NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 17, 2021
Game Summary
Center Letter | Y |
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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 |
Table of Contents
As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!
- 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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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.