NYT Spelling Bee Answers for November 9, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | C |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | b, e, l, n, o, v |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 25 words |
| Total Points | 119 points |
| Genius Level | 83 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</th><th>9</th><th>10</th><th>11 | Σ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| C | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 18 |
| E | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| N | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| V | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 25 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| B | BE×1 BL×1 BO×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CE×3 CL×3 CO×12 |
| E | |
| L | LO×1 |
| N | NE×1 NO×1 |
| O | ON×1 |
| V |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| B | BEN×1 BLO×1 BOC×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CEL×3 CLO×3 COB×1 COC×1 COE×1 COL×3 CON×2 COO×2 COV×2 |
| E | |
| L | LOC×1 |
| N | NEO×1 NON×1 |
| O | ONC×1 |
| V |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| be......... † | BE11 | Disposition to do good. |
| bl.. | BL4 | A group of voters or politicians who share common goals. |
| bo... | BO5 | A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court |
| ce... | CE5 | A celebrity; a famous person. |
| ce.. | CE4 | A single-room dwelling for a hermit. |
| ce... | CE5 | A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow. |
| cl... | CL5 | A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical. |
| cl... | CL5 | A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree. |
| cl.... | CL6 | past participle of cleave |
| co.... | CO6 | A cobblestone. |
| co.... | CO6 | The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa. |
| co...... | CO8 | To evolve, along with another organism, via coevolution. |
| co..... | CO7 | girl |
| co... | CO5 | The punctuation mark ":". |
| co..... | CO7 | A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines). |
| co.. | CO4 | A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line. |
| co..... | CO7 | To come together; to meet; to unite. |
| co.. | CO4 | Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold. |
| co.. | CO4 | A black person. |
| co.. | CO4 | A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. |
| co... | CO5 | A formal group or assembly of witches. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower. |
| ne.... | NE6 | A neoconservative. |
| no... | NO5 | The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce). |
| on.. | ON4 | One and only one time. |
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.
- benevolence† (BE11)
- bloc (BL4)
- bocce (BO5)
- celeb (CE5)
- cell (CE4)
- cello (CE5)
- clone (CL5)
- clove (CL5)
- cloven (CL6)
- cobble (CO6)
- cocoon (CO6)
- coevolve (CO8)
- colleen (CO7)
- colon (CO5)
- colonel (CO7)
- cone (CO4)
- convene (CO7)
- cool (CO4)
- coon (CO4)
- cove (CO4)
- coven (CO5)
- loco (LO4)
- neocon (NE6)
- nonce (NO5)
- once (ON4)
Answer Definitions
- benevolence† (noun): Disposition to do good.
- bloc (noun): A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
- bocce (noun): A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court
- celeb (noun): A celebrity; a famous person.
- cell (noun): A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
- cello (noun): A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.
- clone (noun): A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
- clove (noun): A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
- cloven (verb): past participle of cleave
- cobble (noun): A cobblestone.
- cocoon (noun): The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
- coevolve (verb): To evolve, along with another organism, via coevolution.
- colleen (noun): girl
- colon (noun): The punctuation mark ":".
- colonel (noun): A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).
- cone (noun): A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
- convene (verb): To come together; to meet; to unite.
- cool (adjective): Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
- coon (noun): A black person.
- cove (noun): A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
- coven (noun): A formal group or assembly of witches.
- loco (adverb): A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
- neocon (noun): A neoconservative.
- nonce (noun): The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce).
- once (adverb): One and only one time.