NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 21, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | R |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, b, c, h, n, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 27 words |
| Total Points | 106 points |
| Genius Level | 74 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 | Σ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| B | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| C | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| H | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| N | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| R | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Y | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | Σ | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AN×2 AR×3 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×2 BR×4 |
| C | CA×4 CH×2 CR×4 |
| H | HA×1 |
| N | NA×2 |
| R | RA×2 |
| 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 | ANA×2 ARC×2 ARR×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BAR×2 BRA×4 |
| C | CAN×1 CAR×3 CHA×2 CRA×3 CRY×1 |
| H | HAR×1 |
| N | NAR×2 |
| R | RAC×1 RAN×1 |
| Y | YAR×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) |
|---|---|---|
| an.... | AN6 | The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. |
| an..... | AN7 | The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body. |
| ar.... | AR6 | Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated. |
| ar.. | AR4 | An inverted U shape. |
| ar... | AR5 | an ordered series or arrangement. |
| ba.. | BA4 | The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle. |
| br.. | BR4 | The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain. |
| br.... | BR6 | The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing. |
| br..... † | BR7 | Having many branches. |
| br.. | BR4 | Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands. |
| ca.. | CA4 | Clipping of carbohydrate. |
| ca... | CA5 | A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud). |
| ca... | CA5 | To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting. |
| ch.. | CH4 | To burn something to charcoal. |
| ch... | CH5 | Careful, cautious, shy, wary. |
| cr.. | CR4 | A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace. |
| cr.... | CR6 | Visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way. |
| cr.... | CR6 | A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance. |
| cr..... | CR7 | A baby who cries excessively. |
| ha... | HA5 | To plunder, pillage, assault. |
| na.. | NA4 | A police officer assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control. |
| na.. | NA4 | Not, never. |
| ra.. | RA4 | Mildly risqué. |
| ra... | RA5 | A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock. |
| ya.. | YA4 | A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving. |
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.
- anarch (AN6)
- anarchy (AN7)
- arcana (AR6)
- arch (AR4)
- array (AR5)
- barb (BA4)
- barn (BA4)
- bran (BR4)
- branch (BR6)
- branchy† (BR7)
- bray (BR4)
- canary (CA6)
- carb (CA4)
- carny (CA5)
- carry (CA5)
- char (CH4)
- chary (CH5)
- crab (CR4)
- crabby (CR6)
- cranny (CR6)
- crybaby (CR7)
- harry (HA5)
- narc (NA4)
- nary (NA4)
- racy (RA4)
- ranch (RA5)
- yarn (YA4)
Answer Definitions
- anarch (noun): The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.
- anarchy (noun): The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
- arcana (noun): Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated.
- arch (noun): An inverted U shape.
- array (noun): an ordered series or arrangement.
- barb (noun): The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
- barn (noun): A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
- bran (noun): The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
- branch (noun): The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
- branchy† (adjective): Having many branches.
- bray (verb): Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
- canary (noun): A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
- carb (noun): Clipping of carbohydrate.
- carny (noun): A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).
- carry (verb): To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- char (verb): To burn something to charcoal.
- chary (adjective): Careful, cautious, shy, wary.
- crab (noun): A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- crabby (adjective): Visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way.
- cranny (noun): A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
- crybaby (noun): A baby who cries excessively.
- harry (verb): To plunder, pillage, assault.
- narc (noun): A police officer assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control.
- nary (adverb): Not, never.
- racy (adjective): Mildly risqué.
- ranch (noun): A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
- yarn (noun): A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.