NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 31, 2019
Game Summary
| Center Letter | O |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | f, i, n, p, r, t |
| # of Pangrams | 3 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 69 words |
| Total Points | 304 points |
| Genius Level | 213 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
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</th><th>9</th><th>10 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 6 |
| I | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| N | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
| O | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| P | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 23 |
| R | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 9 |
| T | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 15 | Σ | 28 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 69 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| F | FI×1 FO×4 FR×1 |
|---|---|
| I | IN×4 IR×1 |
| N | NI×1 NO×5 |
| O | OF×1 ON×2 OP×2 |
| P | PI×5 PO×11 PR×7 |
| R | RI×2 RO×7 |
| T | TI×2 TO×9 TR×4 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| F | FIN×1 FON×1 FOO×2 FOR×1 FRO×1 |
|---|---|
| I | INF×1 INT×3 IRO×1 |
| N | NIT×1 NOI×1 NON×2 NOO×1 NOT×1 |
| O | OFF×1 ONI×1 ONT×1 OPI×1 OPT×1 |
| P | PIN×4 PIT×1 POI×1 PON×2 POO×3 POR×4 POT×1 PRI×1 PRO×6 |
| R | RIO×1 RIP×1 ROO×3 ROT×4 |
| T | TIP×2 TOO×2 TOR×7 TRI×2 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) |
|---|---|---|
| fi.... | FI6 | Finished; over with. |
| fo.. | FO4 | A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism. |
| 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....... † | FO9 | The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow. |
| fo.. | FO4 | A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops. |
| fr... | FR5 | The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. |
| in.. | IN4 | information. |
| in.. | IN4 | To or towards the inside of. |
| in... | IN5 | An introduction. |
| in..... | IN7 | A composition of vocal music sung at the opening of a church service. |
| ir.. | IR4 | A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel. |
| ni... | NI5 | the univalent NO2 functional group. |
| no.. | NO4 | Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre |
| no...... | NO8 | Being or pertaining to a source not found in print; not in print. |
| no....... † | NO9 | Not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain). |
| no.. | NO4 | The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. |
| no.... | NO6 | Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept. |
| of...... † | OF8 | A reproduction of a single article from a journal or similar publication. |
| on... | ON5 | A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. |
| on.. | ON4 | Upon; on top of. |
| op..... | OP7 | A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing. |
| op.... | OP6 | One of a set of choices that can be made. |
| pi.... | PI6 | A wing. |
| pi... | PI5 | Any of several grape varieties grown in Europe and North America. |
| pi...... | PI8 | The point of a pin. |
| pi... | PI5 | A horse with a patchy coloration that includes white. |
| pi... | PI5 | A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber). |
| po... | PO5 | A discrete division of something. An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality. |
| po..... | PO7 | A member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs; a pontifex. |
| po..... | PO7 | A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge. |
| po.. | PO4 | Onomatopoeia indicating a small explosion with a cloud of smoke; as caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance. |
| 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.. | PO4 | Pornography. |
| po... | PO5 | Pornographic |
| po.. | PO4 | A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. |
| po..... | PO7 | An allocated amount. |
| po.... | PO6 | A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical. |
| pr... | PR5 | Advance; previous; coming before. |
| pr.... | PR6 | Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price. |
| pr.... | PR6 | Quickly, very soon, promptly. |
| pr... | PR5 | An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. |
| pr.. | PR4 | An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports. |
| pr........ | PR10 | A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number. |
| pr.... | PR6 | A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark. |
| ri.. | RI4 | A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property. |
| ri.... | RI6 | Alternative spelling of rip-off |
| ro.. | RO4 | The external covering at the top of a building. |
| ro..... | RO7 | The area atop a roof. |
| 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.... | RO6 | A type of helix- or corkscrew-shaped pasta similar to fusilli. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Clipping of rotogravure. |
| ro... | RO5 | A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump. |
| ti.... | TI6 | Alternative spelling of tip-off |
| ti.... | TI6 | The very topmost point. |
| to.. | TO4 | A cartoon, especially an animated television show. |
| 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 | past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed). |
| to.. | TO4 | A traditional Japanese lantern. |
| to.... | TO6 | A state of being inactive or stuporous. |
| to.. | TO4 | An injury or wrong. |
| to..... | TO7 | Any of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and topped with almonds, crumbled macaroons, etc. |
| tr.. | TR4 | A group of three people or things. |
| tr.... | TR6 | the atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons |
| tr... | TR5 | A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general). |
| 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.
- finito (FI6)
- font (FO4)
- foot (FO4)
- footprint† (FO9)
- fort (FO4)
- front (FR5)
- info (IN4)
- into (IN4)
- intro (IN5)
- introit (IN7)
- iron (IR4)
- nitro (NI5)
- noir (NO4)
- nonprint (NO8)
- nonprofit† (NO9)
- noon (NO4)
- notion (NO6)
- offprint† (OF8)
- onion (ON5)
- onto (ON4)
- opinion (OP7)
- option (OP6)
- pinion (PI6)
- pinot (PI5)
- pinpoint (PI8)
- pinto (PI5)
- piton (PI5)
- point (PO5)
- pontiff (PO7)
- pontoon (PO7)
- poof (PO4)
- poop (PO4)
- poor (PO4)
- porn (PO4)
- porno (PO5)
- port (PO4)
- portion (PO7)
- potion (PO6)
- prior (PR5)
- profit (PR6)
- pronto (PR6)
- proof (PR5)
- prop (PR4)
- proportion (PR10)
- proton (PR6)
- riot (RI4)
- ripoff (RI6)
- roof (RO4)
- rooftop (RO7)
- root (RO4)
- roti (RO4)
- rotini (RO6)
- roto (RO4)
- rotor (RO5)
- tipoff (TI6)
- tiptop (TI6)
- toon (TO4)
- toot (TO4)
- tori (TO4)
- torii (TO5)
- torn (TO4)
- toro (TO4)
- torpor (TO6)
- tort (TO4)
- tortoni (TO7)
- trio (TR4)
- triton (TR6)
- troop (TR5)
- trot (TR4)
Answer Definitions
- finito (adjective): Finished; over with.
- font (noun): A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
- 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.
- footprint† (noun): The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
- fort (noun): A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- front (noun): The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
- info (noun): information.
- into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
- intro (noun): An introduction.
- introit (noun): A composition of vocal music sung at the opening of a church service.
- iron (noun): A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
- nitro (noun): the univalent NO2 functional group.
- noir (adjective): Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre
- nonprint (adjective): Being or pertaining to a source not found in print; not in print.
- nonprofit† (adjective): Not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain).
- noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
- offprint† (noun): A reproduction of a single article from a journal or similar publication.
- onion (noun): A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
- opinion (noun): A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
- option (noun): One of a set of choices that can be made.
- pinion (noun): A wing.
- pinot (noun): Any of several grape varieties grown in Europe and North America.
- pinpoint (noun): The point of a pin.
- pinto (noun): A horse with a patchy coloration that includes white.
- piton (noun): A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber).
- point (noun): A discrete division of something. An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- pontiff (noun): A member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs; a pontifex.
- pontoon (noun): A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge.
- poof (interjection): Onomatopoeia indicating a small explosion with a cloud of smoke; as caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.
- 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.
- porn (noun): Pornography.
- porno (adjective): Pornographic
- port (noun): A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
- portion (noun): An allocated amount.
- potion (noun): A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
- prior (adjective): Advance; previous; coming before.
- profit (noun): Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
- pronto (adverb): Quickly, very soon, promptly.
- proof (noun): An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
- prop (noun): An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
- proportion (noun): A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
- proton (noun): A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.
- riot (noun): A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
- ripoff (noun): Alternative spelling of rip-off
- roof (noun): The external covering at the top of a building.
- rooftop (noun): The area atop a roof.
- 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.
- rotini (noun): A type of helix- or corkscrew-shaped pasta similar to fusilli.
- roto (noun): Clipping of rotogravure.
- rotor (noun): A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
- tipoff (noun): Alternative spelling of tip-off
- tiptop (noun): The very topmost point.
- toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
- 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.
- torn (verb): past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed).
- toro (noun): A traditional Japanese lantern.
- torpor (noun): A state of being inactive or stuporous.
- tort (noun): An injury or wrong.
- tortoni (noun): Any of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and topped with almonds, crumbled macaroons, etc.
- trio (noun): A group of three people or things.
- triton (noun): the atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons
- troop (noun): A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
- trot (noun): An ugly old woman, a hag.