NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 18, 2019

Jul 18, 2019 · 7 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for July 18, 2019

Game Summary

Center Letter	E
Outer Letters	c, h, k, p, t, u
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words	29 words
Total Points	100 points
Genius Level	70 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
C	2	4	-	1	7
E	2	-	-	-	2
H	1	-	-	-	1
K	2	1	-	1	4
P	6	-	1	-	7
T	2	3	2	-	7
U	-	-	1	-	1
Σ	15	8	4	2	29

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

C	CH×5 CU×2
E	EP×1 ET×1
H	HE×1
K	KE×4
P	PE×4 PU×3
T	TE×5 TH×1 TU×1
U	UP×1

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

C	CHE×4 CHU×1 CUK×1 CUT×1
E	EPE×1 ETC×1
H	HEC×1
K	KEE×1 KEP×1 KET×2
P	PEC×1 PEE×2 PEK×1 PUC×1 PUK×1 PUP×1
T	TEC×1 TEE×3 TEP×1 THE×1 TUT×1
U	UPK×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)
ch...	CH5	A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
ch.....	CH7	A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like.
ch...	CH5	The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
ch...	CH5	Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.
ch...	CH5	A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
cu..	CU4	A cucumber.
cu..	CU4	Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
ep..	EP4	A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
et..	ET4	To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
he..	HE4	Hell.
ke..	KE4	To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
ke..	KE4	simple past tense and past participle of keep
ke...	KE5	A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
ke..... ^†	KE7	A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners.
pe..	PE4	To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
pe..	PE4	To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
pe..	PE4	A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
pe..	PE4	Alternative letter-case form of Peke (“Pekinese dog”)
pu..	PU4	A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.
pu..	PU4	vomit.
pu....	PU6	Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
te..	TE4	Technology.
te....	TE6	A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
te...	TE5	plural of tooth
te....	TE6	To grow teeth.
te...	TE5	Alternative form of teepee
th..	TH4	Objective and reflexive case of thou.
tu...	TU5	A student of a tutor.
up....	UP6	Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.

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.

check (CH5)
checkup (CH7)
cheek (CH5)
cheep (CH5)
chute (CH5)
cuke (CU4)
cute (CU4)
epee (EP4)
etch (ET4)
heck (HE4)
keep (KE4)
kept (KE4)
ketch (KE5)
ketchup^† (KE7)
peck (PE4)
peek (PE4)
peep (PE4)
peke (PE4)
puce (PU4)
puke (PU4)
puppet (PU6)
tech (TE4)
teepee (TE6)
teeth (TE5)
teethe (TE6)
tepee (TE5)
thee (TH4)
tutee (TU5)
upkeep (UP6)

Answer Definitions

check (noun): A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
checkup (noun): A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like.
cheek (noun): The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
cheep (verb): Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.
chute (noun): A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
cuke (noun): A cucumber.
cute (adjective): Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
epee (noun): A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
etch (verb): To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
heck (interjection): Hell.
keep (verb): To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
kept (verb): simple past tense and past participle of keep
ketch (noun): A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
ketchup^† (noun): A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners.
peck (verb): To strike or pierce with the beak or bill (of a bird).
peek (verb): To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
peep (noun): A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
peke (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Peke (“Pekinese dog”)
puce (noun): A brownish-purple color, sometimes more or less deep red or grayish.
puke (noun): vomit.
puppet (noun): Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
tech (noun): Technology.
teepee (noun): A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
teeth (noun): plural of tooth
teethe (verb): To grow teeth.
tepee (noun): Alternative form of teepee
thee (pronoun): Objective and reflexive case of thou.
tutee (noun): A student of a tutor.
upkeep (noun): Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.