NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 5, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | P |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, e, n, o, u, x |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 47 words |
| Total Points | 214 points |
| Genius Level | 150 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 9 |
| E | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| N | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| O | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| P | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 19 |
| U | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 9 |
| X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 18 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 47 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| D | DE×5 DO×2 DU×2 |
|---|---|
| E | EP×2 EX×5 |
| N | NO×1 |
| O | OP×2 |
| P | PE×10 PO×8 PU×1 |
| U | UN×4 UP×5 |
| X |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| D | DEE×3 DEP×2 DOP×2 DUP×2 |
|---|---|
| E | EPE×1 EPO×1 EXP×5 |
| N | NOP×1 |
| O | OPE×2 |
| P | PEE×4 PEN×4 PEO×1 PEP×1 PON×2 POO×2 POP×2 POU×2 PUN×1 |
| U | UNO×2 UNP×2 UPD×1 UPE×2 UPO×1 UPP×1 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| de.. | DE4 | Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards. Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively. |
| de.... | DE6 | To make deep or deeper |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of deepen |
| de.... | DE6 | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on. |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of depend |
| do.. | DO4 | Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface. |
| do... | DO5 | Drugged. |
| du.. | DU4 | A person who has been deceived. |
| du... | DU5 | simple past tense and past participle of dupe |
| ep.. | EP4 | A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing. |
| ep... | EP5 | The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe. |
| ex.... | EX6 | to consume, exhaust |
| ex...... | EX8 | simple past tense and past participle of expend |
| ex.. | EX4 | An exposition. |
| ex..... † | EX7 | To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length |
| ex....... † | EX9 | simple past tense and past participle of expound |
| no.. | NO4 | No. |
| op.. | OP4 | Not closed. Able to be accessed. Able to have something pass through or along it. |
| op.... | OP6 | simple past tense and past participle of open |
| pe.. | PE4 | simple past tense and past participle of pee |
| pe.. | PE4 | The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end. |
| pe.. | PE4 | A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird. |
| pe.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of peep |
| pe.. | PE4 | To hang down; to cause something to hang down |
| pe.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of pend |
| pe... | PE5 | A type of short, diagonally cut pasta. |
| pe.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of pen |
| pe.. | PE4 | A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work. |
| pe.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of pep |
| po.. | PO4 | An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake. |
| po.. | PO4 | A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts. |
| po.. | PO4 | To make a short blast on a horn. |
| po.... | PO6 | Tired; exhausted. |
| po.. | PO4 | An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state. Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority. Any similar head of a religion. A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses. An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times. Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day. |
| po.... | PO6 | simple past tense and past participle of pop |
| po... | PO5 | A unit of weight in various measurement systems Ellipsis of pound weight. The translated name of various non-English units of measure |
| po..... | PO7 | simple past tense and past participle of pound |
| pu.... | PU6 | simple past tense and past participle of pun |
| un.... | UN6 | Not open; closed. |
| un...... | UN8 | not yet opened; still closed |
| un... | UN5 | To release from a pen. |
| un...... | UN8 | simple past tense and past participle of unpen |
| up.. | UP4 | A woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck |
| up... | UP5 | To end up; to set on end. |
| up..... | UP7 | simple past tense and past participle of upend |
| up.. | UP4 | Physically above and in contact with. |
| up... | UP5 | simple past tense and past participle of up |
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.
- deep (DE4)
- deepen (DE6)
- deepened (DE8)
- depend (DE6)
- depended (DE8)
- dope (DO4)
- doped (DO5)
- dupe (DU4)
- duped (DU5)
- epee (EP4)
- epode (EP5)
- expend (EX6)
- expended (EX8)
- expo (EX4)
- expound† (EX7)
- expounded† (EX9)
- nope (NO4)
- open (OP4)
- opened (OP6)
- peed (PE4)
- peen (PE4)
- peep (PE4)
- peeped (PE6)
- pend (PE4)
- pended (PE6)
- penne (PE5)
- penned (PE6)
- peon (PE4)
- pepped (PE6)
- pond (PO4)
- pone (PO4)
- poop (PO4)
- pooped (PO6)
- pope (PO4)
- popped (PO6)
- pound (PO5)
- pounded (PO7)
- punned (PU6)
- unopen (UN6)
- unopened (UN8)
- unpen (UN5)
- unpenned (UN8)
- updo (UP4)
- upend (UP5)
- upended (UP7)
- upon (UP4)
- upped (UP5)
Answer Definitions
- deep (adjective): Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards. Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.
- deepen (verb): To make deep or deeper
- deepened (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deepen
- depend (verb): To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition; to hinge on.
- depended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of depend
- dope (noun): Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- doped (adjective): Drugged.
- dupe (noun): A person who has been deceived.
- duped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dupe
- epee (noun): A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
- epode (noun): The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.
- expend (verb): to consume, exhaust
- expended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of expend
- expo (noun): An exposition.
- expound† (verb): To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length
- expounded† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of expound
- nope (particle): No.
- open (adjective): Not closed. Able to be accessed. Able to have something pass through or along it.
- opened (verb): simple past tense and past participle of open
- peed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pee
- peen (noun): The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
- peep (noun): A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
- peeped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of peep
- pend (verb): To hang down; to cause something to hang down
- pended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pend
- penne (noun): A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
- penned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pen
- peon (noun): A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
- pepped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pep
- pond (noun): An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
- pone (noun): A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
- poop (verb): To make a short blast on a horn.
- pooped (adjective): Tired; exhausted.
- pope (noun): An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state. Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority. Any similar head of a religion. A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses. An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times. Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day.
- popped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pop
- pound (noun): A unit of weight in various measurement systems Ellipsis of pound weight. The translated name of various non-English units of measure
- pounded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pound
- punned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pun
- unopen (adjective): Not open; closed.
- unopened (adjective): not yet opened; still closed
- unpen (verb): To release from a pen.
- unpenned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of unpen
- updo (noun): A woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck
- upend (verb): To end up; to set on end.
- upended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of upend
- upon (preposition): Physically above and in contact with.
- upped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of up