NYT Spelling Bee Answers for November 29, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | R |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, i, p, t, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 56 words |
| Total Points | 225 points |
| Genius Level | 158 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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 11 |
| D | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 9 |
| R | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| T | 5 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 14 |
| Y | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | Σ | 21 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 56 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AI×1 AP×3 AR×5 AT×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DA×2 DI×3 DR×5 |
| I | |
| P | PA×7 PR×2 |
| R | RA×10 |
| T | TA×6 TI×1 TR×7 |
| Y | YA×1 YT×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AIR×1 APA×1 API×1 APP×1 ARI×3 ARR×1 ART×1 ATR×1 ATT×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DAI×1 DAR×1 DIA×1 DIR×2 DRA×2 DRI×2 DRY×1 |
| I | |
| P | PAI×1 PAP×1 PAR×5 PRA×2 |
| R | RAD×2 RAI×1 RAP×3 RAR×1 RAT×3 |
| T | TAP×1 TAR×5 TIA×1 TRA×4 TRI×3 |
| Y | YAR×1 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) |
|---|---|---|
| ai.. | AI4 | (of a room or building) spacious, well lit, and well ventilated. |
| ap... | AP5 | Placed separately (in regard to space or time). |
| ap.... | AP6 | A place where bees and their hives are kept. |
| ap..... | AP7 | The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure. |
| ar.. | AR4 | A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata. |
| ar.. | AR4 | Very dry. |
| ar..... | AR7 | A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture. |
| ar... | AR5 | an ordered series or arrangement. |
| ar.. | AR4 | Inclined toward paintings, music, etc. |
| at... | AT5 | plural of atrium |
| at... | AT5 | An essential oil extracted from flowers. |
| da... | DA5 | A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese. |
| da.. | DA4 | A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin. |
| di... | DI5 | A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer. |
| di.. | DI4 | Soil or earth. |
| di... | DI5 | Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime. |
| dr.. | DR4 | To damn or curse. |
| dr.. | DR4 | A low horse-drawn cart, often without sides, and used especially for heavy loads. |
| dr.. | DR4 | To fall one drop at a time. |
| dr.... | DR6 | Dripping or tending to drip. |
| dr... | DR5 | A female tree spirit. |
| pa.. | PA4 | Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of. |
| pa.... | PA6 | plural of papyrus |
| pa.... | PA6 | Equality; comparability of strength or intensity. |
| pa... | PA5 | To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.). |
| pa.. | PA4 | A portion; a component. A fraction of a whole. |
| pa..... | PA7 | A type of instrumental suite popular in the 18th century |
| pa... | PA5 | A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action. |
| pr.. | PR4 | A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke. |
| pr.. | PR4 | To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to God or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc. |
| ra... | RA5 | A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces |
| ra... | RA5 | plural of radius |
| ra.. | RA4 | A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle. |
| ra... | RA5 | Very swift or quick. |
| ra...... † | RA8 | speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid |
| ra.. | RA4 | Snatched, taken away; abducted. |
| ra.... | RA6 | A measure of the scarcity of an object. |
| ra..... | RA7 | A swiftly repeated knocking sound. |
| ra..... | RA7 | A device (trap) used to catch rats. |
| ra... | RA5 | Resembling or characteristic of a certain rodent. |
| ta... | TA5 | Any one of the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus. |
| ta... | TA5 | Late; overdue or delayed. |
| ta.. | TA4 | A tarpaulin. |
| ta... | TA5 | To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything. |
| ta.. | TA4 | Sharp to the taste; acid; sour. |
| ta.... | TA6 | A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate — a source of cream of tartar. |
| ti... | TI5 | The papal crown. |
| tr... | TR5 | An identifying characteristic, habit or trend. |
| tr.. | TR4 | A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body. |
| tr.... | TR6 | traplike, reminiscent of a trap |
| tr.. | TR4 | A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried. |
| tr... | TR5 | A grouping of three. |
| tr.. | TR4 | A journey; an excursion or jaunt. |
| tr.... | TR6 | Strange, surreal, similar to the effects of a hallucinogen. |
| ya.. | YA4 | A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building. |
| yt.... | YT6 | yttrium oxide |
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.
