NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 27, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | E |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, b, g, m, t, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 43 words |
| Total Points | 133 points |
| Genius Level | 93 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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| B | 7 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 11 |
| E | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| G | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| M | 8 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 13 |
| T | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 |
| Y | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Σ | 25 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 43 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AB×4 AG×1 AM×2 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×3 BE×7 BY×1 |
| E | EG×1 |
| G | GA×4 |
| M | MA×5 ME×8 |
| T | TA×1 TE×5 |
| Y | YE×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ABA×1 ABB×1 ABE×2 AGA×1 AME×2 |
|---|---|
| B | BAB×1 BAG×1 BAT×1 BEA×2 BEE×1 BEG×3 BET×1 BYT×1 |
| E | EGG×1 |
| G | GAG×1 GAM×2 GAT×1 |
| M | MAG×1 MAT×3 MAY×1 MEA×2 MEE×1 MEG×2 MEM×1 MET×2 |
| T | TAM×1 TEA×4 TEE×1 |
| Y | YEG×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ab... | AB5 | To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. |
| ab... | AB5 | the building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns. |
| ab... | AB5 | At a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 90 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative. |
| ab.. | AB4 | To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable. |
| ag... | AG5 | A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two. |
| am... | AM5 | Alternative form of amoeba |
| am.... | AM6 | plural of ameba, a variant of amoeba. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A baby or infant; a very young human or animal. |
| ba..... | BA7 | Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling |
| ba.. | BA4 | To reduce the force of something; to abate. |
| be.. | BE4 | Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use. |
| be.. | BE4 | A stroke; a blow. |
| be.. | BE4 | Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar. |
| be... | BE5 | simple past tense of beget |
| be... | BE5 | To adorn (as if) with gems. |
| be... | BE5 | To father; to sire; to produce (a child). |
| be.. | BE4 | The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase. |
| by.. | BY4 | A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word. |
| eg.. | EG4 | Covered with or dipped in egg. |
| ga.. | GA4 | To bind by pledge, or security; to engage. |
| ga.. | GA4 | A playful or competitive activity. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime. |
| ga.... | GA6 | A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes. |
| ga.. | GA4 | A doorlike structure outside a house. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A magician, wizard or sorcerer. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate. |
| ma... | MA5 | Sociable or friendly. |
| ma... | MA5 | A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame. |
| ma... | MA5 | Modifies a verb, indicating a lack of certainty: it may be that... |
| me.. | ME4 | The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food. |
| me... | ME5 | Of, relating to, or containing meat. |
| me.. | ME4 | To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter. |
| me.. | ME4 | Very large. |
| me...... † | ME8 | One million (10) bytes. |
| me.. | ME4 | Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes. |
| me.. | ME4 | Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level. |
| me.. | ME4 | To measure. |
| ta.. | TA4 | Not or no longer wild; domesticated. |
| te.... | TE6 | A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water. |
| te.. | TE4 | A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage. |
| te...... | TE8 | One who is on the same team. |
| te.. | TE4 | The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. |
| te.. | TE4 | To be stocked to overflowing. |
| ye.. | YE4 | A person who breaks open safes; a burglar. |
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.
- abate (AB5)
- abbey (AB5)
- abeam (AB5)
- abet (AB4)
- agate (AG5)
- ameba (AM5)
- amebae (AM6)
- babe (BA4)
- baggage (BA7)
- bate (BA4)
- beam (BE4)
- beat (BE4)
- beet (BE4)
- begat (BE5)
- begem (BE5)
- beget (BE5)
- beta (BE4)
- byte (BY4)
- eggy (EG4)
- gage (GA4)
- game (GA4)
- gamete (GA6)
- gate (GA4)
- mage (MA4)
- mate (MA4)
- matey (MA5)
- matte (MA5)
- maybe (MA5)
- meat (ME4)
- meaty (ME5)
- meet (ME4)
- mega (ME4)
- megabyte† (ME8)
- meme (ME4)
- meta (ME4)
- mete (ME4)
- tame (TA4)
- teabag (TE6)
- team (TE4)
- teammate (TE8)
- teat (TE4)
- teem (TE4)
- yegg (YE4)
Answer Definitions
- abate (verb): To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
- abbey (noun): the building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns.
- abeam (adverb): At a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 90 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative.
- abet (verb): To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
- agate (noun): A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
- ameba (noun): Alternative form of amoeba
- amebae (noun): plural of ameba, a variant of amoeba.
- babe (noun): A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
- baggage (noun): Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling
- bate (verb): To reduce the force of something; to abate.
- beam (noun): Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- beat (noun): A stroke; a blow.
- beet (noun): Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
- begat (verb): simple past tense of beget
- begem (verb): To adorn (as if) with gems.
- beget (verb): To father; to sire; to produce (a child).
- beta (noun): The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
- byte (noun): A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
- eggy (adjective): Covered with or dipped in egg.
- gage (verb): To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
- game (noun): A playful or competitive activity. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- gamete (noun): A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
- gate (noun): A doorlike structure outside a house.
- mage (noun): A magician, wizard or sorcerer.
- mate (noun): A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
- matey (adjective): Sociable or friendly.
- matte (noun): A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
- maybe (adverb): Modifies a verb, indicating a lack of certainty: it may be that...
- meat (noun): The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
- meaty (adjective): Of, relating to, or containing meat.
- meet (verb): To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
- mega (adjective): Very large.
- megabyte† (noun): One million (10) bytes.
- meme (noun): Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
- meta (adjective): Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level.
- mete (verb): To measure.
- tame (adjective): Not or no longer wild; domesticated.
- teabag (noun): A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water.
- team (noun): A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
- teammate (noun): One who is on the same team.
- teat (noun): The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
- teem (verb): To be stocked to overflowing.
- yegg (noun): A person who breaks open safes; a burglar.