NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 19, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | H |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, o, p, r, t, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 40 words |
| Total Points | 172 points |
| Genius Level | 120 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 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| H | 8 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 19 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| P | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| Y | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | Σ | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | - | 1 | 40 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AH×1 AP×1 AR×1 AT×1 |
|---|---|
| H | HA×7 HO×11 HY×1 |
| O | OA×1 |
| P | PA×2 PH×3 PO×1 |
| R | |
| T | TH×3 TO×3 TR×2 |
| Y | YA×1 YO×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AHO×1 APA×1 ARH×1 ATR×1 |
|---|---|
| H | HAP×1 HAR×4 HAT×2 HOA×2 HOO×4 HOP×1 HOR×3 HOT×1 HYP×1 |
| O | OAT×1 |
| P | PAR×1 PAT×1 PHA×2 PHO×1 POO×1 |
| R | |
| T | THA×1 THR×2 TOO×2 TOR×1 TRO×2 |
| Y | YAH×1 YOO×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) |
|---|---|---|
| at..... † | AT7 | A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. |
| ah.. | AH4 | Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention. |
| ap.... | AP6 | Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something). |
| ar... | AR5 | One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint. |
| ha... | HA5 | Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous. |
| ha.. | HA4 | A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body Any instrument of the same musicological type. |
| ha... | HA5 | A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds. |
| ha... | HA5 | To plunder, pillage, assault. |
| ha.. | HA4 | A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year. |
| ha.. | HA4 | third-person singular simple present indicative form of have |
| ha... | HA5 | The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas |
| ho.. | HO4 | A white or greyish-white colour. |
| ho... | HO5 | White, whitish, or greyish-white. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. |
| ho.... | HO6 | Alternative form of hurrah |
| ho.... | HO6 | Used to express approval, joy or victory. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A derisive cry or shout. |
| ho... | HO5 | Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide. |
| ho.... | HO6 | An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance. |
| ho....... | HO9 | Giving exhortation or advice; encouraging. |
| ho.... | HO6 | Alternative spelling of hot pot. |
| hy.. | HY4 | Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression. |
| oa.. | OA4 | A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise. |
| pa..... | PA7 | an Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc. |
| pa.. | PA4 | A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians. |
| ph..... | PH7 | The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty |
| ph.. | PH4 | Excellent; cool; very good. |
| ph... | PH5 | A photograph. |
| po.. | PO4 | Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc. |
| th.. | TH4 | Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement. |
| th.... | TH6 | The front part of the neck. |
| th..... | TH7 | Produced in the throat; having a rough or coarse quality like a sound produced in the throat. |
| to... | TO5 | A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating. |
| to.... | TO6 | Having prominent teeth |
| to... | TO5 | the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible |
| tr.... | TR6 | An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement. |
| tr... | TR5 | An oath, pledge, or promise. A pledge or promise to marry someone. The state of being thus pledged; betrothal, engagement. |
| ya... | YA5 | A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth person |
| yo.... | YO6 | Used to get attention. |
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.
- atrophy† (AT7)
- ahoy (AH4)
- apathy (AP6)
- arhat (AR5)
- happy (HA5)
- harp (HA4)
- harpy (HA5)
- harry (HA5)
- hart (HA4)
- hath (HA4)
- hatha (HA5)
- hoar (HO4)
- hoary (HO5)
- hoop (HO4)
- hoorah (HO6)
- hooray (HO6)
- hoot (HO4)
- hoppy (HO5)
- hora (HO4)
- horror (HO6)
- hortatory (HO9)
- hotpot (HO6)
- hypo (HY4)
- oath (OA4)
- paratha (PA7)
- path (PA4)
- pharaoh (PH7)
- phat (PH4)
- photo (PH5)
- pooh (PO4)
- that (TH4)
- throat (TH6)
- throaty (TH7)
- tooth (TO5)
- toothy (TO6)
- torah (TO5)
- trophy (TR6)
- troth (TR5)
- yahoo (YA5)
- yoohoo (YO6)
Answer Definitions
- atrophy† (noun): A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
- ahoy (interjection): Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
- apathy (noun): Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).
- arhat (noun): One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
- happy (adjective): Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
- harp (noun): A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body Any instrument of the same musicological type.
- harpy (noun): A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.
- harry (verb): To plunder, pillage, assault.
- hart (noun): A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
- hath (verb): third-person singular simple present indicative form of have
- hatha (noun): The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas
- hoar (noun): A white or greyish-white colour.
- hoary (adjective): White, whitish, or greyish-white.
- hoop (noun): A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
- hoorah (interjection): Alternative form of hurrah
- hooray (interjection): Used to express approval, joy or victory.
- hoot (noun): A derisive cry or shout.
- hoppy (adjective): Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops.
- hora (noun): A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.
- horror (noun): An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
- hortatory (adjective): Giving exhortation or advice; encouraging.
- hotpot (noun): Alternative spelling of hot pot.
- hypo (noun): Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression.
- oath (noun): A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
- paratha (noun): an Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc.
- path (noun): A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
- pharaoh (noun): The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty
- phat (adjective): Excellent; cool; very good.
- photo (noun): A photograph.
- pooh (interjection): Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
- that (conjunction): Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
- throat (noun): The front part of the neck.
- throaty (adjective): Produced in the throat; having a rough or coarse quality like a sound produced in the throat.
- tooth (noun): A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
- toothy (adjective): Having prominent teeth
- torah (noun): the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
- trophy (noun): An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
- troth (noun): An oath, pledge, or promise. A pledge or promise to marry someone. The state of being thus pledged; betrothal, engagement.
- yahoo (noun): A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth person
- yoohoo (interjection): Used to get attention.