NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 1, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | G |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, e, k, l, n, o |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 23 words |
| Total Points | 82 points |
| Genius Level | 57 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| E | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| G | 7 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
| K | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| N | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| O | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | Σ | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CL×1 CO×2 |
|---|---|
| E | EG×1 |
| G | GE×4 GL×2 GO×6 |
| K | |
| L | LO×4 |
| N | |
| O | OG×2 OO×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CLO×1 COL×2 |
|---|---|
| E | EGG×1 |
| G | GEC×1 GEE×1 GEL×1 GEN×1 GLE×2 GOG×1 GON×2 GOO×3 |
| K | |
| L | LOG×2 LON×2 |
| N | |
| O | OGE×1 OGL×1 OOL×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) |
|---|---|---|
| cl.. | CL4 | A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel. |
| co..... | CO7 | A corporate group; a group of colleagues. |
| co..... | CO7 | A type of perfume consisting of 2-5% essential oils, 70-90 % alcohol and water. |
| eg.... | EG6 | A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas. |
| ge... | GE5 | Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae. They are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces. |
| ge.. | GE4 | A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior. |
| ge... | GE5 | Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes. |
| ge.. | GE4 | A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color. |
| gl.. | GL4 | Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune. |
| gl.. | GL4 | A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills. |
| go.... | GO6 | To stare (at something) with wide eyes. |
| go.. | GO4 | past participle of go |
| go.. | GO4 | A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer. |
| go.... | GO6 | To bowl (a cricket ball) so that it performs a googly (“a ball by a leg-break bowler that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery”). |
| 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). |
| go.. | GO4 | A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon'). |
| lo.. | LO4 | A booth or stall. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization. |
| lo.. | LO4 | Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point . |
| lo...... † | LO8 | A type of beer bottle with a long neck. |
| og.. | OG4 | A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape. |
| og.. | OG4 | To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously. |
| oo.... | OO6 | A partially fermented tea, often roasted, which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea. |
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.
- clog (CL4)
- college (CO7)
- cologne (CO7)
- eggnog (EG6)
- gecko (GE5)
- geek (GE4)
- gelee (GE5)
- gene (GE4)
- glee (GL4)
- glen (GL4)
- goggle (GO6)
- gone (GO4)
- gong (GO4)
- google (GO6)
- googol (GO6)
- goon (GO4)
- loge (LO4)
- logo (LO4)
- long (LO4)
- longneck† (LO8)
- ogee (OG4)
- ogle (OG4)
- oolong (OO6)
Answer Definitions
- clog (noun): A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
- college (noun): A corporate group; a group of colleagues.
- cologne (noun): A type of perfume consisting of 2-5% essential oils, 70-90 % alcohol and water.
- eggnog (noun): A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas.
- gecko (noun): Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae. They are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces.
- geek (noun): A carnival performer specializing in bizarre and unappetizing behavior.
- gelee (noun): Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes.
- gene (noun): A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
- glee (noun): Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
- glen (noun): A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.
- goggle (verb): To stare (at something) with wide eyes.
- gone (verb): past participle of go
- gong (noun): A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
- google (verb): To bowl (a cricket ball) so that it performs a googly (“a ball by a leg-break bowler that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery”).
- 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).
- goon (noun): A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
- loge (noun): A booth or stall.
- logo (noun): A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
- long (adjective): Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point .
- longneck† (noun): A type of beer bottle with a long neck.
- ogee (noun): A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
- ogle (verb): To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
- oolong (noun): A partially fermented tea, often roasted, which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea.