NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 29, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | Y |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, e, i, n, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 24 words |
| Total Points | 119 points |
| Genius Level | 83 points |
| Bingo? | No |
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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 6 |
| E | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| I | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| N | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| T | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Y | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | Σ | 5 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | |
|---|---|
| C | CA×3 CI×1 CY×2 |
| E | EN×1 |
| I | IN×1 IT×1 |
| N | NA×2 NE×1 NI×3 |
| T | TA×1 TE×3 TI×2 |
| Y | YE×3 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | |
|---|---|
| C | CAN×1 CAT×1 CAY×1 CIT×1 CYA×1 CYN×1 |
| E | ENT×1 |
| I | INA×1 ITT×1 |
| N | NAN×1 NAT×1 NET×1 NIC×1 NIN×2 |
| T | TAT×1 TEE×1 TEN×2 TIN×2 |
| Y | YEN×2 YET×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ca... | CA5 | Careful, prudent, cautious. |
| ca... | CA5 | With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset, particularly among women. |
| ca..... | CA7 | Ellipsis of cayenne pepper. |
| ci.. | CI4 | A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place. |
| cy.. | CY4 | A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light. |
| cy... | CY5 | cynical (in all senses) |
| en.... | EN6 | That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form. |
| in..... | IN7 | The property of lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance). |
| it.. | IT4 | Extremely small. |
| na... | NA5 | A child's nurse. |
| na... | NA5 | Smart and fashionable. |
| ne... | NE5 | Neat, well-groomed, natty. |
| ni.... | NI6 | A small detail or distinction. |
| ni.... | NI6 | The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90. |
| ni... | NI5 | A silly or foolish person. |
| ta... | TA5 | worn and shabby; in poor condition. |
| te... | TE5 | Very small; tiny. |
| te...... † | TE8 | The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness. |
| te..... | TE7 | Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing that contract); more commonly used when a lease is short-term or has a periodic rent that is not merely nominal. |
| ti... | TI5 | having a displeasingly thin, metallic sound. |
| ti.. | TI4 | Very small. |
| ye... | YE5 | A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger. |
| ye... | YE5 | Alternative spelling of yenta |
| ye.. | YE4 | An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas. |
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.
- canny (CA5)
- catty (CA5)
- cayenne (CA7)
- city (CI4)
- cyan (CY4)
- cynic (CY5)
- entity (EN6)
- inanity (IN7)
- itty (IT4)
- nanny (NA5)
- natty (NA5)
- netty (NE5)
- nicety (NI6)
- ninety (NI6)
- ninny (NI5)
- tatty (TA5)
- teeny (TE5)
- tenacity† (TE8)
- tenancy (TE7)
- tinny (TI5)
- tiny (TI4)
- yenta (YE5)
- yente (YE5)
- yeti (YE4)
Answer Definitions
- canny (adjective): Careful, prudent, cautious.
- catty (adjective): With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset, particularly among women.
- cayenne (noun): Ellipsis of cayenne pepper.
- city (noun): A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
- cyan (noun): A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.
- cynic (adjective): cynical (in all senses)
- entity (noun): That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form.
- inanity (noun): The property of lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance).
- itty (adjective): Extremely small.
- nanny (noun): A child's nurse.
- natty (adjective): Smart and fashionable.
- netty (adjective): Neat, well-groomed, natty.
- nicety (noun): A small detail or distinction.
- ninety (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.
- ninny (noun): A silly or foolish person.
- tatty (noun): worn and shabby; in poor condition.
- teeny (adjective): Very small; tiny.
- tenacity† (noun): The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
- tenancy (noun): Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing that contract); more commonly used when a lease is short-term or has a periodic rent that is not merely nominal.
- tinny (adjective): having a displeasingly thin, metallic sound.
- tiny (adjective): Very small.
- yenta (noun): A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.
- yente (noun): Alternative spelling of yenta
- yeti (noun): An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.