NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 19, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | P |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, e, h, l, m |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 62 words |
| Total Points | 280 points |
| Genius Level | 196 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 | 5 | 2 | - | 3 | 11 |
| D | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 6 |
| E | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| H | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 6 |
| L | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| M | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| P | 11 | 5 | 11 | 4 | - | 31 | Σ | 20 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 62 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AL×2 AM×2 AP×7 |
|---|---|
| D | DA×5 DE×1 |
| E | EP×1 |
| H | HE×6 |
| L | LA×3 LE×2 |
| M | MA×2 |
| P | PA×15 PE×12 PL×4 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ALE×1 ALP×1 AMP×2 APE×1 APP×6 |
|---|---|
| D | DAM×2 DAP×3 DEE×1 |
| E | EPE×1 |
| H | HEA×3 HEL×2 HEM×1 |
| L | LAM×1 LAP×2 LEA×2 |
| M | MAP×2 |
| P | PAD×3 PAE×1 PAL×8 PAM×1 PAP×2 PEA×2 PED×4 PEE×5 PEP×1 PLE×4 |
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 | The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif). |
| al... | AL5 | The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A. |
| am... | AM5 | simple past tense and past participle of amp |
| am... | AM5 | A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough. |
| ap.. | AP4 | simple past tense and past participle of ape |
| ap.... | AP6 | To fill with horror; to dismay. |
| ap...... | AP8 | Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant. |
| ap.... | AP6 | An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned. The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued. A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review. |
| ap...... | AP8 | simple past tense and past participle of appeal |
| ap...... | AP8 | A respondent. |
| ap... | AP5 | A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates. |
| da.. | DA4 | In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist. |
| da.... | DA6 | simple past tense and past participle of damp |
| da.... | DA6 | simple past tense and past participle of dap |
| da.... | DA6 | A mottled marking, usually in clusters. |
| da..... | DA7 | Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple. |
| 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. |
| ep.. | EP4 | A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing. |
| he...... † | HE8 | An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle. |
| he.. | HE4 | A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people. |
| he.... | HE6 | In a heap. |
| he.. | HE4 | Action given to provide assistance; aid. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of help |
| he.. | HE4 | A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia. |
| la.. | LA4 | A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb. |
| la... | LA5 | Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between. |
| la.... | LA6 | simple past tense and past participle of lap |
| le.. | LE4 | To jump. |
| le.... | LE6 | simple past tense and past participle of leap |
| ma... | MA5 | A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds. |
| ma.... | MA6 | simple past tense and past participle of map |
| pa.... | PA6 | Having padding. |
| pa.... | PA6 | A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat. |
| pa..... | PA7 | simple past tense and past participle of paddle |
| pa.... | PA6 | A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked in a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish. |
| pa.... | PA6 | An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves. |
| pa.. | PA4 | Light in color. |
| pa... | PA5 | simple past tense and past participle of pale |
| pa.. | PA4 | Senses relating to cloth. Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes. A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse. A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist. A cloth used for various purposes on the altar in a church, such as a corporal (“cloth on which elements of the Eucharist are placed”) or frontal (“drapery covering the front of an altar”). |
| pa.... | PA6 | simple past tense and past participle of pall |
| pa.. | PA4 | Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics. |
| pa.... | PA6 | simple past tense and past participle of palm |
| pa.. | PA4 | Synonym of pedipalp. |
| pa... | PA5 | singular of pampas |
| pa.. | PA4 | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father. |
| pa... | PA5 | Having to do with the pope or the papacy. |
| pe.. | PE4 | A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc. |
| pe.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of peal |
| pe... | PE5 | A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano |
| pe..... | PE7 | simple past tense and past participle of pedal |
| pe.... | PE6 | To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities. |
| pe..... | PE7 | simple past tense and past participle of peddle |
| pe.. | PE4 | simple past tense and past participle of pee |
| pe.. | PE4 | To remove the skin or outer covering of. |
| pe.... | PE6 | With the outermost layer or skin removed. |
| 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.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of pep |
| pl.. | PL4 | An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty. |
| pl... | PL5 | To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case. |
| pl..... | PL7 | , still used by some in the US, particularly in legal usage. simple past tense and past participle of plead |
| pl.. | PL4 | simple past tense and past participle of plead |
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.
