NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 6, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | O |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | g, h, i, l, p, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 46 words |
| Total Points | 176 points |
| Genius Level | 123 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
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</th><th>9 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | 2 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | 11 |
| H | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
| I | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| L | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 |
| O | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| P | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 12 |
| Y | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | Σ | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 46 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| G | GI×1 GL×4 GO×6 |
|---|---|
| H | HI×1 HO×5 HY×1 |
| I | IG×1 |
| L | LI×1 LO×9 |
| O | OI×1 OL×2 |
| P | PH×1 PL×2 PO×9 |
| Y | YO×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| G | GIG×1 GLO×4 GOG×1 GOL×1 GOO×4 |
|---|---|
| H | HIP×1 HOL×3 HOO×1 HOP×1 HYP×1 |
| I | IGL×1 |
| L | LIP×1 LOG×3 LOL×3 LOO×3 |
| O | OIL×1 OLI×2 |
| P | PHI×1 PLO×2 POG×1 POL×4 POO×3 POP×1 |
| Y | YOG×1 YOO×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) |
|---|---|---|
| gi.... | GI6 | A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment. |
| gl... | GL5 | Any gooey, viscous substance. |
| gl.... | GL6 | Having a glutinous, sloppy consistency; gloppy. |
| gl.. | GL4 | To stare in amazement. |
| gl.... | GL6 | gooey and viscous |
| go.... | GO6 | Resembling goggles, used mostly in relation to eyes. |
| go... | GO5 | God! |
| go.... | GO6 | A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery. |
| go.... | GO6 | The number 10 100 {\displaystyle 10^{100}} , or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sedecilliard (long scale). |
| go.. | GO4 | A thick, slimy substance; goo. |
| go... | GO5 | Having the consistency of goop. |
| hi... | HI5 | Clipping of hippopotamus. |
| ho.... | HO6 | In a holy way; with sanctity. |
| ho... | HO5 | Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas. |
| ho.. | HO4 | Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. |
| ho... | HO5 | Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops. |
| hy.. | HY4 | Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression. |
| ig... | IG5 | A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow. |
| li.. | LI4 | Clipping of liposuction. |
| lo.... | LO6 | In a logy manner. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization. |
| lo.. | LO4 | Slow to respond or react; lethargic. |
| lo.. | LO4 | To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. |
| lo...... | LO8 | An item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy/sweet attached to a stick. |
| lo.... | LO6 | To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. |
| lo..... | LO7 | In a loopy way. |
| lo... | LO5 | Having loops. |
| oi.. | OI4 | Relating to or resembling oil. |
| ol....... | OL9 | An economic condition in which a small number of sellers exert control over the market of a commodity. |
| ol.. | OL4 | A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables. |
| ph....... † | PH9 | The humanistic study of language. |
| pl.. | PL4 | A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water. |
| pl.. | PL4 | A tactic, strategy, or scheme. |
| po.. | PO4 | To use a pogo stick. |
| po... | PO5 | Abbreviation of poliomyelitis. |
| po.. | PO4 | A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. |
| po.. | PO4 | A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal. |
| po... | PO5 | An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane. |
| po.. | PO4 | Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc. |
| po.. | PO4 | A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water. |
| po.. | PO4 | To make a short blast on a horn. |
| po... | PO5 | Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant. |
| yo.. | YO4 | A devotee or adherent of yoga. |
| yo.... | YO6 | Used to get attention. |
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.
- gigolo (GI6)
- gloop (GL5)
- gloopy (GL6)
- glop (GL4)
- gloppy (GL6)
- goggly (GO6)
- golly (GO5)
- googly (GO6)
- googol (GO6)
- goop (GO4)
- goopy (GO5)
- hippo (HI5)
- holily (HO6)
- holly (HO5)
- holy (HO4)
- hoop (HO4)
- hoppy (HO5)
- hypo (HY4)
- igloo (IG5)
- lipo (LI4)
- logily (LO6)
- logo (LO4)
- logy (LO4)
- loll (LO4)
- lollipop (LO8)
- lollop (LO6)
- loop (LO4)
- loopily (LO7)
- loopy (LO5)
- oily (OI4)
- oligopoly (OL9)
- olio (OL4)
- philology† (PH9)
- plop (PL4)
- ploy (PL4)
- pogo (PO4)
- polio (PO5)
- poll (PO4)
- polo (PO4)
- polyp (PO5)
- pooh (PO4)
- pool (PO4)
- poop (PO4)
- poppy (PO5)
- yogi (YO4)
- yoohoo (YO6)
Answer Definitions
- gigolo (noun): A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment.
- gloop (noun): Any gooey, viscous substance.
- gloopy (adjective): Having a glutinous, sloppy consistency; gloppy.
- glop (verb): To stare in amazement.
- gloppy (adjective): gooey and viscous
- goggly (adjective): Resembling goggles, used mostly in relation to eyes.
- golly (interjection): God!
- googly (noun): A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery.
- googol (numeral): The number 10 100 {\displaystyle 10^{100}} , or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sedecilliard (long scale).
- goop (noun): A thick, slimy substance; goo.
- goopy (adjective): Having the consistency of goop.
- hippo (noun): Clipping of hippopotamus.
- holily (adverb): In a holy way; with sanctity.
- holly (noun): Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.
- holy (adjective): Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
- hoop (noun): A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
- hoppy (adjective): Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops.
- hypo (noun): Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression.
- igloo (noun): A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
- lipo (noun): Clipping of liposuction.
- logily (adverb): In a logy manner.
- logo (noun): A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
- logy (adjective): Slow to respond or react; lethargic.
- loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
- lollipop (noun): An item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy/sweet attached to a stick.
- lollop (verb): To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace.
- loop (noun): A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
- loopily (adverb): In a loopy way.
- loopy (adjective): Having loops.
- oily (adjective): Relating to or resembling oil.
- oligopoly (noun): An economic condition in which a small number of sellers exert control over the market of a commodity.
- olio (noun): A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
- philology† (noun): The humanistic study of language.
- plop (noun): A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
- ploy (noun): A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
- pogo (verb): To use a pogo stick.
- polio (noun): Abbreviation of poliomyelitis.
- poll (noun): A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
- polo (noun): A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
- polyp (noun): An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.
- pooh (interjection): Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
- pool (noun): A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
- poop (verb): To make a short blast on a horn.
- poppy (noun): Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
- yogi (noun): A devotee or adherent of yoga.
- yoohoo (interjection): Used to get attention.