NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 2, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | V |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, d, e, i, n |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 54 words |
| Total Points | 269 points |
| Genius Level | 188 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</th><th>9 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 |
| C | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| D | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 16 |
| E | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| I | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| N | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| V | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 13 | Σ | 15 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 54 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AD×3 AV×2 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×3 CI×1 |
| D | DE×6 DI×10 |
| E | EA×1 EN×2 EV×8 |
| I | IN×2 IV×1 |
| N | NA×2 |
| V | VA×3 VE×4 VI×6 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ADV×3 AVI×2 |
|---|---|
| C | CAV×3 CIV×1 |
| D | DEC×2 DEV×4 DIV×10 |
| E | EAV×1 END×1 ENV×1 EVA×2 EVE×2 EVI×4 |
| I | INV×2 IVI×1 |
| N | NAI×1 NAV×1 |
| V | VAC×1 VAI×1 VAN×1 VEI×2 VEN×2 VIA×1 VIC×1 VIE×1 VIN×1 VIV×2 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ad..... | AD7 | To promote or advantage. To help the progress of (something); to further. To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. |
| ad...... | AD8 | simple past tense and past participle of advance |
| ad.... | AD6 | An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful. |
| av... | AV5 | Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures. |
| av.. | AV4 | enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something |
| ca.. | CA4 | Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. |
| ca... | CA5 | past participle of cave |
| ci... | CI5 | Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil. |
| de..... | DE7 | To trick or mislead. |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of deceive |
| de.... | DE6 | To remove the vein-like colon from (shrimp). |
| de...... | DE8 | Having had the veins removed. |
| de...... † | DE8 | Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs. |
| de.... | DE6 | Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one. |
| di.. | DI4 | Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. |
| di... | DI5 | A Muslim council of state, specifically that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan). |
| 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...... | DI8 | A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (eg, quarterly or annually). |
| di.... | DI6 | Of or pertaining to a god. |
| di..... | DI7 | simple past tense and past participle of divine |
| 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”) |
| en.... | EN6 | A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus). |
| en.... | EN6 | simple past tense and past participle of envy |
| 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 | Flat and level. |
| ev.... | EV6 | simple past tense and past participle of even |
| ev...... | EV8 | Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. |
| ev....... | EV9 | simple past tense and past participle of evidence |
| ev.... | EV6 | To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest. |
| ev..... | EV7 | simple past tense and past participle of evince |
| in.... | IN6 | To move into. |
| in..... | IN7 | simple past tense and past participle of invade |
| iv... | IV5 | Overgrown with ivy or another climbing plant. |
| na... | NA5 | Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated. |
| na.. | NA4 | The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances. |
| va..... | VA7 | A substance given to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute. |
| va.. | VA4 | Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason. |
| va.. | VA4 | A weather vane. |
| ve.. | VE4 | A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. |
| ve.... | VE6 | Having veins or veinlike markings. |
| ve.. | VE4 | To hawk or to peddle merchandise. |
| ve.... | VE6 | simple past tense and past participle of vend |
| vi... | VI5 | An item of food. |
| vi.. | VI4 | A bad habit. |
| vi.. | VI4 | simple past tense and past participle of vie |
| vi.. | VI4 | The climbing plant that produces grapes. |
| vi.... | VI6 | At a brisk, lively tempo. |
| 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.
- advance (AD7)
- advanced (AD8)
- advice (AD6)
- avian (AV5)
- avid (AV4)
- cava (CA4)
- cave (CA4)
- caved (CA5)
- civic (CI5)
- deceive (DE7)
- deceived (DE8)
- devein (DE6)
- deveined (DE8)
- deviance† (DE8)
- device (DE6)
- diva (DI4)
- divan (DI5)
- dive (DI4)
- dived (DI5)
- divide (DI6)
- divided (DI7)
- dividend (DI8)
- divine (DI6)
- divined (DI7)
- divvied (DI7)
- eave (EA4)
- endive (EN6)
- envied (EN6)
- evade (EV5)
- evaded (EV6)
- even (EV4)
- evened (EV6)
- evidence (EV8)
- evidenced (EV9)
- evince (EV6)
- evinced (EV7)
- invade (IN6)
- invaded (IN7)
- ivied (IV5)
- naive (NA5)
- nave (NA4)
- vaccine (VA7)
- vain (VA4)
- vane (VA4)
- vein (VE4)
- veined (VE6)
- vend (VE4)
- vended (VE6)
- viand (VI5)
- vice (VI4)
- vied (VI4)
- vine (VI4)
- vivace (VI6)
- vivid (VI5)
Answer Definitions
- advance (verb): To promote or advantage. To help the progress of (something); to further. To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
- advanced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of advance
- advice (noun): An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
- avian (adjective): Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.
- avid (adjective): enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something
- cava (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine.
- cave (noun): A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- caved (verb): past participle of cave
- civic (adjective): Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
- deceive (verb): To trick or mislead.
- deceived (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deceive
- devein (verb): To remove the vein-like colon from (shrimp).
- deveined (adjective): Having had the veins removed.
- deviance† (noun): Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.
- device (noun): Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
- diva (noun): Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
- divan (noun): A Muslim council of state, specifically that of viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan).
- 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
- dividend (noun): A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (eg, quarterly or annually).
- divine (adjective): Of or pertaining to a god.
- divined (verb): simple past tense and past participle of divine
- 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”)
- endive (noun): A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
- envied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of envy
- 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
- even (adjective): Flat and level.
- evened (verb): simple past tense and past participle of even
- evidence (noun): Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
- evidenced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of evidence
- evince (verb): To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.
- evinced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of evince
- invade (verb): To move into.
- invaded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of invade
- ivied (adjective): Overgrown with ivy or another climbing plant.
- naive (adjective): Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
- nave (noun): The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
- vaccine (noun): A substance given to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute.
- vain (adjective): Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
- vane (noun): A weather vane.
- vein (noun): A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
- veined (adjective): Having veins or veinlike markings.
- vend (verb): To hawk or to peddle merchandise.
- vended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of vend
- viand (noun): An item of food.
- vice (noun): A bad habit.
- vied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of vie
- vine (noun): The climbing plant that produces grapes.
- vivace (adverb): At a brisk, lively tempo.
- vivid (adjective): Clear, detailed or powerful.