NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 8, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | E |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, i, j, n, o, t |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 58 words |
| Total Points | 315 points |
| Genius Level | 221 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</th><th>11</th><th>12 | Σ | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 4 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 13 |
| E | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| I | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| J | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| N | 7 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| O | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| T | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 11 | Σ | 18 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CE×1 CI×1 CO×11 |
|---|---|
| E | EC×1 EJ×2 EN×3 |
| I | IN×11 |
| J | JE×1 |
| N | NE×3 NI×6 NO×5 |
| O | OC×1 ON×1 |
| T | TE×5 TI×1 TO×5 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CEN×1 CIT×1 CON×9 COO×1 COT×1 |
|---|---|
| E | ECO×1 EJE×2 ENJ×1 ENT×2 |
| I | INC×3 INJ×2 INN×3 INT×3 |
| J | JET×1 |
| N | NEN×1 NEO×2 NIC×2 NIE×1 NIN×2 NIT×1 NON×3 NOT×2 |
| O | OCT×1 ONC×1 |
| T | TEC×1 TEE×1 TEN×3 TIN×1 TON×3 TOO×1 TOT×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ce.. | CE4 | A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢. |
| ci.. | CI4 | to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. |
| co..... | CO7 | Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought. |
| co.. | CO4 | A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line. |
| co..... | CO7 | To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. |
| co........ | CO10 | The act of connecting. |
| co..... | CO7 | To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning. |
| co..... | CO7 | Satisfied, pleased, contented. |
| co........ | CO10 | Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle. |
| co........ | CO10 | The voluntary control of urination and defecation. |
| co....... | CO9 | Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelves etc. |
| co.... | CO6 | A louse (Pediculus humanus). |
| co.. | CO4 | A cottage or hut. |
| ec..... | EC7 | a transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems). |
| ej... | EJ5 | To compel (a person or persons) to leave. |
| ej...... † | EJ8 | The act of ejecting. |
| en.... | EN6 | To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge. |
| en..... | EN7 | An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states. |
| en.... | EN6 | To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope. |
| in.... | IN6 | To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action. |
| in.......... | IN12 | Lack of self-restraint, an inability to control oneself; unchastity. |
| in......... | IN11 | Unable to contain or retain. |
| in.... | IN6 | To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage. |
| in....... † | IN9 | The act of injecting, or something that is injected. |
| in... | IN5 | A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen). |
| in....... | IN9 | Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc. |
| in...... | IN8 | Free from guilt, sin, or immorality. |
| in.... | IN6 | Something that is intended. |
| in....... | IN9 | A course of action that a person intends to follow. |
| in.... | IN6 | To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize. |
| je.. | JE4 | A leap from one foot to the other in which one leg appears to be "thrown" in the direction of the movement. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957. |
| ne.... | NE6 | A neoconservative. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas. |
| ni.. | NI4 | Pleasant, satisfactory. |
| ni...... | NI8 | An alkaloid (C10H14N2), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant. In small doses it is a habit-forming stimulant; in larger doses it is toxic and is often used in insecticides. |
| ni... | NI5 | A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece"). |
| ni.. | NI4 | NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 9. |
| ni...... | NI8 | The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens". |
| ni.. | NI4 | Informal spelling of night. |
| no... | NO5 | The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce). |
| no.. | NO4 | Not any of a given number or group. |
| no... | NO5 | A composition for nine instruments or nine voices. |
| no.. | NO4 | A symbol or annotation. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. |
| no.... | NO6 | The act of observing; perception. |
| oc... | OC5 | A group or set of eight of something. |
| on.. | ON4 | One and only one time. |
| te...... | TE8 | Of or relating to construction or to architecture |
| te.. | TE4 | Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old. |
| te... | TE5 | An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization. |
| te... | TE5 | A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame. |
| te.. | TE4 | A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather. |
| ti.. | TI4 | A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb. |
| to.. | TO4 | A specific pitch. |
| to... | TO5 | A metric unit of mass equal to a thousand kilograms. Symbol: t |
| to..... | TO7 | A form of investment in which, on the death of an investor, his share is divided amongst the other investors. |
| to.... | TO6 | A Canadian two-dollar coin. |
| to.. | TO4 | A tote bag. |
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.
