NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 11, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | R |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, i, m, o, t, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 32 words |
| Total Points | 93 points |
| Genius Level | 65 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</th><th>9 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| M | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| R | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| T | 9 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 13 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 21 | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 32 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| D | DI×2 DO×4 DR×1 |
|---|---|
| I | |
| M | MI×1 MO×2 |
| O | OD×1 |
| R | RI×1 RO×7 |
| T | TO×7 TR×5 TY×1 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| D | DIR×2 DOO×1 DOR×3 DRO×1 |
|---|---|
| I | |
| M | MIR×1 MOO×1 MOT×1 |
| O | ODO×1 |
| R | RIO×1 ROO×4 ROT×3 |
| T | TOM×1 TOR×6 TRI×2 TRO×3 TYR×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) |
|---|---|---|
| di.. | DI4 | Soil or earth. |
| di... | DI5 | Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime. |
| do.. | DO4 | A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key. |
| do.. | DO4 | Clipping of dormitory. |
| do....... † | DO9 | A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind. |
| do.. | DO4 | A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers. |
| dr... | DR5 | A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android). |
| mi.... | MI6 | A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it. |
| 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 | A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion. |
| od.. | OD4 | Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive. |
| ri.. | RI4 | A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property. |
| ro.. | RO4 | A crucifix, cross, especially in a church. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Opportunity or scope (to do something). |
| ro... | RO5 | Spacious, expansive, comfortable. |
| ro.. | RO4 | The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction. |
| ro.. | RO4 | A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Clipping of rotogravure. |
| ro... | RO5 | A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump. |
| to...... | TO8 | Nonsense, rot. |
| to.. | TO4 | plural of torus |
| to... | TO5 | A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred. |
| to.. | TO4 | A traditional Japanese lantern. |
| to.... | TO6 | A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane. |
| to.... | TO6 | Very hot and dry. |
| to.. | TO4 | An injury or wrong. |
| tr.. | TR4 | To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess. |
| tr.. | TR4 | A group of three people or things. |
| tr.. | TR4 | simple past tense of tread |
| tr.. | TR4 | An ugly old woman, a hag. |
| tr.. | TR4 | Of, or relating to, troy weight. |
| ty.. | TY4 | A beginner; a novice. |
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.
- dirt (DI4)
- dirty (DI5)
- door (DO4)
- dorm (DO4)
- dormitory† (DO9)
- dory (DO4)
- droid (DR5)
- mirror (MI6)
- moor (MO4)
- motor (MO5)
- odor (OD4)
- riot (RI4)
- rood (RO4)
- room (RO4)
- roomy (RO5)
- root (RO4)
- roti (RO4)
- roto (RO4)
- rotor (RO5)
- tommyrot (TO8)
- tori (TO4)
- torii (TO5)
- toro (TO4)
- toroid (TO6)
- torrid (TO6)
- tort (TO4)
- trim (TR4)
- trio (TR4)
- trod (TR4)
- trot (TR4)
- troy (TR4)
- tyro (TY4)
Answer Definitions
- dirt (noun): Soil or earth.
- dirty (adjective): Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
- door (noun): A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
- dorm (noun): Clipping of dormitory.
- dormitory† (noun): A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
- dory (noun): A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
- droid (noun): A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android).
- mirror (noun): A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
- 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
- motor (noun): A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
- odor (noun): Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
- riot (noun): A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
- rood (noun): A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
- room (noun): Opportunity or scope (to do something).
- roomy (adjective): Spacious, expansive, comfortable.
- root (noun): The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- roti (noun): A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.
- roto (noun): Clipping of rotogravure.
- rotor (noun): A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
- tommyrot (noun): Nonsense, rot.
- tori (noun): plural of torus
- torii (noun): A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.
- toro (noun): A traditional Japanese lantern.
- toroid (noun): A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.
- torrid (adjective): Very hot and dry.
- tort (noun): An injury or wrong.
- trim (verb): To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
- trio (noun): A group of three people or things.
- trod (verb): simple past tense of tread
- trot (noun): An ugly old woman, a hag.
- troy (adjective): Of, or relating to, troy weight.
- tyro (noun): A beginner; a novice.