NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 14, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | A |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | b, e, g, m, t, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 48 words |
| Total Points | 169 points |
| Genius Level | 118 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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| B | 7 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 11 |
| E | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| G | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| M | 6 | 8 | - | - | 1 | 15 |
| T | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 6 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 22 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 48 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AB×4 AG×1 AM×2 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×7 BE×4 |
| E | ET×1 |
| G | GA×8 |
| M | MA×10 ME×5 |
| T | TA×3 TE×3 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ABA×1 ABB×1 ABE×2 AGA×1 AME×2 |
|---|---|
| B | BAB×3 BAG×2 BAT×2 BEA×2 BEG×1 BET×1 |
| E | ETY×1 |
| G | GAB×1 GAG×2 GAM×4 GAT×1 |
| M | MAG×2 MAM×4 MAT×3 MAY×1 MEA×2 MEG×2 MET×1 |
| T | TAB×1 TAM×1 TAT×1 TEA×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... | AB5 | To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. |
| ab... | AB5 | the building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns. |
| ab... | AB5 | At a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 90 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative. |
| ab.. | AB4 | To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable. |
| ag... | AG5 | A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two. |
| am... | AM5 | Alternative form of amoeba |
| am.... | AM6 | plural of ameba, a variant of amoeba. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A baby or infant; a very young human or animal. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered. |
| ba..... | BA7 | Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling |
| ba... | BA5 | Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body. |
| ba.. | BA4 | To reduce the force of something; to abate. |
| ba... | BA5 | Mad, crazy, silly. |
| be.. | BE4 | Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. |
| be.. | BE4 | A stroke; a blow. |
| be... | BE5 | simple past tense of beget |
| be.. | BE4 | The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase. |
| et... | ET5 | plural of etymon |
| ga... | GA5 | Inclined to talk too much, especially about trivia. |
| ga.. | GA4 | Mentally senile. |
| ga.. | GA4 | To bind by pledge, or security; to engage. |
| ga.. | GA4 | A playful or competitive activity. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime. |
| ga.... | GA6 | A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes. |
| ga... | GA5 | The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ). |
| ga.. | GA4 | Alternative spelling of gamey |
| ga.. | GA4 | A doorlike structure outside a house. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A magician, wizard or sorcerer. |
| ma... | MA5 | The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc. |
| ma.. | MA4 | Mother, female parent. |
| ma... | MA5 | Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees. |
| ma... | MA5 | The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. |
| ma... | MA5 | mamma; mother |
| ma.. | MA4 | A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate. |
| ma... | MA5 | Sociable or friendly. |
| ma... | MA5 | A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame. |
| ma... | MA5 | Modifies a verb, indicating a lack of certainty: it may be that... |
| me.. | ME4 | The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food. |
| me... | ME5 | Of, relating to, or containing meat. |
| me.. | ME4 | Very large. |
| me...... † | ME8 | One million (10) bytes. |
| me.. | ME4 | Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level. |
| 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.. | TA4 | Not or no longer wild; domesticated. |
| ta... | TA5 | worn and shabby; in poor condition. |
| te.. | TE4 | A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage. |
| te...... | TE8 | One who is on the same team. |
| te.. | TE4 | The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. |
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.
- abate (AB5)
- abbey (AB5)
- abeam (AB5)
- abet (AB4)
- agate (AG5)
- ameba (AM5)
- amebae (AM6)
- baba (BA4)
- babe (BA4)
- baby (BA4)
- baggage (BA7)
- baggy (BA5)
- bate (BA4)
- batty (BA5)
- beam (BE4)
- beat (BE4)
- begat (BE5)
- beta (BE4)
- etyma (ET5)
- gabby (GA5)
- gaga (GA4)
- gage (GA4)
- game (GA4)
- gamete (GA6)
- gamma (GA5)
- gamy (GA4)
- gate (GA4)
- mage (MA4)
- magma (MA5)
- mama (MA4)
- mamba (MA5)
- mamma (MA5)
- mammy (MA5)
- mate (MA4)
- matey (MA5)
- matte (MA5)
- maybe (MA5)
- meat (ME4)
- meaty (ME5)
- mega (ME4)
- megabyte† (ME8)
- meta (ME4)
- tabby (TA5)
- tame (TA4)
- tatty (TA5)
- team (TE4)
- teammate (TE8)
- teat (TE4)
Answer Definitions
- abate (verb): To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
- abbey (noun): the building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns.
- abeam (adverb): At a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 90 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative.
- abet (verb): To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
- agate (noun): A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
- ameba (noun): Alternative form of amoeba
- amebae (noun): plural of ameba, a variant of amoeba.
- baba (noun): A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
- babe (noun): A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
- baby (noun): A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
- baggage (noun): Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling
- baggy (adjective): Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
- bate (verb): To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- batty (adjective): Mad, crazy, silly.
- beam (noun): Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- beat (noun): A stroke; a blow.
- begat (verb): simple past tense of beget
- beta (noun): The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
- etyma (noun): plural of etymon
- gabby (adjective): Inclined to talk too much, especially about trivia.
- gaga (adjective): Mentally senile.
- gage (verb): To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
- game (noun): A playful or competitive activity. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- gamete (noun): A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
- gamma (noun): The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
- gamy (adjective): Alternative spelling of gamey
- gate (noun): A doorlike structure outside a house.
- mage (noun): A magician, wizard or sorcerer.
- magma (noun): The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
- mama (noun): Mother, female parent.
- mamba (noun): Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.
- mamma (noun): The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
- mammy (noun): mamma; mother
- mate (noun): A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
- matey (adjective): Sociable or friendly.
- matte (noun): A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
- maybe (adverb): Modifies a verb, indicating a lack of certainty: it may be that...
- meat (noun): The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
- meaty (adjective): Of, relating to, or containing meat.
- mega (adjective): Very large.
- megabyte† (noun): One million (10) bytes.
- meta (adjective): Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level.
- 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.
- tame (adjective): Not or no longer wild; domesticated.
- tatty (noun): worn and shabby; in poor condition.
- team (noun): A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
- teammate (noun): One who is on the same team.
- teat (noun): The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.