NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 13, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | B |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, e, f, i, l, x |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 42 words |
| Total Points | 193 points |
| Genius Level | 135 points |
| Bingo? | No |
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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| B | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| E | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| I | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| L | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 |
| X | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 14 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 42 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AB×1 AF×1 AL×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×10 BE×7 BI×7 BL×1 |
| E | |
| F | FA×2 FE×1 FI×1 FL×2 |
| I | IB×1 |
| L | LA×4 LI×3 |
| X |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ABL×1 AFF×1 ALI×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BAB×4 BAF×1 BAI×3 BAL×2 BEE×1 BEF×2 BEL×4 BIA×1 BIB×1 BIF×1 BIL×4 BLA×1 |
| E | |
| F | FAB×1 FAL×1 FEE×1 FIX×1 FLA×1 FLE×1 |
| I | IBE×1 |
| L | LAB×4 LIA×1 LIB×2 |
| X |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ab.. | AB4 | Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task. |
| af..... | AF7 | Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable. |
| al... | AL5 | The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup. |
| ba.... | BA6 | To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds |
| ba.. | BA4 | A baby or infant; a very young human or animal. |
| ba... | BA5 | Alternative form of Babel |
| ba.... | BA6 | To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex. |
| ba.. | BA4 | Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial. |
| ba.... | BA6 | One who holds bailed property; one who takes possession of the property of another (called a bailor) in order to keep that property safe for the other. |
| ba..... | BA7 | An officer of the court, particularly: A reeve, the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period. A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the Lord Chancellor. A bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection. Any law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order. A huissier de justice or other foreign officer of the court acting as either a process server or as courtroom security. |
| ba.. | BA4 | Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass. |
| be.. | BE4 | The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine. |
| be.... | BE6 | To fall upon; fall all over; overtake |
| be.... | BE6 | simple past tense of befall |
| be... | BE5 | To lie around; encompass. |
| be.... | BE6 | Mental acceptance of a claim as true. |
| be.. | BE4 | A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck. |
| be... | BE5 | An attractive woman. |
| bi..... | BI7 | Having two axes |
| bi... | BI5 | Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”) |
| bi.. | BI4 | A sudden, sharp blow or punch. |
| bi...... | BI8 | Articulated with both lips. |
| bi.. | BI4 | A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion. |
| bi.. | BI4 | Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff. |
| bi...... | BI8 | Capable of being billed for. |
| bl.. | BL4 | To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion. |
| fa... | FA5 | A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables. |
| fa...... | FA8 | Capable of making mistakes or being wrong. |
| fe.... | FE6 | Deficient in physical strength. |
| fi..... † | FI7 | Capable of being fixed, repairable. |
| fl.. | FL4 | Soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat. |
| fl...... | FL8 | Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking. |
| ib.. | IB4 | A type of wild mountain goat of the genus Capra, such as the species Capra ibex. |
| la... | LA5 | A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached. |
| la... | LA5 | The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina. |
| la.... | LA6 | Of or pertaining to the lips or labia. |
| la.... | LA6 | Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. |
| li.... | LI6 | bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable. |
| li... | LI5 | A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation. |
| li..... | LI7 | The party against which a libel (hostile handbill) has been filed by a libelant. |
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.
- able (AB4)
- affable (AF7)
- alibi (AL5)
- baba (BA4)
- babble (BA6)
- babe (BA4)
- babel (BA5)
- baffle (BA6)
- bail (BA4)
- bailee (BA6)
- bailiff (BA7)
- bale (BA4)
- ball (BA4)
- beef (BE4)
- befall (BE6)
- befell (BE6)
- belie (BE5)
- belief (BE6)
- bell (BE4)
- belle (BE5)
- biaxial (BI7)
- bible (BI5)
- biff (BI4)
- bilabial (BI8)
- bile (BI4)
- bill (BI4)
- billable (BI8)
- blab (BL4)
- fable (FA5)
- fallible (FA8)
- feeble (FE6)
- fixable† (FI7)
- flab (FL4)
- flexible (FL8)
- ibex (IB4)
- label (LA5)
- labia (LA5)
- labial (LA6)
- labile (LA6)
- liable (LI6)
- libel (LI5)
- libelee (LI7)
Answer Definitions
- able (adjective): Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
- affable (adjective): Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
- alibi (noun): The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
- baba (noun): A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
- babble (verb): To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
- babe (noun): A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
- babel (noun): Alternative form of Babel
- baffle (verb): To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.
- bail (noun): Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- bailee (noun): One who holds bailed property; one who takes possession of the property of another (called a bailor) in order to keep that property safe for the other.
- bailiff (noun): An officer of the court, particularly: A reeve, the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period. A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the Lord Chancellor. A bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection. Any law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order. A huissier de justice or other foreign officer of the court acting as either a process server or as courtroom security.
- bale (noun): Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
- ball (noun): A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- beef (noun): The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine.
- befall (verb): To fall upon; fall all over; overtake
- befell (verb): simple past tense of befall
- belie (verb): To lie around; encompass.
- belief (noun): Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
- bell (noun): A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
- belle (noun): An attractive woman.
- biaxial (adjective): Having two axes
- bible (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”)
- biff (noun): A sudden, sharp blow or punch.
- bilabial (adjective): Articulated with both lips.
- bile (noun): A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
- bill (noun): Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
- billable (adjective): Capable of being billed for.
- blab (verb): To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
- fable (noun): A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
- fallible (adjective): Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.
- feeble (adjective): Deficient in physical strength.
- fixable† (adjective): Capable of being fixed, repairable.
- flab (noun): Soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat.
- flexible (adjective): Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
- ibex (noun): A type of wild mountain goat of the genus Capra, such as the species Capra ibex.
- label (noun): A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
- labia (noun): The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.
- labial (adjective): Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
- labile (adjective): Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
- liable (adjective): bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
- libel (noun): A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
- libelee (noun): The party against which a libel (hostile handbill) has been filed by a libelant.