- cent (CE4)
- cite (CI4)
- conceit (CO7)
- cone (CO4)
- connect (CO7)
- connection (CO10)
- connote (CO7)
- content (CO7)
- contention (CO10)
- continence (CO10)
- continent (CO9)
- cootie (CO6)
- cote (CO4)
- ecotone (EC7)
- eject (EJ5)
- ejection† (EJ8)
- enjoin (EN6)
- entente (EN7)
- entice (EN6)
- incite (IN6)
- incontinence (IN12)
- incontinent (IN11)
- inject (IN6)
- injection† (IN9)
- innie (IN5)
- innocence (IN9)
- innocent (IN8)
- intent (IN6)
- intention (IN9)
- intone (IN6)
- jete (JE4)
- nene (NE4)
- neocon (NE6)
- neon (NE4)
- nice (NI4)
- nicotine (NI8)
- niece (NI5)
- nine (NI4)
- nineteen (NI8)
- nite (NI4)
- nonce (NO5)
- none (NO4)
- nonet (NO5)
- note (NO4)
- notice (NO6)
- octet (OC5)
- once (ON4)
- tectonic (TE8)
- teen (TE4)
- tenet (TE5)
- tenon (TE5)
- tent (TE4)
- tine (TI4)
- tone (TO4)
- tonne (TO5)
- tontine (TO7)
- toonie (TO6)
- tote (TO4)
Answer Definitions
- cent (noun): A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
- cite (verb): to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- conceit (noun): Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought.
- cone (noun): A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
- connect (verb): To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
- connection (noun): The act of connecting.
- connote (verb): To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
- content (adjective): Satisfied, pleased, contented.
- contention (noun): Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
- continence (noun): The voluntary control of urination and defecation.
- continent (noun): Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelves etc.
- cootie (noun): A louse (Pediculus humanus).
- cote (noun): A cottage or hut.
- ecotone (noun): a transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems).
- eject (verb): To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
- ejection† (noun): The act of ejecting.
- enjoin (verb): To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
- entente (noun): An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
- entice (verb): To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
- incite (verb): To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
- incontinence (noun): Lack of self-restraint, an inability to control oneself; unchastity.
- incontinent (adjective): Unable to contain or retain.
- inject (verb): To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.
- injection† (noun): The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
- innie (noun): A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
- innocence (noun): Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc.
- innocent (adjective): Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
- intent (noun): Something that is intended.
- intention (noun): A course of action that a person intends to follow.
- intone (verb): To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
- jete (noun): A leap from one foot to the other in which one leg appears to be "thrown" in the direction of the movement.
- nene (noun): The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
- neocon (noun): A neoconservative.
- neon (noun): The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
- nice (adjective): Pleasant, satisfactory.
- nicotine (noun): An alkaloid (C10H14N2), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant. In small doses it is a habit-forming stimulant; in larger doses it is toxic and is often used in insecticides.
- niece (noun): A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
- nine (numeral): NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 9.
- nineteen (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
- nite (noun): Informal spelling of night.
- nonce (noun): The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce).
- none (pronoun): Not any of a given number or group.
- nonet (noun): A composition for nine instruments or nine voices.
- note (noun): A symbol or annotation. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
- notice (noun): The act of observing; perception.
- octet (noun): A group or set of eight of something.
- once (adverb): One and only one time.
- tectonic (adjective): Of or relating to construction or to architecture
- teen (noun): Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old.
- tenet (noun): An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
- tenon (noun): A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
- tent (noun): A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
- tine (noun): A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
- tone (noun): A specific pitch.
- tonne (noun): A metric unit of mass equal to a thousand kilograms. Symbol: t
- tontine (noun): A form of investment in which, on the death of an investor, his share is divided amongst the other investors.
- toonie (noun): A Canadian two-dollar coin.
- tote (noun): A tote bag.