NYT Spelling Bee Answers for May 29, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | A |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | e, g, l, o, t, v |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 69 words |
| Total Points | 295 points |
| Genius Level | 207 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</th><th>10 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 4 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| G | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | 21 |
| L | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| O | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| T | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 12 |
| V | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 7 | Σ | 25 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | - | 1 | 69 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AG×4 AL×8 AT×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EA×3 EL×2 |
| G | GA×13 GE×2 GL×2 GO×4 |
| L | LA×5 LE×4 |
| O | OV×2 |
| T | TA×5 TE×4 TO×3 |
| V | VA×3 VE×3 VO×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AGA×2 AGL×1 AGO×1 ALG×3 ALL×3 ALO×1 ALT×1 ATO×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EAG×2 EAV×1 ELA×1 ELE×1 |
| G | GAG×3 GAL×5 GAT×1 GAV×4 GEL×1 GEO×1 GLO×2 GOA×3 GOT×1 |
| L | LAT×2 LAV×3 LEA×1 LEG×3 |
| O | OVA×2 |
| T | TAL×2 TAT×3 TEA×2 TEE×1 TEL×1 TOG×1 TOL×1 TOT×1 |
| V | VAL×3 VEA×1 VEG×2 VOL×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... | AG5 | A plant of the genus Agave, which includes the maguey or century plant (Agave americana), which produces a gigantic flower stem at maturity. |
| ag... | AG5 | Alternative spelling of aiglet. |
| ag.. | AG4 | In eager desire, eager, astir. |
| al.. | AL4 | Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic. |
| al... | AL5 | plural of alga |
| al... | AL5 | Pertaining to, or like, algae. |
| al.... | AL6 | To state under oath, to plead. |
| al.... | AL6 | One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome. |
| al... | AL5 | To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot. |
| al.. | AL4 | The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica. |
| al.. | AL4 | A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody. |
| at... | AT5 | a type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls |
| ea... | EA5 | Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision. |
| ea.... | EA6 | The immature young of an eagle; an eagle chick. |
| ea.. | EA4 | Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”) |
| el... | EL5 | To make joyful or proud. |
| el..... | EL7 | To raise (something) to a higher position. |
| ga.. | GA4 | Mentally senile. |
| ga.. | GA4 | To bind by pledge, or security; to engage. |
| ga.... | GA6 | A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water. |
| ga.. | GA4 | Celebratory; festive. |
| ga.. | GA4 | To sing; charm; enchant. |
| ga..... | GA7 | A type of flat, round cake from France. |
| ga.. | GA4 | Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver. |
| ga.... | GA6 | A clumsy or uncouth person. |
| ga.. | GA4 | A doorlike structure outside a house. |
| ga.... | GA6 | A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras |
| ga.. | GA4 | simple past tense of give |
| ga... | GA5 | Rent. |
| ga..... | GA7 | A French dance, in either 4/4 or 2/2 time. |
| ge.... | GE6 | An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form. |
| ge.... | GE6 | To augment (photographs or other items) with metadata indicating a geographic location. |
| gl... | GL5 | To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune. |
| gl..... | GL7 | Of or relating to the glottis. |
| go.. | GO4 | A result that one is attempting to achieve. |
| go.. | GO4 | A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra. The meat of the aforementioned animal. |
| go.... | GO6 | A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin. |
| go... | GO5 | Contraction of have got to (“have to; must”). |
| la.. | LA4 | Near the end of a period of time. |
| la... | LA5 | A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam. |
| la.. | LA4 | The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides. |
| la.... | LA6 | A washing. |
| 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 | Relating to the law or to lawyers. |
| le.... | LE6 | A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions. |
| le.... | LE6 | Smoothly, in a connected manner. |
| ov.. | OV4 | An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse. |
| ov... | OV5 | Shaped like an egg. |
| ta.. | TA4 | An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie. |
| ta.. | TA4 | Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall. |
| ta.... | TA6 | To chatter; to gossip. |
| ta........ | TA10 | telltale; giveaway |
| ta.... | TA6 | An image made in the skin with ink and a needle. |
| te.. | TE4 | Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks. |
| te.. | TE4 | The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. |
| te...... | TE8 | Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol. |
| te...... | TE8 | One who divulges private information with intent to hurt others. |
| to.. | TO4 | A loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome. |
| to...... | TO8 | A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid |
| to... | TO5 | An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts. |
| va.. | VA4 | A valley. |
| va... | VA5 | A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance. |
