NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 7, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | A |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | b, i, l, t, v, y |
| # of Pangrams | 3 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 44 words |
| Total Points | 222 points |
| Genius Level | 155 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
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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</th><th>8</th><th>9</th><th>10</th><th>11</th><th>12 | Σ | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 11 |
| B | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| T | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| V | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 44 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AB×3 AL×4 AT×1 AV×3 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×6 BI×2 BL×3 |
| I | |
| L | LA×4 LI×2 |
| T | TA×7 TI×2 |
| V | VI×7 |
| 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 ABI×1 ABL×1 ALI×2 ALL×2 ATI×1 AVA×3 |
|---|---|
| B | BAB×2 BAI×2 BAL×1 BAT×1 BIA×1 BIL×1 BLA×3 |
| I | |
| L | LAB×2 LAI×1 LAV×1 LIA×1 LIV×1 |
| T | TAB×2 TAI×1 TAL×3 TAT×1 TIB×2 |
| V | VIA×3 VIL×1 VIT×3 |
| 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...... | AB8 | Belonging to, relating to, or pertaining to an abbey, abbot, or abbess. |
| ab..... | AB7 | Suitableness. |
| ab.. | AB4 | In an able manner; with great ability. |
| al... | AL5 | The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed. |
| al.. | AL4 | simple past tense and past participle of alight |
| al... | AL5 | To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm. |
| al.. | AL4 | To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty. |
| at... | AT5 | At an angle from the vertical or horizontal. |
| av... | AV5 | To turn to the advantage of. |
| av.......... † | AV12 | The quality of being available. |
| av....... | AV9 | In an available manner |
| 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 | Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial. |
| ba.. | BA4 | Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass. |
| ba... | BA5 | Mad, crazy, silly. |
| bi... | BI5 | A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle. |
| bi...... | BI8 | Articulated with both lips. |
| 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. |
| la... | LA5 | The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina. |
| la.... | LA6 | Of or pertaining to the lips or labia. |
| la... | LA5 | People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics. |
| la.. | LA4 | The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides. |
| li....... | LI9 | An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone. |
| li........ † | LI10 | The property of being livable. |
| 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.. | TA4 | The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus. |
| ta.. | TA4 | plural of talus |
| ta.. | TA4 | Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall. |
| ta... | TA5 | Target sighted. |
| ta... | TA5 | worn and shabby; in poor condition. |
| ti... | TI5 | The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone |
| ti.... | TI6 | Of or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia. |
| vi....... † | VI9 | The property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed |
| vi.... | VI6 | In a viable way. |
| vi.. | VI4 | A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals. |
| vi... | VI5 | A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat. |
| vi... | VI5 | Relating to, or characteristic of life. |
| vi...... | VI8 | The capacity to live and develop. |
| vi..... | VI7 | In a manner that imparts vitality |
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.
- abbatial (AB8)
- ability (AB7)
- ably (AB4)
- alibi (AL5)
- alit (AL4)
- allay (AL5)
- ally (AL4)
- atilt (AT5)
- avail (AV5)
- availability† (AV12)
- availably (AV9)
- baba (BA4)
- baby (BA4)
- bail (BA4)
- bait (BA4)
- ball (BA4)
- batty (BA5)
- bialy (BI5)
- bilabial (BI8)
- blab (BL4)
- blabby (BL6)
- blat (BL4)
- labia (LA5)
- labial (LA6)
- laity (LA5)
- lava (LA4)
- liability (LI9)
- livability† (LI10)
- tabby (TA5)
- tabla (TA5)
- tail (TA4)
- tali (TA4)
- tall (TA4)
- tally (TA5)
- tatty (TA5)
- tibia (TI5)
- tibial (TI6)
- viability† (VI9)
- viably (VI6)
- vial (VI4)
- villa (VI5)
- vital (VI5)
- vitality (VI8)
- vitally (VI7)
Answer Definitions
- abbatial (adjective): Belonging to, relating to, or pertaining to an abbey, abbot, or abbess.
- ability (noun): Suitableness.
- ably (adverb): In an able manner; with great ability.
- alibi (noun): The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
- alit (verb): simple past tense and past participle of alight
- allay (verb): To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- ally (verb): To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
- atilt (adjective): At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.
- avail (verb): To turn to the advantage of.
- availability† (noun): The quality of being available.
- availably (adverb): In an available manner
- 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.
- bail (noun): Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- bait (noun): Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
- ball (noun): A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- batty (adjective): Mad, crazy, silly.
- bialy (noun): A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle.
- bilabial (adjective): Articulated with both lips.
- 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.
- labia (noun): The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.
- labial (adjective): Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
- laity (noun): People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
- lava (noun): The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
- liability (noun): An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
- livability† (noun): The property of being livable.
- 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.
- tail (noun): The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
- tali (noun): plural of talus
- tall (adjective): Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
- tally (interjection): Target sighted.
- tatty (noun): worn and shabby; in poor condition.
- tibia (noun): The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone
- tibial (adjective): Of or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia.
- viability† (noun): The property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed
- viably (adverb): In a viable way.
- vial (noun): A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
- villa (noun): A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
- vital (adjective): Relating to, or characteristic of life.
- vitality (noun): The capacity to live and develop.
- vitally (adverb): In a manner that imparts vitality