NYT Spelling Bee Answers for November 22, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | Y |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, h, n, o, p |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 26 words |
| Total Points | 125 points |
| Genius Level | 88 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</th><th>9 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| C | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 9 |
| H | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| N | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Y | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | Σ | 6 | 11 | 8 | - | - | 1 | 26 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×1 AH×1 AN×2 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×4 CH×2 CO×2 CY×1 |
| H | HA×1 HO×1 HY×1 |
| N | NA×1 |
| O | |
| P | PA×3 PH×1 PO×2 |
| Y | YA×2 YO×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACH×1 AHO×1 ANN×1 ANY×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAC×1 CAN×3 CHA×1 CHO×1 COP×2 CYA×1 |
| H | HAP×1 HOP×1 HYP×1 |
| N | NAN×1 |
| O | |
| P | PAP×3 PHO×1 PON×1 POP×1 |
| Y | YAH×1 YAP×1 YOO×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ac.. | AC4 | Suffering from aches, sore. |
| ah.. | AH4 | Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention. |
| an... | AN5 | To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. |
| an.... | AN6 | anyhow |
| ca....... † | CA9 | A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance. |
| ca... | CA5 | Careful, prudent, cautious. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river. |
| ch.... | CH6 | uncertain, risky, hazardous |
| ch.... | CH6 | Having many small, rough waves. |
| co... | CO5 | To jointly pay with another or others. |
| co.. | CO4 | The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original. |
| 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. |
| ha... | HA5 | Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous. |
| ho... | HO5 | Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops. |
| hy.. | HY4 | Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression. |
| na... | NA5 | A child's nurse. |
| pa.... | PA6 | The office of the pope. |
| pa.... | PA6 | A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit |
| pa... | PA5 | Like pap; soft; mushy. |
| ph... | PH5 | Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance. |
| po.. | PO4 | A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers. |
| po... | PO5 | Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant. |
| ya... | YA5 | A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth person |
| ya... | YA5 | Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner. |
| yo.... | YO6 | Used to get attention. |
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.
- achy (AC4)
- ahoy (AH4)
- annoy (AN5)
- anyhoo (AN6)
- cacophony† (CA9)
- canny (CA5)
- canopy (CA6)
- canyon (CA6)
- chancy (CH6)
- choppy (CH6)
- copay (CO5)
- copy (CO4)
- cyan (CY4)
- happy (HA5)
- hoppy (HO5)
- hypo (HY4)
- nanny (NA5)
- papacy (PA6)
- papaya (PA6)
- pappy (PA5)
- phony (PH5)
- pony (PO4)
- poppy (PO5)
- yahoo (YA5)
- yappy (YA5)
- yoohoo (YO6)
Answer Definitions
- achy (adjective): Suffering from aches, sore.
- ahoy (interjection): Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
- annoy (verb): To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
- anyhoo (adverb): anyhow
- cacophony† (noun): A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
- canny (adjective): Careful, prudent, cautious.
- canopy (noun): A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
- canyon (noun): A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
- chancy (adjective): uncertain, risky, hazardous
- choppy (adjective): Having many small, rough waves.
- copay (verb): To jointly pay with another or others.
- copy (noun): The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
- 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.
- happy (adjective): Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
- hoppy (adjective): Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops.
- hypo (noun): Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression.
- nanny (noun): A child's nurse.
- papacy (noun): The office of the pope.
- papaya (noun): A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit
- pappy (adjective): Like pap; soft; mushy.
- phony (adjective): Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
- pony (noun): A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
- poppy (noun): Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
- yahoo (noun): A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth person
- yappy (adjective): Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner.
- yoohoo (interjection): Used to get attention.