NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 11, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | E |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | g, i, m, n, o, w |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 35 words |
| Total Points | 133 points |
| Genius Level | 93 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
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 | Σ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | 1 | - | 3 | - | 4 |
| G | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 7 |
| I | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| M | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| N | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| O | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| W | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Σ | 16 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 35 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| E | EG×2 EN×2 |
|---|---|
| G | GE×4 GI×1 GN×1 GO×1 |
| I | IN×1 |
| M | ME×6 MI×4 |
| N | NE×2 NI×1 NO×3 |
| O | OG×1 OM×1 |
| W | WE×1 WI×3 WO×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| E | EGG×2 ENG×1 ENO×1 |
|---|---|
| G | GEN×4 GIM×1 GNO×1 GON×1 |
| I | INN×1 |
| M | MEM×3 MEO×2 MEW×1 MIE×1 MIM×2 MIN×1 |
| N | NEN×1 NEO×1 NIN×1 NOM×1 NON×1 NOO×1 |
| O | OGE×1 OME×1 |
| W | WEE×1 WIE×1 WIN×2 WOM×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) |
|---|---|---|
| eg.... | EG6 | present participle of egg |
| eg.... | EG6 | A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas. |
| en.... | EN6 | A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc. |
| en.. | EN4 | Archaic form of enough. |
| ge.. | GE4 | A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color. |
| ge... | GE5 | A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form. |
| ge... | GE5 | plural of genius; guardian spirits |
| ge.... | GE6 | The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism. |
| gi... | GI5 | Give me. |
| gn... | GN5 | A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying. |
| go.. | GO4 | past participle of go |
| in... | IN5 | A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen). |
| me.. | ME4 | Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes. |
| me.... | ME6 | present participle of meme |
| me.. | ME4 | A short note; a memorandum. |
| me.. | ME4 | The cry of a cat. |
| me..... † | ME7 | present participle of meow |
| me.... | ME6 | present participle of mew |
| mi.. | MI4 | Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer. |
| mi.. | MI4 | A form of acting without words; pantomime. |
| mi... | MI5 | A mimeograph. |
| mi.. | MI4 | That which belongs to me. Used predicatively. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas. |
| ni.. | NI4 | NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 9. |
| no..... | NO7 | A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office. |
| no.. | NO4 | Not any of a given number or group. |
| no.... | NO6 | An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly. |
| og.. | OG4 | A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape. |
| om.. | OM4 | Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury. |
| we.... | WE6 | Alternative form of wienie |
| wi.... | WI6 | A wiener. |
| wi.. | WI4 | An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%. |
| wi..... | WI7 | plural of wingman |
| wo... | WO5 | plural of woman |
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.
- egging (EG6)
- eggnog (EG6)
- engine (EN6)
- enow (EN4)
- gene (GE4)
- genie (GE5)
- genii (GE5)
- genome (GE6)
- gimme (GI5)
- gnome (GN5)
- gone (GO4)
- innie (IN5)
- meme (ME4)
- meming (ME6)
- memo (ME4)
- meow (ME4)
- meowing† (ME7)
- mewing (ME6)
- mien (MI4)
- mime (MI4)
- mimeo (MI5)
- mine (MI4)
- nene (NE4)
- neon (NE4)
- nine (NI4)
- nominee (NO7)
- none (NO4)
- noogie (NO6)
- ogee (OG4)
- omen (OM4)
- weenie (WE6)
- wienie (WI6)
- wine (WI4)
- wingmen (WI7)
- women (WO5)
Answer Definitions
- egging (verb): present participle of egg
- eggnog (noun): A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas.
- engine (noun): A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
- enow (determiner): Archaic form of enough.
- gene (noun): A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
- genie (noun): A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
- genii (noun): plural of genius; guardian spirits
- genome (noun): The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism.
- gimme (contraction): Give me.
- gnome (noun): A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying.
- gone (verb): past participle of go
- innie (noun): A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
- meme (noun): Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
- meming (verb): present participle of meme
- memo (noun): A short note; a memorandum.
- meow (interjection): The cry of a cat.
- meowing† (verb): present participle of meow
- mewing (verb): present participle of mew
- mien (noun): Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
- mime (noun): A form of acting without words; pantomime.
- mimeo (noun): A mimeograph.
- mine (pronoun): That which belongs to me. Used predicatively.
- nene (noun): The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
- neon (noun): The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
- nine (numeral): NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 9.
- nominee (noun): A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
- none (pronoun): Not any of a given number or group.
- noogie (noun): An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly.
- ogee (noun): A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
- omen (noun): Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
- weenie (noun): Alternative form of wienie
- wienie (noun): A wiener.
- wine (noun): An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
- wingmen (noun): plural of wingman
- women (noun): plural of woman