NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 18, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | F |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, i, l, o, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 35 words |
| Total Points | 164 points |
| Genius Level | 115 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</th><th>9</th><th>10 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| C | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| F | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 21 |
| I | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| L | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| O | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | 35 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AL×3 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×2 CL×1 CO×1 |
| F | FA×6 FI×4 FL×2 FO×9 |
| I | IF×1 |
| L | LA×1 LO×2 |
| O | OF×3 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ALF×1 ALO×2 |
|---|---|
| C | CAL×2 CLI×1 COI×1 |
| F | FAC×2 FAI×1 FAL×3 FIL×4 FLA×2 FOA×1 FOC×3 FOI×1 FOL×3 FOO×1 |
| I | IFF×1 |
| L | LAY×1 LOA×1 LOO×1 |
| O | OFF×3 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| al..... | AL7 | A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop. |
| al... | AL5 | At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. |
| al..... | AL7 | In an aloof manner. |
| ca..... | CA7 | To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A young cow or bull. |
| cl... | CL5 | A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. |
| co.. | CO4 | A hairdo. |
| fa.... | FA6 | Of or affecting the face. |
| fa...... | FA8 | Using or involving the face. |
| fa.. | FA4 | To be unsuccessful. |
| fa.. | FA4 | To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity. |
| fa..... | FA7 | Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind. |
| fa..... | FA7 | A reduction or decline. |
| fi.... | FI6 | Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter. |
| fi...... | FI8 | In a filial manner. |
| fi.. | FI4 | To occupy fully, to take up all of. |
| fi... | FI5 | A young female horse. |
| fl... | FL5 | A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material. |
| fl.. | FL4 | To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening). |
| fo.. | FO4 | A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old. |
| fo...... | FO8 | A flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast. |
| fo... | FO5 | Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus. |
| fo.. | FO4 | plural of focus |
| fo.. | FO4 | A very thin sheet of metal. |
| fo... | FO5 | Of or relating to foliage; pteroylglutamic, as in folic acid. |
| fo... | FO5 | a leaf of a book or manuscript |
| fo... | FO5 | Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality. |
| fo.. | FO4 | A person with poor judgment or little intelligence. |
| if.. | IF4 | Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality. |
| la.... | LA6 | A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct). |
| lo.. | LO4 | (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking. |
| lo... | LO5 | Alternative form of loofah |
| of... | OF5 | The internal organs of an animal, used as animal food. |
| of...... | OF8 | Of or pertaining to an office or public trust. |
| of........ † | OF10 | In an official manner; according to official rules or regulations. |
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.
- alfalfa (AL7)
- aloof (AL5)
- aloofly (AL7)
- calcify (CA7)
- calf (CA4)
- cliff (CL5)
- coif (CO4)
- facial (FA6)
- facially (FA8)
- fail (FA4)
- fall (FA4)
- fallacy (FA7)
- falloff (FA7)
- filial (FI6)
- filially (FI8)
- fill (FI4)
- filly (FI5)
- flail (FL5)
- flay (FL4)
- foal (FO4)
- focaccia (FO8)
- focal (FO5)
- foci (FO4)
- foil (FO4)
- folic (FO5)
- folio (FO5)
- folly (FO5)
- fool (FO4)
- iffy (IF4)
- layoff (LA6)
- loaf (LO4)
- loofa (LO5)
- offal (OF5)
- official (OF8)
- officially† (OF10)
Answer Definitions
- alfalfa (noun): A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
- aloof (adverb): At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
- aloofly (adverb): In an aloof manner.
- calcify (verb): To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
- calf (noun): A young cow or bull.
- cliff (noun): A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
- coif (noun): A hairdo.
- facial (adjective): Of or affecting the face.
- facially (adverb): Using or involving the face.
- fail (verb): To be unsuccessful.
- fall (verb): To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- fallacy (noun): Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
- falloff (noun): A reduction or decline.
- filial (adjective): Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
- filially (adverb): In a filial manner.
- fill (verb): To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- filly (noun): A young female horse.
- flail (noun): A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
- flay (verb): To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
- foal (noun): A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
- focaccia (noun): A flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.
- focal (adjective): Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus.
- foci (noun): plural of focus
- foil (noun): A very thin sheet of metal.
- folic (adjective): Of or relating to foliage; pteroylglutamic, as in folic acid.
- folio (noun): a leaf of a book or manuscript
- folly (noun): Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.
- fool (noun): A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
- iffy (adjective): Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality.
- layoff (noun): A dismissal of employees from their jobs because of tightened budgetary constraints or work shortage (not due to poor performance or misconduct).
- loaf (noun): (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
- loofa (noun): Alternative form of loofah
- offal (noun): The internal organs of an animal, used as animal food.
- official (adjective): Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
- officially† (adverb): In an official manner; according to official rules or regulations.