NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 29, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | L |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, f, i, n, y |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 55 words |
| Total Points | 287 points |
| Genius Level | 201 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 | Σ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| C | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 19 |
| F | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 17 |
| I | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| L | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 8 |
| N | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 17 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 55 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×1 AL×3 AN×2 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×6 CI×1 CL×7 CY×5 |
| F | FA×6 FI×8 FL×3 |
| I | IC×1 IL×1 IN×2 |
| L | LA×6 LI×2 |
| N | NA×1 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACY×1 ALF×1 ALL×2 ANA×2 |
|---|---|
| C | CAL×4 CAN×2 CIL×1 CLA×2 CLI×5 CYC×3 CYN×2 |
| F | FAC×2 FAI×1 FAL×2 FAN×1 FIL×4 FIN×4 FLA×3 |
| I | ICI×1 ILL×1 INF×1 INL×1 |
| L | LAC×1 LAI×4 LAN×1 LIL×2 |
| N | NAI×1 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| ac..... | AC7 | Not cyclic; having an open chain structure. |
| al..... | AL7 | A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop. |
| 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. |
| an.. | AN4 | of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. |
| an.... | AN6 | Involving the anus. |
| ca..... | CA7 | To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A young cow or bull. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A telephone conversation; a phone call. |
| ca... | CA5 | A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe. |
| ca... | CA5 | An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation. |
| ca..... | CA7 | In a canny manner. |
| ci... | CI5 | plural of cilium |
| cl.. | CL4 | A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known. |
| cl.. | CL4 | A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics. |
| cl... | CL5 | A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. |
| cl.... | CL6 | A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients. |
| cl...... | CL8 | Dealing with the practical management of patients, in practice at the point of care; as contrasted with other health care venues (see clinical medicine for more explanation). |
| cl........ | CL10 | In a clinical manner; dispassionately or analytically. |
| cl....... | CL9 | Any healthcare practitioner working at the point of care, in clinical practice (e.g., physicians in clinical medicine, nurses in nursing practice, or allied health providers in practice). |
| cy.... | CY6 | Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals. |
| cy...... | CY8 | recurring at regular intervals |
| cy........ | CY10 | In a cyclic manner; in cycles; periodically. |
| cy..... | CY7 | Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness. |
| cy....... | CY9 | in a cynical manner |
| fa.... | FA6 | Of or affecting the face. |
| fa...... | FA8 | Using or involving the face. |
| fa.. | FA4 | To be unsuccessful. |
| fa.. | FA4 | To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity. |
| fa..... | FA7 | Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind. |
| fa..... † | FA7 | In a fancy manner |
| fi.... | FI6 | Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter. |
| fi...... | FI8 | In a filial manner. |
| fi.. | FI4 | To occupy fully, to take up all of. |
| fi... | FI5 | A young female horse. |
| fi... | FI5 | A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class. |
| fi..... | FI7 | At the end or conclusion; ultimately. |
| fi....... | FI9 | Related to finances. |
| fi......... † | FI11 | In terms of finance or money. |
| fl... | FL5 | A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material. |
| fl.. | FL4 | Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. |
| fl.. | FL4 | To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening). |
| ic... | IC5 | In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect. |
| il.. | IL4 | Badly; poorly. |
| in.... | IN6 | To fill in a space, hole or gap. |
| in... | IN5 | To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design. |
| la.. | LA4 | Made of lace or decorated with it. |
| la.. | LA4 | A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy. |
| la.... | LA6 | Of or pertaining to a layperson, layman, laywoman, or laypeople (laity). |
| la...... | LA8 | As a layman. |
| la.. | LA4 | past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”) |
| la... | LA5 | A Hawaiian-style roofed patio. |
| li... | LI5 | A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers. |
| li.. | LI4 | Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species. |
| na.. | NA4 | The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals. |
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.
- acyclic (AC7)
- alfalfa (AL7)
- allay (AL5)
- ally (AL4)
- anal (AN4)
- anally (AN6)
- calcify (CA7)
- calf (CA4)
- call (CA4)
- calla (CA5)
- canal (CA5)
- cannily (CA7)
- cilia (CI5)
- clan (CL4)
- clay (CL4)
- cliff (CL5)
- clinic (CL6)
- clinical (CL8)
- clinically (CL10)
- clinician (CL9)
- cyclic (CY6)
- cyclical (CY8)
- cyclically (CY10)
- cynical (CY7)
- cynically (CY9)
- facial (FA6)
- facially (FA8)
- fail (FA4)
- fall (FA4)
- fallacy (FA7)
- fancily† (FA7)
- filial (FI6)
- filially (FI8)
- fill (FI4)
- filly (FI5)
- final (FI5)
- finally (FI7)
- financial (FI9)
- financially† (FI11)
- flail (FL5)
- flan (FL4)
- flay (FL4)
- icily (IC5)
- illy (IL4)
- infill (IN6)
- inlay (IN5)
- lacy (LA4)
- laic (LA4)
- laical (LA6)
- laically (LA8)
- lain (LA4)
- lanai (LA5)
- lilac (LI5)
- lily (LI4)
- nail (NA4)
Answer Definitions
- acyclic (adjective): Not cyclic; having an open chain structure.
- alfalfa (noun): A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
- 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.
- anal (adjective): of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
- anally (adverb): Involving the anus.
- calcify (verb): To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
- calf (noun): A young cow or bull.
- call (noun): A telephone conversation; a phone call.
- calla (noun): A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
- canal (noun): An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
- cannily (adverb): In a canny manner.
- cilia (noun): plural of cilium
- clan (noun): A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
- clay (noun): A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
- cliff (noun): A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
- clinic (noun): A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
- clinical (adjective): Dealing with the practical management of patients, in practice at the point of care; as contrasted with other health care venues (see clinical medicine for more explanation).
- clinically (adverb): In a clinical manner; dispassionately or analytically.
- clinician (noun): Any healthcare practitioner working at the point of care, in clinical practice (e.g., physicians in clinical medicine, nurses in nursing practice, or allied health providers in practice).
- cyclic (adjective): Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals.
- cyclical (adjective): recurring at regular intervals
- cyclically (adverb): In a cyclic manner; in cycles; periodically.
- cynical (adjective): Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.
- cynically (adverb): in a cynical manner
- facial (adjective): Of or affecting the face.
- facially (adverb): Using or involving the face.
- fail (verb): To be unsuccessful.
- fall (verb): To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- fallacy (noun): Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
- fancily† (adverb): In a fancy manner
- filial (adjective): Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
- filially (adverb): In a filial manner.
- fill (verb): To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- filly (noun): A young female horse.
- final (noun): A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- finally (adverb): At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
- financial (adjective): Related to finances.
- financially† (adverb): In terms of finance or money.
- flail (noun): A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
- flan (noun): Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
- flay (verb): To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
- icily (adverb): In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect.
- illy (adverb): Badly; poorly.
- infill (verb): To fill in a space, hole or gap.
- inlay (verb): To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.
- lacy (adjective): Made of lace or decorated with it.
- laic (noun): A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.
- laical (adjective): Of or pertaining to a layperson, layman, laywoman, or laypeople (laity).
- laically (adverb): As a layman.
- lain (verb): past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
- lanai (noun): A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
- lilac (noun): A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.
- lily (noun): Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
- nail (noun): The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.