NYT Spelling Bee Answers for December 3, 2020

Dec 3, 2020 · 7 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for December 3, 2020

Game Summary

Center Letter	E
Outer Letters	a, h, i, l, v, y
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words	34 words
Total Points	112 points
Genius Level	78 points
Bingo?	No

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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
A	-	2	1	-	3
E	3	-	1	-	4
H	6	4	-	1	11
I	-	-	-	-	-
L	3	3	1	-	7
V	4	1	2	-	7
Y	2	-	-	-	2
Σ	18	10	5	1	34

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

A	AL×3
E	EA×1 EE×1 EV×2
H	HA×3 HE×7 HI×1
I
L	LA×1 LE×4 LI×2
V	VA×3 VE×2 VI×2
Y	YE×2

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

A	ALI×1 ALL×2
E	EAV×1 EEL×1 EVI×2
H	HAL×2 HAV×1 HEA×4 HEE×1 HEL×2 HIV×1
I
L	LAV×1 LEA×1 LEV×3 LIV×2
V	VAL×3 VEA×1 VEI×1 VIL×2
Y	YEA×1 YEL×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)
al...	AL5	Having life; living; not dead.
al....	AL6	One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.
al...	AL5	A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
ea..	EA4	Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”)
ee..	EE4	Resembling an eel: long, thin and slippery.
ev..	EV4	Intending to harm; malevolent.
ev....	EV6	In an evil manner.
ha..	HA4	Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
ha...	HA5	To reduce to half the original amount.
ha..	HA4	To possess, own.
he..	HE4	To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
he...	HE5	To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
he..... ^†	HE7	In a heavy manner.
he...	HE5	Having great weight.
he..	HE4	The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
he..	HE4	A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.
he...	HE5	The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
hi..	HI4	A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.
la..	LA4	To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.
le...	LE5	To have a consequence or remnant. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
le...	LE5	An elevated geographical feature.
le...	LE5	The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
le..	LE4	To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
li..	LI4	To be alive; to have life.
li....	LI6	Full of life; energetic.
va..	VA4	A valley.
va....	VA6	An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often garnished with a river flowing through it.
va...	VA5	A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
ve..	VE4	The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.
ve..	VE4	Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
vi..	VI4	Morally low; base; despicable.
vi....	VI6	In a vile manner, evilly, despicably.
ye..	YE4	yes.
ye..	YE4	shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.

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.

alive (AL5)
allele (AL6)
alley (AL5)
eave (EA4)
eely (EE4)
evil (EV4)
evilly (EV6)
hale (HA4)
halve (HA5)
have (HA4)
heal (HE4)
heave (HE5)
heavily^† (HE7)
heavy (HE5)
heel (HE4)
hell (HE4)
helve (HE5)
hive (HI4)
lave (LA4)
leave (LE5)
levee (LE5)
level (LE5)
levy (LE4)
live (LI4)
lively (LI6)
vale (VA4)
valley (VA6)
valve (VA5)
veal (VE4)
veil (VE4)
vile (VI4)
vilely (VI6)
yeah (YE4)
yell (YE4)

Answer Definitions

alive (adjective): Having life; living; not dead.
allele (noun): One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.
alley (noun): A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
eave (noun): Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”)
eely (adjective): Resembling an eel: long, thin and slippery.
evil (adjective): Intending to harm; malevolent.
evilly (adverb): In an evil manner.
hale (adjective): Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
halve (verb): To reduce to half the original amount.
have (verb): To possess, own.
heal (verb): To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
heave (verb): To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
heavily^† (adverb): In a heavy manner.
heavy (adjective): Having great weight.
heel (noun): The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
hell (proper noun): A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.
helve (noun): The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
hive (noun): A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.
lave (verb): To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.
leave (verb): To have a consequence or remnant. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
levee (noun): An elevated geographical feature.
level (adjective): The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
levy (verb): To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
live (verb): To be alive; to have life.
lively (adjective): Full of life; energetic.
vale (noun): A valley.
valley (noun): An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often garnished with a river flowing through it.
valve (noun): A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
veal (noun): The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.
veil (noun): Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
vile (adjective): Morally low; base; despicable.
vilely (adverb): In a vile manner, evilly, despicably.
yeah (particle): yes.
yell (verb): shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.