NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 2, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | D |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, e, n, o, v, y |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 53 words |
| Total Points | 254 points |
| Genius Level | 178 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| D | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | 18 |
| E | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 |
| N | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| O | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| V | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Y | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | Σ | 17 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 53 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CE×2 CO×16 |
|---|---|
| D | DE×9 DO×7 DY×2 |
| E | ED×1 EN×3 EV×1 EY×1 |
| N | NE×3 NO×2 |
| O | OD×1 |
| V | VE×2 VO×1 |
| Y | YE×1 YO×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CED×2 COC×1 COD×3 COE×1 CON×10 COO×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DEC×6 DEE×2 DEN×1 DOD×1 DON×3 DOV×1 DOY×2 DYE×1 DYN×1 |
| E | EDD×1 ENC×2 END×1 EVE×1 EYE×1 |
| N | NEE×3 NOD×2 |
| O | ODE×1 |
| V | VEN×2 VOO×1 |
| Y | YEN×1 YON×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ce.. | CE4 | To give up; yield to another. |
| ce... | CE5 | simple past tense and past participle of cede |
| co...... | CO8 | simple past tense and past participle of cocoon |
| co.. | CO4 | A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents. |
| co... | CO5 | Encoded; written in code or cipher. |
| co... | CO5 | A handbell used for summoning monks. |
| co.. | CO4 | Alternative form of co-ed |
| co..... | CO7 | To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant |
| co...... | CO8 | simple past tense and past participle of concede |
| co... | CO5 | Clipping of condominium. |
| co..... | CO7 | To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked). |
| co...... | CO8 | simple past tense and past participle of condone |
| co... | CO5 | segregated or delineated by traffic cones |
| co.... | CO6 | simple past tense and past participle of con |
| co...... | CO8 | simple past tense and past participle of convene |
| co...... † | CO8 | simple past tense and past participle of convey |
| co...... † | CO8 | simple past tense and past participle of convoy |
| co... | CO5 | simple past tense and past participle of coo |
| de..... | DE7 | The quality of being decent; propriety. |
| de.. | DE4 | Decompression. |
| de.... | DE6 | To convert from an encrypted form to plain text. |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of decode |
| de... | DE5 | A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger. |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of decoy |
| de.. | DE4 | An action or act; something that is done. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of deed |
| de.. | DE4 | To disallow or reject. |
| do.. | DO4 | A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius. |
| do.. | DO4 | Having completed or finished an activity. |
| do... | DO5 | Someone who receives a gift from a donor. |
| do.... | DO6 | simple past tense and past participle of don |
| do.. | DO4 | A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae. |
| do... | DO5 | A commander in charge of ten men. |
| do..... | DO7 | A female doyen. |
| dy.. | DY4 | simple past tense and past participle of dye |
| dy.. | DY4 | A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn. |
| ed.. | ED4 | A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current. |
| en.... | EN6 | To convert (plain text) into code. |
| en..... | EN7 | simple past tense and past participle of encode |
| en... | EN5 | simple past tense and past participle of end |
| ev.... | EV6 | simple past tense and past participle of even |
| ey.. | EY4 | Having eyes. |
| ne.. | NE4 | A requirement for something; something needed. |
| ne.... | NE6 | Necessary; being required. |
| ne... | NE5 | In need; poor. |
| no.... | NO6 | simple past tense and past participle of nod |
| no.. | NO4 | A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling. |
| od... | OD5 | An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry. |
| ve.. | VE4 | To hawk or to peddle merchandise. |
| ve.... | VE6 | simple past tense and past participle of vend |
| vo.... | VO6 | Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana. |
| ye.... | YE6 | simple past tense and past participle of yen |
| yo.. | YO4 | further; more distant |
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.
- cede (CE4)
- ceded (CE5)
- cocooned (CO8)
- code (CO4)
- coded (CO5)
- codon (CO5)
- coed (CO4)
- concede (CO7)
- conceded (CO8)
- condo (CO5)
- condone (CO7)
- condoned (CO8)
- coned (CO5)
- conned (CO6)
- convened (CO8)
- conveyed† (CO8)
- convoyed† (CO8)
- cooed (CO5)
- decency (DE7)
- deco (DE4)
- decode (DE6)
- decoded (DE7)
- decoy (DE5)
- decoyed (DE7)
- deed (DE4)
- deeded (DE6)
- deny (DE4)
- dodo (DO4)
- done (DO4)
- donee (DO5)
- donned (DO6)
- dove (DO4)
- doyen (DO5)
- doyenne (DO7)
- dyed (DY4)
- dyne (DY4)
- eddy (ED4)
- encode (EN6)
- encoded (EN7)
- ended (EN5)
- evened (EV6)
- eyed (EY4)
- need (NE4)
- needed (NE6)
- needy (NE5)
- nodded (NO6)
- node (NO4)
- odeon (OD5)
- vend (VE4)
- vended (VE6)
- voodoo (VO6)
- yenned (YE6)
- yond (YO4)
Answer Definitions
- cede (verb): To give up; yield to another.
- ceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cede
- cocooned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cocoon
- code (noun): A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.
- coded (adjective): Encoded; written in code or cipher.
- codon (noun): A handbell used for summoning monks.
- coed (adjective): Alternative form of co-ed
- concede (verb): To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant
- conceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of concede
- condo (noun): Clipping of condominium.
- condone (verb): To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
- condoned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of condone
- coned (adjective): segregated or delineated by traffic cones
- conned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of con
- convened (verb): simple past tense and past participle of convene
- conveyed† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of convey
- convoyed† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of convoy
- cooed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of coo
- decency (noun): The quality of being decent; propriety.
- deco (noun): Decompression.
- decode (verb): To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
- decoded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of decode
- decoy (noun): A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
- decoyed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of decoy
- deed (noun): An action or act; something that is done.
- deeded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deed
- deny (verb): To disallow or reject.
- dodo (noun): A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
- done (adjective): Having completed or finished an activity.
- donee (noun): Someone who receives a gift from a donor.
- donned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of don
- dove (noun): A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
- doyen (noun): A commander in charge of ten men.
- doyenne (noun): A female doyen.
- dyed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dye
- dyne (noun): A unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.
- eddy (noun): A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
- encode (verb): To convert (plain text) into code.
- encoded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of encode
- ended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of end
- evened (verb): simple past tense and past participle of even
- eyed (adjective): Having eyes.
- need (noun): A requirement for something; something needed.
- needed (adjective): Necessary; being required.
- needy (adjective): In need; poor.
- nodded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of nod
- node (noun): A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
- odeon (noun): An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry.
- vend (verb): To hawk or to peddle merchandise.
- vended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of vend
- voodoo (noun): Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
- yenned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of yen
- yond (adjective): further; more distant