NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 30, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | N |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, e, g, k, l, o |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 39 words |
| Total Points | 128 points |
| Genius Level | 90 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 10 |
| E | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| G | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| K | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| L | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| N | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| O | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | Σ | 22 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 39 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CL×2 CO×8 |
|---|---|
| E | EG×1 |
| G | GE×1 GL×1 GO×3 |
| K | KE×3 KN×5 |
| L | LO×4 |
| N | NE×4 NO×5 |
| O | ON×1 OO×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CLO×2 COC×1 COL×4 CON×2 COO×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EGG×1 |
| G | GEN×1 GLE×1 GON×2 GOO×1 |
| K | KEE×1 KEN×2 KNE×3 KNO×2 |
| L | LON×3 LOO×1 |
| N | NEC×1 NEN×1 NEO×2 NOE×1 NON×2 NOO×2 |
| O | ONC×1 OOL×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) |
|---|---|---|
| cl... | CL5 | A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical. |
| cl... | CL5 | The abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact. |
| co.... | CO6 | The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa. |
| co..... | CO7 | girl |
| co..... | CO7 | A type of perfume consisting of 2-5% essential oils, 70-90 % alcohol and water. |
| co... | CO5 | The punctuation mark ":". |
| co..... | CO7 | A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines). |
| co.. | CO4 | A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line. |
| co.. | CO4 | The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk. |
| co.. | CO4 | A black person. |
| eg.... | EG6 | A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas. |
| ge.. | GE4 | A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color. |
| gl.. | GL4 | A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills. |
| go.. | GO4 | past participle of go |
| go.. | GO4 | A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer. |
| go.. | GO4 | A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon'). |
| ke.. | KE4 | Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested. |
| ke.... | KE6 | A house or shelter for a dog. |
| ke.. | KE4 | A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered. |
| kn.. | KN4 | In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. |
| kn... | KN5 | To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position. |
| kn... | KN5 | To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll. |
| kn... | KN5 | An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood. |
| kn... | KN5 | A small mound or rounded hill. |
| lo.. | LO4 | Solitary; having no companion. |
| lo.. | LO4 | Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point . |
| lo...... † | LO8 | A type of beer bottle with a long neck. |
| lo.. | LO4 | An idler, a lout. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957. |
| ne.... | NE6 | A neoconservative. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas. |
| no.. | NO4 | A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol. |
| no... | NO5 | The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce). |
| no.. | NO4 | Not any of a given number or group. |
| no.. | NO4 | A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove. |
| no.. | NO4 | The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. |
| on.. | ON4 | One and only one time. |
| oo.... | OO6 | A partially fermented tea, often roasted, which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea. |
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.
- clone (CL5)
- clonk (CL5)
- cocoon (CO6)
- colleen (CO7)
- cologne (CO7)
- colon (CO5)
- colonel (CO7)
- cone (CO4)
- conk (CO4)
- coon (CO4)
- eggnog (EG6)
- gene (GE4)
- glen (GL4)
- gone (GO4)
- gong (GO4)
- goon (GO4)
- keen (KE4)
- kennel (KE6)
- keno (KE4)
- knee (KN4)
- kneel (KN5)
- knell (KN5)
- knock (KN5)
- knoll (KN5)
- lone (LO4)
- long (LO4)
- longneck† (LO8)
- loon (LO4)
- neck (NE4)
- nene (NE4)
- neocon (NE6)
- neon (NE4)
- noel (NO4)
- nonce (NO5)
- none (NO4)
- nook (NO4)
- noon (NO4)
- once (ON4)
- oolong (OO6)
Answer Definitions
- clone (noun): A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
- clonk (noun): The abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact.
- cocoon (noun): The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
- colleen (noun): girl
- cologne (noun): A type of perfume consisting of 2-5% essential oils, 70-90 % alcohol and water.
- colon (noun): The punctuation mark ":".
- colonel (noun): A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).
- cone (noun): A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
- conk (noun): The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.
- coon (noun): A black person.
- eggnog (noun): A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas.
- gene (noun): A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
- glen (noun): A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.
- gone (verb): past participle of go
- gong (noun): A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
- goon (noun): A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
- keen (adjective): Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
- kennel (noun): A house or shelter for a dog.
- keno (noun): A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.
- knee (noun): In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
- kneel (verb): To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
- knell (verb): To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
- knock (noun): An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
- knoll (noun): A small mound or rounded hill.
- lone (adjective): Solitary; having no companion.
- long (adjective): Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point .
- longneck† (noun): A type of beer bottle with a long neck.
- loon (noun): An idler, a lout.
- neck (noun): The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
- nene (noun): The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
- neocon (noun): A neoconservative.
- neon (noun): The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
- noel (noun): A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.
- nonce (noun): The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce).
- none (pronoun): Not any of a given number or group.
- nook (noun): A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
- noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- once (adverb): One and only one time.
- oolong (noun): A partially fermented tea, often roasted, which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea.