NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 5, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | K |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, i, l, o, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 31 words |
| Total Points | 103 points |
| Genius Level | 72 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 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| C | 2 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 8 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| K | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
| L | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 9 | Σ | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 31 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AL×2 AT×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CL×4 CO×4 |
| I | |
| K | KI×4 KO×3 |
| L | LA×1 LI×1 LO×2 |
| O | |
| T | TA×2 TI×4 TO×3 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ALA×1 ALK×1 ATT×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CLA×1 CLI×1 CLO×2 COC×3 COO×1 |
| I | |
| K | KIC×1 KIL×3 KOA×1 KOL×1 KOO×1 |
| L | LAC×1 LIC×1 LOC×1 LOO×1 |
| O | |
| T | TAC×1 TAL×1 TIC×2 TIK×2 TOC×1 TOO×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) |
|---|---|---|
| al... | AL5 | An expression of sorrow or mourning. |
| al.... | AL6 | One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue. |
| at.... | AT6 | An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy. |
| cl... | CL5 | An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk. |
| cl... | CL5 | A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch. |
| cl... | CL5 | A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood. |
| cl... | CL5 | An instrument that measures or keeps track of time; a non-wearable timepiece. |
| co.. | CO4 | A male bird, especially: A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). A cock pigeon. |
| co...... | CO8 | A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot. |
| co...... † | CO8 | A mixed alcoholic beverage. |
| co.. | CO4 | A person who prepares food. |
| ki.. | KI4 | To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg. |
| ki.. | KI4 | To put to death; to extinguish the life of. |
| ki.. | KI4 | Clipping of kilogram. |
| ki.. | KI4 | To gather up (skirts) around the body. |
| ko... | KO5 | A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia. |
| ko.. | KO4 | A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract. |
| ko.. | KO4 | An eccentric, strange or crazy person. |
| la.. | LA4 | A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want. |
| li.. | LI4 | To stroke with the tongue. |
| lo.. | LO4 | Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination. |
| lo.. | LO4 | To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes. |
| ta.. | TA4 | A small nail with a flat head. |
| ta.. | TA4 | To communicate, usually by means of speech. |
| ti.. | TI4 | A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. |
| ti...... | TI8 | Alternative form of tick tock |
| ti.. | TI4 | Carved talisman in humanoid form, common to the cultures of the Pacific Ocean. |
| ti... | TI5 | A marinade made from various aromatic spices usually with a yoghurt base; often used in Indian cuisine prior to grilling in a tandoor. |
| to.. | TO4 | A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock. |
| to.. | TO4 | simple past tense of take |
| to..... | TO7 | A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work. |
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.
- alack (AL5)
- alkali (AL6)
- attack (AT6)
- clack (CL5)
- click (CL5)
- cloak (CL5)
- clock (CL5)
- cock (CO4)
- cockatoo (CO8)
- cocktail† (CO8)
- cook (CO4)
- kick (KI4)
- kill (KI4)
- kilo (KI4)
- kilt (KI4)
- koala (KO5)
- kola (KO4)
- kook (KO4)
- lack (LA4)
- lick (LI4)
- lock (LO4)
- look (LO4)
- tack (TA4)
- talk (TA4)
- tick (TI4)
- ticktock (TI8)
- tiki (TI4)
- tikka (TI5)
- tock (TO4)
- took (TO4)
- toolkit (TO7)
Answer Definitions
- alack (interjection): An expression of sorrow or mourning.
- alkali (noun): One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
- attack (noun): An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
- clack (noun): An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
- click (noun): A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
- cloak (noun): A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
- clock (noun): An instrument that measures or keeps track of time; a non-wearable timepiece.
- cock (noun): A male bird, especially: A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). A cock pigeon.
- cockatoo (noun): A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.
- cocktail† (noun): A mixed alcoholic beverage.
- cook (noun): A person who prepares food.
- kick (verb): To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
- kill (verb): To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- kilo (noun): Clipping of kilogram.
- kilt (verb): To gather up (skirts) around the body.
- koala (noun): A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.
- kola (noun): A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract.
- kook (noun): An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
- lack (noun): A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
- lick (verb): To stroke with the tongue.
- lock (noun): Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
- look (verb): To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
- tack (noun): A small nail with a flat head.
- talk (verb): To communicate, usually by means of speech.
- tick (noun): A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
- ticktock (interjection): Alternative form of tick tock
- tiki (noun): Carved talisman in humanoid form, common to the cultures of the Pacific Ocean.
- tikka (noun): A marinade made from various aromatic spices usually with a yoghurt base; often used in Indian cuisine prior to grilling in a tandoor.
- tock (noun): A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.
- took (verb): simple past tense of take
- toolkit (noun): A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.