NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 9, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | R |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, h, l, m, n, o |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 30 words |
| Total Points | 109 points |
| Genius Level | 76 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| H | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 10 |
| L | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| M | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| N | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| R | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | Σ | 14 | 10 | 5 | - | 1 | 30 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AL×1 AM×1 AR×2 |
|---|---|
| H | HA×2 HO×8 |
| L | |
| M | MA×3 MO×5 |
| N | NO×2 |
| O | OR×1 |
| R | RO×5 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ALA×1 AMO×1 ARM×1 ARO×1 |
|---|---|
| H | HAR×2 HOA×1 HON×1 HOO×1 HOR×5 |
| L | |
| M | MAN×1 MAR×2 MOL×1 MOO×1 MOR×3 |
| N | NOR×2 |
| O | ORA×1 |
| R | ROA×3 ROL×1 ROO×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) |
|---|---|---|
| al... | AL5 | A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. |
| am.... | AM6 | Neither moral nor immoral. |
| ar... | AR5 | A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. |
| ar... | AR5 | A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one. |
| ha... | HA5 | A sin. |
| ha.. | HA4 | physical injury; hurt; damage |
| ho.. | HO4 | A white or greyish-white colour. |
| ho... | HO5 | recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration |
| ho.... | HO6 | Alternative form of hurrah |
| ho.. | HO4 | A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide. |
| ho... | HO5 | Of or relating to an hour, or to hours. |
| ho...... † | HO8 | Pertaining to hormones. |
| 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. |
| ma... | MA5 | A landed estate. |
| ma.. | MA4 | madam; a polite term of address for a lady. |
| ma.... | MA6 | An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. |
| mo... | MO5 | A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food. |
| mo.. | MO4 | An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath |
| mo... | MO5 | Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Morning. |
| mo... | MO5 | A stupid person; an idiot; a fool. |
| no.. | NO4 | That which is normal or typical. |
| no.... | NO6 | According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern. |
| or.. | OR4 | Relating to the mouth. |
| ro.. | RO4 | To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in |
| ro.. | RO4 | To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion. |
| 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 | Opportunity or scope (to do something). |
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.
- alarm (AL5)
- amoral (AM6)
- armor (AR5)
- aroma (AR5)
- haram (HA5)
- harm (HA4)
- hoar (HO4)
- honor (HO5)
- hoorah (HO6)
- hora (HO4)
- horal (HO5)
- hormonal† (HO8)
- horn (HO4)
- horror (HO6)
- manor (MA5)
- marm (MA4)
- maroon (MA6)
- molar (MO5)
- moor (MO4)
- moral (MO5)
- morn (MO4)
- moron (MO5)
- norm (NO4)
- normal (NO6)
- oral (OR4)
- roam (RO4)
- roan (RO4)
- roar (RO4)
- roll (RO4)
- room (RO4)
Answer Definitions
- alarm (noun): A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- amoral (adjective): Neither moral nor immoral.
- armor (noun): A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
- aroma (noun): A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
- haram (noun): A sin.
- harm (noun): physical injury; hurt; damage
- hoar (noun): A white or greyish-white colour.
- honor (noun): recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration
- hoorah (interjection): Alternative form of hurrah
- hora (noun): A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.
- horal (adjective): Of or relating to an hour, or to hours.
- hormonal† (adjective): Pertaining to hormones.
- 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.
- manor (noun): A landed estate.
- marm (noun): madam; a polite term of address for a lady.
- maroon (noun): An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.
- molar (noun): A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.
- moor (noun): An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
- moral (adjective): Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
- morn (noun): Morning.
- moron (noun): A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
- norm (noun): That which is normal or typical.
- normal (adjective): According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
- oral (adjective): Relating to the mouth.
- roam (verb): To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
- roan (adjective): Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
- roar (verb): To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
- 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.
- room (noun): Opportunity or scope (to do something).