NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 20, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | F |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, h, i, l, t, w |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 23 words |
| Total Points | 75 points |
| Genius Level | 53 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!
- 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 | Σ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| F | 7 | 6 | 1 | - | 14 |
| H | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - |
| L | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| T | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| W | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | Σ | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AL×1 |
|---|---|
| F | FA×5 FI×5 FL×4 |
| H | HA×3 |
| I | |
| L | LI×1 |
| T | TI×1 |
| W | WA×2 WH×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ALF×1 |
|---|---|
| F | FAI×2 FAL×1 FAT×2 FIA×1 FIF×1 FIL×3 FLA×3 FLI×1 |
| H | HAF×1 HAL×2 |
| I | |
| L | LIF×1 |
| T | TIF×1 |
| W | WAF×1 WAI×1 WHI×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..... | AL7 | A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop. |
| fa.. | FA4 | To be unsuccessful. |
| fa... | FA5 | A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence. |
| fa.. | FA4 | To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity. |
| fa... | FA5 | Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny. |
| fa... | FA5 | A legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyer. |
| fi.. | FI4 | An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree. |
| fi... | FI5 | The ordinal form of the number five. |
| fi.... | FI6 | Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter. |
| fi.. | FI4 | To occupy fully, to take up all of. |
| fi... | FI5 | Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles. |
| fl... | FL5 | A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material. |
| fl.. | FL4 | Having no variations in height. |
| fl.. | FL4 | A flake, fragment, or shiver. |
| fl.. | FL4 | A fluttering or darting movement. |
| ha.. | HA4 | The handle of a tool or weapon. |
| ha.. | HA4 | One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided. |
| ha..... † | HA7 | Someone lacking in intelligence. |
| li.. | LI4 | To raise or rise. |
| ti.. | TI4 | A small argument; a petty quarrel. |
| wa.. | WA4 | To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air. |
| wa.. | WA4 | Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor. |
| wh... | WH5 | A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft. |
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.
- alfalfa (AL7)
- fail (FA4)
- faith (FA5)
- fall (FA4)
- fatal (FA5)
- fatwa (FA5)
- fiat (FI4)
- fifth (FI5)
- filial (FI6)
- fill (FI4)
- filth (FI5)
- flail (FL5)
- flat (FL4)
- flaw (FL4)
- flit (FL4)
- haft (HA4)
- half (HA4)
- halfwit† (HA7)
- lift (LI4)
- tiff (TI4)
- waft (WA4)
- waif (WA4)
- whiff (WH5)
Answer Definitions
- alfalfa (noun): A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
- fail (verb): To be unsuccessful.
- faith (noun): A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.
- fall (verb): To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- fatal (adjective): Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
- fatwa (noun): A legal opinion, decree or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic lawyer.
- fiat (noun): An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
- fifth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number five.
- filial (adjective): Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
- fill (verb): To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- filth (noun): Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
- flail (noun): A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
- flat (adjective): Having no variations in height.
- flaw (noun): A flake, fragment, or shiver.
- flit (noun): A fluttering or darting movement.
- haft (noun): The handle of a tool or weapon.
- half (noun): One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
- halfwit† (noun): Someone lacking in intelligence.
- lift (verb): To raise or rise.
- tiff (noun): A small argument; a petty quarrel.
- waft (verb): To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
- waif (noun): Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.
- whiff (noun): A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.