NYT Spelling Bee Answers for November 4, 2021

Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for November 4, 2021

Game Summary

Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for November 4, 2021
Center LetterC
Outer Lettersa, e, g, k, m, o
# of Pangrams1 (Perfect: none)
Total Words21 words
Total Points63 points
Genius Level44 points
Bingo?No

Table of Contents

As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!

  1. Spelling Bee Grid
  2. Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
  3. Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
  4. Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
  5. Today's Complete Solution
  6. Answer Definitions

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for November 4, 2021

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>8Σ
A1----1
C104---14
E-1---1
G-1--12
K------
M21---3
O------
Σ137--121

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.

A
AC×1
C
CA×6
CO×8
E
EM×1
G
GA×1
GE×1
K
M
MA×1
ME×1
MO×1
O

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.

A
ACM×1
C
CAC×1
CAG×1
CAK×1
CAM×3
COC×3
COK×1
COM×3
COO×1
E
EMC×1
G
GAM×1
GEC×1
K
M
MAC×1
MEC×1
MOC×1
O

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 ().

Word2L RefDefinition (click to reveal)
ac..AC4A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.
ca...CA5A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
ca..CA4An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
ca..CA4A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
ca..CA4simple past tense of come
ca...CA5A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief.
ca..CA4A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
co..CO4Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
co..CO4A male bird, especially: A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). A cock pigeon.
co...CO5The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
co..CO4Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
co..CO4A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
co..CO4To move from further away to nearer to.
co...CO5English Wikipedia has an article on:commaWikipedia The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
co..CO4A person who prepares food.
em...EM5Alternative form of MC in its senses as Master of ceremonies. A rapper.
ga...... GA8A fighting cock: a rooster used in cockfighting.
ge...GE5Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae. They are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces.
ma..MA4A heavy fighting club.
me...ME5Alternative form of Mecca; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.
mo..MO4An imitation, usually of lesser quality.

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.

  • acme  (AC4)
  • cacao  (CA5)
  • cage  (CA4)
  • cake  (CA4)
  • came  (CA4)
  • cameo  (CA5)
  • camo  (CA4)
  • coca  (CO4)
  • cock  (CO4)
  • cocoa  (CO5)
  • coke  (CO4)
  • coma  (CO4)
  • come  (CO4)
  • comma  (CO5)
  • cook  (CO4)
  • emcee  (EM5)
  • gamecock  (GA8)
  • gecko  (GE5)
  • mace  (MA4)
  • mecca  (ME5)
  • mock  (MO4)

Answer Definitions

  • acme (noun): A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.
  • cacao (noun): A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
  • cage (noun): An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.
  • cake (noun): A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
  • came (verb): simple past tense of come
  • cameo (noun): A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief.
  • camo (noun): A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
  • coca (noun): Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
  • cock (noun): A male bird, especially: A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). A cock pigeon.
  • cocoa (noun): The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
  • coke (noun): Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
  • coma (noun): A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
  • come (verb): To move from further away to nearer to.
  • comma (noun): English Wikipedia has an article on:commaWikipedia The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
  • cook (noun): A person who prepares food.
  • emcee (noun): Alternative form of MC in its senses as Master of ceremonies. A rapper.
  • gamecock (noun): A fighting cock: a rooster used in cockfighting.
  • gecko (noun): Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae. They are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces.
  • mace (noun): A heavy fighting club.
  • mecca (noun): Alternative form of Mecca; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.
  • mock (noun): An imitation, usually of lesser quality.