NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 22, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | A |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, h, n, p, u, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 25 words |
| Total Points | 112 points |
| Genius Level | 78 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 |
| C | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 |
| H | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| N | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| P | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| U | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Y | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | Σ | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×2 CH×2 CU×1 CY×1 |
| H | HA×2 |
| N | NA×3 |
| P | PA×6 PU×1 |
| U | UN×3 |
| Y | YA×1 YU×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACH×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAN×2 CHA×2 CUP×1 CYA×1 |
| H | HAP×1 HAU×1 |
| N | NAA×1 NAN×2 |
| P | PAP×4 PAU×2 PUP×1 |
| U | UNC×2 UNH×1 |
| Y | YAP×1 YUA×1 YUC×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. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France. |
| ca... | CA5 | Careful, prudent, cautious. |
| ch.... | CH6 | uncertain, risky, hazardous |
| ch.. | CH4 | A man, a fellow. |
| cu... | CU5 | A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink). |
| cy.. | CY4 | A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light. |
| 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.... | HA6 | The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters. |
| na.. | NA4 | A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine. |
| na.. | NA4 | A banana. |
| na... | NA5 | A child's nurse. |
| pa.. | PA4 | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father. |
| 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.... | PA6 | The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen. |
| pa..... † | PA7 | Having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied. |
| pu.. | PU4 | Used as a specific epithet; resembling an insect in its pupal stage of development. |
| un..... | UN7 | Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird. |
| un... | UN5 | To remove a cap or cover from. |
| un..... | UN7 | Not happy; sad. |
| ya... | YA5 | Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner. |
| yu.. | YU4 | The basic unit of money in China. |
| yu... | YU5 | Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms. |
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)
- cancan (CA6)
- canny (CA5)
- chancy (CH6)
- chap (CH4)
- cuppa (CU5)
- cyan (CY4)
- happy (HA5)
- haunch (HA6)
- naan (NA4)
- nana (NA4)
- nanny (NA5)
- papa (PA4)
- papacy (PA6)
- papaya (PA6)
- pappy (PA5)
- paunch (PA6)
- paunchy† (PA7)
- pupa (PU4)
- uncanny (UN7)
- uncap (UN5)
- unhappy (UN7)
- yappy (YA5)
- yuan (YU4)
- yucca (YU5)
Answer Definitions
- achy (adjective): Suffering from aches, sore.
- cancan (noun): A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
- canny (adjective): Careful, prudent, cautious.
- chancy (adjective): uncertain, risky, hazardous
- chap (noun): A man, a fellow.
- cuppa (noun): A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink).
- cyan (noun): A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.
- 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.
- haunch (noun): The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.
- naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
- nana (noun): A banana.
- nanny (noun): A child's nurse.
- papa (noun): Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
- 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.
- paunch (noun): The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
- paunchy† (adjective): Having a paunch; having a prominent stomach; potbellied.
- pupa (noun): Used as a specific epithet; resembling an insect in its pupal stage of development.
- uncanny (adjective): Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.
- uncap (verb): To remove a cap or cover from.
- unhappy (adjective): Not happy; sad.
- yappy (adjective): Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner.
- yuan (noun): The basic unit of money in China.
- yucca (noun): Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.