NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 20, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | R |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | b, g, i, o, t, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 33 words |
| Total Points | 94 points |
| Genius Level | 66 points |
| Bingo? | No |
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 | Σ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 3 | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| G | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | 9 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - |
| O | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| R | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 9 |
| T | 8 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 33 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| B | BI×1 BO×1 BR×2 |
|---|---|
| G | GI×1 GO×1 GR×6 GY×1 |
| I | |
| O | OR×2 |
| R | RI×4 RO×5 |
| T | TO×4 TR×4 TY×1 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| B | BIG×1 BOO×1 BRI×2 |
|---|---|
| G | GIR×1 GOR×1 GRI×3 GRO×3 GYR×1 |
| I | |
| O | ORB×1 ORG×1 |
| R | RIB×2 RIG×1 RIO×1 ROB×1 ROO×1 ROT×3 |
| T | TOR×4 TRI×2 TRO×2 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) |
|---|---|---|
| bi..... † | BI7 | Characteristic qualities of a bigot: (especially religious, anti-religious or racial) intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A peasant. |
| br.. | BR4 | A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast |
| br.. | BR4 | Vigour or vivacity. |
| gi.. | GI4 | A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts. |
| go.. | GO4 | Covered with blood; very bloody. |
| gr... | GR5 | A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet. |
| gr.. | GR4 | A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking. |
| gr.... | GR6 | Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles. |
| gr.. | GR4 | An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy. |
| gr.... | GR6 | Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc. |
| gr.... | GR6 | A small cave. |
| gy.. | GY4 | A gyroscope. |
| 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. |
| or.. | OR4 | Originally, secret rites or ceremonies, typically involving riotous and dissolute behaviour, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honour of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc). |
| ri.... | RI6 | The vocal sound made by a frog or toad. |
| ri... | RI5 | Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed. |
| ri... | RI5 | US spelling of rigour |
| 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. |
| 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.. | TO4 | An injury or wrong. |
| tr.. | TR4 | True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful. |
| tr.. | TR4 | A group of three people or things. |
| tr.. | TR4 | An ugly old woman, a hag. |
| tr.. | TR4 | Of, or relating to, troy weight. |
| 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.
- bigotry† (BI7)
- boor (BO4)
- brig (BR4)
- brio (BR4)
- girt (GI4)
- gory (GO4)
- griot (GR5)
- grit (GR4)
- gritty (GR6)
- grog (GR4)
- groggy (GR6)
- grotto (GR6)
- gyro (GY4)
- orbit (OR5)
- orgy (OR4)
- ribbit (RI6)
- ribby (RI5)
- rigor (RI5)
- riot (RI4)
- robot (RO5)
- root (RO4)
- roti (RO4)
- roto (RO4)
- rotor (RO5)
- tori (TO4)
- torii (TO5)
- toro (TO4)
- tort (TO4)
- trig (TR4)
- trio (TR4)
- trot (TR4)
- troy (TR4)
- tyro (TY4)
Answer Definitions
- bigotry† (noun): Characteristic qualities of a bigot: (especially religious, anti-religious or racial) intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.
- boor (noun): A peasant.
- brig (noun): A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
- brio (noun): Vigour or vivacity.
- girt (noun): A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
- gory (adjective): Covered with blood; very bloody.
- griot (noun): A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet.
- grit (noun): A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
- gritty (adjective): Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
- grog (noun): An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
- groggy (adjective): Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
- grotto (noun): A small cave.
- gyro (noun): A gyroscope.
- 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.
- orgy (noun): Originally, secret rites or ceremonies, typically involving riotous and dissolute behaviour, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honour of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc).
- ribbit (interjection): The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.
- ribby (adjective): Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed.
- rigor (noun): US spelling of rigour
- 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.
- 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.
- tort (noun): An injury or wrong.
- trig (adjective): True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
- trio (noun): A group of three people or things.
- trot (noun): An ugly old woman, a hag.
- troy (adjective): Of, or relating to, troy weight.
- tyro (noun): A beginner; a novice.