NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 20, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | R |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, l, m, n, o, p |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 43 words |
| Total Points | 180 points |
| Genius Level | 126 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 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| L | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| M | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| N | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| O | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| P | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 17 |
| R | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Σ | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 43 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AL×1 AM×1 AP×1 AR×2 |
|---|---|
| L | |
| M | MA×4 MO×5 |
| N | NO×3 |
| O | OR×2 |
| P | PA×5 PL×1 PO×6 PR×5 |
| R | RA×1 RO×6 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ALA×1 AMO×1 APR×1 ARM×1 ARO×1 |
|---|---|
| L | |
| M | MAL×1 MAN×1 MAR×2 MOL×1 MOO×1 MOR×3 |
| N | NON×1 NOR×2 |
| O | ORA×1 ORL×1 |
| P | PAL×1 PAN×1 PAR×3 PLA×1 POL×1 POO×2 POP×1 POR×2 PRA×1 PRO×4 |
| R | RAM×1 ROA×3 ROL×1 ROM×1 ROO×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) |
|---|---|---|
| al... | AL5 | A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. |
| am.... | AM6 | Neither moral nor immoral. |
| ap... | AP5 | An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion. |
| ar... | AR5 | A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. |
| ar... | AR5 | A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one. |
| ma...... | MA8 | Characterized by the use of malapropisms. |
| ma... | MA5 | A landed estate. |
| ma.. | MA4 | madam; a polite term of address for a lady. |
| ma.... | MA6 | An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. |
| mo... | MO5 | A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food. |
| mo.. | MO4 | An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath |
| mo... | MO5 | Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Morning. |
| mo... | MO5 | A stupid person; an idiot; a fool. |
| no...... | NO8 | Not containing a dipole. |
| no.. | NO4 | That which is normal or typical. |
| no.... | NO6 | According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern. |
| or.. | OR4 | Relating to the mouth. |
| or... | OR5 | The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship. |
| pa.... | PA6 | Paleness; want of color; pallidity; wanness. |
| pa...... | PA8 | An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area. |
| pa........ † | PA10 | That (ostensibly) cannot be explained by what scientists know; supernatural; especially of or pertaining to ghosts, spirits, and hypothesized abilities like telepathy. |
| pa.... | PA6 | The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room |
| pa... | PA5 | Word of mouth. |
| pl.... | PL6 | Of or pertaining to a plane. |
| po... | PO5 | Of or having a pole or polarity. |
| po...... | PO8 | A room with pool tables where pool can be played, usually for a fee. |
| po.. | PO4 | With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them. |
| po.... | PO6 | Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus. |
| po.. | PO4 | Pornography. |
| po... | PO5 | Pornographic |
| pr.. | PR4 | A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position. |
| pr.. | PR4 | A promenade concert. |
| pr... | PR5 | Clipping of promotion. |
| pr.. | PR4 | An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports. |
| pr..... | PR7 | A man responsible for looking after the props in a theater |
| ra.. | RA4 | An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline. |
| ro.. | RO4 | To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in |
| ro.. | RO4 | To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion. |
| 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. |
| ro.. | RO4 | To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Opportunity or scope (to do something). |
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.
- alarm (AL5)
- amoral (AM6)
- apron (AP5)
- armor (AR5)
- aroma (AR5)
- malaprop (MA8)
- manor (MA5)
- marm (MA4)
- maroon (MA6)
- molar (MO5)
- moor (MO4)
- moral (MO5)
- morn (MO4)
- moron (MO5)
- nonpolar (NO8)
- norm (NO4)
- normal (NO6)
- oral (OR4)
- orlop (OR5)
- pallor (PA6)
- panorama (PA8)
- paranormal† (PA10)
- parlor (PA6)
- parol (PA5)
- planar (PL6)
- polar (PO5)
- poolroom (PO8)
- poor (PO4)
- poplar (PO6)
- porn (PO4)
- porno (PO5)
- pram (PR4)
- prom (PR4)
- promo (PR5)
- prop (PR4)
- propman (PR7)
- ramp (RA4)
- roam (RO4)
- roan (RO4)
- roar (RO4)
- roll (RO4)
- romp (RO4)
- room (RO4)
Answer Definitions
- alarm (noun): A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- amoral (adjective): Neither moral nor immoral.
- apron (noun): An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
- armor (noun): A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
- aroma (noun): A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
- malaprop (adjective): Characterized by the use of malapropisms.
- manor (noun): A landed estate.
- marm (noun): madam; a polite term of address for a lady.
- maroon (noun): An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.
- molar (noun): A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.
- moor (noun): An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
- moral (adjective): Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
- morn (noun): Morning.
- moron (noun): A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
- nonpolar (adjective): Not containing a dipole.
- norm (noun): That which is normal or typical.
- normal (adjective): According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
- oral (adjective): Relating to the mouth.
- orlop (noun): The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship.
- pallor (noun): Paleness; want of color; pallidity; wanness.
- panorama (noun): An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
- paranormal† (adjective): That (ostensibly) cannot be explained by what scientists know; supernatural; especially of or pertaining to ghosts, spirits, and hypothesized abilities like telepathy.
- parlor (noun): The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room
- parol (adjective): Word of mouth.
- planar (adjective): Of or pertaining to a plane.
- polar (adjective): Of or having a pole or polarity.
- poolroom (noun): A room with pool tables where pool can be played, usually for a fee.
- poor (adjective): With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
- poplar (noun): Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.
- porn (noun): Pornography.
- porno (adjective): Pornographic
- pram (noun): A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position.
- prom (noun): A promenade concert.
- promo (noun): Clipping of promotion.
- prop (noun): An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
- propman (noun): A man responsible for looking after the props in a theater
- ramp (noun): An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
- roam (verb): To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
- roan (adjective): Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
- roar (verb): To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
- 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.
- romp (verb): To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
- room (noun): Opportunity or scope (to do something).