO×1 |
| Y |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ab... | AB5 | The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. |
| ab.. | AB4 | In an able manner; with great ability. |
| ab... | AB5 | An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission. |
| ar... | AR5 | A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass. |
| ba.... | BA6 | Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote. |
| ba.... | BA6 | A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits. |
| ba.. | BA4 | The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. |
| ba.... | BA6 | A boy employed to watch over the bats, and assist the players in retrieving them during play. |
| ba... | BA5 | Mad, crazy, silly. |
| bl.. | BL4 | To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion. |
| bl.... | BL6 | Tending to blab or gossip a lot. |
| bl.. | BL4 | To cry, as a calf or sheep; bleat. |
| bl... | BL5 | To cause to become distended. |
| bl.. | BL4 | A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape. |
| bl.... | BL6 | Similar in shape to blobs; amorphous in appearance; partially irregular in appearance like bubbles. |
| bl.. | BL4 | A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance. |
| bl.... | BL6 | (Very) drunk or intoxicated. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind. |
| bo.. | BO4 | Synonym of tapioca pearl. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of a cord. |
| bo.. | BO4 | The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A long, heavy, single-edged machete. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw. |
| bo.. | BO4 | An idiot; a fool. |
| bo.... | BO6 | Alternative spelling of boo-boo |
| bo... | BO5 | A stupid person. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A peasant. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football. |
| bo... | BO5 | A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once. |
| br.. | BR4 | A human child. A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish. |
| br.... | BR6 | Characteristic of a brat; unruly and impolite. |
| br.. | BR4 | Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry. |
| la... | LA5 | Alternative spelling of labour |
| la........ † | LA10 | A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis. |
| lo... | LO5 | Of or relating to a lobe. |
| lo... | LO5 | An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A wolf. |
| ro... | RO5 | A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour. |
| ro..... | RO7 | Alternative form of roll bar (“an anti-roll bar”) |
| ta... | TA5 | A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering. |
| ta... | TA5 | A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos. |
| ta... | TA5 | An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. |
| ta... | TA5 | A small drum. In traditional music, a small drum played with a single stick, leaving the player's other hand free to play a melody on a three-holed pipe. |
| to..... | TO7 | A row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system |
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.
- abbot (AB5)
- ably (AB4)
- abort (AB5)
- arbor (AR5)
- baba (BA4)
- baby (BA4)
- ball (BA4)
- ballot (BA6)
- baobab (BA6)
- barb (BA4)
- batboy (BA6)
- batty (BA5)
- blab (BL4)
- blabby (BL6)
- blat (BL4)
- bloat (BL5)
- blob (BL4)
- blobby (BL6)
- blot (BL4)
- blotto (BL6)
- boar (BO4)
- boat (BO4)
- boba (BO4)
- bola (BO4)
- boll (BO4)
- bolo (BO4)
- bolt (BO4)
- boob (BO4)
- booboo (BO6)
- booby (BO5)
- boor (BO4)
- boot (BO4)
- booty (BO5)
- brat (BR4)
- bratty (BR6)
- bray (BR4)
- labor (LA5)
- laboratory† (LA10)
- lobar (LO5)
- lobby (LO5)
- lobo (LO4)
- robot (RO5)
- rollbar (RO7)
- tabby (TA5)
- tabla (TA5)
- taboo (TA5)
- tabor (TA5)
- toolbar (TO7)
Answer Definitions
- abbot (noun): The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
- ably (adverb): In an able manner; with great ability.
- abort (noun): An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
- arbor (noun): A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
- baba (noun): A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
- baby (noun): A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
- ball (noun): A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- ballot (noun): Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
- baobab (noun): A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
- barb (noun): The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
- batboy (noun): A boy employed to watch over the bats, and assist the players in retrieving them during play.
- batty (adjective): Mad, crazy, silly.
- blab (verb): To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
- blabby (adjective): Tending to blab or gossip a lot.
- blat (verb): To cry, as a calf or sheep; bleat.
- bloat (verb): To cause to become distended.
- blob (noun): A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
- blobby (adjective): Similar in shape to blobs; amorphous in appearance; partially irregular in appearance like bubbles.
- blot (noun): A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
- blotto (adjective): (Very) drunk or intoxicated.
- boar (noun): A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
- boat (noun): A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
- boba (noun): Synonym of tapioca pearl.
- bola (noun): A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of a cord.
- boll (noun): The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
- bolo (noun): A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
- bolt (noun): A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- boob (noun): An idiot; a fool.
- booboo (noun): Alternative spelling of boo-boo
- booby (noun): A stupid person.
- boor (noun): A peasant.
- boot (noun): A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
- booty (noun): A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
- brat (noun): A human child. A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
- bratty (adjective): Characteristic of a brat; unruly and impolite.
- bray (verb): Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
- labor (noun): Alternative spelling of labour
- laboratory† (noun): A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.
- lobar (adjective): Of or relating to a lobe.
- lobby (noun): An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
- lobo (noun): A wolf.
- robot (noun): A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.
- rollbar (noun): Alternative form of roll bar (“an anti-roll bar”)
- tabby (noun): A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
- tabla (noun): A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos.
- taboo (noun): An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
- tabor (noun): A small drum. In traditional music, a small drum played with a single stick, leaving the player's other hand free to play a melody on a three-holed pipe.
- toolbar (noun): A row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system