NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 8, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | L |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, e, f, i, n, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 67 words |
| Total Points | 299 points |
| Genius Level | 209 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 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 8 |
| E | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 7 |
| F | 7 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | 15 |
| I | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 9 |
| L | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 20 |
| N | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| T | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | Σ | 23 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 67 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CE×2 CL×6 |
|---|---|
| E | EC×1 EL×5 EN×1 |
| F | FE×6 FI×4 FL×5 |
| I | IC×1 IL×1 IN×7 |
| L | LE×6 LI×14 |
| N | NE×1 |
| T | TE×2 TI×5 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CEL×2 CLE×2 CLI×4 |
|---|---|
| E | ECL×1 ELE×2 ELF×1 ELI×2 ENT×1 |
| F | FEE×1 FEL×3 FEN×1 FET×1 FIL×4 FLE×3 FLI×2 |
| I | ICI×1 ILL×1 INC×1 INF×3 INL×1 INT×2 |
| L | LEF×2 LEN×4 LIC×2 LIE×1 LIF×3 LIL×1 LIN×5 LIT×2 |
| N | NET×1 |
| T | TEL×2 TIL×3 TIT×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ce.. | CE4 | A single-room dwelling for a hermit. |
| ce... | CE5 | plural of cello |
| cl.. | CL4 | A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff |
| cl... | CL5 | An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting. |
| cl.... | CL6 | A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services. |
| cl....... | CL9 | The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits. |
| cl... | CL5 | A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. |
| cl.... | CL6 | A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients. |
| ec...... | EC8 | Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles. |
| el... | EL5 | One chosen or set apart. |
| el..... | EL7 | Someone who is elected. |
| el... | EL5 | An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land. |
| el.... | EL6 | To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer. |
| el... | EL5 | Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician. |
| en..... | EN7 | To give a title to. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| fe.. | FE4 | To use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on. |
| fe.... | FE6 | Of or pertaining to cats. |
| fe.. | FE4 | To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree. |
| fe.. | FE4 | A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. |
| fe.... | FE6 | A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor. |
| fe.... | FE6 | A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim. |
| fi.. | FI4 | A collection of papers collated and archived together. |
| fi... | FI5 | Alternative form of fillet |
| fi.. | FI4 | To occupy fully, to take up all of. |
| fi.... | FI6 | A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration. |
| fl.. | FL4 | To run away; to escape. |
| fl.... | FL6 | Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal |
| fl... | FL5 | A group of vessels or vehicles. |
| fl... | FL5 | A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air. |
| fl.. | FL4 | A fluttering or darting movement. |
| ic.... | IC6 | A drooping, tapering shape of ice. |
| il..... | IL7 | Not approved by law, but not invalid. |
| in..... | IN7 | To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical. |
| in.... | IN6 | To fill in a space, hole or gap. |
| in..... † | IN7 | To cause to curve inwards. |
| in..... | IN7 | To thrust upon; to impose. |
| in... | IN5 | To let in; admit. |
| in... | IN5 | intelligence (secret information) |
| in....... | IN9 | The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty. |
| le.. | LE4 | Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ← |
| le.... | LE6 | Alternative form of lefty |
| le...... | LE8 | Leniency: mercy or forgiveness in the assignment of punishment. |
| le..... | LE7 | Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation |
| le.. | LE4 | Alternative letter-case form of Lent |
| le.... | LE6 | Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods. |
| li.. | LI4 | plural of louse |
| li... | LI5 | Not forbidden by formal or informal rules. |
| li.. | LI4 | A tendon. |
| li.. | LI4 | The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living. |
| li...... | LI8 | A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling. |
| li.. | LI4 | To raise or rise. |
| li.. | LI4 | To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music. |
| li.. | LI4 | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight. |
| li... | LI5 | Thread or cloth made from flax fiber. |
| li.... | LI6 | A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. |
| li.. | LI4 | Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc. |
| li.... | LI6 | A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above. |
| li.. | LI4 | Abridged; refers to a simpler or unpaid version of a product. |
| li.... | LI6 | Small in size. |
| 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). |
| 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 |
| ti.. | TI4 | A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc. |
| ti.. | TI4 | Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time). |
| ti.. | TI4 | To slope or incline (something); to slant. |
| ti... | TI5 | An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification. See also Category:Titles |
| ti.... | TI6 | Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or if a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j. |
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.
