NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 6, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | E |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, g, h, i, m, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 51 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 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| E | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| G | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| H | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 7 |
| I | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| M | 11 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 14 |
| T | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 14 | Σ | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 51 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AG×2 AH×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EI×3 EM×1 |
| G | GA×4 GH×1 GI×1 |
| H | HA×2 HE×5 |
| I | IM×2 IT×1 |
| M | MA×3 ME×8 MI×3 |
| T | TA×1 TE×7 TH×4 TI×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AGA×1 AGI×1 AHE×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EIG×3 EMI×1 |
| G | GAG×1 GAM×2 GAT×1 GHE×1 GIM×1 |
| H | HAM×1 HAT×1 HEA×2 HEI×1 HEM×2 |
| I | IMA×1 IMI×1 ITE×1 |
| M | MAG×1 MAT×2 MEA×1 MEE×1 MEG×2 MEM×1 MET×3 MIM×1 MIT×2 |
| T | TAM×1 TEA×4 TEE×3 THE×4 TIM×1 TIT×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) |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| ag..... | AG7 | To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person). |
| ah.. | AH4 | the sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat |
| ei... | EI5 | NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 8. |
| ei.... | EI6 | The ordinal form of the number eight. |
| ei....... | EI9 | The ordinal form of the number eighty. |
| em.. | EM4 | to send out or give off |
| 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. |
| gh.. | GH4 | A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee. |
| gi... | GI5 | Give me. |
| ha.... | HA6 | Hooked at the end. |
| ha.. | HA4 | An object of hatred. |
| he.. | HE4 | Thermal energy. |
| he... | HE5 | A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland. |
| he.... | HE6 | The distance from the base of something to the top. |
| he...... | HE8 | An iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe2O3. |
| he.. | HE4 | The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen. |
| im... | IM5 | An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture. |
| im..... | IM7 | To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of. |
| it.. | IT4 | A distinct physical object. |
| 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 | A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame. |
| me.. | ME4 | The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food. |
| me.. | ME4 | To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter. |
| me.. | ME4 | Very large. |
| me..... † | ME7 | A large success or hit. |
| 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. |
| me.. | ME4 | Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride. |
| mi.. | MI4 | A form of acting without words; pantomime. |
| mi.. | MI4 | Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari). |
| mi...... | MI8 | To reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less severe or easier to bear. |
| ta.. | TA4 | Not or no longer wild; domesticated. |
| 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..... | TE7 | The traditional time, in the late afternoon, for serving tea (the meal). |
| te.. | TE4 | To be stocked to overflowing. |
| te... | TE5 | plural of tooth |
| te.... | TE6 | To grow teeth. |
| th.. | TH4 | Objective and reflexive case of thou. |
| th.. | TH4 | Those ones. Used as the direct object of a verb. |
| th... | TH5 | A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic. |
| th... | TH5 | The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ. |
| ti.. | TI4 | The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events. |
| ti... | TI5 | A tenth. |
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.
- agate (AG5)
- agitate (AG7)
- ahem (AH4)
- eight (EI5)
- eighth (EI6)
- eightieth (EI9)
- emit (EM4)
- gage (GA4)
- game (GA4)
- gamete (GA6)
- gate (GA4)
- ghee (GH4)
- gimme (GI5)
- hamate (HA6)
- hate (HA4)
- heat (HE4)
- heath (HE5)
- height (HE6)
- hematite (HE8)
- heme (HE4)
- image (IM5)
- imitate (IM7)
- item (IT4)
- mage (MA4)
- mate (MA4)
- matte (MA5)
- meat (ME4)
- meet (ME4)
- mega (ME4)
- megahit† (ME7)
- meme (ME4)
- meta (ME4)
- mete (ME4)
- meth (ME4)
- mime (MI4)
- mite (MI4)
- mitigate (MI8)
- tame (TA4)
- team (TE4)
- teammate (TE8)
- teat (TE4)
- teatime (TE7)
- teem (TE4)
- teeth (TE5)
- teethe (TE6)
- thee (TH4)
- them (TH4)
- theme (TH5)
- theta (TH5)
- time (TI4)
- tithe (TI5)
Answer Definitions
- 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.
- agitate (verb): To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
- ahem (interjection): the sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat
- eight (numeral): NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 8.
- eighth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number eight.
- eightieth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number eighty.
- emit (verb): to send out or give off
- 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.
- ghee (noun): A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.
- gimme (contraction): Give me.
- hamate (adjective): Hooked at the end.
- hate (noun): An object of hatred.
- heat (noun): Thermal energy.
- heath (noun): A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
- height (noun): The distance from the base of something to the top.
- hematite (noun): An iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe2O3.
- heme (noun): The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
- image (noun): An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.
- imitate (verb): To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
- item (noun): A distinct physical object.
- 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.
- matte (noun): A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
- meat (noun): The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
- meet (verb): To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
- mega (adjective): Very large.
- megahit† (noun): A large success or hit.
- 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.
- meth (noun): Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride.
- mime (noun): A form of acting without words; pantomime.
- mite (noun): Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
- mitigate (verb): To reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less severe or easier to bear.
- tame (adjective): Not or no longer wild; domesticated.
- 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.
- teatime (noun): The traditional time, in the late afternoon, for serving tea (the meal).
- teem (verb): To be stocked to overflowing.
- teeth (noun): plural of tooth
- teethe (verb): To grow teeth.
- thee (pronoun): Objective and reflexive case of thou.
- them (pronoun): Those ones. Used as the direct object of a verb.
- theme (noun): A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
- theta (noun): The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ.
- time (noun): The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- tithe (noun): A tenth.