NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 2, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | P |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, h, l, o, r, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 31 words |
| Total Points | 96 points |
| Genius Level | 67 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</th><th>10</th><th>11 | Σ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| H | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| L | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| O | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| P | 10 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| R | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 19 | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 31 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CH×3 CL×1 CO×2 CR×1 |
|---|---|
| H | HO×2 HY×1 |
| L | LO×3 |
| O | OR×1 |
| P | PL×2 PO×11 PR×2 PY×1 |
| R | RO×1 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CHL×1 CHO×2 CLO×1 COO×1 COP×1 CRO×1 |
|---|---|
| H | HOO×1 HOP×1 HYP×1 |
| L | LOL×1 LOO×2 |
| O | ORL×1 |
| P | PLO×2 POL×3 POO×6 POP×1 POR×1 PRO×2 PYR×1 |
| R | ROP×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ch......... † | CH11 | Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria. |
| ch.. | CH4 | A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib. |
| ch.... | CH6 | Having many small, rough waves. |
| cl.. | CL4 | The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground. |
| co.. | CO4 | A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals. |
| co.. | CO4 | The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original. |
| cr.. | CR4 | A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. |
| ho... | HO5 | Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops. |
| hy.. | HY4 | Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression. |
| lo.... | LO6 | To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. |
| lo... | LO5 | Having loops. |
| or... | OR5 | The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship. |
| pl.. | PL4 | A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water. |
| pl.. | PL4 | A tactic, strategy, or scheme. |
| po.. | PO4 | A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. |
| po.. | PO4 | A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal. |
| po... | PO5 | An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane. |
| po... | PO5 | A dog. |
| po.. | PO4 | Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc. |
| po.. | PO4 | A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water. |
| 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.... | PO6 | In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort. |
| po... | PO5 | Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant. |
| po... | PO5 | A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings. |
| pr.. | PR4 | An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports. |
| pr.... | PR6 | Either of two isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C3H7, formally derived from propane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. |
| py.. | PY4 | A pyromaniac. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch. |
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.
- chlorophyll† (CH11)
- chop (CH4)
- choppy (CH6)
- clop (CL4)
- coop (CO4)
- copy (CO4)
- crop (CR4)
- hoop (HO4)
- hoppy (HO5)
- hypo (HY4)
- lollop (LO6)
- loop (LO4)
- loopy (LO5)
- orlop (OR5)
- plop (PL4)
- ploy (PL4)
- poll (PO4)
- polo (PO4)
- polyp (PO5)
- pooch (PO5)
- pooh (PO4)
- pool (PO4)
- poop (PO4)
- poor (PO4)
- poorly (PO6)
- poppy (PO5)
- porch (PO5)
- prop (PR4)
- propyl (PR6)
- pyro (PY4)
- ropy (RO4)
Answer Definitions
- chlorophyll† (noun): Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.
- chop (noun): A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- choppy (adjective): Having many small, rough waves.
- clop (noun): The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.
- coop (noun): A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
- copy (noun): The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
- crop (noun): A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
- hoop (noun): A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
- hoppy (adjective): Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops.
- hypo (noun): Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression.
- lollop (verb): To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace.
- loop (noun): A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
- loopy (adjective): Having loops.
- orlop (noun): The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship.
- plop (noun): A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
- ploy (noun): A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
- poll (noun): A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
- polo (noun): A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
- polyp (noun): An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.
- pooch (noun): A dog.
- pooh (interjection): Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
- pool (noun): A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
- 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.
- poorly (adverb): In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort.
- poppy (noun): Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
- porch (noun): A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.
- prop (noun): An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
- propyl (noun): Either of two isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C3H7, formally derived from propane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
- pyro (noun): A pyromaniac.
- ropy (adjective): Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch.