NYT Spelling Bee Answers for December 10, 2019

Dec 10, 2019 · 7 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for December 10, 2019

Game Summary

Center Letter	A
Outer Letters	f, k, l, n, r, y
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words	33 words
Total Points	112 points
Genius Level	78 points
Bingo?	Yes

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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
A	3	2	2	1	8
F	5	4	-	1	10
K	1	1	-	-	2
L	2	1	1	-	4
N	3	1	-	-	4
R	1	1	1	-	3
Y	2	-	-	-	2
Σ	17	10	4	2	33

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

A	AF×2 AL×3 AN×2 AR×1
F	FA×2 FL×5 FR×3
K	KA×1 KN×1
L	LA×4
N	NA×4
R	RA×3
Y	YA×2

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

A	AFA×1 AFF×1 ALF×1 ALL×2 ANA×2 ARR×1
F	FAL×1 FAN×1 FLA×5 FRA×3
K	KAY×1 KNA×1
L	LAN×3 LAR×1
N	NAA×1 NAN×2 NAR×1
R	RAL×1 RAN×2
Y	YAN×1 YAR×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)
af..	AF4	At, to, or from a great distance; far away.
af....	AF6	To startle from quiet; to alarm.
al.....	AL7	A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
al...	AL5	To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
al..	AL4	To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
an..	AN4	of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
an....	AN6	Involving the anus.
ar...	AR5	an ordered series or arrangement.
fa..	FA4	To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
fa...	FA5	euphemism for the buttocks
fl..	FL4	Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
fl...	FL5	Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
fl..	FL4	Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
fl...	FL5	To attack the flank(s) of.
fl..	FL4	To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
fr...	FR5	honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
fr..... ^†	FR7	In a frank or candid manner, especially in a way that may seem too open, excessively honest, or slightly blunt.
fr..	FR4	To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction.
ka...	KA5	A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck
kn..	KN4	A knot or burl in a tree; a knurl, a gnarl.
la..	LA4	Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
la....	LA6	In a lank way.
la...	LA5	Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.
la..	LA4	Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
na..	NA4	A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
na..	NA4	A banana.
na...	NA5	A child's nurse.
na..	NA4	Not, never.
ra...	RA5	A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
ra..	RA4	The symbol for rank.
ra....	RA6	In a rank manner.
ya..	YA4	A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
ya..	YA4	A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.

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.

afar (AF4)
affray (AF6)
alfalfa (AL7)
allay (AL5)
ally (AL4)
anal (AN4)
anally (AN6)
array (AR5)
fall (FA4)
fanny (FA5)
flak (FL4)
flaky (FL5)
flan (FL4)
flank (FL5)
flay (FL4)
frank (FR5)
frankly^† (FR7)
fray (FR4)
kayak (KA5)
knar (KN4)
lank (LA4)
lankly (LA6)
lanky (LA5)
lark (LA4)
naan (NA4)
nana (NA4)
nanny (NA5)
nary (NA4)
rally (RA5)
rank (RA4)
rankly (RA6)
yank (YA4)
yarn (YA4)

Answer Definitions

afar (adverb): At, to, or from a great distance; far away.
affray (verb): To startle from quiet; to alarm.
alfalfa (noun): A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
allay (verb): To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
ally (verb): To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
anal (adjective): of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
anally (adverb): Involving the anus.
array (noun): an ordered series or arrangement.
fall (verb): To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
fanny (noun): euphemism for the buttocks
flak (noun): Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
flaky (adjective): Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
flan (noun): Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
flank (verb): To attack the flank(s) of.
flay (verb): To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
frank (adjective): honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
frankly^† (adverb): In a frank or candid manner, especially in a way that may seem too open, excessively honest, or slightly blunt.
fray (verb): To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction.
kayak (noun): A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck
knar (noun): A knot or burl in a tree; a knurl, a gnarl.
lank (adjective): Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
lankly (adverb): In a lank way.
lanky (adjective): Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.
lark (noun): Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
nana (noun): A banana.
nanny (noun): A child's nurse.
nary (adverb): Not, never.
rally (noun): A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
rank (symbol): The symbol for rank.
rankly (adverb): In a rank manner.
yank (noun): A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
yarn (noun): A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.