NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 17, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | T |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, g, h, i, w |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 23 words |
| Total Points | 81 points |
| Genius Level | 57 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| D | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| G | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| H | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T | 4 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 8 |
| W | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | Σ | 12 | 8 | 1 | - | 2 | 23 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AG×1 AW×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DA×1 DI×1 |
| G | GA×1 GI×1 |
| H | HA×3 |
| I | |
| T | TA×1 TH×3 TI×2 TW×2 |
| W | WA×2 WH×2 WI×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AGI×1 AWA×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DAT×1 DIG×1 |
| G | GAI×1 GIG×1 |
| H | HAD×1 HAT×2 |
| I | |
| T | TAI×1 THA×2 THI×1 TIG×2 TWI×2 |
| W | WAI×1 WAT×1 WHA×1 WHI×1 WID×1 WIT×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 (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| ag... | AG5 | dyspepsia |
| aw... | AW5 | To wait for. |
| da.. | DA4 | plural of datum |
| di... | DI5 | The whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic numerals representing them, which are combined to represent base-ten numbers. |
| ga.. | GA4 | Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving. |
| gi...... | GI8 | One thousand million (10) watts, abbreviated as GW. |
| ha.... | HA6 | An eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad (or sometimes one of his companions) not otherwise found in the Quran. |
| ha.. | HA4 | third-person singular simple present indicative form of have |
| ha... | HA5 | The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas |
| ta... | TA5 | A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere. |
| th.. | TH4 | Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement. |
| th.. | TH4 | To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen |
| th... | TH5 | The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee. |
| ti... | TI5 | Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open. |
| ti...... † | TI8 | One who is stingy; someone overly cautious or defensive with money. |
| tw.. | TW4 | A small thin branch of a tree or bush. |
| tw.. | TW4 | To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease. |
| wa.. | WA4 | To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.) |
| wa.. | WA4 | In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W |
| wh.. | WH4 | Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities. |
| wh.. | WH4 | The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota. |
| wi... | WI5 | The state of being wide. |
| wi.. | WI4 | Against. |
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.
- agita (AG5)
- await (AW5)
- data (DA4)
- digit (DI5)
- gait (GA4)
- gigawatt (GI8)
- hadith (HA6)
- hath (HA4)
- hatha (HA5)
- taiga (TA5)
- that (TH4)
- thaw (TH4)
- thigh (TH5)
- tight (TI5)
- tightwad† (TI8)
- twig (TW4)
- twit (TW4)
- wait (WA4)
- watt (WA4)
- what (WH4)
- whit (WH4)
- width (WI5)
- with (WI4)
Answer Definitions
- agita (noun): dyspepsia
- await (verb): To wait for.
- data (noun): plural of datum
- digit (noun): The whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic numerals representing them, which are combined to represent base-ten numbers.
- gait (noun): Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
- gigawatt (noun): One thousand million (10) watts, abbreviated as GW.
- hadith (noun): An eyewitness account of a saying or action of Muhammad (or sometimes one of his companions) not otherwise found in the Quran.
- hath (verb): third-person singular simple present indicative form of have
- hatha (noun): The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas
- taiga (noun): A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.
- that (conjunction): Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
- thaw (verb): To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
- thigh (noun): The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
- tight (adjective): Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
- tightwad† (noun): One who is stingy; someone overly cautious or defensive with money.
- twig (noun): A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
- twit (verb): To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
- wait (verb): To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
- watt (noun): In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W
- what (determiner): Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
- whit (noun): The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
- width (noun): The state of being wide.
- with (preposition): Against.