NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 8, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | O |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | f, i, k, l, r, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 41 words |
| Total Points | 98 points |
| Genius Level | 69 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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 6 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 9 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| K | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| L | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 6 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| R | 8 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 10 |
| T | 10 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 13 | Σ | 31 | 6 | - | 2 | 2 | 41 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| F | FL×1 FO×8 |
|---|---|
| I | |
| K | KI×1 KO×1 |
| L | LI×1 LO×5 |
| O | OL×1 |
| R | RI×1 RO×9 |
| T | TO×10 TR×3 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| F | FLO×1 FOI×1 FOL×2 FOO×2 FOR×3 |
|---|---|
| I | |
| K | KIL×1 KOO×1 |
| L | LIF×1 LOF×1 LOL×1 LOO×2 LOT×1 |
| O | OLI×1 |
| R | RIO×1 ROI×1 ROL×1 ROO×3 ROT×4 |
| T | TOI×1 TOL×1 TOO×4 TOR×4 TRI×1 TRO×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) |
|---|---|---|
| fl... | FL5 | The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room. |
| fo.. | FO4 | A very thin sheet of metal. |
| fo... | FO5 | a leaf of a book or manuscript |
| fo.. | FO4 | Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history. |
| fo.. | FO4 | A person with poor judgment or little intelligence. |
| fo.. | FO4 | A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. |
| fo.. | FO4 | Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows: A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting. |
| fo...... † | FO8 | A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved. |
| fo.. | FO4 | A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops. |
| ki.. | KI4 | Clipping of kilogram. |
| ko.. | KO4 | An eccentric, strange or crazy person. |
| li..... | LI7 | The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground. |
| lo.. | LO4 | air, the air; the sky, the heavens. |
| 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 | A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks. |
| lo... | LO5 | a game of chance similar to bingo |
| ol.. | OL4 | A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables. |
| ri.. | RI4 | A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property. |
| ro.. | RO4 | To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of. |
| ro.. | RO4 | To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface. |
| ro.. | RO4 | The external covering at the top of a building. |
| ro.. | RO4 | A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family. |
| 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. |
| ro...... | RO8 | To break up and turn soil using a rototiller. |
| to.. | TO4 | Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature. |
| to.. | TO4 | Loss or damage incurred through a disaster. |
| to.. | TO4 | simple past tense of take |
| 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. |
| to.. | TO4 | The noise of a horn or whistle. |
| to.. | TO4 | plural of torus |
| 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.. | TO4 | An injury or wrong. |
| tr.. | TR4 | A group of three people or things. |
| tr... | TR5 | A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. |
| 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.
- floor (FL5)
- foil (FO4)
- folio (FO5)
- folk (FO4)
- fool (FO4)
- foot (FO4)
- fork (FO4)
- forklift† (FO8)
- fort (FO4)
- kilo (KI4)
- kook (KO4)
- liftoff (LI7)
- loft (LO4)
- loll (LO4)
- look (LO4)
- loot (LO4)
- lotto (LO5)
- olio (OL4)
- riot (RI4)
- roil (RO4)
- roll (RO4)
- roof (RO4)
- rook (RO4)
- root (RO4)
- roti (RO4)
- roto (RO4)
- rotor (RO5)
- rototill (RO8)
- toil (TO4)
- toll (TO4)
- took (TO4)
- tool (TO4)
- toolkit (TO7)
- toot (TO4)
- tori (TO4)
- torii (TO5)
- toro (TO4)
- tort (TO4)
- trio (TR4)
- troll (TR5)
- trot (TR4)
Answer Definitions
- floor (noun): The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
- foil (noun): A very thin sheet of metal.
- folio (noun): a leaf of a book or manuscript
- folk (adjective): Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
- fool (noun): A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
- foot (noun): A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
- fork (noun): Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows: A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting.
- forklift† (noun): A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.
- fort (noun): A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- kilo (noun): Clipping of kilogram.
- kook (noun): An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
- liftoff (noun): The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.
- loft (noun): air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
- 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.
- loot (noun): A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
- lotto (noun): a game of chance similar to bingo
- olio (noun): A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
- riot (noun): A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
- roil (verb): To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
- roll (verb): To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
- roof (noun): The external covering at the top of a building.
- rook (noun): A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
- 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.
- rototill (verb): To break up and turn soil using a rototiller.
- toil (noun): Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
- toll (noun): Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
- took (verb): simple past tense of take
- 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.
- toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
- tori (noun): plural of torus
- 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.
- tort (noun): An injury or wrong.
- trio (noun): A group of three people or things.
- troll (noun): A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
- trot (noun): An ugly old woman, a hag.