NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 17, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | R |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | g, n, o, t, u, w |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 36 words |
| Total Points | 140 points |
| Genius Level | 98 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!
- 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| N | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| O | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| R | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 8 |
| T | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 9 |
| U | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| W | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | Σ | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 36 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| G | GO×1 GR×6 GU×1 |
|---|---|
| N | |
| O | OU×5 |
| R | RO×5 RU×3 |
| T | TO×4 TR×2 TU×3 |
| U | UN×2 |
| W | WO×2 WR×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| G | GOR×1 GRO×5 GRU×1 GUR×1 |
|---|---|
| N | |
| O | OUT×5 |
| R | ROO×1 ROT×3 ROU×1 RUN×3 |
| T | TOR×3 TOU×1 TRO×2 TUR×2 TUT×1 |
| U | UNG×1 UNW×1 |
| W | WOR×2 WRO×1 WRU×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) |
|---|---|---|
| go.... | GO6 | A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale |
| gr.. | GR4 | An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy. |
| gr.... | GR6 | A small cave. |
| gr... | GR5 | A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry. |
| gr.. | GR4 | To become larger, to increase in magnitude. |
| gr... | GR5 | past participle of grow |
| gr... | GR5 | A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak. |
| gu.. | GU4 | A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher. |
| ou..... | OU7 | To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc. |
| ou...... † | OU8 | past participle of outgrow |
| ou... | OU5 | A portion of music at the end of a song; like an intro, but at the end instead of the beginning. |
| ou.... | OU6 | To run faster than. |
| ou..... | OU7 | past participle of outwear |
| 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.... | RO6 | Raw or poor-quality alcoholic liquor. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Clipping of rotogravure. |
| ro... | RO5 | A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump. |
| ro.. | RO4 | A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular , a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone. |
| ru.. | RU4 | A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round. |
| ru.... | RU6 | Something that has been run out. |
| ru.. | RU4 | The smallest animal of a litter. |
| to.. | TO4 | past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed). |
| to.. | TO4 | A traditional Japanese lantern. |
| to.. | TO4 | An injury or wrong. |
| to.. | TO4 | A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. |
| tr.. | TR4 | An ugly old woman, a hag. |
| tr... | TR5 | Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once. |
| tu.. | TU4 | To make a non-linear physical movement. Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself. |
| tu..... | TU7 | The act of coming forth. |
| tu... | TU5 | One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction. |
| un..... | UN7 | Not grown; immature. |
| un.... | UN6 | Not having been worn, as clothing. |
| wo.. | WO4 | Damaged and shabby as a result of much use. |
| wo.. | WO4 | A plant; herb; vegetable. |
| wr... | WR5 | Incorrect or untrue. |
| wr... | WR5 | simple past tense and past participle of wring |
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.
- gorgon (GO6)
- grog (GR4)
- grotto (GR6)
- grout (GR5)
- grow (GR4)
- grown (GR5)
- grunt (GR5)
- guru (GU4)
- outgrow (OU7)
- outgrown† (OU8)
- outro (OU5)
- outrun (OU6)
- outworn (OU7)
- root (RO4)
- rotgut (RO6)
- roto (RO4)
- rotor (RO5)
- rout (RO4)
- rung (RU4)
- runout (RU6)
- runt (RU4)
- torn (TO4)
- toro (TO4)
- tort (TO4)
- tour (TO4)
- trot (TR4)
- trout (TR5)
- turn (TU4)
- turnout (TU7)
- tutor (TU5)
- ungrown (UN7)
- unworn (UN6)
- worn (WO4)
- wort (WO4)
- wrong (WR5)
- wrung (WR5)
Answer Definitions
- gorgon (noun): A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale
- grog (noun): An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
- grotto (noun): A small cave.
- grout (noun): A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
- grow (verb): To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
- grown (verb): past participle of grow
- grunt (noun): A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
- guru (noun): A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher.
- outgrow (verb): To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.
- outgrown† (verb): past participle of outgrow
- outro (noun): A portion of music at the end of a song; like an intro, but at the end instead of the beginning.
- outrun (verb): To run faster than.
- outworn (verb): past participle of outwear
- 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.
- rotgut (noun): Raw or poor-quality alcoholic liquor.
- roto (noun): Clipping of rotogravure.
- rotor (noun): A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
- rout (noun): A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular , a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
- rung (noun): A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
- runout (noun): Something that has been run out.
- runt (noun): The smallest animal of a litter.
- torn (verb): past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed).
- toro (noun): A traditional Japanese lantern.
- tort (noun): An injury or wrong.
- tour (noun): A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
- trot (noun): An ugly old woman, a hag.
- trout (noun): Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.
- turn (verb): To make a non-linear physical movement. Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- turnout (noun): The act of coming forth.
- tutor (noun): One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
- ungrown (adjective): Not grown; immature.
- unworn (adjective): Not having been worn, as clothing.
- worn (adjective): Damaged and shabby as a result of much use.
- wort (noun): A plant; herb; vegetable.
- wrong (adjective): Incorrect or untrue.
- wrung (verb): simple past tense and past participle of wring