NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 15, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | U |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | f, g, l, n, o, r |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 29 words |
| Total Points | 99 points |
| Genius Level | 69 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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 6 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| G | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| L | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| N | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| U | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | Σ | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| F | FL×3 FO×2 FR×2 FU×6 |
|---|---|
| G | GR×1 GU×4 |
| L | LU×4 |
| N | NO×1 NU×1 |
| O | |
| R | RU×2 |
| U | UN×3 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| F | FLO×1 FLU×2 FOU×2 FRO×1 FRU×1 FUG×1 FUL×1 FUN×1 FUR×3 |
|---|---|
| G | GRU×1 GUF×1 GUL×2 GUR×1 |
| L | LUL×2 LUN×2 |
| N | NOU×1 NUL×1 |
| O | |
| R | RUN×2 |
| U | UNF×1 UNR×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) |
|---|---|---|
| fl... | FL5 | Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry. |
| fl... | FL5 | Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers. |
| fl... | FL5 | simple past tense and past participle of fling |
| fo.. | FO4 | Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty. |
| fo.. | FO4 | NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 4. |
| fr...... | FR8 | Alternative spelling of frou-frou |
| fr.. | FR4 | A dance derived from the twist, popular in the 1960s. |
| fu.. | FU4 | Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins. |
| fu.. | FU4 | Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available. |
| fu... | FU5 | A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught. |
| fu.. | FU4 | To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag) |
| fu..... † | FU7 | A unit of length equal to 220 yards, ⁄8 mile, or 201.168 meters, now only used in measuring distances in horse racing. |
| fu... | FU5 | A general uproar or commotion. |
| gr... | GR5 | having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature. |
| gu.. | GU4 | Nonsensical talk or thinking. |
| gu.. | GU4 | A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin. |
| gu.. | GU4 | A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae. |
| gu.. | GU4 | A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher. |
| lu.. | LU4 | A period of rest or soothing. |
| lu.. | LU4 | A remarkable person, object or idea. |
| lu.. | LU4 | A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood. |
| lu..... | LU7 | As much as the lungs will hold. |
| no.. | NO4 | A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English. |
| nu.. | NU4 | A non-existent or empty value or set of values. |
| ru.. | RU4 | A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round. |
| ru.... | RU6 | That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area. |
| un.... | UN6 | To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag. |
| un.... | UN6 | To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled. |
| un.... | UN6 | To remove a roof from, e.g. a building. |
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.
- flour (FL5)
- fluff (FL5)
- flung (FL5)
- foul (FO4)
- four (FO4)
- froufrou (FR8)
- frug (FR4)
- fugu (FU4)
- full (FU4)
- fungo (FU5)
- furl (FU4)
- furlong† (FU7)
- furor (FU5)
- gruff (GR5)
- guff (GU4)
- gulf (GU4)
- gull (GU4)
- guru (GU4)
- lull (LU4)
- lulu (LU4)
- lung (LU4)
- lungful (LU7)
- noun (NO4)
- null (NU4)
- rung (RU4)
- runoff (RU6)
- unfurl (UN6)
- unroll (UN6)
- unroof (UN6)
Answer Definitions
- flour (noun): Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
- fluff (noun): Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
- flung (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fling
- foul (adjective): Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
- four (numeral): NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 4.
- froufrou (noun): Alternative spelling of frou-frou
- frug (noun): A dance derived from the twist, popular in the 1960s.
- fugu (noun): Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins.
- full (adjective): Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
- fungo (noun): A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.
- furl (verb): To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
- furlong† (noun): A unit of length equal to 220 yards, ⁄8 mile, or 201.168 meters, now only used in measuring distances in horse racing.
- furor (noun): A general uproar or commotion.
- gruff (adjective): having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.
- guff (noun): Nonsensical talk or thinking.
- gulf (noun): A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
- gull (noun): A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.
- guru (noun): A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher.
- lull (noun): A period of rest or soothing.
- lulu (noun): A remarkable person, object or idea.
- lung (noun): A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
- lungful (noun): As much as the lungs will hold.
- noun (noun): A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
- null (noun): A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
- rung (noun): A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.
- runoff (noun): That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
- unfurl (verb): To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag.
- unroll (verb): To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
- unroof (verb): To remove a roof from, e.g. a building.