NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 2, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | O |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | g, l, n, t, u, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 42 words |
| Total Points | 148 points |
| Genius Level | 104 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| L | 7 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 11 |
| N | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| O | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| T | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| U | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Y | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | Σ | 22 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 42 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| G | GL×2 GO×9 |
|---|---|
| L | LO×11 |
| N | NO×2 NY×1 |
| O | ON×3 OO×1 OT×1 OU×2 |
| T | TO×7 |
| U | UN×1 |
| Y | YO×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| G | GLU×2 GOG×1 GOL×1 GON×1 GOO×4 GOU×2 |
|---|---|
| L | LOG×3 LOL×1 LON×1 LOO×3 LOT×1 LOU×2 |
| N | NOO×1 NOU×1 NYL×1 |
| O | ONL×1 ONT×2 OOL×1 OTO×1 OUT×2 |
| T | TOL×1 TON×2 TOO×3 TOU×1 |
| U | UNT×1 |
| Y | YOU×2 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| gl..... | GL7 | Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. |
| gl...... † | GL8 | The vice of eating to excess. |
| go.... | GO6 | Resembling goggles, used mostly in relation to eyes. |
| go... | GO5 | God! |
| go.. | GO4 | A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer. |
| go.... | GO6 | A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery. |
| go.... | GO6 | The number 10 100 {\displaystyle 10^{100}} , or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sedecilliard (long scale). |
| go.. | GO4 | A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon'). |
| go... | GO5 | Of or like a goon; thuggish; brutal. |
| go.. | GO4 | An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints. |
| go... | GO5 | Suffering from gout. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization. |
| lo.... | LO6 | The act or process of logging out. |
| lo.. | LO4 | Slow to respond or react; lethargic. |
| lo.. | LO4 | To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. |
| lo.. | LO4 | Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point . |
| lo.. | LO4 | An idler, a lout. |
| lo... | LO5 | Insane. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks. |
| lo... | LO5 | a game of chance similar to bingo |
| lo.... | LO6 | characteristic of a lounge; informally comfortable |
| lo.. | LO4 | A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob. |
| no.. | NO4 | The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. |
| no.. | NO4 | A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English. |
| ny... | NY5 | Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer. |
| on.. | ON4 | Alone in a category. |
| on.. | ON4 | Upon; on top of. |
| on...... | ON8 | The branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being qua being. |
| oo.... | OO6 | A partially fermented tea, often roasted, which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea. |
| ot..... | OT7 | The branch of medicine that deals with the ear, its structure, function and pathology. |
| ou... | OU5 | To go out, to set forth. |
| ou.... | OU6 | To defeat in terms of firepower. |
| to.. | TO4 | Loss or damage incurred through a disaster. |
| to.. | TO4 | An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands. |
| to.. | TO4 | Stylish, high-toned, upscale. |
| to.. | TO4 | A mechanical device intended to make a task easier. |
| to.. | TO4 | A cartoon, especially an animated television show. |
| to.. | TO4 | The noise of a horn or whistle. |
| to.. | TO4 | Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way. |
| un.. | UN4 | Up to the time or degree that; until. |
| yo... | YO5 | In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago. |
| yo..... | YO7 | Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. |
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.
- glutton (GL7)
- gluttony† (GL8)
- goggly (GO6)
- golly (GO5)
- gong (GO4)
- googly (GO6)
- googol (GO6)
- goon (GO4)
- goony (GO5)
- gout (GO4)
- gouty (GO5)
- logo (LO4)
- logout (LO6)
- logy (LO4)
- loll (LO4)
- long (LO4)
- loon (LO4)
- loony (LO5)
- loot (LO4)
- lotto (LO5)
- loungy (LO6)
- lout (LO4)
- noon (NO4)
- noun (NO4)
- nylon (NY5)
- only (ON4)
- onto (ON4)
- ontology (ON8)
- oolong (OO6)
- otology (OT7)
- outgo (OU5)
- outgun (OU6)
- toll (TO4)
- tong (TO4)
- tony (TO4)
- tool (TO4)
- toon (TO4)
- toot (TO4)
- tout (TO4)
- unto (UN4)
- young (YO5)
- youngly (YO7)
Answer Definitions
- glutton (adjective): Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.
- gluttony† (noun): The vice of eating to excess.
- goggly (adjective): Resembling goggles, used mostly in relation to eyes.
- golly (interjection): God!
- gong (noun): A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
- googly (noun): A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery.
- googol (numeral): The number 10 100 {\displaystyle 10^{100}} , or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sedecilliard (long scale).
- goon (noun): A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
- goony (adjective): Of or like a goon; thuggish; brutal.
- gout (noun): An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
- gouty (adjective): Suffering from gout.
- logo (noun): A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
- logout (noun): The act or process of logging out.
- logy (adjective): Slow to respond or react; lethargic.
- loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
- long (adjective): Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point .
- loon (noun): An idler, a lout.
- loony (adjective): Insane.
- loot (noun): A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
- lotto (noun): a game of chance similar to bingo
- loungy (adjective): characteristic of a lounge; informally comfortable
- lout (noun): A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
- noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- noun (noun): A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
- nylon (noun): Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
- only (adjective): Alone in a category.
- onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
- ontology (noun): The branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being qua being.
- oolong (noun): A partially fermented tea, often roasted, which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea.
- otology (noun): The branch of medicine that deals with the ear, its structure, function and pathology.
- outgo (verb): To go out, to set forth.
- outgun (verb): To defeat in terms of firepower.
- toll (noun): Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
- tong (noun): An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
- tony (adjective): Stylish, high-toned, upscale.
- tool (noun): A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
- toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
- toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
- tout (noun): Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
- unto (conjunction): Up to the time or degree that; until.
- young (adjective): In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
- youngly (adjective): Like a young person or thing; young; youthful.