NYT Spelling Bee Answers for December 7, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | P |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, d, e, h, i |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 42 words |
| Total Points | 176 points |
| Genius Level | 123 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
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 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| C | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 11 |
| D | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| E | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| H | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| I | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| P | 8 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | 17 | Σ | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | - | 1 | 42 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AP×4 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×3 CH×8 |
| D | DA×1 DE×1 DI×1 |
| E | EP×2 |
| H | HE×3 HI×1 |
| I | IP×1 |
| P | PA×5 PE×6 PI×6 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | APA×1 APE×1 APH×1 API×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAP×3 CHA×2 CHE×4 CHI×2 |
| D | DAP×1 DEE×1 DIP×1 |
| E | EPE×1 EPI×1 |
| H | HEA×3 HIP×1 |
| I | IPE×1 |
| P | PAC×2 PAD×1 PAI×1 PAP×1 PEA×2 PEE×3 PEP×1 PIC×1 PIE×3 PIP×2 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ap... | AP5 | Quickly, rapidly, with speed. |
| ap.. | AP4 | simple past tense and past participle of ape |
| ap... | AP5 | Sapsucking pest insect of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian. |
| ap.... | AP6 | Each by itself; for or to each one |
| ca.. | CA4 | A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland. |
| ca... | CA5 | Wearing a cape or capes. |
| ca.... | CA6 | simple past tense and past participle of cap |
| ch.. | CH4 | A man, a fellow. |
| ch..... | CH7 | Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface. |
| ch... | CH5 | Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering. |
| ch..... | CH7 | Cheap; inferior. |
| ch... | CH5 | Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds. |
| ch..... | CH7 | simple past tense and past participle of cheep |
| ch.. | CH4 | A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. |
| ch..... | CH7 | simple past tense and past participle of chip |
| da.... | DA6 | simple past tense and past participle of dap |
| de.. | DE4 | Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards. Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively. |
| di.... | DI6 | simple past tense and past participle of dip |
| ep.. | EP4 | A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing. |
| ep.. | EP4 | An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero. |
| he....... † | HE9 | The head; the brain. |
| he.. | HE4 | A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people. |
| he.... | HE6 | In a heap. |
| hi.... | HI6 | A teenager who imitated the beatniks. |
| ip.... | IP6 | The dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and Cephaelis ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine. |
| pa.. | PA4 | Step. A step taken with the foot. The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements. |
| pa... | PA5 | simple past tense and past participle of pace |
| pa.... | PA6 | Having padding. |
| pa.. | PA4 | simple past tense and past participle of pay |
| pa.. | PA4 | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father. |
| pe... | PE5 | A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance. |
| pe... | PE5 | A tree (Prunus persica), native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit. |
| pe.. | PE4 | simple past tense and past participle of pee |
| pe.. | PE4 | A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird. |
| pe.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of peep |
| pe.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of pep |
| pi.. | PI4 | A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand. |
| pi... | PI5 | A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. |
| pi.... | PI6 | simple past tense and past participle of piece |
| pi.. | PI4 | Having two or more colors, especially black and white. |
| pi.. | PI4 | Meanings relating to a wind instrument. A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe. The key or sound of the voice. A high-pitched sound, especially of a bird. |
| pi... | PI5 | simple past tense and past participle of pipe |
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.
- apace (AP5)
- aped (AP4)
- aphid (AP5)
- apiece (AP6)
- cape (CA4)
- caped (CA5)
- capped (CA6)
- chap (CH4)
- chapped (CH7)
- cheap (CH5)
- cheapie (CH7)
- cheep (CH5)
- cheeped (CH7)
- chip (CH4)
- chipped (CH7)
- dapped (DA6)
- deep (DE4)
- dipped (DI6)
- epee (EP4)
- epic (EP4)
- headpiece† (HE9)
- heap (HE4)
- heaped (HE6)
- hippie (HI6)
- ipecac (IP6)
- pace (PA4)
- paced (PA5)
- padded (PA6)
- paid (PA4)
- papa (PA4)
- peace (PE5)
- peach (PE5)
- peed (PE4)
- peep (PE4)
- peeped (PE6)
- pepped (PE6)
- pica (PI4)
- piece (PI5)
- pieced (PI6)
- pied (PI4)
- pipe (PI4)
- piped (PI5)
Answer Definitions
- apace (adverb): Quickly, rapidly, with speed.
- aped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ape
- aphid (noun): Sapsucking pest insect of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.
- apiece (adverb): Each by itself; for or to each one
- cape (noun): A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
- caped (adjective): Wearing a cape or capes.
- capped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cap
- chap (noun): A man, a fellow.
- chapped (adjective): Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.
- cheap (noun): Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
- cheapie (adjective): Cheap; inferior.
- cheep (verb): Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.
- cheeped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cheep
- chip (noun): A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
- chipped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of chip
- dapped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dap
- deep (adjective): Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards. Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.
- dipped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dip
- epee (noun): A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
- epic (noun): An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
- headpiece† (noun): The head; the brain.
- heap (noun): A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- heaped (adjective): In a heap.
- hippie (noun): A teenager who imitated the beatniks.
- ipecac (noun): The dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and Cephaelis ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine.
- pace (noun): Step. A step taken with the foot. The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
- paced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pace
- padded (adjective): Having padding.
- paid (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pay
- papa (noun): Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
- peace (noun): A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
- peach (noun): A tree (Prunus persica), native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
- peed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pee
- peep (noun): A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
- peeped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of peep
- pepped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pep
- pica (noun): A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
- piece (noun): A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- pieced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of piece
- pied (adjective): Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
- pipe (noun): Meanings relating to a wind instrument. A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe. The key or sound of the voice. A high-pitched sound, especially of a bird.
- piped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pipe