NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 27, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | F |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, e, i, n, o, t |
| # of Pangrams | 4 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 39 words |
| Total Points | 241 points |
| Genius Level | 169 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</th><th>10</th><th>11 | Σ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| E | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| F | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 16 |
| I | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| N | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| O | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| T | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Σ | 11 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 39 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CO×9 |
|---|---|
| E | EF×3 |
| F | FE×4 FI×7 FO×5 |
| I | IN×5 |
| N | NO×2 |
| O | OF×2 |
| T | TI×1 TO×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | COE×1 COF×2 COI×1 CON×5 |
|---|---|
| E | EFF×3 |
| F | FEE×1 FEI×1 FEN×1 FET×1 FIC×1 FIE×1 FIF×2 FIN×3 FOC×1 FON×1 FOO×3 |
| I | INE×1 INF×4 |
| N | NON×2 |
| O | OFF×1 OFT×1 |
| T | TIF×1 TOF×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) |
|---|---|---|
| co......... † | CO11 | cooperating |
| co.... | CO6 | A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water. |
| co.... | CO6 | A rectangular closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial. |
| co.. | CO4 | A hairdo. |
| co..... | CO7 | To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct. |
| co........ † | CO10 | A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake. |
| co...... † | CO8 | Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations. |
| co..... | CO7 | To have a common boundary with; to border on. |
| co.... | CO6 | Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation. |
| ef.... | EF6 | The result or outcome of a cause. |
| ef.... | EF6 | Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out. |
| ef....... | EF9 | making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy |
| fe.. | FE4 | plural of foot |
| fe... | FE5 | To make a feint, or mock attack. |
| fe... | FE5 | A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc. |
| fe.. | FE4 | A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity. |
| fi..... | FI7 | Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose. |
| fi.. | FI4 | An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior. |
| fi.. | FI4 | A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music |
| fi..... | FI7 | The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16). |
| fi.. | FI4 | Senses referring to subjective quality. Of superior quality. |
| fi.... | FI6 | Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number. |
| fi.... | FI6 | Finished; over with. |
| fo.. | FO4 | plural of focus |
| fo.. | FO4 | A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism. |
| fo.. | FO4 | A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. |
| fo.... | FO6 | Alternative spelling of footy |
| fo...... | FO8 | A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text. |
| in......... | IN11 | Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious |
| in.... | IN6 | To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it. |
| in....... † | IN9 | The act or process of infecting. |
| in...... | IN8 | Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense. |
| in.. | IN4 | information. |
| no........ | NO10 | Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively. |
| no....... | NO9 | Infinite. |
| of.... | OF6 | A ceremonial duty or service, particularly: The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church. Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin. A daily service without the eucharist. The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons. |
| of... | OF5 | Frequently; many times. |
| ti.. | TI4 | A small argument; a petty quarrel. |
| to.... | TO6 | a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard |
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.
- coefficient† (CO11)
- coffee (CO6)
- coffin (CO6)
- coif (CO4)
- confect (CO7)
- confection† (CO10)
- confetti† (CO8)
- confine (CO7)
- confit (CO6)
- effect (EF6)
- effete (EF6)
- efficient (EF9)
- feet (FE4)
- feint (FE5)
- fence (FE5)
- fete (FE4)
- fiction (FI7)
- fief (FI4)
- fife (FI4)
- fifteen (FI7)
- fine (FI4)
- finite (FI6)
- finito (FI6)
- foci (FO4)
- font (FO4)
- foot (FO4)
- footie (FO6)
- footnote (FO8)
- inefficient (IN11)
- infect (IN6)
- infection† (IN9)
- infinite (IN8)
- info (IN4)
- nonfiction (NO10)
- nonfinite (NO9)
- office (OF6)
- often (OF5)
- tiff (TI4)
- toffee (TO6)
Answer Definitions
- coefficient† (adjective): cooperating
- coffee (noun): A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
- coffin (noun): A rectangular closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
- coif (noun): A hairdo.
- confect (verb): To make up, prepare, or compound; to produce by combining ingredients or materials; to concoct.
- confection† (noun): A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
- confetti† (noun): Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.
- confine (verb): To have a common boundary with; to border on.
- confit (noun): Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.
- effect (noun): The result or outcome of a cause.
- effete (adjective): Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.
- efficient (adjective): making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy
- feet (noun): plural of foot
- feint (verb): To make a feint, or mock attack.
- fence (noun): A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- fete (noun): A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
- fiction (noun): Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
- fief (noun): An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior.
- fife (noun): A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
- fifteen (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).
- fine (adjective): Senses referring to subjective quality. Of superior quality.
- finite (adjective): Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number.
- finito (adjective): Finished; over with.
- foci (noun): plural of focus
- font (noun): A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
- foot (noun): A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
- footie (noun): Alternative spelling of footy
- footnote (noun): A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.
- inefficient (adjective): Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious
- infect (verb): To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
- infection† (noun): The act or process of infecting.
- infinite (adjective): Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
- info (noun): information.
- nonfiction (noun): Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.
- nonfinite (adjective): Infinite.
- office (noun): A ceremonial duty or service, particularly: The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church. Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin. A daily service without the eucharist. The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons.
- often (adverb): Frequently; many times.
- tiff (noun): A small argument; a petty quarrel.
- toffee (noun): a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard