NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 16, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | L |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, e, g, h, n, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 33 words |
| Total Points | 149 points |
| Genius Level | 104 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 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| E | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 10 |
| H | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| L | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 9 |
| N | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 |
| T | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Σ | 13 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 33 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| D | DE×4 |
|---|---|
| E | |
| G | GE×8 GL×2 |
| H | HE×4 |
| L | LE×9 |
| N | NE×4 |
| T | TE×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| D | DEL×4 |
|---|---|
| E | |
| G | GEL×5 GEN×3 GLE×2 |
| H | HEE×2 HEL×2 |
| L | LED×2 LEG×2 LEN×5 |
| N | NEE×2 NET×2 |
| T | TEL×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) |
|---|---|---|
| de.... | DE6 | To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of delete |
| de.. | DE4 | A valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep. |
| de.. | DE4 | The deltoid muscle. |
| ge.. | GE4 | Money. In particular, (money paid as) a medieval form of land tax. |
| ge.... | GE6 | simple past tense and past participle of geld |
| ge... | GE5 | Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes. |
| ge.... | GE6 | simple past tense and past participle of gel |
| ge.. | GE4 | A lunatic. |
| ge..... | GE7 | Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite. |
| ge.... | GE6 | Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition. |
| ge..... | GE7 | simple past tense and past participle of gentle |
| gl.. | GL4 | Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune. |
| gl.. | GL4 | A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills. |
| he.. | HE4 | The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of heel |
| he.. | HE4 | simple past tense and past participle of hold |
| he.. | HE4 | A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death. |
| le.. | LE4 | A man; a person. |
| le... | LE5 | A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery. |
| le.... | LE6 | An unrealistic story depicting past events. A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events. |
| le.... | LE6 | Having legs of a certain specified type or number. |
| le.. | LE4 | To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. |
| le.... | LE6 | The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object. |
| le...... | LE8 | To make longer, to extend the length of. |
| le........ † | LE10 | simple past tense and past participle of lengthen |
| le.. | LE4 | Alternative letter-case form of Lent |
| ne.... | NE6 | A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc. |
| ne..... | NE7 | Covered or armored with needles. |
| ne.... | NE6 | Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, the stinging nettles: Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle), Urtica incisa (Australian nettle); Wood nettle (Laportea canadensis); Bull nettles and spurge nettles of genus Cnidoscolus: Cnidoscolus stimulosus, bull nettle, spurge nettle, Cnidoscolus texanus, Texas bull nettle, Cnidoscolus urens, bull nettle, Nettle trees or tree nettles: Various species of the genus Dendrocnide: Urera baccifera (scratchbush), Urtica ferox (tree nettle); rock nettle (Eucnide); small-leaved nettle (Dendrocnide photinophylla). |
| ne..... | NE7 | simple past tense and past participle of nettle |
| te.. | TE4 | To count, reckon, or enumerate. |
| te.... | TE6 | A network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via the Internet; the program that acts as the client in this situation |
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.
- delete (DE6)
- deleted (DE7)
- dell (DE4)
- delt (DE4)
- geld (GE4)
- gelded (GE6)
- gelee (GE5)
- gelled (GE6)
- gelt (GE4)
- genteel (GE7)
- gentle (GE6)
- gentled (GE7)
- glee (GL4)
- glen (GL4)
- heel (HE4)
- heeled (HE6)
- held (HE4)
- hell (HE4)
- lede (LE4)
- ledge (LE5)
- legend (LE6)
- legged (LE6)
- lend (LE4)
- length (LE6)
- lengthen (LE8)
- lengthened† (LE10)
- lent (LE4)
- needle (NE6)
- needled (NE7)
- nettle (NE6)
- nettled (NE7)
- tell (TE4)
- telnet (TE6)
Answer Definitions
- delete (verb): To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
- deleted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of delete
- dell (noun): A valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep.
- delt (noun): The deltoid muscle.
- geld (noun): Money. In particular, (money paid as) a medieval form of land tax.
- gelded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of geld
- gelee (noun): Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes.
- gelled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of gel
- gelt (noun): A lunatic.
- genteel (adjective): Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
- gentle (adjective): Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
- gentled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of gentle
- glee (noun): Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
- glen (noun): A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.
- heel (noun): The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- heeled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of heel
- held (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hold
- hell (proper noun): A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.
- lede (noun): A man; a person.
- ledge (noun): A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.
- legend (noun): An unrealistic story depicting past events. A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
- legged (adjective): Having legs of a certain specified type or number.
- lend (verb): To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
- length (noun): The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
- lengthen (verb): To make longer, to extend the length of.
- lengthened† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lengthen
- lent (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Lent
- needle (noun): A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
- needled (adjective): Covered or armored with needles.
- nettle (noun): Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, the stinging nettles: Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle), Urtica incisa (Australian nettle); Wood nettle (Laportea canadensis); Bull nettles and spurge nettles of genus Cnidoscolus: Cnidoscolus stimulosus, bull nettle, spurge nettle, Cnidoscolus texanus, Texas bull nettle, Cnidoscolus urens, bull nettle, Nettle trees or tree nettles: Various species of the genus Dendrocnide: Urera baccifera (scratchbush), Urtica ferox (tree nettle); rock nettle (Eucnide); small-leaved nettle (Dendrocnide photinophylla).
- nettled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of nettle
- tell (verb): To count, reckon, or enumerate.
- telnet (noun): A network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via the Internet; the program that acts as the client in this situation