NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 4, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | H |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, e, g, l, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 36 words |
| Total Points | 163 points |
| Genius Level | 114 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</th><th>10 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| D | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| E | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| G | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| H | 13 | 2 | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | 28 |
| L | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| U | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 14 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AH×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DE×2 |
| E | EG×2 |
| G | GH×1 |
| H | HA×8 HE×12 HU×8 |
| L | LA×2 |
| U |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AHE×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DEA×2 |
| E | EGG×2 |
| G | GHE×1 |
| H | HAG×2 HAL×3 HAU×3 HEA×4 HED×2 HEE×4 HEL×2 HUD×2 HUE×1 HUG×2 HUL×3 |
| L | LAU×2 |
| U |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ah... | AH5 | At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving. |
| de...... | DE8 | A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend. |
| de........ | DE10 | simple past tense and past participle of deadhead |
| eg..... | EG7 | A bald person, especially a man. |
| eg....... | EG9 | intellectual |
| gh.. | GH4 | A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee. |
| ha.... | HA6 | To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller. |
| ha..... | HA7 | simple past tense and past participle of haggle |
| ha... | HA5 | Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do. |
| ha.. | HA4 | Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired. |
| ha.. | HA4 | A corridor; a hallway. |
| ha.. | HA4 | To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle. |
| ha..... | HA7 | The act of hauling. |
| ha.... | HA6 | simple past tense and past participle of haul |
| he.. | HE4 | The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs. |
| he.... | HE6 | Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top. |
| he.. | HE4 | To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of heal |
| he... | HE5 | A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of hedge |
| he.. | HE4 | Careful attention. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of heed |
| he.. | HE4 | The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of heel |
| he.. | HE4 | simple past tense and past participle of hold |
| he.. | HE4 | A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death. |
| hu.... | HU6 | A dense and disorderly crowd. |
| hu..... | HU7 | simple past tense and past participle of huddle |
| hu.. | HU4 | coloured; having a hue. |
| hu.. | HU4 | Very large. |
| hu.... | HU6 | simple past tense and past participle of hug |
| hu.. | HU4 | A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there. |
| hu.. | HU4 | The outer covering of a fruit or seed. |
| hu.... | HU6 | Deprived of the hulls. |
| la... | LA5 | An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. |
| la..... † | LA7 | simple past tense and past participle of laugh |
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.
- ahead (AH5)
- deadhead (DE8)
- deadheaded (DE10)
- egghead (EG7)
- eggheaded (EG9)
- ghee (GH4)
- haggle (HA6)
- haggled (HA7)
- halal (HA5)
- hale (HA4)
- hall (HA4)
- haul (HA4)
- haulage (HA7)
- hauled (HA6)
- head (HE4)
- headed (HE6)
- heal (HE4)
- healed (HE6)
- hedge (HE5)
- hedged (HE6)
- heed (HE4)
- heeded (HE6)
- heel (HE4)
- heeled (HE6)
- held (HE4)
- hell (HE4)
- huddle (HU6)
- huddled (HU7)
- hued (HU4)
- huge (HU4)
- hugged (HU6)
- hula (HU4)
- hull (HU4)
- hulled (HU6)
- laugh (LA5)
- laughed† (LA7)
Answer Definitions
- ahead (adverb): At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.
- deadhead (noun): A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend.
- deadheaded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deadhead
- egghead (noun): A bald person, especially a man.
- eggheaded (adjective): intellectual
- ghee (noun): A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.
- haggle (verb): To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.
- haggled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of haggle
- halal (adjective): Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
- hale (adjective): Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
- hall (noun): A corridor; a hallway.
- haul (verb): To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
- haulage (noun): The act of hauling.
- hauled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of haul
- head (noun): The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- headed (adjective): Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top.
- heal (verb): To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
- healed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of heal
- hedge (noun): A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
- hedged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hedge
- heed (noun): Careful attention.
- heeded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of heed
- heel (noun): The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- heeled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of heel
- held (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hold
- hell (proper noun): A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.
- huddle (noun): A dense and disorderly crowd.
- huddled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of huddle
- hued (adjective): coloured; having a hue.
- huge (adjective): Very large.
- hugged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hug
- hula (noun): A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there.
- hull (noun): The outer covering of a fruit or seed.
- hulled (adjective): Deprived of the hulls.
- laugh (noun): An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
- laughed† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of laugh