- airy (AI4)
- apart (AP5)
- apiary (AP6)
- apparat (AP7)
- aria (AR4)
- arid (AR4)
- aridity (AR7)
- array (AR5)
- arty (AR4)
- atria (AT5)
- attar (AT5)
- dairy (DA5)
- dart (DA4)
- diary (DI5)
- dirt (DI4)
- dirty (DI5)
- drat (DR4)
- dray (DR4)
- drip (DR4)
- drippy (DR6)
- dryad (DR5)
- pair (PA4)
- papyri (PA6)
- parity (PA6)
- parry (PA5)
- part (PA4)
- partita (PA7)
- party (PA5)
- prat (PR4)
- pray (PR4)
- radar (RA5)
- radii (RA5)
- raid (RA4)
- rapid (RA5)
- rapidity† (RA8)
- rapt (RA4)
- rarity (RA6)
- ratatat (RA7)
- rattrap (RA7)
- ratty (RA5)
- tapir (TA5)
- tardy (TA5)
- tarp (TA4)
- tarry (TA5)
- tart (TA4)
- tartar (TA6)
- tiara (TI5)
- trait (TR5)
- trap (TR4)
- trappy (TR6)
- tray (TR4)
- triad (TR5)
- trip (TR4)
- trippy (TR6)
- yard (YA4)
- yttria (YT6)
Answer Definitions
- airy (adjective): (of a room or building) spacious, well lit, and well ventilated.
- apart (adverb): Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
- apiary (noun): A place where bees and their hives are kept.
- apparat (noun): The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.
- aria (noun): A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.
- arid (adjective): Very dry.
- aridity (noun): A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.
- array (noun): an ordered series or arrangement.
- arty (adjective): Inclined toward paintings, music, etc.
- atria (noun): plural of atrium
- attar (noun): An essential oil extracted from flowers.
- dairy (noun): A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.
- dart (noun): A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
- diary (noun): A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.
- dirt (noun): Soil or earth.
- dirty (adjective): Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
- drat (verb): To damn or curse.
- dray (noun): A low horse-drawn cart, often without sides, and used especially for heavy loads.
- drip (verb): To fall one drop at a time.
- drippy (adjective): Dripping or tending to drip.
- dryad (noun): A female tree spirit.
- pair (noun): Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
- papyri (noun): plural of papyrus
- parity (noun): Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
- parry (verb): To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).
- part (noun): A portion; a component. A fraction of a whole.
- partita (noun): A type of instrumental suite popular in the 18th century
- party (noun): A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action.
- prat (noun): A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.
- pray (verb): To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to God or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
- radar (noun): A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces
- radii (noun): plural of radius
- raid (noun): A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
- rapid (adjective): Very swift or quick.
- rapidity† (noun): speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
- rapt (adjective): Snatched, taken away; abducted.
- rarity (noun): A measure of the scarcity of an object.
- ratatat (noun): A swiftly repeated knocking sound.
- rattrap (noun): A device (trap) used to catch rats.
- ratty (adjective): Resembling or characteristic of a certain rodent.
- tapir (noun): Any one of the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus.
- tardy (adjective): Late; overdue or delayed.
- tarp (noun): A tarpaulin.
- tarry (verb): To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
- tart (adjective): Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
- tartar (noun): A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate — a source of cream of tartar.
- tiara (noun): The papal crown.
- trait (noun): An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
- trap (noun): A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
- trappy (adjective): traplike, reminiscent of a trap
- tray (noun): A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
- triad (noun): A grouping of three.
- trip (noun): A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
- trippy (adjective): Strange, surreal, similar to the effects of a hallucinogen.
- yard (noun): A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
- yttria (noun): yttrium oxide