NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 17, 2021

Jul 17, 2021 · 5 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for July 17, 2021

Game Summary

Center Letter	Y
Outer Letters	a, c, h, i, n, t
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: none)
Total Words	23 words
Total Points	107 points
Genius Level	75 points
Bingo?	Yes

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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	-	-	-	-	1
C	2	3	4	-	-	9
H	1	1	-	-	1	3
I	1	1	-	1	-	3
N	-	3	-	-	-	3
T	1	2	-	-	-	3
Y	-	1	-	-	-	1
Σ	6	11	4	1	1	23

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.

A	AC×1
C	CA×3 CH×3 CI×1 CY×2
H	HI×2 HY×1
I	IN×1 IT×2
N	NA×2 NI×1
T	TA×1 TI×2
Y	YA×1

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.

A	ACH×1
C	CAN×1 CAT×2 CHA×3 CIT×1 CYA×1 CYN×1
H	HIN×1 HIY×1 HYA×1
I	INA×1 ITC×1 ITT×1
N	NAN×1 NAT×1 NIN×1
T	TAT×1 TIN×2
Y	YAC×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)
ac..	AC4	Suffering from aches, sore.
ca...	CA5	Careful, prudent, cautious.
ca....	CA6	Instantly appealing and memorable (of a tune or phrase).
ca...	CA5	With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset, particularly among women.
ch....	CH6	uncertain, risky, hazardous
ch....	CH6	Alternative spelling of shanty (“song”)
ch....	CH6	Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.
ci..	CI4	A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
cy..	CY4	A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.
cy...	CY5	cynical (in all senses)
hi...	HI5	The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).
hi..	HI4	An informal greeting, hi, hello.
hy...... ^†	HY8	Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.
in.....	IN7	The property of lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance).
it...	IT5	(of a condition) Characterized by itching.
it..	IT4	Extremely small.
na...	NA5	A child's nurse.
na...	NA5	Smart and fashionable.
ni...	NI5	A silly or foolish person.
ta...	TA5	worn and shabby; in poor condition.
ti...	TI5	having a displeasingly thin, metallic sound.
ti..	TI4	Very small.
ya...	YA5	A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.

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.

achy (AC4)
canny (CA5)
catchy (CA6)
catty (CA5)
chancy (CH6)
chanty (CH6)
chatty (CH6)
city (CI4)
cyan (CY4)
cynic (CY5)
hinny (HI5)
hiya (HI4)
hyacinth^† (HY8)
inanity (IN7)
itchy (IT5)
itty (IT4)
nanny (NA5)
natty (NA5)
ninny (NI5)
tatty (TA5)
tinny (TI5)
tiny (TI4)
yacht (YA5)

Answer Definitions

achy (adjective): Suffering from aches, sore.
canny (adjective): Careful, prudent, cautious.
catchy (adjective): Instantly appealing and memorable (of a tune or phrase).
catty (adjective): With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset, particularly among women.
chancy (adjective): uncertain, risky, hazardous
chanty (noun): Alternative spelling of shanty (“song”)
chatty (adjective): Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.
city (noun): A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place.
cyan (noun): A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.
cynic (adjective): cynical (in all senses)
hinny (noun): The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).
hiya (interjection): An informal greeting, hi, hello.
hyacinth^† (noun): Any bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, native to the Mediterranean and South Africa.
inanity (noun): The property of lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance).
itchy (adjective): (of a condition) Characterized by itching.
itty (adjective): Extremely small.
nanny (noun): A child's nurse.
natty (adjective): Smart and fashionable.
ninny (noun): A silly or foolish person.
tatty (noun): worn and shabby; in poor condition.
tinny (adjective): having a displeasingly thin, metallic sound.
tiny (adjective): Very small.
yacht (noun): A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips or racing on water, having sails but often motor-powered. At times used as a residence offshore on a dock.