NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 13, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | I |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, f, l, n, w |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 27 words |
| Total Points | 100 points |
| Genius Level | 70 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| D | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| F | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| I | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| L | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| N | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| W | 5 | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | Σ | 14 | 5 | 5 | - | 3 | 27 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | |
|---|---|
| D | DI×2 |
| F | FA×1 FI×5 FL×1 |
| I | IL×1 IN×3 |
| L | LA×4 |
| N | NA×3 |
| W | WA×2 WI×5 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | |
|---|---|
| D | DIA×1 DIL×1 |
| F | FAI×1 FIL×2 FIN×3 FLA×1 |
| I | ILI×1 INF×1 INL×2 |
| L | LAI×2 LAN×2 |
| N | NAI×3 |
| W | WAI×2 WIL×3 WIN×2 |
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 | A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed). |
| di.. | DI4 | Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed. |
| fa.. | FA4 | To be unsuccessful. |
| fi.... | FI6 | Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter. |
| fi.. | FI4 | To occupy fully, to take up all of. |
| fi... | FI5 | A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class. |
| fi.. | FI4 | To locate To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. |
| fi.... | FI6 | The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture. |
| 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. |
| il... | IL5 | a series of exploits regarded as suitable for an epic |
| in.... | IN6 | To fill in a space, hole or gap. |
| in.... | IN6 | simple past tense and past participle of inlay |
| in.... | IN6 | Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior. |
| la.. | LA4 | simple past tense and past participle of lay |
| la.. | LA4 | past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”) |
| la... | LA5 | A Hawaiian-style roofed patio. |
| la...... | LA8 | To dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site. |
| na... | NA5 | A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water. |
| na.. | NA4 | Alternative spelling of naïf. |
| na.. | NA4 | The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals. |
| wa.. | WA4 | Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor. |
| wa.. | WA4 | To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish. |
| wi.. | WI4 | Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated). |
| wi...... | WI8 | land that is unfit for, or has not been modified by, cultivation or other human activity; a natural area. |
| wi.. | WI4 | Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. |
| wi.. | WI4 | Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. |
| wi...... † | WI8 | Something that has been blown down by the wind. |
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.
- dial (DI4)
- dill (DI4)
- fail (FA4)
- filial (FI6)
- fill (FI4)
- final (FI5)
- find (FI4)
- finial (FI6)
- flail (FL5)
- iliad (IL5)
- infill (IN6)
- inlaid (IN6)
- inland (IN6)
- laid (LA4)
- lain (LA4)
- lanai (LA5)
- landfill (LA8)
- naiad (NA5)
- naif (NA4)
- nail (NA4)
- waif (WA4)
- wail (WA4)
- wild (WI4)
- wildland (WI8)
- will (WI4)
- wind (WI4)
- windfall† (WI8)
Answer Definitions
- dial (noun): A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
- dill (noun): Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
- fail (verb): To be unsuccessful.
- filial (adjective): Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
- fill (verb): To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- final (noun): A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- find (verb): To locate To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- finial (noun): The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
- 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.
- iliad (noun): a series of exploits regarded as suitable for an epic
- infill (verb): To fill in a space, hole or gap.
- inlaid (verb): simple past tense and past participle of inlay
- inland (adjective): Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.
- laid (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lay
- lain (verb): past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
- lanai (noun): A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
- landfill (verb): To dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site.
- naiad (noun): A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
- naif (adjective): Alternative spelling of naïf.
- nail (noun): The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
- waif (noun): Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.
- wail (verb): To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
- wild (adjective): Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated).
- wildland (noun): land that is unfit for, or has not been modified by, cultivation or other human activity; a natural area.
- will (verb): Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- wind (noun): Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
- windfall† (noun): Something that has been blown down by the wind.