NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 5, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | G |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, e, h, l, n, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 25 words |
| Total Points | 119 points |
| Genius Level | 83 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</th><th>9</th><th>10 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| E | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| G | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 13 |
| H | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| L | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 |
| N | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 25 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| D | |
|---|---|
| E | ED×2 EG×1 |
| G | GE×10 GH×1 GL×2 |
| H | HE×3 |
| L | LE×6 |
| N | |
| T |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| D | |
|---|---|
| E | EDG×2 EGG×1 |
| G | GEL×5 GEN×5 GHE×1 GLE×2 |
| H | HED×2 HEN×1 |
| L | LED×1 LEG×2 LEN×3 |
| N | |
| T |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ed.. | ED4 | The boundary line of a surface. |
| ed... | ED5 | simple past tense and past participle of edge |
| eg... | EG5 | simple past tense and past participle of egg |
| ge.. | GE4 | Money. In particular, (money paid as) a medieval form of land tax. |
| ge.... | GE6 | simple past tense and past participle of geld |
| ge... | GE5 | Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes. |
| ge.... | GE6 | simple past tense and past participle of gel |
| ge.. | GE4 | A lunatic. |
| 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.. | GE4 | A gentleman. |
| ge..... | GE7 | Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite. |
| ge.... | GE6 | Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition. |
| ge..... | GE7 | simple past tense and past participle of gentle |
| gh.. | GH4 | A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee. |
| gl.. | GL4 | Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune. |
| gl.. | GL4 | A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills. |
| he... | HE5 | A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of hedge |
| he... | HE5 | A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space. |
| le... | LE5 | A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery. |
| le.... | LE6 | An unrealistic story depicting past events. A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events. |
| le.... | LE6 | Having legs of a certain specified type or number. |
| le.... | LE6 | The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object. |
| le...... | LE8 | To make longer, to extend the length of. |
| le........ † | LE10 | simple past tense and past participle of lengthen |
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.
- edge (ED4)
- edged (ED5)
- egged (EG5)
- geld (GE4)
- gelded (GE6)
- gelee (GE5)
- gelled (GE6)
- gelt (GE4)
- gene (GE4)
- gent (GE4)
- genteel (GE7)
- gentle (GE6)
- gentled (GE7)
- ghee (GH4)
- glee (GL4)
- glen (GL4)
- hedge (HE5)
- hedged (HE6)
- henge (HE5)
- ledge (LE5)
- legend (LE6)
- legged (LE6)
- length (LE6)
- lengthen (LE8)
- lengthened† (LE10)
Answer Definitions
- edge (noun): The boundary line of a surface.
- edged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of edge
- egged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of egg
- geld (noun): Money. In particular, (money paid as) a medieval form of land tax.
- gelded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of geld
- gelee (noun): Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes.
- gelled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of gel
- gelt (noun): A lunatic.
- 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.
- gent (noun): A gentleman.
- genteel (adjective): Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
- gentle (adjective): Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
- gentled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of gentle
- ghee (noun): A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.
- glee (noun): Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
- glen (noun): A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.
- hedge (noun): A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
- hedged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hedge
- henge (noun): A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space.
- ledge (noun): A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.
- legend (noun): An unrealistic story depicting past events. A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
- legged (adjective): Having legs of a certain specified type or number.
- length (noun): The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
- lengthen (verb): To make longer, to extend the length of.
- lengthened† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lengthen