NYT Spelling Bee Answers for May 13, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | T |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, b, e, g, m, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 31 words |
| Total Points | 106 points |
| Genius Level | 74 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 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| B | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | 8 |
| E | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| G | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| M | 5 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 9 |
| T | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 8 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 16 | 11 | 2 | - | 2 | 31 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AB×2 AG×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×2 BE×5 BY×1 |
| E | ET×1 |
| G | GA×2 |
| M | MA×3 ME×6 |
| T | TA×3 TE×5 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ABA×1 ABE×1 AGA×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BAT×2 BEA×1 BEE×1 BEG×2 BET×1 BYT×1 |
| E | ETY×1 |
| G | GAM×1 GAT×1 |
| M | MAT×3 MEA×2 MEE×1 MEG×1 MET×2 |
| T | TAB×1 TAM×1 TAT×1 TEA×4 TEE×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ab... | AB5 | To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. |
| ab.. | AB4 | To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable. |
| ag... | AG5 | A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two. |
| ba.. | BA4 | To reduce the force of something; to abate. |
| ba... | BA5 | Mad, crazy, silly. |
| be.. | BE4 | A stroke; a blow. |
| be.. | BE4 | Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar. |
| be... | BE5 | simple past tense of beget |
| be... | BE5 | To father; to sire; to produce (a child). |
| be.. | BE4 | The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase. |
| by.. | BY4 | A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word. |
| et... | ET5 | plural of etymon |
| ga.... | GA6 | A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes. |
| ga.. | GA4 | A doorlike structure outside a house. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate. |
| ma... | MA5 | Sociable or friendly. |
| ma... | MA5 | A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame. |
| me.. | ME4 | The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food. |
| me... | ME5 | Of, relating to, or containing meat. |
| me.. | ME4 | To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter. |
| me...... † | ME8 | One million (10) bytes. |
| me.. | ME4 | Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level. |
| me.. | ME4 | To measure. |
| ta... | TA5 | A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering. |
| ta.. | TA4 | Not or no longer wild; domesticated. |
| ta... | TA5 | worn and shabby; in poor condition. |
| te.... | TE6 | A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water. |
| te.. | TE4 | A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage. |
| te...... | TE8 | One who is on the same team. |
| te.. | TE4 | The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. |
| te.. | TE4 | To be stocked to overflowing. |
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.
- abate (AB5)
- abet (AB4)
- agate (AG5)
- bate (BA4)
- batty (BA5)
- beat (BE4)
- beet (BE4)
- begat (BE5)
- beget (BE5)
- beta (BE4)
- byte (BY4)
- etyma (ET5)
- gamete (GA6)
- gate (GA4)
- mate (MA4)
- matey (MA5)
- matte (MA5)
- meat (ME4)
- meaty (ME5)
- meet (ME4)
- megabyte† (ME8)
- meta (ME4)
- mete (ME4)
- tabby (TA5)
- tame (TA4)
- tatty (TA5)
- teabag (TE6)
- team (TE4)
- teammate (TE8)
- teat (TE4)
- teem (TE4)
Answer Definitions
- abate (verb): To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
- abet (verb): To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
- agate (noun): A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
- bate (verb): To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- batty (adjective): Mad, crazy, silly.
- beat (noun): A stroke; a blow.
- beet (noun): Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
- begat (verb): simple past tense of beget
- beget (verb): To father; to sire; to produce (a child).
- beta (noun): The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
- byte (noun): A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
- etyma (noun): plural of etymon
- gamete (noun): A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
- gate (noun): A doorlike structure outside a house.
- mate (noun): A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
- matey (adjective): Sociable or friendly.
- matte (noun): A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
- meat (noun): The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
- meaty (adjective): Of, relating to, or containing meat.
- meet (verb): To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
- megabyte† (noun): One million (10) bytes.
- meta (adjective): Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level.
- mete (verb): To measure.
- tabby (noun): A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
- tame (adjective): Not or no longer wild; domesticated.
- tatty (noun): worn and shabby; in poor condition.
- teabag (noun): A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water.
- team (noun): A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
- teammate (noun): One who is on the same team.
- teat (noun): The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
- teem (verb): To be stocked to overflowing.