- aleph (AL5)
- alpha (AL5)
- amped (AM5)
- ample (AM5)
- aped (AP4)
- appall (AP6)
- appalled (AP8)
- appeal (AP6)
- appealed (AP8)
- appellee (AP8)
- apple (AP5)
- damp (DA4)
- damped (DA6)
- dapped (DA6)
- dapple (DA6)
- dappled (DA7)
- deep (DE4)
- epee (EP4)
- headlamp† (HE8)
- heap (HE4)
- heaped (HE6)
- help (HE4)
- helped (HE6)
- hemp (HE4)
- lamp (LA4)
- lapel (LA5)
- lapped (LA6)
- leap (LE4)
- leaped (LE6)
- maple (MA5)
- mapped (MA6)
- padded (PA6)
- paddle (PA6)
- paddled (PA7)
- paella (PA6)
- palapa (PA6)
- pale (PA4)
- paled (PA5)
- pall (PA4)
- palled (PA6)
- palm (PA4)
- palmed (PA6)
- palp (PA4)
- pampa (PA5)
- papa (PA4)
- papal (PA5)
- peal (PE4)
- pealed (PE6)
- pedal (PE5)
- pedaled (PE7)
- peddle (PE6)
- peddled (PE7)
- peed (PE4)
- peel (PE4)
- peeled (PE6)
- peep (PE4)
- peeped (PE6)
- pepped (PE6)
- plea (PL4)
- plead (PL5)
- pleaded (PL7)
- pled (PL4)
Answer Definitions
- aleph (noun): The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif).
- alpha (noun): The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.
- amped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of amp
- ample (determiner): A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough.
- aped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ape
- appall (verb): To fill with horror; to dismay.
- appalled (adjective): Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant.
- appeal (noun): An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned. The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued. A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
- appealed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of appeal
- appellee (noun): A respondent.
- apple (noun): A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.
- damp (adjective): In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
- damped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of damp
- dapped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dap
- dapple (noun): A mottled marking, usually in clusters.
- dappled (adjective): Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple.
- 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.
- epee (noun): A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
- headlamp† (noun): An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle.
- heap (noun): A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- heaped (adjective): In a heap.
- help (noun): Action given to provide assistance; aid.
- helped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of help
- hemp (noun): A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
- lamp (noun): A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
- lapel (noun): Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.
- lapped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lap
- leap (verb): To jump.
- leaped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of leap
- maple (noun): A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.
- mapped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of map
- padded (adjective): Having padding.
- paddle (noun): A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat.
- paddled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of paddle
- paella (noun): A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked in a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish.
- palapa (noun): An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.
- pale (adjective): Light in color.
- paled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pale
- pall (noun): Senses relating to cloth. Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes. A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse. A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist. A cloth used for various purposes on the altar in a church, such as a corporal (“cloth on which elements of the Eucharist are placed”) or frontal (“drapery covering the front of an altar”).
- palled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pall
- palm (noun): Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
- palmed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of palm
- palp (noun): Synonym of pedipalp.
- pampa (noun): singular of pampas
- papa (noun): Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
- papal (adjective): Having to do with the pope or the papacy.
- peal (noun): A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
- pealed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of peal
- pedal (noun): A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano
- pedaled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pedal
- peddle (verb): To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.
- peddled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of peddle
- peed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pee
- peel (verb): To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- peeled (adjective): With the outermost layer or skin removed.
- peep (noun): A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
- peeped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of peep
- pepped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pep
- plea (noun): An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
- plead (verb): To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.
- pleaded (verb): , still used by some in the US, particularly in legal usage. simple past tense and past participle of plead
- pled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of plead