NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 18, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | L |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | b, i, k, n, o, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 42 words |
| Total Points | 120 points |
| Genius Level | 84 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
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 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 14 |
| I | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| K | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| L | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 12 |
| N | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| T | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | Σ | 29 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 42 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| B | BI×3 BL×6 BO×5 |
|---|---|
| I | IN×1 |
| K | KI×6 KN×1 |
| L | LI×4 LO×8 |
| N | NO×1 |
| O | OL×1 |
| T | TI×2 TO×4 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| B | BIL×3 BLI×3 BLO×3 BOB×1 BOI×1 BOL×3 |
|---|---|
| I | INK×1 |
| K | KIL×6 KNO×1 |
| L | LIL×1 LIN×2 LIO×1 LOB×1 LOI×1 LOL×1 LOO×3 LOT×2 |
| N | NON×1 |
| O | OLI×1 |
| T | TIL×2 TOI×1 TOL×1 TOO×2 |
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.. | BI4 | The spoiling of someone's score in the crib. |
| bi.. | BI4 | Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff. |
| bi..... | BI7 | a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2): 1 followed by nine zeros, 10; a milliard |
| bl.. | BL4 | To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up. |
| bl... | BL5 | A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon. |
| bl... | BL5 | To close and reopen both eyes quickly. |
| bl.. | BL4 | A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape. |
| bl.. | BL4 | A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance. |
| bl.... | BL6 | (Very) drunk or intoxicated. |
| bo...... | BO8 | An American migratory songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection. |
| bo.. | BO4 | The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A long, heavy, single-edged machete. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw. |
| in..... † | IN7 | A blot of ink. |
| ki.. | KI4 | To put to death; to extinguish the life of. |
| ki.. | KI4 | An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain. |
| ki.. | KI4 | Clipping of kilogram. |
| ki..... | KI7 | 1000 bits (binary digits) |
| ki..... | KI7 | A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. |
| ki.. | KI4 | To gather up (skirts) around the body. |
| kn... | KN5 | A small mound or rounded hill. |
| li.. | LI4 | To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music. |
| li.. | LI4 | A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas. |
| li.. | LI4 | Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc. |
| li.. | LI4 | A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A wolf. |
| lo.. | LO4 | The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips |
| lo.. | LO4 | To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. |
| lo.. | LO4 | To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes. |
| lo.. | LO4 | An idler, a lout. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks. |
| lo.... | LO6 | A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin. |
| lo... | LO5 | a game of chance similar to bingo |
| no....... | NO9 | 10. |
| ol.. | OL4 | A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables. |
| ti.. | TI4 | Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time). |
| ti.. | TI4 | To slope or incline (something); to slant. |
| to.. | TO4 | Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature. |
| to.. | TO4 | Loss or damage incurred through a disaster. |
| to.. | TO4 | A mechanical device intended to make a task easier. |
| to..... | TO7 | A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work. |
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.
- bilk (BI4)
- bill (BI4)
- billion (BI7)
- blin (BL4)
- blini (BL5)
- blink (BL5)
- blob (BL4)
- blot (BL4)
- blotto (BL6)
- bobolink (BO8)
- boil (BO4)
- boll (BO4)
- bolo (BO4)
- bolt (BO4)
- inkblot† (IN7)
- kill (KI4)
- kiln (KI4)
- kilo (KI4)
- kilobit (KI7)
- kiloton (KI7)
- kilt (KI4)
- knoll (KN5)
- lilt (LI4)
- link (LI4)
- lint (LI4)
- lion (LI4)
- lobo (LO4)
- loin (LO4)
- loll (LO4)
- look (LO4)
- loon (LO4)
- loot (LO4)
- lotion (LO6)
- lotto (LO5)
- nonillion (NO9)
- olio (OL4)
- till (TI4)
- tilt (TI4)
- toil (TO4)
- toll (TO4)
- tool (TO4)
- toolkit (TO7)
Answer Definitions
- bilk (noun): The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
- bill (noun): Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
- billion (noun): a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2): 1 followed by nine zeros, 10; a milliard
- blin (verb): To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.
- blini (noun): A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon.
- blink (verb): To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
- blob (noun): A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
- blot (noun): A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
- blotto (adjective): (Very) drunk or intoxicated.
- bobolink (noun): An American migratory songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch.
- boil (noun): A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
- boll (noun): The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
- bolo (noun): A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
- bolt (noun): A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- inkblot† (noun): A blot of ink.
- kill (verb): To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- kiln (noun): An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
- kilo (noun): Clipping of kilogram.
- kilobit (noun): 1000 bits (binary digits)
- kiloton (noun): A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
- kilt (verb): To gather up (skirts) around the body.
- knoll (noun): A small mound or rounded hill.
- lilt (verb): To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
- link (noun): A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
- lint (noun): Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
- lion (noun): A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
- lobo (noun): A wolf.
- loin (noun): The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
- loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
- look (verb): To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
- loon (noun): An idler, a lout.
- loot (noun): A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
- lotion (noun): A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
- lotto (noun): a game of chance similar to bingo
- nonillion (numeral): 10.
- olio (noun): A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
- till (preposition): Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
- tilt (verb): To slope or incline (something); to slant.
- toil (noun): Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
- toll (noun): Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
- tool (noun): A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
- toolkit (noun): A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.