NYT Spelling Bee Answers for May 4, 2019

May 4, 2019 · 7 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for May 4, 2019

Game Summary

Center Letter	L
Outer Letters	f, g, n, o, r, u
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words	29 words
Total Points	96 points
Genius Level	67 points
Bingo?	Yes

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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
F	5	4	-	2	11
G	3	-	1	-	4
L	7	-	-	2	9
N	1	-	-	-	1
O	-	-	1	-	1
R	1	-	-	-	1
U	-	-	2	-	2
Σ	17	4	4	4	29

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

F	FL×5 FO×3 FU×3
G	GO×2 GU×2
L	LO×5 LU×4
N	NU×1
O	OO×1
R	RO×1
U	UN×2

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

F	FLO×3 FLU×2 FOO×1 FOR×1 FOU×1 FUL×1 FUR×2
G	GOL×1 GOO×1 GUL×2
L	LOG×2 LOL×1 LON×1 LOO×1 LUL×2 LUN×2
N	NUL×1
O	OOL×1
R	ROL×1
U	UNF×1 UNR×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)
fl..	FL4	To whip or scourge as punishment.
fl...	FL5	The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
fl...	FL5	Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
fl...	FL5	Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
fl...	FL5	simple past tense and past participle of fling
fo..	FO4	A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
fo.....	FO7	Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
fo..	FO4	Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
fu..	FU4	Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
fu..	FU4	To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
fu..... ^†	FU7	A unit of length equal to 220 yards, ⁄8 mile, or 201.168 meters, now only used in measuring distances in horse racing.
go..	GO4	A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.
go....	GO6	The number 10 100 {\displaystyle 10^{100}} , or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sedecilliard (long scale).
gu..	GU4	A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
gu..	GU4	A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.
lo..	LO4	A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
lo.....	LO7	To exchange political favours.
lo..	LO4	To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
lo..	LO4	Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point .
lo..	LO4	An idler, a lout.
lu..	LU4	A period of rest or soothing.
lu..	LU4	A remarkable person, object or idea.
lu..	LU4	A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
lu.....	LU7	As much as the lungs will hold.
nu..	NU4	A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
oo....	OO6	A partially fermented tea, often roasted, which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea.
ro..	RO4	To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
un....	UN6	To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag.
un....	UN6	To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.

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.

flog (FL4)
floor (FL5)
flour (FL5)
fluff (FL5)
flung (FL5)
fool (FO4)
forlorn (FO7)
foul (FO4)
full (FU4)
furl (FU4)
furlong^† (FU7)
golf (GO4)
googol (GO6)
gulf (GU4)
gull (GU4)
logo (LO4)
logroll (LO7)
loll (LO4)
long (LO4)
loon (LO4)
lull (LU4)
lulu (LU4)
lung (LU4)
lungful (LU7)
null (NU4)
oolong (OO6)
roll (RO4)
unfurl (UN6)
unroll (UN6)

Answer Definitions

flog (verb): To whip or scourge as punishment.
floor (noun): The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
flour (noun): Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
fluff (noun): Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
flung (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fling
fool (noun): A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
forlorn (adjective): Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
foul (adjective): Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
full (adjective): Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
furl (verb): To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
furlong^† (noun): A unit of length equal to 220 yards, ⁄8 mile, or 201.168 meters, now only used in measuring distances in horse racing.
golf (noun): A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.
googol (numeral): The number 10 100 {\displaystyle 10^{100}} , or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sedecilliard (long scale).
gulf (noun): A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
gull (noun): A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.
logo (noun): A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
logroll (verb): To exchange political favours.
loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
long (adjective): Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point .
loon (noun): An idler, a lout.
lull (noun): A period of rest or soothing.
lulu (noun): A remarkable person, object or idea.
lung (noun): A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
lungful (noun): As much as the lungs will hold.
null (noun): A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
oolong (noun): A partially fermented tea, often roasted, which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea.
roll (verb): To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
unfurl (verb): To unroll or release something that had been rolled up, typically a sail or a flag.
unroll (verb): To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.