NYT Spelling Bee Answers for November 3, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | N |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | e, g, h, o, t, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 44 words |
| Total Points | 156 points |
| Genius Level | 109 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| G | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| H | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| N | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 9 |
| O | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| T | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 14 |
| U | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | Σ | 23 | 7 | 9 | 4 | - | 1 | 44 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| E | EG×1 EN×2 |
|---|---|
| G | GE×2 GO×4 |
| H | HE×1 HO×1 HU×2 |
| N | NE×2 NO×6 NU×1 |
| O | ON×1 OU×2 |
| T | TE×5 TH×2 TO×6 TU×1 |
| U | UN×5 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| E | EGG×1 ENO×1 ENT×1 |
|---|---|
| G | GEN×2 GON×2 GOO×1 GOT×1 |
| H | HEN×1 HON×1 HUN×2 |
| N | NEN×1 NEO×1 NON×2 NOO×1 NOT×1 NOU×2 NUG×1 |
| O | ONT×1 OUT×2 |
| T | TEE×1 TEN×4 THE×1 THO×1 TON×4 TOO×1 TOU×1 TUN×1 |
| U | UNG×1 UNH×1 UNT×3 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| eg.... | EG6 | A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas. |
| en.... | EN6 | Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate. |
| en..... | EN7 | An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states. |
| ge.. | GE4 | A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color. |
| ge.. | GE4 | A gentleman. |
| go.. | GO4 | past participle of go |
| go.. | GO4 | A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer. |
| go.. | GO4 | A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon'). |
| go.... | GO6 | past participle of get |
| he... | HE5 | A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool. |
| hu.. | HU4 | simple past tense and past participle of hang (except when referring to the method of execution; there, hanged is used instead) |
| hu.. | HU4 | To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas. |
| no.. | NO4 | Not any of a given number or group. |
| no... | NO5 | A composition for nine instruments or nine voices. |
| no.. | NO4 | The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. |
| no.. | NO4 | A symbol or annotation. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. |
| no.... | NO6 | Nothing; something which does not exist. |
| no.. | NO4 | A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English. |
| nu.... | NU6 | A small, compact chunk or clump. |
| on.. | ON4 | Upon; on top of. |
| ou..... | OU7 | past participle of outgo |
| ou.... | OU6 | To defeat in terms of firepower. |
| te.. | TE4 | Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old. |
| te... | TE5 | An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization. |
| te... | TE5 | A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame. |
| te.. | TE4 | A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather. |
| te... | TE5 | The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth. |
| th.. | TH4 | At that time. |
| th... | TH5 | A strip of leather. |
| to.. | TO4 | A specific pitch. |
| to.. | TO4 | An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands. |
| to.... | TO6 | The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech. |
| to... | TO5 | A metric unit of mass equal to a thousand kilograms. Symbol: t |
| to.. | TO4 | A cartoon, especially an animated television show. |
| to..... † | TO7 | To make tough. |
| tu.. | TU4 | A melody. |
| un..... | UN7 | Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes. |
| un.... | UN6 | Not (yet) executed by hanging; unhanged. |
| un....... | UN9 | That which has not been (yet) thought; that which has yet to enter into the mind; a non-existent thought. |
| un.. | UN4 | Up to the time or degree that; until. |
| un.... | UN6 | To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action. |
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.
- eggnog (EG6)
- enough (EN6)
- entente (EN7)
- gene (GE4)
- gent (GE4)
- gone (GO4)
- gong (GO4)
- goon (GO4)
- gotten (GO6)
- henge (HE5)
- hone (HO4)
- hung (HU4)
- hunt (HU4)
- nene (NE4)
- neon (NE4)
- none (NO4)
- nonet (NO5)
- noon (NO4)
- note (NO4)
- nought (NO6)
- noun (NO4)
- nugget (NU6)
- onto (ON4)
- outgone (OU7)
- outgun (OU6)
- teen (TE4)
- tenet (TE5)
- tenon (TE5)
- tent (TE4)
- tenth (TE5)
- then (TH4)
- thong (TH5)
- tone (TO4)
- tong (TO4)
- tongue (TO6)
- tonne (TO5)
- toon (TO4)
- toughen† (TO7)
- tune (TU4)
- unguent (UN7)
- unhung (UN6)
- unthought (UN9)
- unto (UN4)
- untune (UN6)
Answer Definitions
- eggnog (noun): A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas.
- enough (determiner): Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
- entente (noun): An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
- gene (noun): A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
- gent (noun): A gentleman.
- gone (verb): past participle of go
- gong (noun): A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
- goon (noun): A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
- gotten (verb): past participle of get
- henge (noun): A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space.
- hone (noun): A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
- hung (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hang (except when referring to the method of execution; there, hanged is used instead)
- hunt (verb): To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
- nene (noun): The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
- neon (noun): The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
- none (pronoun): Not any of a given number or group.
- nonet (noun): A composition for nine instruments or nine voices.
- noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- note (noun): A symbol or annotation. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
- nought (noun): Nothing; something which does not exist.
- noun (noun): A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
- nugget (noun): A small, compact chunk or clump.
- onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
- outgone (verb): past participle of outgo
- outgun (verb): To defeat in terms of firepower.
- teen (noun): Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old.
- tenet (noun): An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
- tenon (noun): A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
- tent (noun): A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
- tenth (adjective): The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.
- then (adverb): At that time.
- thong (noun): A strip of leather.
- tone (noun): A specific pitch.
- tong (noun): An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
- tongue (noun): The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
- tonne (noun): A metric unit of mass equal to a thousand kilograms. Symbol: t
- toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
- toughen† (verb): To make tough.
- tune (noun): A melody.
- unguent (noun): Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.
- unhung (adjective): Not (yet) executed by hanging; unhanged.
- unthought (noun): That which has not been (yet) thought; that which has yet to enter into the mind; a non-existent thought.
- unto (conjunction): Up to the time or degree that; until.
- untune (verb): To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action.