NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 5, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | I |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | h, l, n, o, r, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 41 words |
| Total Points | 153 points |
| Genius Level | 107 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</th><th>9</th><th>10</th><th>11 | Σ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| I | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| L | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| N | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 |
| O | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| R | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| T | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 15 | Σ | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| H | HI×3 |
|---|---|
| I | IN×2 IR×1 |
| L | LI×4 LO×2 |
| N | NI×2 NO×4 |
| O | OL×1 ON×1 |
| R | RH×1 RI×2 RO×3 |
| T | TH×2 TI×4 TO×4 TR×5 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| H | HIL×2 HIN×1 |
|---|---|
| I | INT×2 IRO×1 |
| L | LIL×1 LIN×1 LIO×1 LIT×1 LOI×1 LOT×1 |
| N | NIN×1 NIT×1 NOI×1 NON×2 NOT×1 |
| O | OLI×1 ONI×1 |
| R | RHI×1 RIL×1 RIO×1 ROI×1 ROT×2 |
| T | THI×1 THR×1 TIL×2 TIN×2 TOI×1 TOR×3 TRI×5 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| hi.. | HI4 | An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain. |
| hi.. | HI4 | The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand. |
| hi.. | HI4 | A clue. |
| in.. | IN4 | To or towards the inside of. |
| in... | IN5 | An introduction. |
| ir.. | IR4 | A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel. |
| li.. | LI4 | To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music. |
| li.. | LI4 | Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc. |
| li.. | LI4 | A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe. |
| li... | LI5 | Clipping of lithographic. |
| lo.. | LO4 | The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips |
| lo.... | LO6 | A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin. |
| ni... | NI5 | The ordinal form of the number nine. |
| ni... | NI5 | the univalent NO2 functional group. |
| no.. | NO4 | Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre |
| no....... | NO9 | 10. |
| no......... | NO11 | The ordinal form of the number nonillion. |
| no.... | NO6 | Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept. |
| ol.. | OL4 | A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables. |
| on... | ON5 | A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. |
| rh... | RH5 | Money. |
| ri.. | RI4 | A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet. |
| ri.. | RI4 | A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property. |
| ro.. | RO4 | To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of. |
| ro.. | RO4 | A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean. |
| ro...... | RO8 | To break up and turn soil using a rototiller. |
| th.. | TH4 | Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite. |
| th.... | TH6 | To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify; to experience such a sensation. |
| ti.. | TI4 | Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time). |
| ti.. | TI4 | To slope or incline (something); to slant. |
| ti..... | TI7 | Cheap, inferior; pretentious. |
| ti.. | TI4 | A slight coloring. |
| to.. | TO4 | Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature. |
| to.. | TO4 | plural of torus |
| to... | TO5 | A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred. |
| to..... | TO7 | Any of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and topped with almonds, crumbled macaroons, etc. |
| tr... | TR5 | A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff. |
| tr...... | TR8 | A million million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10. |
| tr........ † | TR10 | The ordinal form of the number one trillion. |
| tr.. | TR4 | A group of three people or things. |
| tr.... | TR6 | the atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons |
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.
- hill (HI4)
- hilt (HI4)
- hint (HI4)
- into (IN4)
- intro (IN5)
- iron (IR4)
- lilt (LI4)
- lint (LI4)
- lion (LI4)
- litho (LI5)
- loin (LO4)
- lotion (LO6)
- ninth (NI5)
- nitro (NI5)
- noir (NO4)
- nonillion (NO9)
- nonillionth (NO11)
- notion (NO6)
- olio (OL4)
- onion (ON5)
- rhino (RH5)
- rill (RI4)
- riot (RI4)
- roil (RO4)
- roti (RO4)
- rototill (RO8)
- thin (TH4)
- thrill (TH6)
- till (TI4)
- tilt (TI4)
- tinhorn (TI7)
- tint (TI4)
- toil (TO4)
- tori (TO4)
- torii (TO5)
- tortoni (TO7)
- trill (TR5)
- trillion (TR8)
- trillionth† (TR10)
- trio (TR4)
- triton (TR6)
Answer Definitions
- hill (noun): An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
- hilt (noun): The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
- hint (noun): A clue.
- into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
- intro (noun): An introduction.
- iron (noun): A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
- lilt (verb): To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
- lint (noun): Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
- lion (noun): A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
- litho (adjective): Clipping of lithographic.
- loin (noun): The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
- lotion (noun): A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
- ninth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number nine.
- nitro (noun): the univalent NO2 functional group.
- noir (adjective): Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre
- nonillion (numeral): 10.
- nonillionth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number nonillion.
- notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
- olio (noun): A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
- onion (noun): A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- rhino (noun): Money.
- rill (noun): A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
- riot (noun): A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
- roil (verb): To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
- roti (noun): A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.
- rototill (verb): To break up and turn soil using a rototiller.
- thin (adjective): Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- thrill (verb): To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify; to experience such a sensation.
- till (preposition): Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
- tilt (verb): To slope or incline (something); to slant.
- tinhorn (adjective): Cheap, inferior; pretentious.
- tint (noun): A slight coloring.
- toil (noun): Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
- tori (noun): plural of torus
- torii (noun): A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.
- tortoni (noun): Any of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and topped with almonds, crumbled macaroons, etc.
- trill (noun): A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
- trillion (numeral): A million million: 1 followed by twelve zeros, 10.
- trillionth† (adjective): The ordinal form of the number one trillion.
- trio (noun): A group of three people or things.
- triton (noun): the atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons