NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 14, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | V |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, e, i, l, m |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 43 words |
| Total Points | 180 points |
| Genius Level | 126 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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| D | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 10 |
| E | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| I | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| L | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 11 |
| M | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| V | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 12 | Σ | 15 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 43 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AL×1 AV×3 |
|---|---|
| D | DE×4 DI×6 |
| E | EA×1 EV×3 |
| I | IV×1 |
| L | LA×3 LE×5 LI×3 |
| M | ME×1 |
| V | VA×3 VE×4 VI×5 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ALI×1 AVA×2 AVI×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DEL×2 DEV×2 DIV×6 |
| E | EAV×1 EVA×2 EVI×1 |
| I | IVI×1 |
| L | LAV×3 LEA×1 LEV×4 LIV×3 |
| M | MED×1 |
| V | VAL×3 VEA×1 VEI×2 VEL×1 VIA×1 VIE×1 VIL×2 VIV×1 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| al... | AL5 | Having life; living; not dead. |
| av... | AV5 | To turn to the advantage of. |
| av..... | AV7 | simple past tense and past participle of avail |
| av.. | AV4 | enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something |
| de... | DE5 | To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of delve |
| de... | DE5 | The chief devil; Satan. |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of devil |
| di.. | DI4 | Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. |
| di.. | DI4 | To swim under water. |
| di... | DI5 | simple past tense and past participle of dive (scuba diving) |
| di.... | DI6 | To split or separate (something) into two or more parts. |
| di..... | DI7 | simple past tense and past participle of divide |
| di..... | DI7 | simple past tense and past participle of divvy |
| ea.. | EA4 | Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”) |
| ev... | EV5 | To get away from by cunning; to avoid using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from |
| ev.... | EV6 | simple past tense and past participle of evade |
| ev.. | EV4 | Intending to harm; malevolent. |
| iv... | IV5 | Overgrown with ivy or another climbing plant. |
| la.. | LA4 | The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides. |
| la.. | LA4 | To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out. |
| la... | LA5 | simple past tense and past participle of lave |
| le... | LE5 | To have a consequence or remnant. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely. |
| le... | LE5 | An elevated geographical feature. |
| le... | LE5 | The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground. |
| le..... | LE7 | simple past tense and past participle of level |
| le.... | LE6 | simple past tense and past participle of levy |
| li.. | LI4 | To be alive; to have life. |
| li... | LI5 | simple past tense and past participle of live |
| li... | LI5 | Having a dark, bluish appearance. |
| me...... † | ME8 | Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD. |
| va.. | VA4 | A valley. |
| va... | VA5 | Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent. |
| va... | VA5 | A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe. |
| ve.. | VE4 | The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food. |
| ve.. | VE4 | Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. |
| ve.... | VE6 | Covered by a veil. |
| ve.. | VE4 | The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries. |
| vi.. | VI4 | A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals. |
| vi.. | VI4 | simple past tense and past participle of vie |
| vi.. | VI4 | Morally low; base; despicable. |
| vi... | VI5 | A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat. |
| vi... | VI5 | Clear, detailed or powerful. |
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.
- alive (AL5)
- avail (AV5)
- availed (AV7)
- avid (AV4)
- delve (DE5)
- delved (DE6)
- devil (DE5)
- deviled (DE7)
- diva (DI4)
- dive (DI4)
- dived (DI5)
- divide (DI6)
- divided (DI7)
- divvied (DI7)
- eave (EA4)
- evade (EV5)
- evaded (EV6)
- evil (EV4)
- ivied (IV5)
- lava (LA4)
- lave (LA4)
- laved (LA5)
- leave (LE5)
- levee (LE5)
- level (LE5)
- leveled (LE7)
- levied (LE6)
- live (LI4)
- lived (LI5)
- livid (LI5)
- medieval† (ME8)
- vale (VA4)
- valid (VA5)
- valve (VA5)
- veal (VE4)
- veil (VE4)
- veiled (VE6)
- veld (VE4)
- vial (VI4)
- vied (VI4)
- vile (VI4)
- villa (VI5)
- vivid (VI5)
Answer Definitions
- alive (adjective): Having life; living; not dead.
- avail (verb): To turn to the advantage of.
- availed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of avail
- avid (adjective): enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something
- delve (verb): To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel.
- delved (verb): simple past tense and past participle of delve
- devil (proper noun): The chief devil; Satan.
- deviled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of devil
- diva (noun): Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
- dive (verb): To swim under water.
- dived (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dive (scuba diving)
- divide (verb): To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
- divided (verb): simple past tense and past participle of divide
- divvied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of divvy
- eave (noun): Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”)
- evade (verb): To get away from by cunning; to avoid using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from
- evaded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of evade
- evil (adjective): Intending to harm; malevolent.
- ivied (adjective): Overgrown with ivy or another climbing plant.
- lava (noun): The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
- lave (verb): To pour or throw out, as water; lade out; bail; bail out.
- laved (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lave
- leave (verb): To have a consequence or remnant. To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
- levee (noun): An elevated geographical feature.
- level (adjective): The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- leveled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of level
- levied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of levy
- live (verb): To be alive; to have life.
- lived (verb): simple past tense and past participle of live
- livid (adjective): Having a dark, bluish appearance.
- medieval† (adjective): Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
- vale (noun): A valley.
- valid (adjective): Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- valve (noun): A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
- veal (noun): The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.
- veil (noun): Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
- veiled (adjective): Covered by a veil.
- veld (noun): The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.
- vial (noun): A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
- vied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of vie
- vile (adjective): Morally low; base; despicable.
- villa (noun): A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
- vivid (adjective): Clear, detailed or powerful.