NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 11, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | O |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, g, h, r, u, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 22 words |
| Total Points | 90 points |
| Genius Level | 63 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 | Σ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 |
| G | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| H | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| O | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| R | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| U | - | - | - | - | - |
| Y | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | Σ | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 22 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CH×1 CO×3 CR×2 |
|---|---|
| G | GO×1 GR×4 GY×1 |
| H | HO×3 |
| O | OC×1 OR×1 OU×1 |
| R | RO×2 |
| U | |
| Y | YO×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CHU×1 COH×1 COU×2 CRO×2 |
|---|---|
| G | GOR×1 GRO×4 GYR×1 |
| H | HOO×1 HOR×1 HOU×1 |
| O | OCC×1 ORG×1 OUC×1 |
| R | ROC×1 ROU×1 |
| U | |
| Y | YOO×1 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 fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage. |
| co.. | CO4 | An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes. |
| co... | CO5 | An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person. |
| co... | CO5 | To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| gy.. | GY4 | A gyroscope. |
| ho... | HO5 | Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky. |
| ho.... | HO6 | An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day. |
| 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). |
| ou.. | OU4 | An expression of one's own physical pain. |
| ro.... | RO6 | A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation. |
| ro... | RO5 | Not smooth; uneven. |
| yo.... | YO6 | Used to get attention. |
| 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.
- churro (CH6)
- coho (CO4)
- couch (CO5)
- cough (CO5)
- croc (CR4)
- crouch (CR6)
- gory (GO4)
- grog (GR4)
- groggy (GR6)
- grouch (GR6)
- grouchy† (GR7)
- gyro (GY4)
- hooch (HO5)
- horror (HO6)
- hour (HO4)
- occur (OC5)
- orgy (OR4)
- ouch (OU4)
- rococo (RO6)
- rough (RO5)
- yoohoo (YO6)
- your (YO4)
Answer Definitions
- churro (noun): A fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage.
- coho (noun): An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
- couch (noun): An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
- cough (verb): To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
- 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.
- 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.
- gyro (noun): A gyroscope.
- hooch (noun): Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
- horror (noun): An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
- hour (noun): A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day.
- 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).
- ouch (interjection): An expression of one's own physical pain.
- rococo (noun): A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
- rough (adjective): Not smooth; uneven.
- yoohoo (interjection): Used to get attention.
- your (determiner): Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).