NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 22, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | B |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, m, n, r, t, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 29 words |
| Total Points | 105 points |
| Genius Level | 74 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
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 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| B | 11 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 16 |
| M | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| N | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| R | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| T | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| U | - | 4 | - | 1 | - | 5 | Σ | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AB×1 AU×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×5 BR×4 BU×7 |
| M | MA×1 |
| N | NU×1 |
| R | RA×1 RU×1 |
| T | TU×2 |
| U | UM×1 UN×3 UR×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ABU×1 AUB×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BAB×1 BAN×2 BAR×2 BRA×2 BRU×2 BUB×1 BUN×1 BUR×4 BUT×1 |
| M | MAM×1 |
| N | NUM×1 |
| R | RAM×1 RUM×1 |
| T | TUB×1 TUR×1 |
| U | UMB×1 UNB×3 URB×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ab.. | AB4 | To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) |
| au.... | AU6 | A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup. |
| ba.... | BA6 | An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking. |
| ba.... | BA6 | Any of several small chickens, especially of a breed that is a miniature version of another breed. |
| ba.. | BA4 | The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle. |
| br.. | BR4 | The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain. |
| br.. | BR4 | A human child. A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish. |
| br... | BR5 | The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event. |
| br.. | BR4 | very dry, and not sweet |
| bu... | BU5 | Brother; used as term of familiar address. |
| bu.. | BU4 | The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. |
| bu.. | BU4 | A suburb. |
| bu.. | BU4 | A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. |
| bu... | BU5 | simple past tense and past participle of burn |
| bu.. | BU4 | A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter. |
| bu.. | BU4 | The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end The buttocks . |
| ma... | MA5 | Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees. |
| nu.. | NU4 | Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation. |
| ra...... † | RA8 | A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia. |
| ru... | RU5 | A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time. |
| tu.. | TU4 | A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys. |
| tu.... | TU6 | A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head. |
| um... | UM5 | The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object. The area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse. |
| un... | UN5 | To lift a ban against. |
| un... | UN5 | To unlock or unbolt a door that had been locked or bolted with a bar. |
| un..... | UN7 | Not burnt or burned. |
| ur... | UR5 | Related to the (or any) city. |
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.
- abut (AB4)
- auburn (AU6)
- baba (BA4)
- banana (BA6)
- bantam (BA6)
- barb (BA4)
- barn (BA4)
- bran (BR4)
- brat (BR4)
- brunt (BR5)
- brut (BR4)
- bubba (BU5)
- bunt (BU4)
- burb (BU4)
- burn (BU4)
- burnt (BU5)
- burr (BU4)
- butt (BU4)
- mamba (MA5)
- numb (NU4)
- rambutan† (RA8)
- rumba (RU5)
- tuba (TU4)
- turban (TU6)
- umbra (UM5)
- unban (UN5)
- unbar (UN5)
- unburnt (UN7)
- urban (UR5)
Answer Definitions
- abut (verb): To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land)
- auburn (noun): A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.
- baba (noun): A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
- banana (noun): An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking.
- bantam (noun): Any of several small chickens, especially of a breed that is a miniature version of another breed.
- barb (noun): The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
- barn (noun): A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
- bran (noun): The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
- brat (noun): A human child. A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
- brunt (noun): The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.
- brut (adjective): very dry, and not sweet
- bubba (noun): Brother; used as term of familiar address.
- bunt (noun): The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- burb (noun): A suburb.
- burn (noun): A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
- burnt (verb): simple past tense and past participle of burn
- burr (noun): A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
- butt (noun): The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end The buttocks .
- mamba (noun): Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.
- numb (adjective): Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
- rambutan† (noun): A tree, Nephelium lappaceum, of Southeast Asia.
- rumba (noun): A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.
- tuba (noun): A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
- turban (noun): A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.
- umbra (noun): The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object. The area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
- unban (verb): To lift a ban against.
- unbar (verb): To unlock or unbolt a door that had been locked or bolted with a bar.
- unburnt (adjective): Not burnt or burned.
- urban (adjective): Related to the (or any) city.