NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 14, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | D |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | e, f, i, o, t, x |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 51 words |
| Total Points | 240 points |
| Genius Level | 168 points |
| Bingo? | No |
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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 23 |
| E | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| F | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| I | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| O | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| T | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 51 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| D | DE×8 DI×6 DO×9 |
|---|---|
| E | ED×4 EX×1 |
| F | FE×3 FI×3 FO×4 |
| I | ID×1 |
| O | OF×1 OX×1 |
| T | TE×2 TI×4 TO×4 |
| X |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| D | DEE×2 DEF×2 DEI×1 DET×3 DIE×3 DIO×2 DIT×1 DOD×1 DOF×2 DOT×3 DOX×3 |
|---|---|
| E | EDD×1 EDI×3 EXI×1 |
| F | FEE×1 FET×2 FIF×1 FIT×1 FIX×1 FOO×3 FOX×1 |
| I | IDI×1 |
| O | OFF×1 OXI×1 |
| T | TEE×1 TEX×1 TID×3 TIE×1 TOE×1 TOO×1 TOT×1 TOX×1 |
| X |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| de.. | DE4 | An action or act; something that is done. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of deed |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of defy |
| de.. | DE4 | Quick and neat in action; skillful. |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of deify |
| de... | DE5 | Detoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or illegal, addictive drugs. |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of detox |
| de........ † | DE10 | simple past tense and past participle of detoxify |
| di.. | DI4 | simple past tense and past participle of die |
| di.. | DI4 | The food and beverage a person or animal consumes. |
| di.... | DI6 | simple past tense and past participle of diet |
| di... | DI5 | An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier. |
| di..... | DI7 | Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule. |
| di... | DI5 | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise. |
| do.. | DO4 | A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius. |
| do.. | DO4 | To remove or take off (something such as clothing). |
| do.... | DO6 | simple past tense and past participle of doff |
| do.. | DO4 | To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody. |
| do... | DO5 | simple past tense and past participle of dote |
| do.... | DO6 | simple past tense and past participle of dot |
| do... | DO5 | simple past tense and past participle of dox |
| do.. | DO4 | To publish personal information (of an individual) on the Internet. |
| do.... | DO6 | simple past tense and past participle of doxx |
| ed.... | ED6 | simple past tense and past participle of eddy |
| ed..... | ED7 | simple past tense and past participle of edify |
| ed.. | ED4 | A change to the text of a document. |
| ed.... | ED6 | simple past tense and past participle of edit |
| ex.... | EX6 | simple past tense and past participle of exit |
| fe.. | FE4 | To give (someone or something) food to eat. |
| fe... | FE5 | simple past tense and past participle of fete |
| fe... | FE5 | Foul-smelling, stinking. |
| fi... | FI5 | simple past tense and past participle of fife |
| fi.... | FI6 | simple past tense of fit ("to tailor, to change size") |
| fi... | FI5 | simple past tense and past participle of fix |
| fo.. | FO4 | Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life. |
| fo.... | FO6 | A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet. |
| fo.... | FO6 | simple past tense and past participle of foot |
| fo... | FO5 | simple past tense and past participle of fox; baffled; outwitted. |
| id... | ID5 | A person of low general intelligence. |
| of... | OF5 | simple past tense and past participle of off |
| ox... | OX5 | A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element. |
| te.. | TE4 | past participle of tee |
| te.... | TE6 | simple past tense and past participle of text |
| ti.. | TI4 | The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon. |
| ti... | TI5 | Affected by the tide; having a tide. |
| ti.... | TI6 | simple past tense and past participle of tidy |
| ti.. | TI4 | Closely connected or associated. |
| to.. | TO4 | Having (a specified number or type of) toes. |
| to.... | TO6 | simple past tense and past participle of toot |
| to... | TO5 | simple past tense and past participle of tote |
| to...... † | TO8 | simple past tense and past participle of toxify |
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.
- deed (DE4)
- deeded (DE6)
- defied (DE6)
- deft (DE4)
- deified (DE7)
- detox (DE5)
- detoxed (DE7)
- detoxified† (DE10)
- died (DI4)
- diet (DI4)
- dieted (DI6)
- diode (DI5)
- dioxide (DI7)
- ditto (DI5)
- dodo (DO4)
- doff (DO4)
- doffed (DO6)
- dote (DO4)
- doted (DO5)
- dotted (DO6)
- doxed (DO5)
- doxx (DO4)
- doxxed (DO6)
- eddied (ED6)
- edified (ED7)
- edit (ED4)
- edited (ED6)
- exited (EX6)
- feed (FE4)
- feted (FE5)
- fetid (FE5)
- fifed (FI5)
- fitted (FI6)
- fixed (FI5)
- food (FO4)
- foodie (FO6)
- footed (FO6)
- foxed (FO5)
- idiot (ID5)
- offed (OF5)
- oxide (OX5)
- teed (TE4)
- texted (TE6)
- tide (TI4)
- tided (TI5)
- tidied (TI6)
- tied (TI4)
- toed (TO4)
- tooted (TO6)
- toted (TO5)
- toxified† (TO8)
Answer Definitions
- deed (noun): An action or act; something that is done.
- deeded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deed
- defied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of defy
- deft (adjective): Quick and neat in action; skillful.
- deified (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deify
- detox (noun): Detoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or illegal, addictive drugs.
- detoxed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of detox
- detoxified† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of detoxify
- died (verb): simple past tense and past participle of die
- diet (noun): The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
- dieted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of diet
- diode (noun): An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.
- dioxide (noun): Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule.
- ditto (noun): That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
- dodo (noun): A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
- doff (verb): To remove or take off (something such as clothing).
- doffed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of doff
- dote (verb): To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
- doted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dote
- dotted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dot
- doxed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dox
- doxx (verb): To publish personal information (of an individual) on the Internet.
- doxxed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of doxx
- eddied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of eddy
- edified (verb): simple past tense and past participle of edify
- edit (noun): A change to the text of a document.
- edited (verb): simple past tense and past participle of edit
- exited (verb): simple past tense and past participle of exit
- feed (verb): To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- feted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fete
- fetid (adjective): Foul-smelling, stinking.
- fifed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fife
- fitted (verb): simple past tense of fit ("to tailor, to change size")
- fixed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fix
- food (noun): Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
- foodie (noun): A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet.
- footed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of foot
- foxed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fox; baffled; outwitted.
- idiot (noun): A person of low general intelligence.
- offed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of off
- oxide (noun): A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.
- teed (verb): past participle of tee
- texted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of text
- tide (noun): The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
- tided (adjective): Affected by the tide; having a tide.
- tidied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tidy
- tied (adjective): Closely connected or associated.
- toed (adjective): Having (a specified number or type of) toes.
- tooted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of toot
- toted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tote
- toxified† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of toxify