NYT Spelling Bee Answers for February 12, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | U |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | e, g, i, n, t, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 28 words |
| Total Points | 170 points |
| Genius Level | 119 points |
| Bingo? | No |
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 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| G | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| I | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 |
| N | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| T | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 8 |
| U | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 9 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| E | EN×1 |
|---|---|
| G | GE×1 GI×1 GU×2 |
| I | IN×4 |
| N | NU×2 |
| T | TE×1 TU×7 |
| U | UN×9 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| E | ENN×1 |
|---|---|
| G | GEN×1 GIG×1 GUN×1 GUT×1 |
| I | ING×2 INT×2 |
| N | NUG×1 NUT×1 |
| T | TEN×1 TUG×1 TUN×2 TUT×4 |
| U | UNG×1 UNI×4 UNT×4 |
| Y |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| en... | EN5 | A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression. |
| ge..... | GE7 | Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native |
| gi... | GI5 | an Irish dance, derived from the jig, used in the Partita form (Baroque Period). |
| gu..... | GU7 | present participle of gun |
| gu..... | GU7 | present participle of gut |
| in..... | IN7 | An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman. |
| in....... † | IN9 | The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways. |
| in.... | IN6 | To know intuitively or by immediate perception. |
| in....... | IN9 | present participle of intuit |
| nu.... | NU6 | A small, compact chunk or clump. |
| nu... | NU5 | Containing nuts. |
| te..... | TE7 | Thinness, slenderness. |
| tu..... | TU7 | present participle of tug |
| tu.. | TU4 | A melody. |
| tu.... | TU6 | Action of the verb to tune. The calibration of a musical instrument to a standard pitch. The adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance. |
| tu... | TU5 | A student of a tutor. |
| tu... | TU5 | All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices. |
| tu..... | TU7 | present participle of tut |
| tu.. | TU4 | A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting. |
| un..... | UN7 | Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes. |
| un.. | UN4 | Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. |
| un... | UN5 | To bring together as one. |
| un..... | UN7 | present participle of unite |
| un... | UN5 | Oneness; the state or fact of being one undivided entity. |
| un... | UN5 | To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of. |
| un.... | UN6 | To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action. |
| un...... | UN8 | present participle of untune |
| un..... | UN7 | present participle of untie |
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.
- ennui (EN5)
- genuine (GE7)
- gigue (GI5)
- gunning (GU7)
- gutting (GU7)
- ingenue (IN7)
- ingenuity† (IN9)
- intuit (IN6)
- intuiting (IN9)
- nugget (NU6)
- nutty (NU5)
- tenuity (TE7)
- tugging (TU7)
- tune (TU4)
- tuning (TU6)
- tutee (TU5)
- tutti (TU5)
- tutting (TU7)
- tutu (TU4)
- unguent (UN7)
- unit (UN4)
- unite (UN5)
- uniting (UN7)
- unity (UN5)
- untie (UN5)
- untune (UN6)
- untuning (UN8)
- untying (UN7)
Answer Definitions
- ennui (noun): A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.
- genuine (adjective): Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
- gigue (noun): an Irish dance, derived from the jig, used in the Partita form (Baroque Period).
- gunning (verb): present participle of gun
- gutting (verb): present participle of gut
- ingenue (noun): An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman.
- ingenuity† (noun): The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.
- intuit (verb): To know intuitively or by immediate perception.
- intuiting (verb): present participle of intuit
- nugget (noun): A small, compact chunk or clump.
- nutty (adjective): Containing nuts.
- tenuity (noun): Thinness, slenderness.
- tugging (verb): present participle of tug
- tune (noun): A melody.
- tuning (noun): Action of the verb to tune. The calibration of a musical instrument to a standard pitch. The adjustment of a system or circuit to secure optimum performance.
- tutee (noun): A student of a tutor.
- tutti (adverb): All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.
- tutting (verb): present participle of tut
- tutu (noun): A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
- unguent (noun): Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.
- unit (noun): Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
- unite (verb): To bring together as one.
- uniting (verb): present participle of unite
- unity (noun): Oneness; the state or fact of being one undivided entity.
- untie (verb): To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
- untune (verb): To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action.
- untuning (verb): present participle of untune
- untying (verb): present participle of untie