| 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..... | VE7 | Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational). |
| ve...... | VE8 | To grow or sprout. |
| vo..... † | VO7 | The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth. |
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)
- agave (AG5)
- aglet (AG5)
- agog (AG4)
- alga (AL4)
- algae (AL5)
- algal (AL5)
- allege (AL6)
- allele (AL6)
- allot (AL5)
- aloe (AL4)
- alto (AL4)
- atoll (AT5)
- eagle (EA5)
- eaglet (EA6)
- eave (EA4)
- elate (EL5)
- elevate (EL7)
- gaga (GA4)
- gage (GA4)
- gaggle (GA6)
- gala (GA4)
- gale (GA4)
- galette (GA7)
- gall (GA4)
- galoot (GA6)
- gate (GA4)
- gavage (GA6)
- gave (GA4)
- gavel (GA5)
- gavotte (GA7)
- gelato (GE6)
- geotag (GE6)
- gloat (GL5)
- glottal (GL7)
- goal (GO4)
- goat (GO4)
- goatee (GO6)
- gotta (GO5)
- late (LA4)
- latte (LA5)
- lava (LA4)
- lavage (LA6)
- lave (LA4)
- leave (LE5)
- legal (LE5)
- legate (LE6)
- legato (LE6)
- oval (OV4)
- ovate (OV5)
- tale (TA4)
- tall (TA4)
- tattle (TA6)
- tattletale (TA10)
- tattoo (TA6)
- teal (TE4)
- teat (TE4)
- teetotal (TE8)
- telltale (TE8)
- toga (TO4)
- tollgate (TO8)
- total (TO5)
- vale (VA4)
- valet (VA5)
- valve (VA5)
- veal (VE4)
- vegetal (VE7)
- vegetate (VE8)
- voltage† (VO7)
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.
- agave (noun): A plant of the genus Agave, which includes the maguey or century plant (Agave americana), which produces a gigantic flower stem at maturity.
- aglet (noun): Alternative spelling of aiglet.
- agog (adjective): In eager desire, eager, astir.
- alga (noun): Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
- algae (noun): plural of alga
- algal (adjective): Pertaining to, or like, algae.
- allege (verb): To state under oath, to plead.
- allele (noun): One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.
- allot (verb): To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
- aloe (noun): The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica.
- alto (noun): A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.
- atoll (noun): a type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls
- eagle (noun): Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
- eaglet (noun): The immature young of an eagle; an eagle chick.
- eave (noun): Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”)
- elate (verb): To make joyful or proud.
- elevate (verb): To raise (something) to a higher position.
- gaga (adjective): Mentally senile.
- gage (verb): To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
- gaggle (noun): A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
- gala (adjective): Celebratory; festive.
- gale (verb): To sing; charm; enchant.
- galette (noun): A type of flat, round cake from France.
- gall (noun): Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
- galoot (noun): A clumsy or uncouth person.
- gate (noun): A doorlike structure outside a house.
- gavage (noun): A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras
- gave (verb): simple past tense of give
- gavel (noun): Rent.
- gavotte (noun): A French dance, in either 4/4 or 2/2 time.
- gelato (noun): An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form.
- geotag (verb): To augment (photographs or other items) with metadata indicating a geographic location.
- gloat (verb): To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
- glottal (adjective): Of or relating to the glottis.
- goal (noun): A result that one is attempting to achieve.
- goat (noun): A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra. The meat of the aforementioned animal.
- goatee (noun): A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.
- gotta (contraction): Contraction of have got to (“have to; must”).
- late (adjective): Near the end of a period of time.
- latte (noun): A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.
- lava (noun): The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
- lavage (noun): A washing.
- 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.
- legal (adjective): Relating to the law or to lawyers.
- legate (noun): A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
- legato (adverb): Smoothly, in a connected manner.
- oval (noun): An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
- ovate (adjective): Shaped like an egg.
- tale (noun): An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
- tall (adjective): Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
- tattle (verb): To chatter; to gossip.
- tattletale (adjective): telltale; giveaway
- tattoo (noun): An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
- teal (noun): Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.
- teat (noun): The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
- teetotal (adjective): Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol.
- telltale (noun): One who divulges private information with intent to hurt others.
- toga (noun): A loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome.
- tollgate (noun): A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid
- total (noun): An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
- vale (noun): A valley.
- valet (noun): A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
- 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.
- vegetal (adjective): Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational).
- vegetate (verb): To grow or sprout.
- voltage† (noun): The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.