NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 12, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | C |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, e, h, i, p, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 47 words |
| Total Points | 236 points |
| Genius Level | 165 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
Table of Contents
As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!
- 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 13 |
| D | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| E | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 |
| H | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| I | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| P | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 |
| T | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | Σ | 11 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 47 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CE×2 CH×9 CI×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DE×10 DI×5 |
| E | ED×1 EI×1 EP×1 ET×3 |
| H | HE×1 HI×2 |
| I | IC×1 IT×2 |
| P | PE×1 PI×4 |
| T | TE×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CED×2 CHE×2 CHI×7 CIT×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DEC×3 DEI×3 DEP×2 DET×2 DIC×2 DIE×1 DIT×2 |
| E | EDI×1 EID×1 EPI×1 ETC×2 ETH×1 |
| H | HEC×1 HIT×2 |
| I | ICE×1 ITC×2 |
| P | PEP×1 PIE×2 PIT×2 |
| T | TEC×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 | To give up; yield to another. |
| ce... | CE5 | simple past tense and past participle of cede |
| ch... | CH5 | Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds. |
| ch..... | CH7 | simple past tense and past participle of cheep |
| ch.. | CH4 | Elegant, stylish. |
| ch.... | CH6 | Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way. |
| ch... | CH5 | To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily. |
| ch.... | CH6 | simple past tense and past participle of chide |
| ch.. | CH4 | A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. |
| ch..... | CH7 | simple past tense and past participle of chip |
| ch.. | CH4 | A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. |
| ci.. | CI4 | to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. |
| ci... | CI5 | simple past tense and past participle of cite |
| de.... | DE6 | An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick. |
| de.... | DE6 | to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of decide |
| de... | DE5 | To remove the ice from something. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of deice |
| de..... | DE7 | The killing of a god or goddess; godslaughter. |
| de.... | DE6 | To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of depict |
| de.... | DE6 | to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing |
| de...... | DE8 | Having been noticed. |
| di.. | DI4 | Gaming with one or more dice. |
| di... | DI5 | simple past tense and past participle of dice |
| di...... | DI8 | Relating to diet. |
| di... | DI5 | A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage. |
| di..... | DI7 | simple past tense and past participle of ditch |
| ed... | ED5 | A proclamation of law or other authoritative command. |
| ei..... | EI7 | Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images. |
| ep.. | EP4 | An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero. |
| et.. | ET4 | To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards. |
| et.... | ET6 | Cut or dug into the surface as by etching. |
| et... | ET5 | Moral, relating to morals. |
| he.... | HE6 | Very busy with activity and confusion. |
| hi... | HI5 | A sudden pull. |
| hi..... | HI7 | simple past tense and past participle of hitch |
| ic.. | IC4 | With ice added. |
| it.. | IT4 | A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area. |
| it.... | IT6 | simple past tense and past participle of itch |
| pe.... | PE6 | Of, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion. |
| pi... | PI5 | A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. |
| pi.... | PI6 | simple past tense and past participle of piece |
| pi... | PI5 | A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap. |
| pi..... † | PI7 | simple past tense and past participle of pitch |
| te.. | TE4 | Technology. |
| te.... | TE6 | One who works with, or has an interest in, technology or computers. |
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.
- cede (CE4)
- ceded (CE5)
- cheep (CH5)
- cheeped (CH7)
- chic (CH4)
- chichi (CH6)
- chide (CH5)
- chided (CH6)
- chip (CH4)
- chipped (CH7)
- chit (CH4)
- cite (CI4)
- cited (CI5)
- deceit (DE6)
- decide (DE6)
- decided (DE7)
- deice (DE5)
- deiced (DE6)
- deicide (DE7)
- depict (DE6)
- depicted (DE8)
- detect (DE6)
- detected (DE8)
- dice (DI4)
- diced (DI5)
- dietetic (DI8)
- ditch (DI5)
- ditched (DI7)
- edict (ED5)
- eidetic (EI7)
- epic (EP4)
- etch (ET4)
- etched (ET6)
- ethic (ET5)
- hectic (HE6)
- hitch (HI5)
- hitched (HI7)
- iced (IC4)
- itch (IT4)
- itched (IT6)
- peptic (PE6)
- piece (PI5)
- pieced (PI6)
- pitch (PI5)
- pitched† (PI7)
- tech (TE4)
- techie (TE6)
Answer Definitions
- cede (verb): To give up; yield to another.
- ceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cede
- cheep (verb): Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.
- cheeped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cheep
- chic (adjective): Elegant, stylish.
- chichi (adjective): Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way.
- chide (verb): To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
- chided (verb): simple past tense and past participle of chide
- chip (noun): A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
- chipped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of chip
- chit (noun): A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
- cite (verb): to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- cited (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cite
- deceit (noun): An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
- decide (verb): to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
- decided (verb): simple past tense and past participle of decide
- deice (verb): To remove the ice from something.
- deiced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deice
- deicide (noun): The killing of a god or goddess; godslaughter.
- depict (verb): To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
- depicted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of depict
- detect (verb): to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- detected (adjective): Having been noticed.
- dice (noun): Gaming with one or more dice.
- diced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dice
- dietetic (adjective): Relating to diet.
- ditch (noun): A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
- ditched (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ditch
- edict (noun): A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
- eidetic (adjective): Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.
- epic (noun): An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
- etch (verb): To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
- etched (adjective): Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.
- ethic (adjective): Moral, relating to morals.
- hectic (adjective): Very busy with activity and confusion.
- hitch (noun): A sudden pull.
- hitched (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hitch
- iced (adjective): With ice added.
- itch (noun): A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
- itched (verb): simple past tense and past participle of itch
- peptic (adjective): Of, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion.
- piece (noun): A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
- pieced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of piece
- pitch (noun): A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- pitched† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pitch
- tech (noun): Technology.
- techie (noun): One who works with, or has an interest in, technology or computers.