NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 24, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | T |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, b, d, m, o, r |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 49 words |
| Total Points | 195 points |
| Genius Level | 137 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</th><th>9</th><th>10</th><th>11 | Σ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| B | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| D | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| M | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 10 |
| O | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| R | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| T | 10 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Σ | 22 | 11 | 9 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 49 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AB×2 AO×1 AT×2 |
|---|---|
| B | BO×3 BR×1 |
| D | DA×3 DO×2 DR×1 |
| M | MA×3 MO×7 |
| O | OR×1 |
| R | RA×1 RO×5 |
| T | TA×8 TO×6 TR×3 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ABB×1 ABO×1 AOR×1 ATO×1 ATT×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BOA×1 BOO×1 BOT×1 BRA×1 |
| D | DAR×2 DAT×1 DOO×1 DOT×1 DRA×1 |
| M | MAR×2 MAT×1 MOA×1 MOO×1 MOR×2 MOT×3 |
| O | ORA×1 |
| R | RAT×1 ROB×1 ROO×1 ROT×3 |
| T | TAB×3 TAR×4 TAT×1 TOA×1 TOM×2 TOO×1 TOR×2 TRA×1 TRO×2 |
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 | The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. |
| ab... | AB5 | An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission. |
| ao... | AO5 | The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system. |
| at.. | AT4 | The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons. |
| at... | AT5 | An essential oil extracted from flowers. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football. |
| bo.... | BO6 | The lowest part of anything. |
| br.. | BR4 | A human child. A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish. |
| da.. | DA4 | A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin. |
| da....... | DA9 | A board used as a target for throwing darts. |
| da.. | DA4 | plural of datum |
| do..... | DO7 | A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes. |
| do.... | DO6 | An old person with impaired intellect; one in his or her dotage. |
| dr.. | DR4 | To damn or curse. |
| ma.... | MA6 | Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A shop, store. |
| ma..... | MA7 | The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve. |
| mo.... | MO6 | A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks. |
| mo......... † | MO11 | A square board, with a handle, on which mortar or plaster is carried: a hawk. |
| mo... | MO5 | A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion. |
| mo....... | MO9 | Any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one. |
| mo... | MO5 | A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement. |
| or.... | OR6 | Someone who orates or delivers an oration. |
| ra..... | RA7 | A swiftly repeated knocking sound. |
| ro... | RO5 | A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour. |
| 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..... | RO7 | One who or that which rotates. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Clipping of rotogravure. |
| ro... | RO5 | A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump. |
| ta.... | TA6 | A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet. |
| ta... | TA5 | An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. |
| ta... | TA5 | A small drum. In traditional music, a small drum played with a single stick, leaving the player's other hand free to play a melody on a three-holed pipe. |
| ta.. | TA4 | Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato. |
| ta... | TA5 | A card game played in various different variations. |
| ta.. | TA4 | Sharp to the taste; acid; sour. |
| ta.... | TA6 | A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate — a source of cream of tartar. |
| ta.... | TA6 | An image made in the skin with ink and a needle. |
| to.. | TO4 | An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae. |
| to.... | TO6 | A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit. |
| to.. | TO4 | A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed. |
| to.. | TO4 | The noise of a horn or whistle. |
| to.. | TO4 | A traditional Japanese lantern. |
| to.. | TO4 | An injury or wrong. |
| tr.. | TR4 | A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America). |
| tr.. | TR4 | simple past tense of tread |
| tr.. | TR4 | An ugly old woman, a hag. |
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.
- abbot (AB5)
- abort (AB5)
- aorta (AO5)
- atom (AT4)
- attar (AT5)
- boat (BO4)
- boot (BO4)
- bottom (BO6)
- brat (BR4)
- dart (DA4)
- dartboard (DA9)
- data (DA4)
- doormat (DO7)
- dotard (DO6)
- drat (DR4)
- marmot (MA6)
- mart (MA4)
- matador (MA7)
- moat (MO4)
- moot (MO4)
- mortar (MO6)
- mortarboard† (MO11)
- motor (MO5)
- motorboat (MO9)
- motto (MO5)
- orator (OR6)
- ratatat (RA7)
- robot (RO5)
- root (RO4)
- rotator (RO7)
- roto (RO4)
- rotor (RO5)
- tabard (TA6)
- taboo (TA5)
- tabor (TA5)
- taro (TA4)
- tarot (TA5)
- tart (TA4)
- tartar (TA6)
- tattoo (TA6)
- toad (TO4)
- tomato (TO6)
- tomb (TO4)
- toot (TO4)
- toro (TO4)
- tort (TO4)
- tram (TR4)
- trod (TR4)
- trot (TR4)
Answer Definitions
- abbot (noun): The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
- abort (noun): An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
- aorta (noun): The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
- atom (noun): The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
- attar (noun): An essential oil extracted from flowers.
- boat (noun): A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
- boot (noun): A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
- bottom (noun): The lowest part of anything.
- brat (noun): A human child. A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
- dart (noun): A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
- dartboard (noun): A board used as a target for throwing darts.
- data (noun): plural of datum
- doormat (noun): A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes.
- dotard (noun): An old person with impaired intellect; one in his or her dotage.
- drat (verb): To damn or curse.
- marmot (noun): Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.
- mart (noun): A shop, store.
- matador (noun): The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
- moat (noun): A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
- moot (adjective): Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
- mortar (noun): A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
- mortarboard† (noun): A square board, with a handle, on which mortar or plaster is carried: a hawk.
- motor (noun): A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
- motorboat (noun): Any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one.
- motto (noun): A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
- orator (noun): Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
- ratatat (noun): A swiftly repeated knocking sound.
- robot (noun): A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.
- 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.
- rotator (noun): One who or that which rotates.
- roto (noun): Clipping of rotogravure.
- rotor (noun): A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
- tabard (noun): A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet.
- taboo (noun): An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
- tabor (noun): A small drum. In traditional music, a small drum played with a single stick, leaving the player's other hand free to play a melody on a three-holed pipe.
- taro (noun): Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
- tarot (noun): A card game played in various different variations.
- tart (adjective): Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
- tartar (noun): A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate — a source of cream of tartar.
- tattoo (noun): An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
- toad (noun): An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
- tomato (noun): A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
- tomb (noun): A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
- toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
- toro (noun): A traditional Japanese lantern.
- tort (noun): An injury or wrong.
- tram (noun): A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).
- trod (verb): simple past tense of tread
- trot (noun): An ugly old woman, a hag.