NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 29, 2020

Oct 29, 2020 · 13 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for October 29, 2020

Game Summary

Center Letter	I
Outer Letters	e, l, n, o, t, w
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words	64 words
Total Points	276 points
Genius Level	193 points
Bingo?	Yes

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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	Σ
E	-	1	-	2	-	-	3
I	1	3	2	-	-	1	7
L	7	1	5	2	-	-	15
N	2	-	2	-	1	1	6
O	1	2	1	-	-	-	4
T	8	4	5	2	1	-	20
W	5	-	4	-	-	-	9
Σ	24	11	19	6	2	2	64

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.

E	EL×1 EN×2
I	IN×7
L	LE×3 LI×9 LO×3
N	NI×4 NO×2
O	OL×2 ON×2
T	TI×7 TO×8 TW×5
W	WE×1 WI×8

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.

E	ELI×1 ENT×2
I	INL×1 INN×1 INT×5
L	LEN×2 LEO×1 LIE×1 LIL×1 LIN×4 LIO×1 LIT×2 LOI×1 LOO×1 LOT×1
N	NIN×2 NIT×2 NON×1 NOT×1
O	OLI×1 OLL×1 ONI×1 ONL×1
T	TIL×3 TIN×2 TIT×2 TOI×4 TON×1 TOO×1 TOW×2 TWI×5
W	WEE×1 WIE×1 WIL×4 WIN×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)
el...	EL5	Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
en.....	EN7	To give a title to. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
en.....	EN7	To twist or twine around something (or one another).
in...	IN5	To let in; admit.
in...	IN5	A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
in...	IN5	intelligence (secret information)
in....	IN6	Something that is intended.
in.......	IN9	A course of action that a person intends to follow.
in..	IN4	To or towards the inside of.
in....	IN6	To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
le.....	LE7	Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation
le....	LE6	Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
le.....	LE7	Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion.
li..	LI4	A tendon.
li..	LI4	To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
li..	LI4	A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
li...	LI5	Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
li..	LI4	Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
li....	LI6	A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
li..	LI4	A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
li..	LI4	Abridged; refers to a simpler or unpaid version of a product.
li....	LI6	Small in size.
lo..	LO4	The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
lo....	LO6	The Canadian dollar (both the coin and the monetary unit).
lo....	LO6	A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
ni..	NI4	NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 9.
ni......	NI8	The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
ni..	NI4	Informal spelling of night.
ni....	NI6	A scatterbrained or stupid person.
no.......	NO9	10.
no....	NO6	Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
ol..	OL4	A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
ol...	OL5	An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air.
on...	ON5	A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
on....	ON6	Of a system: connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. Of a generator or power plant: connected to the grid. Of a computer: actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service.
ti..	TI4	A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc.
ti..	TI4	Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
ti..	TI4	To slope or incline (something); to slant.
ti..	TI4	A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
ti..	TI4	A slight coloring.
ti...	TI5	An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification. See also Category:Titles
ti....	TI6	Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or if a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j.
to..	TO4	Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
to...	TO5	plain or simple twilled fabric
to....	TO6	A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room.
to......	TO8	Archaic form of toilet. (in all senses related to dressing and personal grooming, but not a water closet)
to.....	TO7	A form of investment in which, on the death of an investor, his share is divided amongst the other investors.
to....	TO6	A Canadian two-dollar coin.
to..... ^†	TO7	A line or rope used for towing a vehicle.
to....	TO6	A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university.
tw....	TW6	simple past tense and past participle of twilight
tw...	TW5	A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.
tw..	TW4	Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
tw...	TW5	A twist; a convolution.
tw..	TW4	To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
we....	WE6	Alternative form of wienie
wi....	WI6	A wiener.
wi..	WI4	A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice
wi..	WI4	Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
wi....	WI6	Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.
wi..	WI4	To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
wi..	WI4	An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
wi....	WI6	To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
wi..	WI4	A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; a drunk or drunkard.

