NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 9, 2020

Jan 9, 2020 · 7 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for January 9, 2020

Game Summary

Center Letter	L
Outer Letters	e, f, g, o, v, x
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: none)
Total Words	25 words
Total Points	75 points
Genius Level	53 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</th><th>8	Σ
E	-	-	1	-	-	1
F	7	-	-	-	1	8
G	2	2	3	-	-	7
L	4	2	-	-	-	6
O	2	-	-	-	-	2
V	1	-	-	-	-	1
X	-	-	-	-	-	-
Σ	16	4	4	-	1	25

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

E	EV×1
F	FE×2 FL×4 FO×2
G	GE×1 GL×2 GO×4
L	LE×2 LO×4
O	OG×1 OL×1
V	VO×1
X

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

E	EVO×1
F	FEE×1 FEL×1 FLE×2 FLO×2 FOO×1 FOX×1
G	GEL×1 GLE×1 GLO×1 GOG×1 GOL×1 GOO×2
L	LEV×2 LOG×2 LOL×1 LOV×1
O	OGL×1 OLE×1
V	VOL×1
X

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)
ev....	EV6	To move in regular procession through a system.
fe..	FE4	To use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
fe..	FE4	To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
fl..	FL4	To run away; to escape.
fl..	FL4	Flexibility, pliancy.
fl..	FL4	A low, flat mass of floating ice.
fl..	FL4	To whip or scourge as punishment.
fo..	FO4	A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
fo...... ^†	FO8	Digitalis, a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant.
ge...	GE5	Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes.
gl..	GL4	Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
gl...	GL5	An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
go....	GO6	To stare (at something) with wide eyes.
go..	GO4	A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.
go....	GO6	To bowl (a cricket ball) so that it performs a googly (“a ball by a leg-break bowler that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery”).
go....	GO6	The number 10 100 {\displaystyle 10^{100}} , or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sedecilliard (long scale).
le...	LE5	An elevated geographical feature.
le...	LE5	The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
lo..	LO4	A booth or stall.
lo..	LO4	A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
lo..	LO4	To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
lo..	LO4	A deep caring for the existence of another.
og..	OG4	To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
ol..	OL4	A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects.
vo..	VO4	Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats.

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.

evolve (EV6)
feel (FE4)
fell (FE4)
flee (FL4)
flex (FL4)
floe (FL4)
flog (FL4)
fool (FO4)
foxglove^† (FO8)
gelee (GE5)
glee (GL4)
glove (GL5)
goggle (GO6)
golf (GO4)
google (GO6)
googol (GO6)
levee (LE5)
level (LE5)
loge (LO4)
logo (LO4)
loll (LO4)
love (LO4)
ogle (OG4)
oleo (OL4)
vole (VO4)

Answer Definitions

evolve (verb): To move in regular procession through a system.
feel (verb): To use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
fell (verb): To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
flee (verb): To run away; to escape.
flex (noun): Flexibility, pliancy.
floe (noun): A low, flat mass of floating ice.
flog (verb): To whip or scourge as punishment.
fool (noun): A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
foxglove^† (noun): Digitalis, a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant.
gelee (noun): Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes.
glee (noun): Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
glove (noun): An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
goggle (verb): To stare (at something) with wide eyes.
golf (noun): A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.
google (verb): To bowl (a cricket ball) so that it performs a googly (“a ball by a leg-break bowler that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery”).
googol (numeral): The number 10 100 {\displaystyle 10^{100}} , or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sedecilliard (long scale).
levee (noun): An elevated geographical feature.
level (adjective): The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
loge (noun): A booth or stall.
logo (noun): A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
love (noun): A deep caring for the existence of another.
ogle (verb): To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
oleo (noun): A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects.
vole (noun): Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats.