NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 14, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | A |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, e, n, t, u, x |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 60 words |
| Total Points | 339 points |
| Genius Level | 237 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</th><th>9</th><th>10 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| D | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| E | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| N | 4 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| T | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| U | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 15 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 60 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AD×3 AN×9 AT×8 AU×1 AX×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DA×5 DE×4 |
| E | EA×1 EN×1 EX×3 |
| N | NA×4 NE×3 |
| T | TA×9 TE×2 TU×1 |
| U | UN×5 |
| X |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ADD×3 AND×1 ANN×2 ANT×6 ATT×8 AUN×1 AXE×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DAT×3 DAU×2 DEA×4 |
| E | EAT×1 ENN×1 EXT×3 |
| N | NAA×1 NAD×1 NAN×1 NAT×1 NEA×3 |
| T | TAN×1 TAT×1 TAU×5 TAX×2 TEA×1 TEN×1 TUN×1 |
| U | UNA×1 UND×2 UNE×1 UNT×1 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| ad... | AD5 | simple past tense and past participle of add |
| ad.... | AD6 | Addendum, any one of two or more numbers or other terms that are to be added together. |
| ad..... | AD7 | plural of addendum |
| an..... | AN7 | A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato. |
| an... | AN5 | An addition, an extension. |
| an..... | AN7 | simple past tense and past participle of annex |
| an.. | AN4 | A price or cost, as in up the ante. |
| an... | AN5 | simple past tense and past participle of ante; alternative spelling of anteed |
| an...... | AN8 | To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time. |
| an....... | AN9 | simple past tense and past participle of antedate |
| an..... | AN7 | A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal. |
| an...... | AN8 | plural of antenna |
| at.... | AT6 | To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed. |
| at....... | AT9 | One who attends; one who works with or watches over something. |
| at...... | AT8 | simple past tense and past participle of attend |
| at...... | AT8 | A person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event. |
| at....... | AT9 | To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree. |
| at........ | AT10 | simple past tense and past participle of attenuate |
| at.... | AT6 | To bring into musical accord. |
| at..... | AT7 | simple past tense and past participle of attune |
| au.. | AU4 | The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. |
| ax.. | AX4 | simple past tense and past participle of axe |
| da.. | DA4 | plural of datum |
| da.. | DA4 | The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. |
| da... | DA5 | Marked with a date. |
| da... | DA5 | To discourage, intimidate. |
| da..... | DA7 | simple past tense and past participle of daunt |
| de.. | DE4 | No longer living. |
| de.... | DE6 | To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle. |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of deaden |
| de.. | DE4 | A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students). |
| ea... | EA5 | past participle of eat |
| en.... | EN6 | The number nine. |
| ex.... | EX6 | Still in existence; not having disappeared. |
| ex....... | EX9 | Of a person: emaciated, wasted, weakened; of the body or part of it: atrophied, shrunken, withered. |
| ex........ † | EX10 | Made slender or thin; emaciated, wasted. |
| na.. | NA4 | A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine. |
| na.. | NA4 | Nothing. |
| na.. | NA4 | A banana. |
| na.... | NA6 | floating or swimming (in water) |
| ne.. | NE4 | Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities. |
| ne.... | NE6 | To make (someone or something) neat; to arrange (people or things) in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy. |
| ne...... | NE8 | simple past tense and past participle of neaten |
| ta.... | TA6 | Having a suntan. |
| ta.... | TA6 | simple past tense and past participle of tat |
| ta... | TA5 | to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner. |
| ta..... | TA7 | simple past tense and past participle of taunt |
| ta.. | TA4 | Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight. |
| ta.... | TA6 | To make taut; to taut. |
| ta...... | TA8 | simple past tense and past participle of tauten |
| ta.. | TA4 | plural of taxon |
| ta... | TA5 | simple past tense and past participle of tax |
| te.. | TE4 | The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. |
| te.... | TE6 | One who holds a lease (a tenancy). |
| tu.. | TU4 | Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae. |
| un........ | UN10 | Not attended; without persons present. |
| un..... | UN7 | Not marked with a date. |
| un.... | UN6 | Pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life. |
| un..... | UN7 | Not eaten |
| un..... † | UN7 | Not subject to being taxed. |
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.
