NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 12, 2018

Jun 12, 2018 · 9 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for June 12, 2018

Game Summary

Center Letter	O
Outer Letters	k, n, p, r, t, y
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words	44 words
Total Points	122 points
Genius Level	85 points
Bingo?	No

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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	Σ
K	2	1	2	1	6
N	2	-	-	-	2
O	1	-	-	-	1
P	9	4	2	1	16
R	4	1	-	-	5
T	11	1	1	1	14
Y	-	-	-	-	-
Σ	29	7	5	3	44

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.

K	KN×2 KO×2 KR×2
N	NO×2
O	ON×1
P	PO×12 PR×3 PY×1
R	RO×5
T	TO×9 TR×3 TY×2
Y

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.

K	KNO×2 KOO×2 KRO×1 KRY×1
N	NOO×2
O	ONT×1
P	POK×1 PON×2 POO×2 POP×1 POR×5 POT×1 PRO×3 PYR×1
R	ROO×2 ROP×1 ROT×2
T	TON×1 TOO×3 TOP×1 TOR×4 TRO×3 TYP×1 TYR×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)
kn..	KN4	A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
kn....	KN6	Of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots.
ko..	KO4	An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
ko...	KO5	Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.
kr....	KR6	plural of krona
kr..... ^†	KR7	The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.
no..	NO4	A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
no..	NO4	The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
on..	ON4	Upon; on top of.
po..	PO4	A gambling device based on the card game poker.
po.....	PO7	A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge.
po..	PO4	A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
po..	PO4	To make a short blast on a horn.
po..	PO4	With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
po...	PO5	Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
po..	PO4	The meat of a pig; swineflesh.
po...	PO5	Resembling or characteristic of pork.
po..	PO4	Pornography.
po...	PO5	Pornographic
po..	PO4	A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
po...	PO5	A chamber pot, particularly the pot used when toilet-training children.
pr....	PR6	Quickly, very soon, promptly.
pr..	PR4	An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
pr....	PR6	A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.
py..	PY4	A pyromaniac.
ro..	RO4	A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
ro..	RO4	The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
ro..	RO4	Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch.
ro..	RO4	Clipping of rotogravure.
ro...	RO5	A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
to..	TO4	Stylish, high-toned, upscale.
to..	TO4	simple past tense of take
to..	TO4	A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
to..	TO4	The noise of a horn or whistle.
to.....	TO7	A decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head, sometimes having ribbons or feathers.
to..	TO4	past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed).
to..	TO4	A traditional Japanese lantern.
to....	TO6	A state of being inactive or stuporous.
to..	TO4	An injury or wrong.
tr...	TR5	A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
tr..	TR4	An ugly old woman, a hag.
tr..	TR4	Of, or relating to, troy weight.
ty..	TY4	A typographical error.
ty..	TY4	A beginner; a novice.

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.

knot (KN4)
knotty (KN6)
kook (KO4)
kooky (KO5)
kronor (KR6)
krypton^† (KR7)
nook (NO4)
noon (NO4)
onto (ON4)
poky (PO4)
pontoon (PO7)
pony (PO4)
poop (PO4)
poor (PO4)
poppy (PO5)
pork (PO4)
porky (PO5)
porn (PO4)
porno (PO5)
port (PO4)
potty (PO5)
pronto (PR6)
prop (PR4)
proton (PR6)
pyro (PY4)
rook (RO4)
root (RO4)
ropy (RO4)
roto (RO4)
rotor (RO5)
tony (TO4)
took (TO4)
toon (TO4)
toot (TO4)
topknot (TO7)
torn (TO4)
toro (TO4)
torpor (TO6)
tort (TO4)
troop (TR5)
trot (TR4)
troy (TR4)
typo (TY4)
tyro (TY4)

Answer Definitions

knot (noun): A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
knotty (adjective): Of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots.
kook (noun): An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
kooky (adjective): Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.
kronor (noun): plural of krona
krypton^† (noun): The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.
nook (noun): A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
poky (noun): A gambling device based on the card game poker.
pontoon (noun): A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge.
pony (noun): A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
poop (verb): To make a short blast on a horn.
poor (adjective): With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
poppy (noun): Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
pork (noun): The meat of a pig; swineflesh.
porky (adjective): Resembling or characteristic of pork.
porn (noun): Pornography.
porno (adjective): Pornographic
port (noun): A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
potty (noun): A chamber pot, particularly the pot used when toilet-training children.
pronto (adverb): Quickly, very soon, promptly.
prop (noun): An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
proton (noun): A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.
pyro (noun): A pyromaniac.
rook (noun): A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
root (noun): The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
ropy (adjective): Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch.
roto (noun): Clipping of rotogravure.
rotor (noun): A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
tony (adjective): Stylish, high-toned, upscale.
took (verb): simple past tense of take
toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
topknot (noun): A decorative knot of hair on the crown of the head, sometimes having ribbons or feathers.
torn (verb): past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed).
toro (noun): A traditional Japanese lantern.
torpor (noun): A state of being inactive or stuporous.
tort (noun): An injury or wrong.
troop (noun): A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
trot (noun): An ugly old woman, a hag.
troy (adjective): Of, or relating to, troy weight.
typo (noun): A typographical error.
tyro (noun): A beginner; a novice.