NYT Spelling Bee Answers for February 21, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | R |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | f, g, i, l, o, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 26 words |
| Total Points | 103 points |
| Genius Level | 72 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</th><th>8 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| G | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| R | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| F | FL×1 FO×1 FR×4 |
|---|---|
| G | GI×2 GL×2 GO×1 GR×4 GY×1 |
| I | |
| L | LO×2 |
| O | OR×1 |
| R | RI×3 RO×4 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| F | FLO×1 FOR×1 FRI×2 FRO×2 |
|---|---|
| G | GIR×2 GLO×2 GOR×1 GRI×1 GRO×3 GYR×1 |
| I | |
| L | LOG×1 LOR×1 |
| O | ORG×1 |
| R | RIF×1 RIG×1 RIL×1 ROI×2 ROL×1 ROO×1 |
| Y |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| fl... | FL5 | The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room. |
| fo... | FO5 | To let pass, to leave alone, to let go. |
| fr... | FR5 | A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim. |
| fr.... | FR6 | Having frills; frilled. |
| fr.. | FR4 | Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop. |
| fr.... | FR6 | A frog. |
| gi.. | GI4 | A female child, adolescent, or a young woman. |
| gi... | GI5 | Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, sweet; unmasculine. |
| gl..... † | GL7 | To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone). |
| gl... | GL5 | Great beauty and splendor. |
| go.. | GO4 | Covered with blood; very bloody. |
| gr... | GR5 | A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack. |
| gr.. | GR4 | An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy. |
| gr...... | GR8 | In a groggy manner |
| gr.... | GR6 | Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc. |
| gy.. | GY4 | A gyroscope. |
| lo..... | LO7 | To exchange political favours. |
| lo... | LO5 | A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods |
| 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). |
| ri.. | RI4 | A repeated instrumental melody line in a song. |
| ri... | RI5 | US spelling of rigour |
| ri.. | RI4 | A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet. |
| ro.. | RO4 | To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of. |
| ro... | RO5 | muddy, cloudy (having lots of sediment) |
| 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.. | RO4 | The external covering at the top of a building. |
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.
- floor (FL5)
- forgo (FO5)
- frill (FR5)
- frilly (FR6)
- frog (FR4)
- froggy (FR6)
- girl (GI4)
- girly (GI5)
- glorify† (GL7)
- glory (GL5)
- gory (GO4)
- grill (GR5)
- grog (GR4)
- groggily (GR8)
- groggy (GR6)
- gyro (GY4)
- logroll (LO7)
- lorry (LO5)
- orgy (OR4)
- riff (RI4)
- rigor (RI5)
- rill (RI4)
- roil (RO4)
- roily (RO5)
- roll (RO4)
- roof (RO4)
Answer Definitions
- floor (noun): The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
- forgo (verb): To let pass, to leave alone, to let go.
- frill (noun): A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
- frilly (adjective): Having frills; frilled.
- frog (noun): Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
- froggy (noun): A frog.
- girl (noun): A female child, adolescent, or a young woman.
- girly (adjective): Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, sweet; unmasculine.
- glorify† (verb): To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
- glory (noun): Great beauty and splendor.
- gory (adjective): Covered with blood; very bloody.
- grill (noun): A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
- grog (noun): An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
- groggily (adverb): In a groggy manner
- groggy (adjective): Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.
- gyro (noun): A gyroscope.
- logroll (verb): To exchange political favours.
- lorry (noun): A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods
- 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).
- riff (noun): A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.
- rigor (noun): US spelling of rigour
- rill (noun): A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
- roil (verb): To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
- roily (adjective): muddy, cloudy (having lots of sediment)
- 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.
- roof (noun): The external covering at the top of a building.