- added (AD5)
- addend (AD6)
- addenda (AD7)
- andante (AN7)
- annex (AN5)
- annexed (AN7)
- ante (AN4)
- anted (AN5)
- antedate (AN8)
- antedated (AN9)
- antenna (AN7)
- antennae (AN8)
- attend (AT6)
- attendant (AT9)
- attended (AT8)
- attendee (AT8)
- attenuate (AT9)
- attenuated (AT10)
- attune (AT6)
- attuned (AT7)
- aunt (AU4)
- axed (AX4)
- data (DA4)
- date (DA4)
- dated (DA5)
- daunt (DA5)
- daunted (DA7)
- dead (DE4)
- deaden (DE6)
- deadened (DE8)
- dean (DE4)
- eaten (EA5)
- ennead (EN6)
- extant (EX6)
- extenuate (EX9)
- extenuated† (EX10)
- naan (NA4)
- nada (NA4)
- nana (NA4)
- natant (NA6)
- neat (NE4)
- neaten (NE6)
- neatened (NE8)
- tanned (TA6)
- tatted (TA6)
- taunt (TA5)
- taunted (TA7)
- taut (TA4)
- tauten (TA6)
- tautened (TA8)
- taxa (TA4)
- taxed (TA5)
- teat (TE4)
- tenant (TE6)
- tuna (TU4)
- unattended (UN10)
- undated (UN7)
- undead (UN6)
- uneaten (UN7)
- untaxed† (UN7)
Answer Definitions
- added (verb): simple past tense and past participle of add
- addend (noun): Addendum, any one of two or more numbers or other terms that are to be added together.
- addenda (noun): plural of addendum
- andante (noun): A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato.
- annex (noun): An addition, an extension.
- annexed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of annex
- ante (noun): A price or cost, as in up the ante.
- anted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ante; alternative spelling of anteed
- antedate (verb): To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
- antedated (verb): simple past tense and past participle of antedate
- antenna (noun): A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.
- antennae (noun): plural of antenna
- attend (verb): To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.
- attendant (noun): One who attends; one who works with or watches over something.
- attended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of attend
- attendee (noun): A person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event.
- attenuate (verb): To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
- attenuated (verb): simple past tense and past participle of attenuate
- attune (verb): To bring into musical accord.
- attuned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of attune
- aunt (noun): The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
- axed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of axe
- data (noun): plural of datum
- date (noun): The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
- dated (adjective): Marked with a date.
- daunt (verb): To discourage, intimidate.
- daunted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of daunt
- dead (adjective): No longer living.
- deaden (verb): To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
- deadened (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deaden
- dean (noun): A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
- eaten (verb): past participle of eat
- ennead (noun): The number nine.
- extant (adjective): Still in existence; not having disappeared.
- extenuate (adjective): Of a person: emaciated, wasted, weakened; of the body or part of it: atrophied, shrunken, withered.
- extenuated† (adjective): Made slender or thin; emaciated, wasted.
- naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
- nada (pronoun): Nothing.
- nana (noun): A banana.
- natant (adjective): floating or swimming (in water)
- neat (adjective): Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
- neaten (verb): To make (someone or something) neat; to arrange (people or things) in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.
- neatened (verb): simple past tense and past participle of neaten
- tanned (adjective): Having a suntan.
- tatted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tat
- taunt (verb): to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
- taunted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of taunt
- taut (adjective): Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.
- tauten (verb): To make taut; to taut.
- tautened (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tauten
- taxa (noun): plural of taxon
- taxed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tax
- teat (noun): The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
- tenant (noun): One who holds a lease (a tenancy).
- tuna (noun): Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
- unattended (adjective): Not attended; without persons present.
- undated (adjective): Not marked with a date.
- undead (adjective): Pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life.
- uneaten (adjective): Not eaten
- untaxed† (adjective): Not subject to being taxed.