NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 23, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | R |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | b, d, h, i, m, o |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 24 words |
| Total Points | 94 points |
| Genius Level | 66 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 7 |
| D | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| H | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| M | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| O | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| R | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | Σ | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| B | BI×1 BO×2 BR×4 |
|---|---|
| D | DO×2 DR×2 |
| H | HO×2 |
| I | |
| M | MI×2 MO×2 |
| O | OD×1 OR×1 |
| R | RH×3 RO×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| B | BIR×1 BOO×2 BRI×2 BRO×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DOO×1 DOR×1 DRI×1 DRO×1 |
| H | HOR×2 |
| I | |
| M | MID×1 MIR×1 MOO×1 MOR×1 |
| O | ODO×1 ORI×1 |
| R | RHO×3 ROO×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) |
|---|---|---|
| bi.. | BI4 | A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs. |
| bo..... | BO7 | A spectator at a sporting event who boos the home team. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A peasant. |
| br.. | BR4 | The sea; ocean; water; flood. |
| br.. | BR4 | Vigour or vivacity. |
| br... | BR5 | The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother. |
| br... | BR5 | A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping. |
| do.. | DO4 | A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key. |
| do.. | DO4 | Clipping of dormitory. |
| dr.. | DR4 | To cut off; chop off. |
| dr... | DR5 | A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android). |
| ho.... | HO6 | Bristling, rough, rugged. |
| ho.... | HO6 | An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance. |
| mi.... | MI6 | The strengthened vein down the middle of a flower petal or simple leaf or leaflet. |
| mi.... | MI6 | A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it. |
| mo.. | MO4 | An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath |
| mo.... | MO6 | Of, or relating to disease. |
| od.. | OD4 | Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive. |
| or... | OR5 | Ourebia ourebi, a species of antelope. |
| rh... | RH5 | A rhombus. |
| rh.... | RH6 | plural of rhombus |
| rh...... † | RH8 | A parallelogram which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle |
| ro.. | RO4 | A crucifix, cross, especially in a church. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Opportunity or scope (to do something). |
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.
- bird (BI4)
- boobird (BO7)
- boor (BO4)
- brim (BR4)
- brio (BR4)
- brood (BR5)
- broom (BR5)
- door (DO4)
- dorm (DO4)
- drib (DR4)
- droid (DR5)
- horrid (HO6)
- horror (HO6)
- midrib (MI6)
- mirror (MI6)
- moor (MO4)
- morbid (MO6)
- odor (OD4)
- oribi (OR5)
- rhomb (RH5)
- rhombi (RH6)
- rhomboid† (RH8)
- rood (RO4)
- room (RO4)
Answer Definitions
- bird (noun): A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
- boobird (noun): A spectator at a sporting event who boos the home team.
- boor (noun): A peasant.
- brim (noun): The sea; ocean; water; flood.
- brio (noun): Vigour or vivacity.
- brood (noun): The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
- broom (noun): A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
- door (noun): A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
- dorm (noun): Clipping of dormitory.
- drib (verb): To cut off; chop off.
- droid (noun): A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android).
- horrid (adjective): Bristling, rough, rugged.
- horror (noun): An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
- midrib (noun): The strengthened vein down the middle of a flower petal or simple leaf or leaflet.
- mirror (noun): A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
- moor (noun): An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
- morbid (adjective): Of, or relating to disease.
- odor (noun): Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
- oribi (noun): Ourebia ourebi, a species of antelope.
- rhomb (noun): A rhombus.
- rhombi (noun): plural of rhombus
- rhomboid† (noun): A parallelogram which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle
- rood (noun): A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
- room (noun): Opportunity or scope (to do something).