NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 29, 2018

Sep 29, 2018 · 5 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for September 29, 2018

Game Summary

Center Letter	T
Outer Letters	c, h, i, p, r, y
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: none)
Total Words	22 words
Total Points	100 points
Genius Level	70 points
Bingo?	No

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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	2	1	2	1	-	6
H	-	1	-	-	-	1
I	2	1	-	-	-	3
P	2	3	1	-	-	6
R	-	-	-	-	-	-
T	1	1	2	-	1	5
Y	-	-	1	-	-	1
Σ	7	7	6	1	1	22

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.

C	CH×1 CI×2 CR×3
H	HI×1
I	IT×3
P	PI×6
R
T	TH×1 TI×1 TR×3
Y	YT×1

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.

C	CHI×1 CIT×2 CRI×1 CRY×2
H	HIT×1
I	ITC×2 ITT×1
P	PIP×1 PIT×5
R
T	THI×1 TIP×1 TRI×3
Y	YTT×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)
ch..	CH4	A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
ci....	CI6	Of, pertaining to, or derived from, citrus fruit.
ci..	CI4	A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
cr....	CR6	A person who appraises the works of others.
cr...	CR5	A cave or cavern.
cr.....	CR7	Having hidden meaning.
hi...	HI5	A sudden pull.
it..	IT4	A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
it...	IT5	(of a condition) Characterized by itching.
it..	IT4	Extremely small.
pi...	PI5	Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.
pi...	PI5	A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
pi....	PI6	Of, pertaining to, or resembling pitch.
pi..	PI4	The soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees.
pi...	PI5	Concise and meaningful.
pi..	PI4	A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
th....	TH6	The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.
ti...	TI5	Fashionable, tip-top.
tr..	TR4	A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
tr....	TR6	Strange, surreal, similar to the effects of a hallucinogen.
tr...... ^†	TR8	A picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges.
yt....	YT6	Of or pertaining to yttrium.

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.

chit (CH4)
citric (CI6)
city (CI4)
critic (CR6)
crypt (CR5)
cryptic (CR7)
hitch (HI5)
itch (IT4)
itchy (IT5)
itty (IT4)
pipit (PI5)
pitch (PI5)
pitchy (PI6)
pith (PI4)
pithy (PI5)
pity (PI4)
thirty (TH6)
tippy (TI5)
trip (TR4)
trippy (TR6)
triptych^† (TR8)
yttric (YT6)

Answer Definitions

chit (noun): A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
citric (adjective): Of, pertaining to, or derived from, citrus fruit.
city (noun): A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
critic (noun): A person who appraises the works of others.
crypt (noun): A cave or cavern.
cryptic (adjective): Having hidden meaning.
hitch (noun): A sudden pull.
itch (noun): A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
itchy (adjective): (of a condition) Characterized by itching.
itty (adjective): Extremely small.
pipit (noun): Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.
pitch (noun): A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
pitchy (adjective): Of, pertaining to, or resembling pitch.
pith (noun): The soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees.
pithy (adjective): Concise and meaningful.
pity (noun): A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
thirty (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.
tippy (adjective): Fashionable, tip-top.
trip (noun): A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
trippy (adjective): Strange, surreal, similar to the effects of a hallucinogen.
triptych^† (noun): A picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges.
yttric (adjective): Of or pertaining to yttrium.