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.

elite (EL5)
entitle (EN7)
entwine (EN7)
inlet (IN5)
innie (IN5)
intel (IN5)
intent (IN6)
intention (IN9)
into (IN4)
intone (IN6)
lenient (LE7)
lentil (LE6)
leonine (LE7)
lien (LI4)
lilt (LI4)
line (LI4)
linen (LI5)
lint (LI4)
lintel (LI6)
lion (LI4)
lite (LI4)
little (LI6)
loin (LO4)
loonie (LO6)
lotion (LO6)
nine (NI4)
nineteen (NI8)
nite (NI4)
nitwit (NI6)
nonillion (NO9)
notion (NO6)
olio (OL4)
ollie (OL5)
onion (ON5)
online (ON6)
tile (TI4)
till (TI4)
tilt (TI4)
tine (TI4)
tint (TI4)
title (TI5)
tittle (TI6)
toil (TO4)
toile (TO5)
toilet (TO6)
toilette (TO8)
tontine (TO7)
toonie (TO6)
towline^† (TO7)
townie (TO6)
twilit (TW6)
twill (TW5)
twin (TW4)
twine (TW5)
twit (TW4)
weenie (WE6)
wienie (WI6)
wile (WI4)
will (WI4)
willow (WI6)
wilt (WI4)
wine (WI4)
winnow (WI6)
wino (WI4)

Answer Definitions

elite (adjective): Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
entitle (verb): To give a title to. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
entwine (verb): To twist or twine around something (or one another).
inlet (verb): To let in; admit.
innie (noun): A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
intel (noun): intelligence (secret information)
intent (noun): Something that is intended.
intention (noun): A course of action that a person intends to follow.
into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
intone (verb): To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
lenient (adjective): Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation
lentil (noun): Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
leonine (adjective): Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion.
lien (noun): A tendon.
lilt (verb): To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
line (noun): A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
linen (noun): Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
lint (noun): Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
lintel (noun): A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
lion (noun): A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
lite (adjective): Abridged; refers to a simpler or unpaid version of a product.
little (adjective): Small in size.
loin (noun): The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
loonie (noun): The Canadian dollar (both the coin and the monetary unit).
lotion (noun): A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
nine (numeral): NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 9.
nineteen (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
nite (noun): Informal spelling of night.
nitwit (noun): A scatterbrained or stupid person.
nonillion (numeral): 10.
notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
olio (noun): A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
ollie (noun): An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air.
onion (noun): A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
online (adjective): Of a system: connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. Of a generator or power plant: connected to the grid. Of a computer: actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service.
tile (noun): A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc.
till (preposition): Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
tilt (verb): To slope or incline (something); to slant.
tine (noun): A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
tint (noun): A slight coloring.
title (noun): An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification. See also Category:Titles
tittle (noun): Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or if a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j.
toil (noun): Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
toile (noun): plain or simple twilled fabric
toilet (noun): A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room.
toilette (noun): Archaic form of toilet. (in all senses related to dressing and personal grooming, but not a water closet)
tontine (noun): A form of investment in which, on the death of an investor, his share is divided amongst the other investors.
toonie (noun): A Canadian two-dollar coin.
towline^† (noun): A line or rope used for towing a vehicle.
townie (noun): A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university.
twilit (verb): simple past tense and past participle of twilight
twill (noun): A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.
twin (noun): Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
twine (noun): A twist; a convolution.
twit (verb): To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
weenie (noun): Alternative form of wienie
wienie (noun): A wiener.
wile (noun): A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice
will (verb): Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
willow (noun): Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.
wilt (verb): To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
wine (noun): An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
winnow (verb): To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
wino (noun): A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; a drunk or drunkard.

	4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9	Σ
E	-	1	-	2	-	-	3
I	1	3	2	-	-	1	7
L	7	1	5	2	-	-	15
N	2	-	2	-	1	1	6
O	1	2	1	-	-	-	4
T	8	4	5	2	1	-	20
W	5	-	4	-	-	-	9
Σ	24	11	19	6	2	2	64

	4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9	Σ
E	-	1	-	2	-	-	3
I	1	3	2	-	-	1	7
L	7	1	5	2	-	-	15
N	2	-	2	-	1	1	6
O	1	2	1	-	-	-	4
T	8	4	5	2	1	-	20
W	5	-	4	-	-	-	9
Σ	24	11	19	6	2	2	64