NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 28, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | O |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, h, i, n, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 33 words |
| Total Points | 151 points |
| Genius Level | 106 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| D | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| H | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| I | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 |
| N | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| O | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| T | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Σ | 14 | 6 | 6 | - | 3 | - | 4 | 33 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AD×1 AN×4 |
|---|---|
| D | DH×1 DI×2 DO×4 |
| H | HO×3 |
| I | ID×1 IN×3 IO×1 |
| N | NA×2 NO×3 |
| O | OA×1 ON×2 |
| T | TA×1 TO×4 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ADD×1 ANI×1 ANN×1 ANO×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DHO×1 DIN×1 DIT×1 DOD×1 DON×1 DOO×1 DOT×1 |
| H | HOO×3 |
| I | IDI×1 INI×1 INT×2 IOT×1 |
| N | NAT×2 NOO×1 NOT×2 |
| O | OAT×1 ONI×1 ONT×1 |
| T | TAT×1 TOA×1 TOO×3 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ad...... | AD8 | The act of adding anything. |
| an... | AN5 | A negatively charged ion. |
| an........ | AN10 | A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis. |
| an.... | AN6 | To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. |
| an.. | AN4 | Straight away; at once. |
| dh... | DH5 | A long loincloth worn by men in India. |
| di.. | DI4 | dinosaur. |
| 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...... | DO8 | A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause. |
| do.... | DO6 | Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing. |
| do.. | DO4 | third-person singular simple present indicative form of do |
| ho.. | HO4 | A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak. |
| ho.... | HO6 | A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A derisive cry or shout. |
| id... | ID5 | A person of low general intelligence. |
| in........ | IN10 | The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced |
| in.. | IN4 | To or towards the inside of. |
| in........ | IN10 | The rise and fall of the voice in speaking. |
| io.. | IO4 | The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. |
| na.... | NA6 | A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. |
| na........ † | NA10 | The quality of being a nation. |
| no.. | NO4 | The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. |
| no...... | NO8 | The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters. |
| no.... | NO6 | Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept. |
| oa.. | OA4 | A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise. |
| on... | ON5 | A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. |
| on.. | ON4 | Upon; on top of. |
| ta.... | TA6 | An image made in the skin with ink and a needle. |
| to.. | TO4 | An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae. |
| to.. | TO4 | A cartoon, especially an animated television show. |
| to.. | TO4 | The noise of a horn or whistle. |
| to... | TO5 | A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating. |
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.
- addition (AD8)
- anion (AN5)
- annotation (AN10)
- anoint (AN6)
- anon (AN4)
- dhoti (DH5)
- dino (DI4)
- ditto (DI5)
- dodo (DO4)
- donation (DO8)
- doodad (DO6)
- doth (DO4)
- hood (HO4)
- hoodoo (HO6)
- hoot (HO4)
- idiot (ID5)
- initiation (IN10)
- into (IN4)
- intonation (IN10)
- iota (IO4)
- nation (NA6)
- nationhood† (NA10)
- noon (NO4)
- notation (NO8)
- notion (NO6)
- oath (OA4)
- onion (ON5)
- onto (ON4)
- tattoo (TA6)
- toad (TO4)
- toon (TO4)
- toot (TO4)
- tooth (TO5)
Answer Definitions
- addition (noun): The act of adding anything.
- anion (noun): A negatively charged ion.
- annotation (noun): A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.
- anoint (verb): To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
- anon (adverb): Straight away; at once.
- dhoti (noun): A long loincloth worn by men in India.
- dino (noun): dinosaur.
- 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.
- donation (noun): A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
- doodad (noun): Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.
- doth (verb): third-person singular simple present indicative form of do
- hood (noun): A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
- hoodoo (noun): A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.
- hoot (noun): A derisive cry or shout.
- idiot (noun): A person of low general intelligence.
- initiation (noun): The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced
- into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
- intonation (noun): The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
- iota (noun): The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
- nation (noun): A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
- nationhood† (noun): The quality of being a nation.
- noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- notation (noun): The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
- notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
- oath (noun): A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
- onion (noun): A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
- tattoo (noun): An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
- toad (noun): An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
- toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
- toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
- tooth (noun): A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.