NYT Spelling Bee Answers for December 15, 2018

Dec 15, 2018 · 7 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for December 15, 2018

Game Summary

Center Letter	L
Outer Letters	a, d, k, o, r, w
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: none)
Total Words	25 words
Total Points	90 points
Genius Level	63 points
Bingo?	Yes

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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
A	-	1	-	-	-	1
D	1	4	1	-	-	6
K	1	1	-	-	-	2
L	6	-	-	-	-	6
O	1	-	-	-	-	1
R	1	-	-	-	-	1
W	3	1	1	1	2	8
Σ	13	7	2	1	2	25

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

A	AL×1
D	DO×3 DR×3
K	KO×2
L	LA×2 LO×4
O	OR×1
R	RO×1
W	WA×5 WO×3

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

A	ALL×1
D	DOL×3 DRA×1 DRO×2
K	KOA×1 KOL×1
L	LAR×2 LOA×1 LOL×1 LOO×1 LOR×1
O	ORA×1
R	ROL×1
W	WAL×4 WAR×1 WOO×1 WOR×2

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)
al...	AL5	To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
do..	DO4	A toy in the form of a human.
do....	DO6	Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
do...	DO5	Alternative spelling of dolour
dr...	DR5	To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently.
dr...	DR5	Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
dr...	DR5	To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
ko...	KO5	A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.
ko..	KO4	A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract.
la..	LA4	Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
la..	LA4	Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
lo..	LO4	A burden; a weight to be carried.
lo..	LO4	To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
lo..	LO4	To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
lo..	LO4	The master of the servants of a household; the master of a feudal manor The male head of a household, a father or husband. The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
or..	OR4	Relating to the mouth.
ro..	RO4	To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
wa..	WA4	To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
wa..	WA4	A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
wa......	WA8	Any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies.
wa....	WA6	To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
wa.....	WA7	A high military officer in a warlike nation.
wo..	WO4	The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
wo...... ^†	WO8	The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
wo...	WO5	The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general.

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.

allow (AL5)
doll (DO4)
dollar (DO6)
dolor (DO5)
drawl (DR5)
droll (DR5)
drool (DR5)
koala (KO5)
kola (KO4)
lard (LA4)
lark (LA4)
load (LO4)
loll (LO4)
look (LO4)
lord (LO4)
oral (OR4)
roll (RO4)
walk (WA4)
wall (WA4)
wallaroo (WA8)
wallow (WA6)
warlord (WA7)
wool (WO4)
workload^† (WO8)
world (WO5)

Answer Definitions

allow (verb): To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
doll (noun): A toy in the form of a human.
dollar (noun): Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
dolor (noun): Alternative spelling of dolour
drawl (verb): To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently.
droll (adjective): Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
drool (verb): To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
koala (noun): A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.
kola (noun): A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract.
lard (noun): Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
lark (noun): Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
load (noun): A burden; a weight to be carried.
loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
look (verb): To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
lord (noun): The master of the servants of a household; the master of a feudal manor The male head of a household, a father or husband. The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
oral (adjective): Relating to the mouth.
roll (verb): To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
walk (verb): To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
wall (noun): A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
wallaroo (noun): Any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies.
wallow (verb): To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
warlord (noun): A high military officer in a warlike nation.
wool (noun): The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
workload^† (noun): The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period
world (noun): The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general.