NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 9, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | O |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, h, n, p, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 45 words |
| Total Points | 185 points |
| Genius Level | 130 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| C | 6 | 7 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 19 |
| H | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| N | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| P | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 |
| Y | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | Σ | 15 | 20 | 9 | - | - | 1 | 45 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×1 AH×1 AN×4 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×8 CH×2 CO×9 |
| H | HO×4 HY×1 |
| N | NA×1 NO×1 |
| O | OP×1 |
| P | PH×2 PO×8 |
| Y | YA×1 YO×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 AHO×1 ANC×1 ANN×1 ANO×1 ANY×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAC×2 CAN×4 CAP×2 CHO×2 COA×1 COC×3 COH×1 CON×1 COO×1 COP×2 |
| H | HON×1 HOO×2 HOP×1 HYP×1 |
| N | NAC×1 NOO×1 |
| O | OPA×1 |
| P | PHO×2 POA×1 PON×2 POO×3 POP×2 |
| Y | YAH×1 YOO×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... | AC5 | The sound of a sneeze. |
| ah.. | AH4 | Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention. |
| an... | AN5 | A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder. |
| an... | AN5 | To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. |
| an.. | AN4 | Straight away; at once. |
| an.... | AN6 | anyhow |
| ca... | CA5 | A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate. |
| ca....... † | CA9 | A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages. |
| ca... | CA5 | A generally accepted principle; a rule. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings. |
| ca... | CA5 | A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table. |
| ch.. | CH4 | A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib. |
| ch.... | CH6 | Having many small, rough waves. |
| co... | CO5 | A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power. |
| co.. | CO4 | Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America. |
| co... | CO5 | The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. |
| co.... | CO6 | The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa. |
| co.. | CO4 | An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes. |
| co... | CO5 | A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell. |
| co.. | CO4 | A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals. |
| co... | CO5 | To jointly pay with another or others. |
| co.. | CO4 | The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original. |
| ho.... | HO6 | boss, leader |
| ho... | HO5 | Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. |
| ho... | HO5 | Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops. |
| hy.. | HY4 | Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression. |
| na... | NA5 | A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos. |
| no.. | NO4 | The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. |
| op.. | OP4 | Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae. |
| ph... | PH5 | A phonograph. |
| ph... | PH5 | Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance. |
| po... | PO5 | To cook something in simmering liquid. |
| po.... | PO6 | A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head. |
| po.. | PO4 | A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers. |
| po... | PO5 | A dog. |
| po.. | PO4 | Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc. |
| po.. | PO4 | To make a short blast on a horn. |
| po... | PO5 | father, papa. |
| po... | PO5 | Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant. |
| ya... | YA5 | A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth person |
| yo.... | YO6 | Used to get attention. |
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.
- achoo (AC5)
- ahoy (AH4)
- ancho (AN5)
- annoy (AN5)
- anon (AN4)
- anyhoo (AN6)
- cacao (CA5)
- cacophony† (CA9)
- cannon (CA6)
- canon (CA5)
- canopy (CA6)
- canyon (CA6)
- capo (CA4)
- capon (CA5)
- chop (CH4)
- choppy (CH6)
- coach (CO5)
- coca (CO4)
- cocoa (CO5)
- cocoon (CO6)
- coho (CO4)
- conch (CO5)
- coop (CO4)
- copay (CO5)
- copy (CO4)
- honcho (HO6)
- hooch (HO5)
- hoop (HO4)
- hoppy (HO5)
- hypo (HY4)
- nacho (NA5)
- noon (NO4)
- opah (OP4)
- phono (PH5)
- phony (PH5)
- poach (PO5)
- poncho (PO6)
- pony (PO4)
- pooch (PO5)
- pooh (PO4)
- poop (PO4)
- poppa (PO5)
- poppy (PO5)
- yahoo (YA5)
- yoohoo (YO6)
Answer Definitions
- achoo (interjection): The sound of a sneeze.
- ahoy (interjection): Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
- ancho (noun): A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder.
- annoy (verb): To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
- anon (adverb): Straight away; at once.
- anyhoo (adverb): anyhow
- cacao (noun): A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
- cacophony† (noun): A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
- cannon (noun): A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
- canon (noun): A generally accepted principle; a rule.
- canopy (noun): A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
- canyon (noun): A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
- capo (noun): A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.
- capon (noun): A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
- chop (noun): A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- choppy (adjective): Having many small, rough waves.
- coach (noun): A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
- coca (noun): Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
- cocoa (noun): The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
- cocoon (noun): The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
- coho (noun): An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
- conch (noun): A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
- coop (noun): A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
- copay (verb): To jointly pay with another or others.
- copy (noun): The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
- honcho (noun): boss, leader
- hooch (noun): Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
- hoop (noun): A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
- hoppy (adjective): Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops.
- hypo (noun): Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression.
- nacho (noun): A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.
- noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- opah (noun): Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.
- phono (noun): A phonograph.
- phony (adjective): Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
- poach (verb): To cook something in simmering liquid.
- poncho (noun): A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
- pony (noun): A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
- pooch (noun): A dog.
- pooh (interjection): Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
- poop (verb): To make a short blast on a horn.
- poppa (noun): father, papa.
- poppy (noun): Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
- yahoo (noun): A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth person
- yoohoo (interjection): Used to get attention.