NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 26, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | B |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, e, g, m, t, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 27 words |
| Total Points | 109 points |
| Genius Level | 76 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 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| B | 9 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 15 |
| E | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| M | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| T | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AB×4 AM×2 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×7 BE×7 BY×1 |
| E | |
| G | GA×1 |
| M | MA×2 ME×1 |
| T | TA×1 TE×1 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ABA×1 ABB×1 ABE×2 AME×2 |
|---|---|
| B | BAB×3 BAG×2 BAT×2 BEA×2 BEE×1 BEG×3 BET×1 BYT×1 |
| E | |
| G | GAB×1 |
| M | MAM×1 MAY×1 MEG×1 |
| T | TAB×1 TEA×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ab... | AB5 | To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. |
| ab... | AB5 | the building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns. |
| ab... | AB5 | At a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 90 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative. |
| ab.. | AB4 | To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable. |
| am... | AM5 | Alternative form of amoeba |
| am.... | AM6 | plural of ameba, a variant of amoeba. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A baby or infant; a very young human or animal. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered. |
| ba..... | BA7 | Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling |
| ba... | BA5 | Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body. |
| ba.. | BA4 | To reduce the force of something; to abate. |
| ba... | BA5 | Mad, crazy, silly. |
| be.. | BE4 | Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. |
| be.. | BE4 | A stroke; a blow. |
| be.. | BE4 | Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar. |
| be... | BE5 | simple past tense of beget |
| be... | BE5 | To adorn (as if) with gems. |
| be... | BE5 | To father; to sire; to produce (a child). |
| be.. | BE4 | The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase. |
| by.. | BY4 | A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word. |
| ga... | GA5 | Inclined to talk too much, especially about trivia. |
| ma... | MA5 | Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees. |
| ma... | MA5 | Modifies a verb, indicating a lack of certainty: it may be that... |
| me...... † | ME8 | One million (10) bytes. |
| ta... | TA5 | A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering. |
| te.... | TE6 | A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water. |
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.
- abate (AB5)
- abbey (AB5)
- abeam (AB5)
- abet (AB4)
- ameba (AM5)
- amebae (AM6)
- baba (BA4)
- babe (BA4)
- baby (BA4)
- baggage (BA7)
- baggy (BA5)
- bate (BA4)
- batty (BA5)
- beam (BE4)
- beat (BE4)
- beet (BE4)
- begat (BE5)
- begem (BE5)
- beget (BE5)
- beta (BE4)
- byte (BY4)
- gabby (GA5)
- mamba (MA5)
- maybe (MA5)
- megabyte† (ME8)
- tabby (TA5)
- teabag (TE6)
Answer Definitions
- abate (verb): To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
- abbey (noun): the building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns.
- abeam (adverb): At a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 90 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative.
- abet (verb): To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
- ameba (noun): Alternative form of amoeba
- amebae (noun): plural of ameba, a variant of amoeba.
- baba (noun): A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
- babe (noun): A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
- baby (noun): A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
- baggage (noun): Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling
- baggy (adjective): Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
- bate (verb): To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- batty (adjective): Mad, crazy, silly.
- beam (noun): Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- beat (noun): A stroke; a blow.
- beet (noun): Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
- begat (verb): simple past tense of beget
- begem (verb): To adorn (as if) with gems.
- beget (verb): To father; to sire; to produce (a child).
- beta (noun): The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
- byte (noun): A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
- gabby (adjective): Inclined to talk too much, especially about trivia.
- mamba (noun): Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.
- maybe (adverb): Modifies a verb, indicating a lack of certainty: it may be that...
- megabyte† (noun): One million (10) bytes.
- tabby (noun): A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
- teabag (noun): A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water.