NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 19, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | I |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, h, m, n, o, p |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 29 words |
| Total Points | 138 points |
| Genius Level | 97 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
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</th><th>9</th><th>10 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| H | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| I | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| M | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| N | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| O | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| P | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 5 | Σ | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 29 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CH×6 CI×1 CO×4 |
|---|---|
| H | HI×1 HO×1 |
| I | IC×2 IN×1 IO×1 |
| M | MI×4 |
| N | NI×1 |
| O | ON×1 OP×1 |
| P | PH×1 PI×4 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CHI×6 CIN×1 COC×1 COI×1 COM×1 CON×1 |
|---|---|
| H | HIP×1 HOM×1 |
| I | ICO×2 INC×1 ION×1 |
| M | MIM×1 MIN×3 |
| N | NIN×1 |
| O | ONI×1 OPI×1 |
| P | PHO×1 PIC×1 PIM×1 PIN×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ch.. | CH4 | Elegant, stylish. |
| ch.... | CH6 | Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way. |
| ch... | CH5 | Clipping of chimpanzee. |
| ch.. | CH4 | The bottom of a face, the typically jutting jawline below the mouth. |
| ch... | CH5 | A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms. |
| ch.. | CH4 | A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. |
| ci... | CI5 | A simple saddle girth used in Mexico. |
| co... | CO5 | plural of coccus |
| co.. | CO4 | A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. |
| co... | CO5 | Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre. |
| co... | CO5 | Synonym of conical |
| hi... | HI5 | Clipping of hippopotamus. |
| ho........ † | HO10 | Having the same sound; being homophones. |
| ic.. | IC4 | An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion. |
| ic.... | IC6 | Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon. |
| in.. | IN4 | A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres. |
| io... | IO5 | of, relating to, or containing ions |
| mi... | MI5 | To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. |
| mi.. | MI4 | Miniature, tiny, small. |
| mi... | MI5 | A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem. |
| mi.... | MI6 | A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being. |
| ni........ | NI10 | A foolish or silly person. |
| on... | ON5 | A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. |
| op..... | OP7 | A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing. |
| ph.... | PH6 | Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic. |
| pi.... | PI6 | An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink. |
| pi.. | PI4 | Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander. |
| pi... | PI5 | To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt. |
| pi.... | PI6 | A wing. |
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.
- chic (CH4)
- chichi (CH6)
- chimp (CH5)
- chin (CH4)
- chino (CH5)
- chip (CH4)
- cinch (CI5)
- cocci (CO5)
- coin (CO4)
- comic (CO5)
- conic (CO5)
- hippo (HI5)
- homophonic† (HO10)
- icon (IC4)
- iconic (IC6)
- inch (IN4)
- ionic (IO5)
- mimic (MI5)
- mini (MI4)
- minim (MI5)
- minion (MI6)
- nincompoop (NI10)
- onion (ON5)
- opinion (OP7)
- phonic (PH6)
- picnic (PI6)
- pimp (PI4)
- pinch (PI5)
- pinion (PI6)
Answer Definitions
- chic (adjective): Elegant, stylish.
- chichi (adjective): Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way.
- chimp (noun): Clipping of chimpanzee.
- chin (noun): The bottom of a face, the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
- chino (noun): A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.
- chip (noun): A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
- cinch (noun): A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
- cocci (noun): plural of coccus
- coin (noun): A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
- comic (adjective): Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
- conic (adjective): Synonym of conical
- hippo (noun): Clipping of hippopotamus.
- homophonic† (adjective): Having the same sound; being homophones.
- icon (noun): An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
- iconic (adjective): Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
- inch (noun): A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
- ionic (adjective): of, relating to, or containing ions
- mimic (verb): To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
- mini (adjective): Miniature, tiny, small.
- minim (noun): A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
- minion (noun): A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
- nincompoop (noun): A foolish or silly person.
- onion (noun): A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- opinion (noun): A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
- phonic (adjective): Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic.
- picnic (noun): An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
- pimp (noun): Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.
- pinch (verb): To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- pinion (noun): A wing.