NYT Spelling Bee Answers for November 5, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | C |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, e, t, v, x |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 28 words |
| Total Points | 147 points |
| Genius Level | 103 points |
| Bingo? | No |
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</th><th>9 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| C | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
| D | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| E | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| T | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| V | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×5 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×5 CE×2 |
| D | DA×1 DE×3 |
| E | EX×8 |
| T | TA×2 |
| V | VA×2 |
| X |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACC×2 ACE×2 ACT×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAD×1 CAV×4 CED×2 |
| D | DAC×1 DEC×1 DET×2 |
| E | EXA×3 EXC×4 EXE×1 |
| T | TAC×2 |
| V | VAC×2 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| ac.... | AC6 | To approach; to arrive, to come forward. |
| ac..... | AC7 | simple past tense and past participle of accede |
| ac.. | AC4 | simple past tense and past participle of ace |
| ac..... | AC7 | Any salt or ester of acetic acid. |
| ac... | AC5 | simple past tense and past participle of act |
| ca... | CA5 | A student at a military school who is training to be an officer. |
| ca.. | CA4 | Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A warning. |
| ca... | CA5 | past participle of cave |
| ce.. | CE4 | To give up; yield to another. |
| ce... | CE5 | simple past tense and past participle of cede |
| da.. | DA4 | The shoal-forming fish Leuciscus leuciscus common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe. |
| de.... | DE6 | A group, set, or series of ten , particularly: |
| de.... | DE6 | to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing |
| de...... | DE8 | Having been noticed. |
| ex... | EX5 | Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect. |
| ex.... | EX6 | A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick the two runners who finish first and second, in the correct order. |
| ex..... | EX7 | simple past tense and past participle of exact |
| ex...... | EX8 | To make a hole in (something); to hollow. |
| ex....... † | EX9 | simple past tense and past participle of excavate |
| ex.... | EX6 | To be larger, greater than (something). |
| ex...... | EX8 | simple past tense and past participle of exceed |
| ex.. | EX4 | executive, executive officer |
| ta... | TA5 | An instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece. |
| ta.. | TA4 | The sense of touch; feeling. |
| va.... | VA6 | To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction. |
| va..... | VA7 | simple past tense and past participle of vacate |
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.
- accede (AC6)
- acceded (AC7)
- aced (AC4)
- acetate (AC7)
- acted (AC5)
- cadet (CA5)
- cava (CA4)
- cave (CA4)
- caveat (CA6)
- caved (CA5)
- cede (CE4)
- ceded (CE5)
- dace (DA4)
- decade (DE6)
- detect (DE6)
- detected (DE8)
- exact (EX5)
- exacta (EX6)
- exacted (EX7)
- excavate (EX8)
- excavated† (EX9)
- exceed (EX6)
- exceeded (EX8)
- exec (EX4)
- tacet (TA5)
- tact (TA4)
- vacate (VA6)
- vacated (VA7)
Answer Definitions
- accede (verb): To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
- acceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of accede
- aced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ace
- acetate (noun): Any salt or ester of acetic acid.
- acted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of act
- cadet (noun): A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
- cava (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine.
- cave (noun): A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- caveat (noun): A warning.
- caved (verb): past participle of cave
- cede (verb): To give up; yield to another.
- ceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cede
- dace (noun): The shoal-forming fish Leuciscus leuciscus common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
- decade (noun): A group, set, or series of ten , particularly:
- detect (verb): to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- detected (adjective): Having been noticed.
- exact (adjective): Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
- exacta (noun): A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick the two runners who finish first and second, in the correct order.
- exacted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of exact
- excavate (verb): To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
- excavated† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of excavate
- exceed (verb): To be larger, greater than (something).
- exceeded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of exceed
- exec (noun): executive, executive officer
- tacet (verb): An instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece.
- tact (noun): The sense of touch; feeling.
- vacate (verb): To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.
- vacated (verb): simple past tense and past participle of vacate