NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 24, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | O |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | b, c, i, p, r, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 50 words |
| Total Points | 184 points |
| Genius Level | 129 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</th><th>9 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 8 |
| C | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| O | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| P | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 9 |
| R | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| T | 6 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 14 | Σ | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 | - | 1 | 50 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| B | BI×2 BO×5 BR×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CO×4 CR×3 |
| I | |
| O | OB×1 OC×1 OP×1 OR×1 |
| P | PI×1 PO×4 PR×4 |
| R | RI×1 RO×7 |
| T | TI×1 TO×8 TR×5 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| B | BIO×2 BOO×4 BOR×1 BRI×1 |
|---|---|
| C | COC×1 COO×3 CRO×3 |
| I | |
| O | OBI×1 OCT×1 OPT×1 ORB×1 |
| P | PIC×1 POO×2 POR×2 PRI×1 PRO×3 |
| R | RIO×1 ROB×2 ROC×1 ROO×1 ROT×3 |
| T | TIP×1 TOO×1 TOP×1 TOR×6 TRI×2 TRO×3 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| bi.... | BI6 | A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people). |
| bi.... | BI6 | Of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms |
| bo.. | BO4 | An idiot; a fool. |
| bo.... | BO6 | Alternative spelling of boo-boo |
| bo.. | BO4 | A peasant. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football. |
| bo... | BO5 | Of, pertaining to, or containing the element boron. |
| br.. | BR4 | Vigour or vivacity. |
| co... | CO5 | plural of coccus |
| co.. | CO4 | A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals. |
| co... | CO5 | Alternative spelling of co-opt |
| co.. | CO4 | Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead. |
| cr.. | CR4 | A crocodile. |
| cr... | CR5 | plural of crocus |
| cr.. | CR4 | A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose. |
| ob.. | OB4 | Death of a person. |
| oc.... | OC6 | plural of octopus |
| op... | OP5 | Of, or relating to the eye or to vision. |
| or... | OR5 | A circular or elliptical path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, moon, or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution. |
| pi... | PI5 | An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops. |
| po.. | PO4 | To make a short blast on a horn. |
| po.. | PO4 | With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them. |
| po.. | PO4 | A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. |
| po..... | PO7 | A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building. |
| pr... | PR5 | Advance; previous; coming before. |
| pr....... † | PR9 | A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons. |
| pr..... | PR7 | A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator. |
| pr.. | PR4 | An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports. |
| ri.. | RI4 | A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property. |
| ro... | RO5 | A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour. |
| ro..... | RO7 | Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc. |
| ro.... | RO6 | A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation. |
| ro.. | RO4 | The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction. |
| ro.. | RO4 | A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Clipping of rotogravure. |
| ro... | RO5 | A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump. |
| ti.... | TI6 | The very topmost point. |
| to.. | TO4 | The noise of a horn or whistle. |
| to... | TO5 | topical |
| to.. | TO4 | plural of torus |
| to... | TO5 | Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal. |
| to... | TO5 | A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred. |
| to.. | TO4 | A traditional Japanese lantern. |
| to.... | TO6 | A state of being inactive or stuporous. |
| to.. | TO4 | An injury or wrong. |
| tr.... | TR6 | A soft knit fabric. |
| tr.. | TR4 | A group of three people or things. |
| tr... | TR5 | A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general). |
| tr.... | TR6 | Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°27′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics. |
| tr.. | TR4 | An ugly old woman, a hag. |
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.
- biopic (BI6)
- biotic (BI6)
- boob (BO4)
- booboo (BO6)
- boor (BO4)
- boot (BO4)
- boric (BO5)
- brio (BR4)
- cocci (CO5)
- coop (CO4)
- coopt (CO5)
- coot (CO4)
- croc (CR4)
- croci (CR5)
- crop (CR4)
- obit (OB4)
- octopi (OC6)
- optic (OP5)
- orbit (OR5)
- picot (PI5)
- poop (PO4)
- poor (PO4)
- port (PO4)
- portico (PO7)
- prior (PR5)
- probiotic† (PR9)
- proctor (PR7)
- prop (PR4)
- riot (RI4)
- robot (RO5)
- robotic (RO7)
- rococo (RO6)
- root (RO4)
- roti (RO4)
- roto (RO4)
- rotor (RO5)
- tiptop (TI6)
- toot (TO4)
- topic (TO5)
- tori (TO4)
- toric (TO5)
- torii (TO5)
- toro (TO4)
- torpor (TO6)
- tort (TO4)
- tricot (TR6)
- trio (TR4)
- troop (TR5)
- tropic (TR6)
- trot (TR4)
Answer Definitions
- biopic (noun): A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).
- biotic (adjective): Of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms
- boob (noun): An idiot; a fool.
- booboo (noun): Alternative spelling of boo-boo
- boor (noun): A peasant.
- boot (noun): A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
- boric (adjective): Of, pertaining to, or containing the element boron.
- brio (noun): Vigour or vivacity.
- cocci (noun): plural of coccus
- coop (noun): A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
- coopt (verb): Alternative spelling of co-opt
- coot (noun): Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
- croc (noun): A crocodile.
- croci (noun): plural of crocus
- crop (noun): A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
- obit (noun): Death of a person.
- octopi (noun): plural of octopus
- optic (adjective): Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
- orbit (noun): A circular or elliptical path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, moon, or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
- picot (noun): An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops.
- poop (verb): To make a short blast on a horn.
- poor (adjective): With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
- port (noun): A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
- portico (noun): A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.
- prior (adjective): Advance; previous; coming before.
- probiotic† (noun): A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons.
- proctor (noun): A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.
- prop (noun): An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
- riot (noun): A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
- robot (noun): A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.
- robotic (adjective): Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc.
- rococo (noun): A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
- root (noun): The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- roti (noun): A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.
- roto (noun): Clipping of rotogravure.
- rotor (noun): A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
- tiptop (noun): The very topmost point.
- toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
- topic (adjective): topical
- tori (noun): plural of torus
- toric (adjective): Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.
- torii (noun): A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.
- toro (noun): A traditional Japanese lantern.
- torpor (noun): A state of being inactive or stuporous.
- tort (noun): An injury or wrong.
- tricot (noun): A soft knit fabric.
- trio (noun): A group of three people or things.
- troop (noun): A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
- tropic (noun): Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°27′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics.
- trot (noun): An ugly old woman, a hag.