- cell (CE4)
- celli (CE5)
- clef (CL4)
- cleft (CL5)
- client (CL6)
- clientele (CL9)
- cliff (CL5)
- clinic (CL6)
- eclectic (EC8)
- elect (EL5)
- electee (EL7)
- elfin (EL5)
- elicit (EL6)
- elite (EL5)
- entitle (EN7)
- feel (FE4)
- feline (FE6)
- fell (FE4)
- felt (FE4)
- fennel (FE6)
- fettle (FE6)
- file (FI4)
- filet (FI5)
- fill (FI4)
- fillet (FI6)
- flee (FL4)
- fleece (FL6)
- fleet (FL5)
- flint (FL5)
- flit (FL4)
- icicle (IC6)
- illicit (IL7)
- incline (IN7)
- infill (IN6)
- inflect† (IN7)
- inflict (IN7)
- inlet (IN5)
- intel (IN5)
- intellect (IN9)
- left (LE4)
- leftie (LE6)
- lenience (LE8)
- lenient (LE7)
- lent (LE4)
- lentil (LE6)
- lice (LI4)
- licit (LI5)
- lien (LI4)
- life (LI4)
- lifeline (LI8)
- lift (LI4)
- lilt (LI4)
- line (LI4)
- linen (LI5)
- linnet (LI6)
- lint (LI4)
- lintel (LI6)
- lite (LI4)
- little (LI6)
- nettle (NE6)
- tell (TE4)
- telnet (TE6)
- tile (TI4)
- till (TI4)
- tilt (TI4)
- title (TI5)
- tittle (TI6)
Answer Definitions
- cell (noun): A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
- celli (noun): plural of cello
- clef (noun): A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff
- cleft (noun): An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
- client (noun): A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
- clientele (noun): The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.
- cliff (noun): A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
- clinic (noun): A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
- eclectic (adjective): Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.
- elect (noun): One chosen or set apart.
- electee (noun): Someone who is elected.
- elfin (noun): An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
- elicit (verb): To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
- elite (adjective): Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
- entitle (verb): To give a title to. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- feel (verb): To use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
- feline (adjective): Of or pertaining to cats.
- fell (verb): To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
- felt (noun): A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
- fennel (noun): A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
- fettle (noun): A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.
- file (noun): A collection of papers collated and archived together.
- filet (noun): Alternative form of fillet
- fill (verb): To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- fillet (noun): A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
- flee (verb): To run away; to escape.
- fleece (noun): Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
- fleet (noun): A group of vessels or vehicles.
- flint (noun): A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.
- flit (noun): A fluttering or darting movement.
- icicle (noun): A drooping, tapering shape of ice.
- illicit (adjective): Not approved by law, but not invalid.
- incline (verb): To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
- infill (verb): To fill in a space, hole or gap.
- inflect† (verb): To cause to curve inwards.
- inflict (verb): To thrust upon; to impose.
- inlet (verb): To let in; admit.
- intel (noun): intelligence (secret information)
- intellect (noun): The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
- left (adjective): Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
- leftie (noun): Alternative form of lefty
- lenience (noun): Leniency: mercy or forgiveness in the assignment of punishment.
- lenient (adjective): Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation
- lent (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Lent
- lentil (noun): Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
- lice (noun): plural of louse
- licit (adjective): Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.
- lien (noun): A tendon.
- life (noun): The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
- lifeline (noun): A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.
- lift (verb): To raise or rise.
- lilt (verb): To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
- line (noun): A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
- linen (noun): Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
- linnet (noun): A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
- lint (noun): Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
- lintel (noun): A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
- lite (adjective): Abridged; refers to a simpler or unpaid version of a product.
- little (adjective): Small in size.
- 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).
- 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
- tile (noun): A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc.
- till (preposition): Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
- tilt (verb): To slope or incline (something); to slant.
- title (noun): An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification. See also Category:Titles
- tittle (noun): Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or if a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j.