NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 17, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | H |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, e, i, l, m |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 33 words |
| Total Points | 126 points |
| Genius Level | 88 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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| C | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| E | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| H | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| M | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Σ | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×1 AH×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×1 CH×12 CL×1 |
| E | EA×1 |
| H | HA×4 HE×7 HI×1 |
| I | |
| L | LE×3 |
| M | MA×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACH×1 AHE×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAC×1 CHA×3 CHE×1 CHI×8 CLI×1 |
| E | EAC×1 |
| H | HAI×1 HAL×3 HEA×1 HEE×1 HEL×4 HEM×1 HIL×1 |
| I | |
| L | LEA×1 LEC×1 LEE×1 |
| M | MAH×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ac.. | AC4 | To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. |
| ah.. | AH4 | the sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat |
| ca... | CA5 | A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way. |
| ch.. | CH4 | A female gypsy. |
| ch..... | CH7 | A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies. |
| ch..... | CH7 | A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov. |
| ch...... † | CH8 | Of or relating to chemistry. |
| ch.. | CH4 | A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica. |
| ch.. | CH4 | Elegant, stylish. |
| ch... | CH5 | A Latin-American girl; a Latina. |
| ch.... | CH6 | Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way. |
| ch.... | CH6 | The milky latex of the sapodilla tree, used after coagulation as the principal ingredient of chewing gum |
| ch... | CH5 | The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking. |
| ch... | CH5 | A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness. |
| ch... | CH5 | A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes. |
| cl.... | CL6 | Alternative form of cliché |
| ea.. | EA4 | All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every). |
| ha.. | HA4 | Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm. |
| 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. |
| he.. | HE4 | To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure. |
| he.. | HE4 | The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg. |
| he...... | HE8 | Of or relating to the Sun, especially rising and setting with the sun. |
| he..... | HE7 | In the shape of a helix. |
| he.. | HE4 | A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death. |
| he.. | HE4 | The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel. |
| he.. | HE4 | The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen. |
| hi.. | HI4 | An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain. |
| le... | LE5 | A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. |
| le.. | LE4 | A strong, lecherous desire or craving. |
| le... | LE5 | An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. |
| ma...... | MA8 | Alternative spelling of mahi-mahi |
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.
- ache (AC4)
- ahem (AH4)
- cache (CA5)
- chai (CH4)
- chalice (CH7)
- challah (CH7)
- chemical† (CH8)
- chia (CH4)
- chic (CH4)
- chica (CH5)
- chichi (CH6)
- chicle (CH6)
- chili (CH5)
- chill (CH5)
- chime (CH5)
- cliche (CL6)
- each (EA4)
- hail (HA4)
- halal (HA5)
- hale (HA4)
- hall (HA4)
- heal (HE4)
- heel (HE4)
- heliacal (HE8)
- helical (HE7)
- hell (HE4)
- helm (HE4)
- heme (HE4)
- hill (HI4)
- leach (LE5)
- lech (LE4)
- leech (LE5)
- mahimahi (MA8)
Answer Definitions
- ache (verb): To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
- ahem (interjection): the sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat
- cache (noun): A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
- chai (noun): A female gypsy.
- chalice (noun): A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
- challah (noun): A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
- chemical† (adjective): Of or relating to chemistry.
- chia (noun): A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
- chic (adjective): Elegant, stylish.
- chica (noun): A Latin-American girl; a Latina.
- chichi (adjective): Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way.
- chicle (noun): The milky latex of the sapodilla tree, used after coagulation as the principal ingredient of chewing gum
- chili (noun): The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
- chill (noun): A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
- chime (noun): A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
- cliche (noun): Alternative form of cliché
- each (determiner): All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
- hail (noun): Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
- 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.
- heal (verb): To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
- heel (noun): The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- heliacal (adjective): Of or relating to the Sun, especially rising and setting with the sun.
- helical (adjective): In the shape of a helix.
- hell (proper noun): A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.
- helm (noun): The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel.
- heme (noun): The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
- hill (noun): An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
- leach (noun): A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
- lech (noun): A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
- leech (noun): An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- mahimahi (noun): Alternative spelling of mahi-mahi