NYT Spelling Bee Answers for December 5, 2021

Dec 5, 2021 · 5 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for December 5, 2021

Game Summary

Center Letter	H
Outer Letters	c, e, n, t, u, y
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words	21 words
Total Points	93 points
Genius Level	65 points
Bingo?	No

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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	Σ
C	-	1	-	1	-	2
E	1	-	1	-	1	3
H	1	3	-	-	-	4
N	-	-	-	-	-	-
T	4	3	3	-	-	10
U	-	-	-	-	-	-
Y	1	1	-	-	-	2
Σ	7	8	4	1	1	21

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

C	CH×2
E	ET×1 EU×1 EY×1
H	HE×1 HU×3
N
T	TE×6 TH×4
U
Y	YE×2

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

C	CHU×2
E	ETC×1 EUN×1 EYE×1
H	HEN×1 HUN×2 HUT×1
N
T	TEC×2 TEE×2 TEN×1 TET×1 THE×4
U
Y	YEC×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)
ch...	CH5	A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
ch..... ^†	CH7	A sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green or dried red chili peppers.
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.
eu....	EU6	A castrated human male.
ey......	EY8	plural of eyetooth
he...	HE5	from here, from this place, away
hu...	HU5	A hump; a protuberance.
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.
hu...	HU5	A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
te..	TE4	Technology.
te...	TE5	Technical, of or related to technology.
te...	TE5	plural of tooth
te....	TE6	To grow teeth.
te...	TE5	The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.
te....	TE6	Synonym of touchy: easily annoyed or irritated, peevish, testy, irascible; also extremely sensitive, difficult to manage, use, or work.
th..	TH4	Objective and reflexive case of thou.
th..	TH4	At that time.
th....	TH6	From there, from that place or from that time.
th..	TH4	A group of entities previously mentioned.
ye...	YE5	Alternative spelling of yech
ye..	YE4	An exclamation of disgust.

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.

chute (CH5)
chutney^† (CH7)
etch (ET4)
eunuch (EU6)
eyeteeth (EY8)
hence (HE5)
hunch (HU5)
hunt (HU4)
hutch (HU5)
tech (TE4)
techy (TE5)
teeth (TE5)
teethe (TE6)
tenth (TE5)
tetchy (TE6)
thee (TH4)
then (TH4)
thence (TH6)
they (TH4)
yecch (YE5)
yech (YE4)

Answer Definitions

chute (noun): A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
chutney^† (noun): A sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India, made from a variety of fruits and/or vegetables, often containing significant amounts of fresh green or dried red chili peppers.
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.
eunuch (noun): A castrated human male.
eyeteeth (noun): plural of eyetooth
hence (adverb): from here, from this place, away
hunch (noun): A hump; a protuberance.
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.
hutch (noun): A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
tech (noun): Technology.
techy (adjective): Technical, of or related to technology.
teeth (noun): plural of tooth
teethe (verb): To grow teeth.
tenth (adjective): The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.
tetchy (adjective): Synonym of touchy: easily annoyed or irritated, peevish, testy, irascible; also extremely sensitive, difficult to manage, use, or work.
thee (pronoun): Objective and reflexive case of thou.
then (adverb): At that time.
thence (adverb): From there, from that place or from that time.
they (pronoun): A group of entities previously mentioned.
yecch (interjection): Alternative spelling of yech
yech (interjection): An exclamation of disgust.