NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 6, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | R |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, g, h, n, o, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 21 words |
| Total Points | 82 points |
| Genius Level | 57 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 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| G | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 6 |
| H | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| N | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| R | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| U | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | Σ | 10 | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 21 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| D | DO×3 DR×1 |
|---|---|
| G | GO×2 GR×3 GU×1 |
| H | HO×4 |
| N | |
| O | OD×1 |
| R | RO×4 RU×1 |
| U | UN×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| D | DON×1 DOO×1 DOU×1 DRU×1 |
|---|---|
| G | GOR×1 GOU×1 GRO×3 GUR×1 |
| H | HON×1 HOR×2 HOU×1 |
| N | |
| O | ODO×1 |
| R | RON×1 ROO×1 ROU×2 RUN×1 |
| U | UNG×1 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| do... | DO5 | One who makes a donation. |
| do.. | DO4 | A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key. |
| do.. | DO4 | Stern, harsh and forbidding. |
| dr.. | DR4 | A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose. |
| go.... | GO6 | A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale |
| go... | GO5 | Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae). |
| gr.. | GR4 | An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy. |
| gr.... | GR6 | The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground. |
| gr....... † | GR9 | A red-brown marmot, Marmota monax, native to North America. |
| gu.. | GU4 | A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher. |
| ho... | HO5 | recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration |
| ho.. | HO4 | A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired. |
| ho.... | HO6 | An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day. |
| od.. | OD4 | Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive. |
| ro... | RO5 | A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains. |
| ro.. | RO4 | A crucifix, cross, especially in a church. |
| ro... | RO5 | Not smooth; uneven. |
| ro... | RO5 | Of shape: Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction. |
| ru.. | RU4 | A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round. |
| un...... | UN8 | Not having been ground; unpulverized. |
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.
- donor (DO5)
- door (DO4)
- dour (DO4)
- drug (DR4)
- gorgon (GO6)
- gourd (GO5)
- grog (GR4)
- ground (GR6)
- groundhog† (GR9)
- guru (GU4)
- honor (HO5)
- horn (HO4)
- horror (HO6)
- hour (HO4)
- odor (OD4)
- rondo (RO5)
- rood (RO4)
- rough (RO5)
- round (RO5)
- rung (RU4)
- unground (UN8)
Answer Definitions
- donor (noun): One who makes a donation.
- door (noun): A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
- dour (adjective): Stern, harsh and forbidding.
- drug (noun): A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
- gorgon (noun): A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale
- gourd (noun): Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
- grog (noun): An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
- ground (noun): The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- groundhog† (noun): A red-brown marmot, Marmota monax, native to North America.
- guru (noun): A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher.
- honor (noun): recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration
- horn (noun): A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
- horror (noun): An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
- hour (noun): A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day.
- odor (noun): Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
- rondo (noun): A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
- rood (noun): A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
- rough (adjective): Not smooth; uneven.
- round (adjective): Of shape: Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- rung (noun): A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
- unground (adjective): Not having been ground; unpulverized.