NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 17, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | O |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | g, h, l, n, r, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 23 words |
| Total Points | 87 points |
| Genius Level | 61 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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| H | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| L | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| N | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| O | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| R | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| U | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | Σ | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| G | GH×1 GO×4 GR×1 |
|---|---|
| H | HO×5 |
| L | LO×6 |
| N | NO×2 |
| O | OO×1 |
| R | RO×2 |
| U | UN×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| G | GHO×1 GON×1 GOO×2 GOR×1 GRO×1 |
|---|---|
| H | HON×1 HOR×2 HOU×2 |
| L | LOG×2 LOL×1 LON×2 LOO×1 |
| N | NOO×1 NOU×1 |
| O | OOL×1 |
| R | ROL×1 ROU×1 |
| U | UNR×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) |
|---|---|---|
| gh... | GH5 | A demon said to feed on corpses. |
| go.. | GO4 | A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer. |
| 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). |
| go.. | GO4 | A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon'). |
| go.... | GO6 | A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale |
| gr.. | GR4 | An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy. |
| ho... | HO5 | recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration |
| ho.. | HO4 | A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired. |
| ho.... | HO6 | An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day. |
| ho...... † | HO8 | which lasts an hour, or approximately so |
| lo.. | LO4 | A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization. |
| lo..... | LO7 | To exchange political favours. |
| lo.. | LO4 | To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. |
| lo.. | LO4 | Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point . |
| lo...... | LO8 | A breed of beef cattle, having long horns, bred in Texas and other parts of southwest United States. |
| lo.. | LO4 | An idler, a lout. |
| no.. | NO4 | The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. |
| no.. | NO4 | A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English. |
| oo.... | OO6 | A partially fermented tea, often roasted, which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea. |
| 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... | RO5 | Not smooth; uneven. |
| un.... | UN6 | To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled. |
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.
- ghoul (GH5)
- gong (GO4)
- googol (GO6)
- goon (GO4)
- gorgon (GO6)
- grog (GR4)
- honor (HO5)
- horn (HO4)
- horror (HO6)
- hour (HO4)
- hourlong† (HO8)
- logo (LO4)
- logroll (LO7)
- loll (LO4)
- long (LO4)
- longhorn (LO8)
- loon (LO4)
- noon (NO4)
- noun (NO4)
- oolong (OO6)
- roll (RO4)
- rough (RO5)
- unroll (UN6)
Answer Definitions
- ghoul (noun): A demon said to feed on corpses.
- gong (noun): A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
- 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).
- goon (noun): A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
- gorgon (noun): A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. One of the three sisters: Medusa, Stheno and Euryale
- grog (noun): An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
- honor (noun): recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration
- horn (noun): A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
- horror (noun): An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
- hour (noun): A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day.
- hourlong† (adjective): which lasts an hour, or approximately so
- logo (noun): A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
- logroll (verb): To exchange political favours.
- loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
- long (adjective): Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point .
- longhorn (noun): A breed of beef cattle, having long horns, bred in Texas and other parts of southwest United States.
- loon (noun): An idler, a lout.
- noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- noun (noun): A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
- oolong (noun): A partially fermented tea, often roasted, which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea.
- 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.
- rough (adjective): Not smooth; uneven.
- unroll (verb): To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.