NYT Spelling Bee Answers for February 11, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | N |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, b, e, l, m, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 43 words |
| Total Points | 184 points |
| Genius Level | 129 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
Table of Contents
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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</th><th>8 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 6 |
| B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| L | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | 5 |
| M | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| N | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 |
| Y | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Σ | 17 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 43 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AM×3 AN×3 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×6 BE×5 |
| E | EL×1 EN×4 |
| L | LA×3 LE×2 |
| M | MA×4 ME×3 MY×1 |
| N | NA×6 NE×1 |
| Y | YE×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AME×3 ANA×2 ANN×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BAL×1 BAN×5 BEA×2 BEE×1 BEL×2 |
| E | ELA×1 ENA×2 ENE×2 |
| L | LAN×1 LAY×2 LEA×2 |
| M | MAN×4 MEA×3 MYN×1 |
| N | NAA×1 NAM×3 NAN×2 NEN×1 |
| Y | YEA×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.
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Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| am.. | AM4 | At the end of religious prayers: so be it. |
| am...... | AM8 | Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions. |
| am...... † | AM8 | In an amenable manner. |
| an.. | AN4 | of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. |
| an.... | AN6 | Involving the anus. |
| an.... | AN6 | To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen. |
| ba.... | BA6 | The bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry. |
| ba... | BA5 | Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh. |
| ba..... | BA7 | In a banal, trite or boring manner. |
| ba.... | BA6 | An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A cause of misery or death. |
| ba.... | BA6 | An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. |
| be.. | BE4 | Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods. |
| be...... | BE8 | A pitch deliberately thrown at the head of the batter. |
| be.. | BE4 | past participle of be. |
| be..... | BE7 | A town crier |
| be..... | BE7 | plural of bellman |
| el.. | EL4 | Uncommon spelling of élan. |
| en.... | EN6 | To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to. |
| en.... | EN6 | An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects. |
| en... | EN5 | An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes. |
| en... | EN5 | Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else. |
| la.. | LA4 | A road, street, or similar thoroughfare. |
| la.... | LA6 | Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy. |
| la.... | LA6 | plural of layman |
| le.. | LE4 | To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. |
| le.... | LE6 | In a lean way. |
| ma.. | MA4 | Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion |
| ma... | MA5 | Having the characteristics of a man. |
| ma... | MA5 | Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus. |
| ma.. | MA4 | An indefinite large number of. |
| me.. | ME4 | To intend. To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention. |
| me.... | ME6 | Humbly, of or from low social status; basely. |
| me... | ME5 | Alternative spelling of meanie. |
| my.. | MY4 | One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae. |
| na.. | NA4 | A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine. |
| na.. | NA4 | Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing. |
| na...... | NA8 | Capable of being distinguished and named; able to be called by a specific name. |
| na.... | NA6 | Specifically; that is to say. |
| na.. | NA4 | A banana. |
| na... | NA5 | A child's nurse. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957. |
| ye.. | YE4 | To give birth to. |
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.
- amen (AM4)
- amenable (AM8)
- amenably† (AM8)
- anal (AN4)
- anally (AN6)
- anneal (AN6)
- baleen (BA6)
- banal (BA5)
- banally (BA7)
- banana (BA6)
- bane (BA4)
- banyan (BA6)
- bean (BE4)
- beanball (BE8)
- been (BE4)
- bellman (BE7)
- bellmen (BE7)
- elan (EL4)
- enable (EN6)
- enamel (EN6)
- enema (EN5)
- enemy (EN5)
- lane (LA4)
- layman (LA6)
- laymen (LA6)
- lean (LE4)
- leanly (LE6)
- mane (MA4)
- manly (MA5)
- manna (MA5)
- many (MA4)
- mean (ME4)
- meanly (ME6)
- meany (ME5)
- myna (MY4)
- naan (NA4)
- name (NA4)
- nameable (NA8)
- namely (NA6)
- nana (NA4)
- nanny (NA5)
- nene (NE4)
- yean (YE4)
Answer Definitions
- amen (adverb): At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
- amenable (adjective): Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
- amenably† (adverb): In an amenable manner.
- anal (adjective): of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
- anally (adverb): Involving the anus.
- anneal (verb): To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
- baleen (noun): The bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry.
- banal (adjective): Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
- banally (adverb): In a banal, trite or boring manner.
- banana (noun): An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking.
- bane (noun): A cause of misery or death.
- banyan (noun): An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
- bean (noun): Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
- beanball (noun): A pitch deliberately thrown at the head of the batter.
- been (verb): past participle of be.
- bellman (noun): A town crier
- bellmen (noun): plural of bellman
- elan (noun): Uncommon spelling of élan.
- enable (verb): To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
- enamel (noun): An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
- enema (noun): An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
- enemy (noun): Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
- lane (noun): A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
- layman (noun): Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
- laymen (noun): plural of layman
- lean (verb): To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
- leanly (adverb): In a lean way.
- mane (noun): Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
- manly (adjective): Having the characteristics of a man.
- manna (noun): Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
- many (determiner): An indefinite large number of.
- mean (verb): To intend. To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
- meanly (adverb): Humbly, of or from low social status; basely.
- meany (noun): Alternative spelling of meanie.
- myna (noun): One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
- naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
- name (noun): Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- nameable (adjective): Capable of being distinguished and named; able to be called by a specific name.
- namely (adverb): Specifically; that is to say.
- nana (noun): A banana.
- nanny (noun): A child's nurse.
- nene (noun): The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
- yean (verb): To give birth to.