NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 4, 2019

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for March 4, 2019
Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for March 4, 2019

Game Summary

Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for March 4, 2019
Center LetterE
Outer Lettersa, c, h, l, n, v
# of Pangrams1 (Perfect: none)
Total Words58 words
Total Points227 points
Genius Level159 points
Bingo?Yes

Table of Contents

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  1. Spelling Bee Grid
  2. Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
  3. Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
  4. Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
  5. Today's Complete Solution
  6. Answer Definitions

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for March 4, 2019

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</th><th>9Σ
A2-2--15
C3342--12
E4-22--8
H551---11
L561---12
N21----3
V32-2--7
Σ2417106-158

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

A
AC×2
AL×1
AN×1
AV×1
C
CA×5
CE×1
CH×3
CL×3
E
EA×2
EL×2
EN×3
EV×1
H
HA×4
HE×7
L
LA×4
LE×8
N
NA×2
NE×1
V
VA×5
VE×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
ACN×1
ALL×1
ANN×1
AVA×1
C
CAC×1
CAL×1
CAN×2
CAV×1
CEL×1
CHA×3
CLE×3
E
EAC×1
EAV×1
ELA×1
ELE×1
ENC×1
ENH×1
ENL×1
EVE×1
H
HAL×2
HAV×2
HEA×3
HEE×1
HEL×1
HEN×2
L
LAC×1
LAN×2
LAV×1
LEA×4
LEC×1
LEE×1
LEV×2
N
NAV×2
NEN×1
V
VAL×4
VAN×1
VEA×1
VEN×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 (†).

Word2L RefDefinition (click to reveal)
ac..AC4To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
ac..AC4A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.
al....AL6One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.
an....AN6To 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.
av....... †AV9A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
ca...CA5A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
ca...CA5to give birth to a calf
ca....CA6To cross out something with lines etc.
ca..CA4A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
ca..CA4A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
ce..CE4A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
ch....CH6An opportunity or possibility.
ch.....CH7The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.
ch.....CH7The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
cl...CL5Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances. Not dirty.
cl....CL6To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
cl....CL6To grip or hold fast.
ea..EA4All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
ea..EA4Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”)
el..EL4Uncommon spelling of élan.
el....EL6The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
en.....EN7A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.
en.....EN7To lift, raise up.
en....EN6To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace
ev..EV4Flat and level.
ha..HA4Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
ha...HA5To reduce to half the original amount.
ha..HA4To possess, own.
ha...HA5A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
he..HE4To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
he...HE5To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
he....HE6The sky, specifically: The distant sky in which the sun, moon, and stars appear or move; the firmament; the celestial spheres. The near sky in which weather, flying animals, etc. appear; the atmosphere; the climate. A model displaying the movement of the celestial bodies, an orrery.
he..HE4The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
he..HE4A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.
he...HE5from here, from this place, away
he...HE5A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers
la..LA4A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
la...LA5A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
la..LA4A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
la..LA4To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.
le...LE5A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
le..LE4To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
le...LE5To have a consequence or remnant. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
le....LE6Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
le..LE4A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
le...LE5An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
le...LE5An elevated geographical feature.
le...LE5The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
na..NA4The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
na...NA5The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
ne..NE4The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
va.....VA7A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window.
va..VA4A valley.
va.....VA7An extract; a preparation, now especially one effective against a certain number of strains of a pathogen.
va...VA5A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
va..VA4A weather vane.
ve..VE4The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.
ve...VE5Venous; pertaining to veins.

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.

  • ache  (AC4)
  • acne  (AC4)
  • allele  (AL6)
  • anneal  (AN6)
  • avalanche†  (AV9)
  • cache  (CA5)
  • calve  (CA5)
  • cancel  (CA6)
  • cane  (CA4)
  • cave  (CA4)
  • cell  (CE4)
  • chance  (CH6)
  • chancel  (CH7)
  • channel  (CH7)
  • clean  (CL5)
  • cleave  (CL6)
  • clench  (CL6)
  • each  (EA4)
  • eave  (EA4)
  • elan  (EL4)
  • eleven  (EL6)
  • enclave  (EN7)
  • enhance  (EN7)
  • enlace  (EN6)
  • even  (EV4)
  • hale  (HA4)
  • halve  (HA5)
  • have  (HA4)
  • haven  (HA5)
  • heal  (HE4)
  • heave  (HE5)
  • heaven  (HE6)
  • heel  (HE4)
  • hell  (HE4)
  • hence  (HE5)
  • henna  (HE5)
  • lace  (LA4)
  • lance  (LA5)
  • lane  (LA4)
  • lave  (LA4)
  • leach  (LE5)
  • lean  (LE4)
  • leave  (LE5)
  • leaven  (LE6)
  • lech  (LE4)
  • leech  (LE5)
  • levee  (LE5)
  • level  (LE5)
  • nave  (NA4)
  • navel  (NA5)
  • nene  (NE4)
  • valance  (VA7)
  • vale  (VA4)
  • valence  (VA7)
  • valve  (VA5)
  • vane  (VA4)
  • veal  (VE4)
  • venal  (VE5)

Answer Definitions

  • ache (verb): To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
  • acne (noun): A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.
  • allele (noun): One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.
  • 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.
  • avalanche† (noun): A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
  • cache (noun): A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
  • calve (verb): to give birth to a calf
  • cancel (verb): To cross out something with lines etc.
  • cane (noun): A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
  • cave (noun): A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
  • cell (noun): A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
  • chance (noun): An opportunity or possibility.
  • chancel (noun): The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.
  • channel (noun): The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
  • clean (adjective): Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances. Not dirty.
  • cleave (verb): To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
  • clench (verb): To grip or hold fast.
  • each (determiner): All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
  • eave (noun): Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”)
  • elan (noun): Uncommon spelling of élan.
  • eleven (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
  • enclave (noun): A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.
  • enhance (verb): To lift, raise up.
  • enlace (verb): To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace
  • even (adjective): Flat and level.
  • hale (adjective): Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
  • halve (verb): To reduce to half the original amount.
  • have (verb): To possess, own.
  • haven (noun): A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
  • heal (verb): To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
  • heave (verb): To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
  • heaven (noun): The sky, specifically: The distant sky in which the sun, moon, and stars appear or move; the firmament; the celestial spheres. The near sky in which weather, flying animals, etc. appear; the atmosphere; the climate. A model displaying the movement of the celestial bodies, an orrery.
  • heel (noun): The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
  • hell (proper noun): A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.
  • hence (adverb): from here, from this place, away
  • henna (noun): A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers
  • lace (noun): A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
  • lance (noun): A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
  • lane (noun): A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
  • lave (verb): To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.
  • leach (noun): A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
  • lean (verb): To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
  • leave (verb): To have a consequence or remnant. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
  • leaven (noun): Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
  • lech (noun): A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
  • leech (noun): An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
  • levee (noun): An elevated geographical feature.
  • level (adjective): The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
  • nave (noun): The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
  • navel (noun): The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
  • nene (noun): The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
  • valance (noun): A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window.
  • vale (noun): A valley.
  • valence (noun): An extract; a preparation, now especially one effective against a certain number of strains of a pathogen.
  • valve (noun): A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
  • vane (noun): A weather vane.
  • veal (noun): The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.
  • venal (adjective): Venous; pertaining to veins.