NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 4, 2019

Oct 4, 2019 · 5 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for October 4, 2019

Game Summary

Center Letter	R
Outer Letters	c, g, h, o, u, y
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words	21 words
Total Points	91 points
Genius Level	64 points
Bingo?	No

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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	1	1	3	1	6
G	4	-	2	1	7
H	1	1	1	-	3
O	1	1	-	-	2
R	-	1	1	-	2
U	-	-	-	-	-
Y	1	-	-	-	1
Σ	8	4	7	2	21

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

C	CH×3 CR×2 CU×1
G	GO×1 GR×4 GU×1 GY×1
H	HO×2 HU×1
O	OC×1 OR×1
R	RO×2
U
Y	YO×1

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

C	CHU×3 CRO×2 CUR×1
G	GOR×1 GRO×4 GUR×1 GYR×1
H	HOR×1 HOU×1 HUR×1
O	OCC×1 ORG×1
R	ROC×1 ROU×1
U
Y	YOU×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....	CH6	A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
ch.....	CH7	Piously Christian.
ch....	CH6	A fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage.
cr..	CR4	A crocodile.
cr....	CR6	To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
cu...	CU5	One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce.
go..	GO4	Covered with blood; very bloody.
gr..	GR4	An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
gr....	GR6	Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
gr....	GR6	A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.
gr..... ^†	GR7	Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.
gu..	GU4	A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher.
gy..	GY4	A gyroscope.
ho....	HO6	An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
ho..	HO4	A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day.
hu...	HU5	Rushed action.
oc...	OC5	To happen or take place.
or..	OR4	Originally, secret rites or ceremonies, typically involving riotous and dissolute behaviour, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honour of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc).
ro....	RO6	A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
ro...	RO5	Not smooth; uneven.
yo..	YO4	Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).

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.

church (CH6)
churchy (CH7)
churro (CH6)
croc (CR4)
crouch (CR6)
curry (CU5)
gory (GO4)
grog (GR4)
groggy (GR6)
grouch (GR6)
grouchy^† (GR7)
guru (GU4)
gyro (GY4)
horror (HO6)
hour (HO4)
hurry (HU5)
occur (OC5)
orgy (OR4)
rococo (RO6)
rough (RO5)
your (YO4)

Answer Definitions

church (noun): A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
churchy (adjective): Piously Christian.
churro (noun): A fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage.
croc (noun): A crocodile.
crouch (verb): To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
curry (noun): One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce.
gory (adjective): Covered with blood; very bloody.
grog (noun): An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
groggy (adjective): Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
grouch (noun): A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.
grouchy^† (adjective): Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain.
guru (noun): A Hindu or Sikh spiritual teacher.
gyro (noun): A gyroscope.
horror (noun): An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
hour (noun): A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day.
hurry (noun): Rushed action.
occur (verb): To happen or take place.
orgy (noun): Originally, secret rites or ceremonies, typically involving riotous and dissolute behaviour, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honour of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc).
rococo (noun): A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
rough (adjective): Not smooth; uneven.
your (determiner): Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).