NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 16, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | R |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, b, d, i, j, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 28 words |
| Total Points | 92 points |
| Genius Level | 64 points |
| Bingo? | No |
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| B | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 |
| D | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 6 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| J | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| R | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | 7 |
| Y | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | Σ | 15 | 11 | - | 1 | 1 | 28 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AI×1 AJ×1 AR×3 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×2 BI×1 BR×4 |
| D | DA×1 DI×1 DR×4 |
| I | |
| J | JA×1 |
| R | RA×6 RI×1 |
| Y | YA×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AIR×1 AJA×1 ARI×2 ARR×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BAR×2 BIR×1 BRA×3 BRI×1 |
| D | DAI×1 DIA×1 DRA×2 DRI×1 DRY×1 |
| I | |
| J | JAY×1 |
| R | RAB×2 RAD×2 RAI×1 RAJ×1 RIB×1 |
| Y | YAR×2 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ai.. | AI4 | (of a room or building) spacious, well lit, and well ventilated. |
| aj.. | AJ4 | Slightly turned or opened. |
| ar.. | AR4 | A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata. |
| ar.. | AR4 | Very dry. |
| ar... | AR5 | an ordered series or arrangement. |
| ba.. | BA4 | The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men. |
| bi.. | BI4 | A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs. |
| br.. | BR4 | A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin. |
| br... | BR5 | To make a sudden movement with, to jerk. |
| br.. | BR4 | Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry. |
| br... | BR5 | Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera. |
| da... | DA5 | A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese. |
| di... | DI5 | A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer. |
| dr.. | DR4 | A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour. |
| dr.. | DR4 | A low horse-drawn cart, often without sides, and used especially for heavy loads. |
| dr.. | DR4 | To cut off; chop off. |
| dr... | DR5 | A female tree spirit. |
| ja..... † | JA7 | A jay or blue jay. |
| ra... | RA5 | A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions. |
| ra... | RA5 | Affected with rabies. |
| ra... | RA5 | A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces |
| ra... | RA5 | plural of radius |
| ra.. | RA4 | A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle. |
| ra.. | RA4 | Alternative spelling of rajah |
| ri... | RI5 | Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed. |
| ya.. | YA4 | A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building. |
| ya...... | YA8 | A chicken. |
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.
- airy (AI4)
- ajar (AJ4)
- aria (AR4)
- arid (AR4)
- array (AR5)
- barb (BA4)
- bard (BA4)
- bird (BI4)
- brad (BR4)
- braid (BR5)
- bray (BR4)
- briar (BR5)
- dairy (DA5)
- diary (DI5)
- drab (DR4)
- dray (DR4)
- drib (DR4)
- dryad (DR5)
- jaybird† (JA7)
- rabbi (RA5)
- rabid (RA5)
- radar (RA5)
- radii (RA5)
- raid (RA4)
- raja (RA4)
- ribby (RI5)
- yard (YA4)
- yardbird (YA8)
Answer Definitions
- airy (adjective): (of a room or building) spacious, well lit, and well ventilated.
- ajar (adverb): Slightly turned or opened.
- aria (noun): A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.
- arid (adjective): Very dry.
- array (noun): an ordered series or arrangement.
- barb (noun): The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
- bard (noun): A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
- bird (noun): A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
- brad (noun): A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
- braid (verb): To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
- bray (verb): Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
- briar (noun): Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.
- dairy (noun): A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.
- diary (noun): A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.
- drab (noun): A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour.
- dray (noun): A low horse-drawn cart, often without sides, and used especially for heavy loads.
- drib (verb): To cut off; chop off.
- dryad (noun): A female tree spirit.
- jaybird† (noun): A jay or blue jay.
- rabbi (noun): A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
- rabid (adjective): Affected with rabies.
- radar (noun): A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces
- radii (noun): plural of radius
- raid (noun): A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
- raja (noun): Alternative spelling of rajah
- ribby (adjective): Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed.
- yard (noun): A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.
- yardbird (noun): A chicken.