NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 10, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | N |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, h, i, m, o, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 28 words |
| Total Points | 102 points |
| Genius Level | 71 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| H | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| I | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| M | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 11 |
| N | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| O | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| T | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Σ | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 28 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| D | DI×2 DO×2 |
|---|---|
| H | HI×2 HO×2 |
| I | IN×1 |
| M | MI×6 MO×5 |
| N | NI×1 NO×2 |
| O | ON×2 |
| T | TH×1 TI×1 TO×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| D | DIN×2 DOM×2 |
|---|---|
| H | HIN×2 HOM×2 |
| I | INT×1 |
| M | MID×1 MIN×5 MON×3 MOO×1 MOT×1 |
| N | NIN×1 NOO×1 NOT×1 |
| O | ONI×1 ONT×1 |
| T | THI×1 TIN×1 TOO×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) |
|---|---|---|
| di.. | DI4 | dinosaur. |
| di.. | DI4 | A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight. |
| do...... | DO8 | Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy. |
| do.... | DO6 | A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. |
| hi.. | HI4 | Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts). |
| hi.. | HI4 | A clue. |
| ho..... | HO7 | Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans. |
| ho...... | HO8 | Any primate (including humans and apes) belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea. |
| in.. | IN4 | To or towards the inside of. |
| mi...... † | MI8 | Occurring in the middle of a month, neither at the beginning nor the end |
| mi.. | MI4 | The ability of rational thought. |
| mi.. | MI4 | Miniature, tiny, small. |
| mi... | MI5 | A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem. |
| mi.... | MI6 | A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being. |
| mi.. | MI4 | A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence. |
| mo... | MO5 | A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Clipping of mononucleosis. |
| mo... | MO5 | A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”). |
| mo.... | MO6 | A state of progression from one place to another. |
| ni... | NI5 | The ordinal form of the number nine. |
| no.. | NO4 | The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. |
| no.... | NO6 | Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept. |
| on... | ON5 | A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. |
| on.. | ON4 | Upon; on top of. |
| th.. | TH4 | Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite. |
| ti.. | TI4 | A slight coloring. |
| to.. | TO4 | A cartoon, especially an animated television show. |
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.
- dino (DI4)
- dint (DI4)
- dominion (DO8)
- domino (DO6)
- hind (HI4)
- hint (HI4)
- hominid (HO7)
- hominoid (HO8)
- into (IN4)
- midmonth† (MI8)
- mind (MI4)
- mini (MI4)
- minim (MI5)
- minion (MI6)
- mint (MI4)
- mondo (MO5)
- mono (MO4)
- month (MO5)
- moon (MO4)
- motion (MO6)
- ninth (NI5)
- noon (NO4)
- notion (NO6)
- onion (ON5)
- onto (ON4)
- thin (TH4)
- tint (TI4)
- toon (TO4)
Answer Definitions
- dino (noun): dinosaur.
- dint (noun): A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
- dominion (noun): Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
- domino (noun): A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
- hind (adjective): Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
- hint (noun): A clue.
- hominid (noun): Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans.
- hominoid (noun): Any primate (including humans and apes) belonging to the superfamily Hominoidea.
- into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
- midmonth† (adjective): Occurring in the middle of a month, neither at the beginning nor the end
- mind (noun): The ability of rational thought.
- mini (adjective): Miniature, tiny, small.
- minim (noun): A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
- minion (noun): A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
- mint (noun): A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
- mondo (noun): A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.
- mono (noun): Clipping of mononucleosis.
- month (noun): A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.
- moon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
- motion (noun): A state of progression from one place to another.
- ninth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number nine.
- noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
- onion (noun): A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
- thin (adjective): Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- tint (noun): A slight coloring.
- toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.