NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 31, 2019

Jan 31, 2019 · 7 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for January 31, 2019

Game Summary

Center Letter	I
Outer Letters	c, k, l, n, r, y
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words	29 words
Total Points	102 points
Genius Level	71 points
Bingo?	No

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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	Σ
C	-	5	2	1	8
I	3	1	-	-	4
K	4	2	-	1	7
L	3	1	-	-	4
N	1	1	-	-	2
R	3	1	-	-	4
Y	-	-	-	-	-
Σ	14	11	2	2	29

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

C	CI×1 CL×3 CR×2 CY×2
I	IC×2 IL×1 IN×1
K	KI×6 KR×1
L	LI×3 LY×1
N	NI×2
R	RI×4
Y

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

C	CIR×1 CLI×3 CRI×2 CYC×1 CYN×1
I	ICI×1 ICK×1 ILL×1 INK×1
K	KIC×1 KIL×2 KIN×3 KRI×1
L	LIC×1 LIL×1 LIN×1 LYR×1
N	NIC×1 NIN×1
R	RIC×2 RIL×1 RIN×1
Y

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)
ci...	CI5	plural of cirrus Tendrils or claspers.
cl...	CL5	A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
cl....	CL6	A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
cl...	CL5	The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
cr...	CR5	A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. (Compare catch.)
cr..... ^†	CR7	That crinkles.
cy....	CY6	Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals.
cy...	CY5	cynical (in all senses)
ic...	IC5	In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect.
ic..	IC4	Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.
il..	IL4	Badly; poorly.
in..	IN4	Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
ki..	KI4	To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
ki..	KI4	To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
ki..	KI4	An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
ki..	KI4	To laugh loudly.
ki.....	KI7	In a kinky manner.
ki...	KI5	Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.
kr...	KR5	any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.
li..	LI4	To stroke with the tongue.
li..	LI4	Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
li..	LI4	A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
ly...	LY5	Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style
ni..	NI4	A small cut in a surface. A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
ni...	NI5	A silly or foolish person.
ri...	RI5	An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.
ri..	RI4	Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
ri..	RI4	A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
ri..	RI4	A man, especially a warrior or hero.

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.

cirri (CI5)
click (CL5)
clinic (CL6)
clink (CL5)
crick (CR5)
crinkly^† (CR7)
cyclic (CY6)
cynic (CY5)
icily (IC5)
icky (IC4)
illy (IL4)
inky (IN4)
kick (KI4)
kill (KI4)
kiln (KI4)
kink (KI4)
kinkily (KI7)
kinky (KI5)
krill (KR5)
lick (LI4)
lily (LI4)
link (LI4)
lyric (LY5)
nick (NI4)
ninny (NI5)
ricin (RI5)
rick (RI4)
rill (RI4)
rink (RI4)

Answer Definitions

cirri (noun): plural of cirrus Tendrils or claspers.
click (noun): A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
clinic (noun): A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
clink (noun): The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
crick (noun): A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. (Compare catch.)
crinkly^† (adjective): That crinkles.
cyclic (adjective): Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals.
cynic (adjective): cynical (in all senses)
icily (adverb): In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect.
icky (adjective): Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.
illy (adverb): Badly; poorly.
inky (adjective): Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
kick (verb): To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
kill (verb): To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
kiln (noun): An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
kink (verb): To laugh loudly.
kinkily (adverb): In a kinky manner.
kinky (adjective): Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.
krill (noun): any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.
lick (verb): To stroke with the tongue.
lily (noun): Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
link (noun): A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
lyric (adjective): Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style
nick (noun): A small cut in a surface. A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
ninny (noun): A silly or foolish person.
ricin (noun): An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.
rick (noun): Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
rill (noun): A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
rink (noun): A man, especially a warrior or hero.