NYT Spelling Bee Answers for February 18, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | D |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, i, m, n, o, t |
| # of Pangrams | 6 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 42 words |
| Total Points | 249 points |
| Genius Level | 174 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</th><th>11</th><th>12 | Σ | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| D | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 18 |
| I | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| M | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| N | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Σ | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 42 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AD×6 AM×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DA×4 DI×5 DO×9 |
| I | ID×2 IN×1 |
| M | MA×3 MI×2 MO×3 |
| N | NA×2 NO×2 |
| O | |
| T | TI×1 TO×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ADA×1 ADD×1 ADM×4 AMI×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DAM×3 DAT×1 DIA×2 DIN×2 DIT×1 DOD×1 DOM×5 DON×1 DOO×2 |
| I | IDI×2 INT×1 |
| M | MAD×2 MAI×1 MID×1 MIN×1 MON×2 MOO×1 |
| N | NAD×1 NAI×1 NOM×1 NON×1 |
| O | |
| T | TIM×1 TOA×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ad........ † | AD10 | Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning. |
| da....... † | DA9 | The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation. |
| do...... † | DO8 | The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on. |
| do........ † | DO10 | Control by means of superior ability, influence, position, or resources; prevailing force. |
| in.......... † | IN12 | The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated |
| no......... † | NO11 | Not dominant. |
| ad..... | AD7 | Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined. |
| ad...... | AD8 | The act of adding anything. |
| ad... | AD5 | A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements. |
| ad... | AD5 | Administration, or administrative work. |
| ad... | AD5 | To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration |
| am.. | AM4 | In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by. |
| da.... | DA6 | Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment. |
| da.. | DA4 | To condemn to hell. |
| da.. | DA4 | plural of datum |
| di..... | DI7 | A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron. |
| di.... | DI6 | Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta. |
| di.. | DI4 | dinosaur. |
| di.. | DI4 | A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight. |
| di... | DI5 | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise. |
| do.. | DO4 | A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius. |
| do.... | DO6 | A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization. |
| do...... | DO8 | Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy. |
| do.... | DO6 | A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. |
| do...... | DO8 | A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause. |
| do.... | DO6 | Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing. |
| do.. | DO4 | Destiny, especially terrible. |
| id... | ID5 | A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people. |
| id... | ID5 | A person of low general intelligence. |
| ma... | MA5 | A polite form of address for a woman or lady. |
| ma.... | MA6 | A male who is insane or mentally disturbed. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden. |
| mi.. | MI4 | Having a hemline at mid-calf length. |
| mi.. | MI4 | The ability of rational thought. |
| mo... | MO5 | An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible. |
| mo... | MO5 | A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A mental or emotional state, composure. |
| na.. | NA4 | Nothing. |
| na... | NA5 | A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water. |
| no... | NO5 | A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home. |
| ti... | TI5 | Lacking in courage or confidence. |
| to.. | TO4 | An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae. |
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.
- admonition† (AD10)
- damnation† (DA9)
- dominant† (DO8)
- domination† (DO10)
- intimidation† (IN12)
- nondominant† (NO11)
- adamant (AD7)
- addition (AD8)
- adman (AD5)
- admin (AD5)
- admit (AD5)
- amid (AM4)
- dammit (DA6)
- damn (DA4)
- data (DA4)
- diamond (DI7)
- diatom (DI6)
- dino (DI4)
- dint (DI4)
- ditto (DI5)
- dodo (DO4)
- domain (DO6)
- dominion (DO8)
- domino (DO6)
- donation (DO8)
- doodad (DO6)
- doom (DO4)
- idiom (ID5)
- idiot (ID5)
- madam (MA5)
- madman (MA6)
- maid (MA4)
- midi (MI4)
- mind (MI4)
- monad (MO5)
- mondo (MO5)
- mood (MO4)
- nada (NA4)
- naiad (NA5)
- nomad (NO5)
- timid (TI5)
- toad (TO4)
Answer Definitions
- admonition† (noun): Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.
- damnation† (noun): The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
- dominant† (noun): The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
- domination† (noun): Control by means of superior ability, influence, position, or resources; prevailing force.
- intimidation† (noun): The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated
- nondominant† (adjective): Not dominant.
- adamant (adjective): Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
- addition (noun): The act of adding anything.
- adman (noun): A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.
- admin (noun): Administration, or administrative work.
- admit (verb): To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
- amid (preposition): In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.
- dammit (interjection): Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
- damn (verb): To condemn to hell.
- data (noun): plural of datum
- diamond (noun): A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
- diatom (noun): Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.
- dino (noun): dinosaur.
- dint (noun): A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
- ditto (noun): That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
- dodo (noun): A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
- domain (noun): A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
- dominion (noun): Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
- domino (noun): A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
- donation (noun): A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
- doodad (noun): Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.
- doom (noun): Destiny, especially terrible.
- idiom (noun): A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
- idiot (noun): A person of low general intelligence.
- madam (noun): A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
- madman (noun): A male who is insane or mentally disturbed.
- maid (noun): A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
- midi (adjective): Having a hemline at mid-calf length.
- mind (noun): The ability of rational thought.
- monad (noun): An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
- mondo (noun): A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.
- mood (noun): A mental or emotional state, composure.
- nada (pronoun): Nothing.
- naiad (noun): A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
- nomad (noun): A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
- timid (adjective): Lacking in courage or confidence.
- toad (noun): An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.