NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 3, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | T |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | b, i, o, p, r, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 34 words |
| Total Points | 110 points |
| Genius Level | 77 points |
| Bingo? | No |
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</th><th>8 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| I | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| O | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| P | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| R | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| T | 10 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 16 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| B | BO×2 |
|---|---|
| I | IT×1 |
| O | OB×1 OR×1 |
| P | PI×2 PO×2 PR×2 |
| R | RI×2 RO×5 |
| T | TI×2 TO×6 TR×6 TY×2 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| B | BOO×2 |
|---|---|
| I | ITT×1 |
| O | OBI×1 ORB×1 |
| P | PIP×1 PIT×1 POR×1 POT×1 PRI×1 PRO×1 |
| R | RIB×1 RIO×1 ROB×1 ROO×1 ROT×3 |
| T | TIP×2 TOO×1 TOR×5 TRI×3 TRO×3 TYP×1 TYR×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) |
|---|---|---|
| bo.. | BO4 | A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football. |
| bo... | BO5 | A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once. |
| it.. | IT4 | Extremely small. |
| ob.. | OB4 | Death of a person. |
| or... | OR5 | A circular or elliptical path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, moon, or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution. |
| pi... | PI5 | Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country. |
| pi.. | PI4 | A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something. |
| po.. | PO4 | A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. |
| po... | PO5 | A chamber pot, particularly the pot used when toilet-training children. |
| pr...... | PR8 | An item's relative importance. |
| pr..... † | PR7 | Integrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty. |
| ri.... | RI6 | The vocal sound made by a frog or toad. |
| ri.. | RI4 | A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property. |
| ro... | RO5 | A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour. |
| ro.. | RO4 | The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction. |
| ro.. | RO4 | A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Clipping of rotogravure. |
| ro... | RO5 | A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump. |
| ti... | TI5 | Fashionable, tip-top. |
| ti.... | TI6 | The very topmost point. |
| to.. | TO4 | The noise of a horn or whistle. |
| to.. | TO4 | plural of torus |
| to... | TO5 | A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred. |
| to.. | TO4 | A traditional Japanese lantern. |
| to.... | TO6 | A state of being inactive or stuporous. |
| to.. | TO4 | An injury or wrong. |
| tr.. | TR4 | A group of three people or things. |
| tr.. | TR4 | A journey; an excursion or jaunt. |
| tr.... | TR6 | Strange, surreal, similar to the effects of a hallucinogen. |
| tr... | TR5 | A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general). |
| tr.. | TR4 | An ugly old woman, a hag. |
| tr.. | TR4 | Of, or relating to, troy weight. |
| ty.. | TY4 | A typographical error. |
| ty.. | TY4 | A beginner; a novice. |
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.
- boot (BO4)
- booty (BO5)
- itty (IT4)
- obit (OB4)
- orbit (OR5)
- pipit (PI5)
- pity (PI4)
- port (PO4)
- potty (PO5)
- priority (PR8)
- probity† (PR7)
- ribbit (RI6)
- riot (RI4)
- robot (RO5)
- root (RO4)
- roti (RO4)
- roto (RO4)
- rotor (RO5)
- tippy (TI5)
- tiptop (TI6)
- toot (TO4)
- tori (TO4)
- torii (TO5)
- toro (TO4)
- torpor (TO6)
- tort (TO4)
- trio (TR4)
- trip (TR4)
- trippy (TR6)
- troop (TR5)
- trot (TR4)
- troy (TR4)
- typo (TY4)
- tyro (TY4)
Answer Definitions
- boot (noun): A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
- booty (noun): A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
- itty (adjective): Extremely small.
- obit (noun): Death of a person.
- orbit (noun): A circular or elliptical path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, moon, or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
- pipit (noun): Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.
- pity (noun): A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
- port (noun): A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
- potty (noun): A chamber pot, particularly the pot used when toilet-training children.
- priority (noun): An item's relative importance.
- probity† (noun): Integrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty.
- ribbit (interjection): The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.
- riot (noun): A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
- robot (noun): A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.
- root (noun): The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- roti (noun): A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.
- roto (noun): Clipping of rotogravure.
- rotor (noun): A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
- tippy (adjective): Fashionable, tip-top.
- tiptop (noun): The very topmost point.
- toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
- tori (noun): plural of torus
- torii (noun): A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.
- toro (noun): A traditional Japanese lantern.
- torpor (noun): A state of being inactive or stuporous.
- tort (noun): An injury or wrong.
- trio (noun): A group of three people or things.
- trip (noun): A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
- trippy (adjective): Strange, surreal, similar to the effects of a hallucinogen.
- troop (noun): A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
- trot (noun): An ugly old woman, a hag.
- troy (adjective): Of, or relating to, troy weight.
- typo (noun): A typographical error.
- tyro (noun): A beginner; a novice.