NYT Spelling Bee Answers for December 27, 2018
Game Summary
| Center Letter | Y |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, h, m, p, r |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 24 words |
| Total Points | 120 points |
| Genius Level | 84 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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| C | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| H | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
| M | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| P | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 6 |
| R | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Y | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | Σ | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×1 AR×2 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×2 CH×1 CR×2 |
| H | HA×4 |
| M | MA×3 MY×1 |
| P | PA×4 PH×1 PR×1 |
| R | RA×1 |
| Y | YA×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACH×1 ARM×1 ARR×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAM×1 CAR×1 CHA×1 CRA×2 |
| H | HAM×1 HAP×1 HAR×2 |
| M | MAM×2 MAR×1 MYR×1 |
| P | PAP×3 PAR×1 PHA×1 PRA×1 |
| R | RAC×1 |
| Y | YAP×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ac.. | AC4 | Suffering from aches, sore. |
| ar.. | AR4 | A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations. |
| ar... | AR5 | an ordered series or arrangement. |
| ca... | CA5 | Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional. |
| ca... | CA5 | To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting. |
| ch... | CH5 | Careful, cautious, shy, wary. |
| cr.... | CR6 | Characterised by cramp. |
| cr.... | CR6 | Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful. |
| ha... | HA5 | Resembling or characteristic of ham. |
| ha... | HA5 | Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous. |
| ha... | HA5 | A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds. |
| ha... | HA5 | To plunder, pillage, assault. |
| ma..... | MA7 | Of or relating to mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal). |
| ma... | MA5 | mamma; mother |
| ma... | MA5 | To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. |
| my... | MY5 | A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha. |
| pa.... | PA6 | The office of the pope. |
| pa.... | PA6 | A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit |
| pa... | PA5 | Like pap; soft; mushy. |
| pa... | PA5 | To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.). |
| ph...... † | PH8 | A place where prescription drugs are dispensed; a dispensary. |
| 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.. | RA4 | Mildly risqué. |
| ya... | YA5 | Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner. |
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.
- achy (AC4)
- army (AR4)
- array (AR5)
- campy (CA5)
- carry (CA5)
- chary (CH5)
- crampy (CR6)
- crappy (CR6)
- hammy (HA5)
- happy (HA5)
- harpy (HA5)
- harry (HA5)
- mammary (MA7)
- mammy (MA5)
- marry (MA5)
- myrrh (MY5)
- papacy (PA6)
- papaya (PA6)
- pappy (PA5)
- parry (PA5)
- pharmacy† (PH8)
- pray (PR4)
- racy (RA4)
- yappy (YA5)
Answer Definitions
- achy (adjective): Suffering from aches, sore.
- army (noun): A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
- array (noun): an ordered series or arrangement.
- campy (adjective): Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.
- carry (verb): To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- chary (adjective): Careful, cautious, shy, wary.
- crampy (adjective): Characterised by cramp.
- crappy (adjective): Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.
- hammy (adjective): Resembling or characteristic of ham.
- happy (adjective): Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
- harpy (noun): A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.
- harry (verb): To plunder, pillage, assault.
- mammary (adjective): Of or relating to mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal).
- mammy (noun): mamma; mother
- marry (verb): To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
- myrrh (noun): A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha.
- papacy (noun): The office of the pope.
- papaya (noun): A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit
- pappy (adjective): Like pap; soft; mushy.
- parry (verb): To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).
- pharmacy† (noun): A place where prescription drugs are dispensed; a dispensary.
- 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.
- racy (adjective): Mildly risqué.
- yappy (adjective): Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner.