NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 19, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | M |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, e, g, l, p, x |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 33 words |
| Total Points | 133 points |
| Genius Level | 93 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</th><th>8 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| E | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| G | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 |
| L | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| M | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 13 |
| P | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| X | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 33 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AG×1 AM×2 |
|---|---|
| E | EX×3 |
| G | GA×2 GL×2 |
| L | LA×5 LE×2 LL×1 |
| M | MA×8 ME×5 |
| P | PA×2 |
| X |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AGL×1 AMA×1 AMP×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EXA×2 EXE×1 |
| G | GAM×2 GLA×1 GLE×1 |
| L | LAM×5 LEM×1 LEX×1 LLA×1 |
| M | MAG×2 MAL×2 MAM×3 MAP×1 MEA×1 MEG×2 MEL×1 MEM×1 |
| P | PAL×1 PAM×1 |
| X |
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.... | AG6 | Glowing with subdued light. |
| am..... | AM7 | An alloy containing mercury. |
| am... | AM5 | A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough. |
| ex.. | EX4 | Clipping of examination, especially when meaning test or in compound terms. |
| ex..... | EX7 | Something that is representative of all such things in a group. |
| ex..... | EX7 | plural of exemplum |
| ga.. | GA4 | A playful or competitive activity. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime. |
| ga... | GA5 | The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ). |
| gl.. | GL4 | Glamour. |
| gl... | GL5 | A small or indistinct shaft or stream of light. |
| la.. | LA4 | A master of Tibetan Buddhism. |
| la.. | LA4 | Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. |
| la..... | LA7 | A thin, plate-like structure. |
| la...... | LA8 | plural of lamella |
| la.. | LA4 | A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb. |
| le... | LE5 | A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition. |
| le.... | LE6 | A unit of lexical meaning, roughly corresponding to the set of inflected forms taken by a single word. |
| ll... | LL5 | A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A magician, wizard or sorcerer. |
| ma... | MA5 | The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc. |
| ma.. | MA4 | Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct. |
| ma.. | MA4 | Mother, female parent. |
| ma... | MA5 | The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. |
| ma.... | MA6 | An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young. |
| ma... | MA5 | A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds. |
| me.. | ME4 | Correct quotes |
| me.. | ME4 | Very large. |
| me...... † | ME8 | A large, multi-screen cinema |
| me... | ME5 | A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling. |
| me.. | ME4 | Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes. |
| pa.. | PA4 | Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics. |
| pa... | PA5 | singular of pampas |
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.
- agleam (AG6)
- amalgam (AM7)
- ample (AM5)
- exam (EX4)
- example (EX7)
- exempla (EX7)
- game (GA4)
- gamma (GA5)
- glam (GL4)
- gleam (GL5)
- lama (LA4)
- lame (LA4)
- lamella (LA7)
- lamellae (LA8)
- lamp (LA4)
- lemma (LE5)
- lexeme (LE6)
- llama (LL5)
- mage (MA4)
- magma (MA5)
- male (MA4)
- mall (MA4)
- mama (MA4)
- mamma (MA5)
- mammal (MA6)
- maple (MA5)
- meal (ME4)
- mega (ME4)
- megaplex† (ME8)
- melee (ME5)
- meme (ME4)
- palm (PA4)
- pampa (PA5)
Answer Definitions
- agleam (adjective): Glowing with subdued light.
- amalgam (noun): An alloy containing mercury.
- ample (determiner): A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough.
- exam (noun): Clipping of examination, especially when meaning test or in compound terms.
- example (noun): Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
- exempla (noun): plural of exemplum
- game (noun): A playful or competitive activity. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- gamma (noun): The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
- glam (noun): Glamour.
- gleam (noun): A small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.
- lama (noun): A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
- lame (adjective): Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
- lamella (noun): A thin, plate-like structure.
- lamellae (noun): plural of lamella
- lamp (noun): A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
- lemma (noun): A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
- lexeme (noun): A unit of lexical meaning, roughly corresponding to the set of inflected forms taken by a single word.
- llama (noun): A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
- mage (noun): A magician, wizard or sorcerer.
- magma (noun): The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
- male (adjective): Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
- mall (noun): A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
- mama (noun): Mother, female parent.
- mamma (noun): The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
- mammal (noun): An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.
- maple (noun): A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.
- meal (noun): Correct quotes
- mega (adjective): Very large.
- megaplex† (noun): A large, multi-screen cinema
- melee (noun): A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
- meme (noun): Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
- palm (noun): Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
- pampa (noun): singular of pampas