NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 24, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | H |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, b, c, e, l, w |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 28 words |
| Total Points | 105 points |
| Genius Level | 74 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
Table of Contents
As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!
- 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 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| B | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| C | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| E | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| H | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 8 |
| L | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| W | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | Σ | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BE×3 BL×3 |
| C | CA×1 CH×4 |
| E | EA×1 |
| H | HA×3 HE×5 |
| L | LE×3 |
| W | WH×4 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACH×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BEA×1 BEE×1 BEL×1 BLA×1 BLE×2 |
| C | CAC×1 CHA×2 CHE×2 |
| E | EAC×1 |
| H | HAL×3 HEA×2 HEE×2 HEL×1 |
| L | LEA×1 LEC×1 LEE×1 |
| W | WHA×1 WHE×3 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ac.. | AC4 | To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. |
| be... | BE5 | The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly. |
| be... | BE5 | A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches. |
| be... | BE5 | To expel (gas) loudly from the stomach through the mouth. |
| bl.. | BL4 | Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk. |
| bl.... | BL6 | Pale; bleak. |
| bl... | BL5 | An imitation of the sound of gagging, used to express disgust or disdain. |
| ca... | CA5 | A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way. |
| ch..... | CH7 | A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov. |
| ch.. | CH4 | Chewing tobacco. |
| ch.. | CH4 | To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed. |
| ch...... † | CH8 | Capable of being chewed. |
| ea.. | EA4 | All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every). |
| ha... | HA5 | Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do. |
| ha.. | HA4 | Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired. |
| ha.. | HA4 | A corridor; a hallway. |
| he.. | HE4 | To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure. |
| he...... | HE8 | Receptive to treatment or cure. |
| he.... | HE6 | Alternative spelling of hee-haw |
| he.. | HE4 | The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg. |
| he.. | HE4 | A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death. |
| le... | LE5 | A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. |
| le.. | LE4 | A strong, lecherous desire or craving. |
| le... | LE5 | An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. |
| wh... | WH5 | Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises. |
| wh.. | WH4 | An expression of pleasure or enjoyment, mostly from rapid physical motion. |
| wh... | WH5 | A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines. A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle. The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered. A spinning wheel. A potter's wheel. |
| wh.. | WH4 | An expressive sound made indicating the release of one's inner tension; the release of breath; an expression of relief. |
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.
- ache (AC4)
- beach (BE5)
- beech (BE5)
- belch (BE5)
- blah (BL4)
- bleach (BL6)
- blech (BL5)
- cache (CA5)
- challah (CH7)
- chaw (CH4)
- chew (CH4)
- chewable† (CH8)
- each (EA4)
- halal (HA5)
- hale (HA4)
- hall (HA4)
- heal (HE4)
- healable (HE8)
- heehaw (HE6)
- heel (HE4)
- hell (HE4)
- leach (LE5)
- lech (LE4)
- leech (LE5)
- whale (WH5)
- whee (WH4)
- wheel (WH5)
- whew (WH4)
Answer Definitions
- ache (verb): To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
- beach (noun): The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
- beech (noun): A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches.
- belch (verb): To expel (gas) loudly from the stomach through the mouth.
- blah (noun): Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
- bleach (adjective): Pale; bleak.
- blech (interjection): An imitation of the sound of gagging, used to express disgust or disdain.
- cache (noun): A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
- challah (noun): A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
- chaw (noun): Chewing tobacco.
- chew (verb): To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
- chewable† (adjective): Capable of being chewed.
- each (determiner): All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
- halal (adjective): Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
- hale (adjective): Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
- hall (noun): A corridor; a hallway.
- heal (verb): To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
- healable (adjective): Receptive to treatment or cure.
- heehaw (noun): Alternative spelling of hee-haw
- heel (noun): The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- hell (proper noun): A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.
- leach (noun): A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
- lech (noun): A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
- leech (noun): An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- whale (noun): Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.
- whee (interjection): An expression of pleasure or enjoyment, mostly from rapid physical motion.
- wheel (noun): A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines. A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle. The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered. A spinning wheel. A potter's wheel.
- whew (interjection): An expressive sound made indicating the release of one's inner tension; the release of breath; an expression of relief.