NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 17, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | D |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, b, h, l, o, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 21 words |
| Total Points | 76 points |
| Genius Level | 53 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</th><th>9 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| B | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| D | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| H | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| L | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| O | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| T | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Σ | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AD×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×2 BL×2 BO×2 |
| D | DA×1 DO×5 |
| H | HO×4 |
| L | LO×1 |
| O | OD×1 |
| T | TO×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ADO×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BAL×2 BLO×2 BOA×1 BOL×1 |
| D | DAT×1 DOD×1 DOL×2 DOO×1 DOT×1 |
| H | HOD×1 HOL×1 HOO×2 |
| L | LOA×1 |
| O | ODD×1 |
| T | TOA×1 TOL×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ad... | AD5 | A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic. |
| ba.. | BA4 | Having no hair, fur or feathers. |
| ba.... | BA6 | A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas. |
| bl... | BL5 | A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow. |
| bl....... † | BL9 | Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre. |
| bo...... | BO8 | Cargo or passengers that fill a boat. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A dwelling; habitation; building. |
| da.. | DA4 | plural of datum |
| do.. | DO4 | A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius. |
| do.. | DO4 | A toy in the form of a human. |
| do.. | DO4 | A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard. |
| do.... | DO6 | Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing. |
| do.. | DO4 | third-person singular simple present indicative form of do |
| ho... | HO5 | Someone who comes to the beach and has a surfboard, but never surfs, or that surfs poorly and annoys the local seasoned surfers. |
| ho.. | HO4 | To grasp or grip. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak. |
| ho.... | HO6 | A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A burden; a weight to be carried. |
| od..... | OD7 | An eccentric or unusual person. |
| to.. | TO4 | An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae. |
| to.. | TO4 | simple past tense and past participle of tell |
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.
- adobo (AD5)
- bald (BA4)
- ballad (BA6)
- blood (BL5)
- bloodbath† (BL9)
- boatload (BO8)
- bold (BO4)
- data (DA4)
- dodo (DO4)
- doll (DO4)
- dolt (DO4)
- doodad (DO6)
- doth (DO4)
- hodad (HO5)
- hold (HO4)
- hood (HO4)
- hoodoo (HO6)
- load (LO4)
- oddball (OD7)
- toad (TO4)
- told (TO4)
Answer Definitions
- adobo (noun): A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.
- bald (adjective): Having no hair, fur or feathers.
- ballad (noun): A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
- blood (noun): A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
- bloodbath† (noun): Indiscriminate killing or slaughter; a massacre.
- boatload (noun): Cargo or passengers that fill a boat.
- bold (noun): A dwelling; habitation; building.
- data (noun): plural of datum
- dodo (noun): A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
- doll (noun): A toy in the form of a human.
- dolt (noun): A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
- doodad (noun): Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.
- doth (verb): third-person singular simple present indicative form of do
- hodad (noun): Someone who comes to the beach and has a surfboard, but never surfs, or that surfs poorly and annoys the local seasoned surfers.
- hold (verb): To grasp or grip.
- hood (noun): A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
- hoodoo (noun): A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.
- load (noun): A burden; a weight to be carried.
- oddball (noun): An eccentric or unusual person.
- toad (noun): An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
- told (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tell