NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 18, 2022

Jun 18, 2022 · 13 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for June 18, 2022

Game Summary

Center Letter	F
Outer Letters	a, e, i, l, n, t
# of Pangrams	3 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words	71 words
Total Points	327 points
Genius Level	229 points
Bingo?	Yes

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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	2	-	1	4
E	-	1	1	-	-	-	2
F	21	10	10	6	2	-	49
I	-	-	2	1	1	1	5
L	4	-	1	1	1	-	7
N	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
T	1	-	-	2	-	-	3
Σ	27	11	15	12	4	2	71

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.

A	AF×2 AL×1 AN×1
E	EF×1 EL×1
F	FA×9 FE×14 FI×14 FL×12
I	IN×5
L	LE×4 LI×3
N	NA×1
T	TA×2 TI×1

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.

A	AFF×2 ALF×1 ANT×1
E	EFF×1 ELF×1
F	FAI×2 FAL×3 FAN×1 FAT×3 FEA×1 FEE×2 FEI×1 FEL×5 FEN×1 FET×4 FIA×1 FIE×1 FIF×2 FIL×5 FIN×5 FLA×7 FLE×3 FLI×2
I	INF×5
L	LEA×2 LEF×2 LIF×3
N	NAI×1
T	TAF×1 TAI×1 TIF×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.

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Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (^†).

Word	2L Ref	Definition (click to reveal)
af.....	AF7	The individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit or sworn deposition.
af.......	AF9	Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.
al.....	AL7	A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
an....	AN6	Alternative letter-case form of Antifa.
ef....	EF6	Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.
el...	EL5	An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
fa..	FA4	To be unsuccessful.
fa...	FA5	(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
fa.....	FA7	A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients. Often served in a pita.
fa..	FA4	To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
fa....	FA6	past participle of fall
fa.....	FA7	Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
fa...	FA5	Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
fa..	FA4	The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
fa....	FA6	To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
fe..	FE4	A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.
fe..	FE4	To use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
fe..	FE4	plural of foot
fe...	FE5	To make a feint, or mock attack.
fe....	FE6	Of or pertaining to cats.
fe..	FE4	To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
fe...	FE5	Pronunciation spelling of fellow.
fe.....	FE7	To perform oral sex on (a man); to stimulate (a penis or testicles) using the mouth.
fe..	FE4	A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
fe....	FE6	A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
fe..	FE4	A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.
fe...	FE5	Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.
fe..	FE4	A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
fe....	FE6	A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.
fi..	FI4	An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
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	A collection of papers collated and archived together.
fi...	FI5	Alternative form of fillet
fi....	FI6	Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
fi..	FI4	To occupy fully, to take up all of.
fi....	FI6	A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
fi...	FI5	A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
fi....	FI6	The grand end of something, especially a show or piece of music.
fi..	FI4	Senses referring to subjective quality. Of superior quality.
fi....	FI6	The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
fi....	FI6	Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number.
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	Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
fl.....	FL7	A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
fl..	FL4	Having no variations in height.
fl......	FL8	plural of flatfoot
fl...... ^†	FL8	An unchanging state, as indicated in a graph of a variable over time.
fl.....	FL7	To make something flat or flatter.
fl..	FL4	A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
fl..	FL4	To run away; to escape.
fl...	FL5	A group of vessels or vehicles.
fl...	FL5	A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.
fl..	FL4	A fluttering or darting movement.
in....	IN6	A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and attention.
in....... ^†	IN9	Pertaining to infants.
in....	IN6	To fill in a space, hole or gap.
in......	IN8	Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
in..... ^†	IN7	To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
le..	LE4	The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
le.....	LE7	One of the components of a compound leaf.
le..	LE4	Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
le....	LE6	Alternative form of lefty
li..	LI4	The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
li......	LI8	A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.
li..	LI4	To raise or rise.
na..	NA4	Alternative spelling of naïf.
ta.....	TA7	A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers.
ta.....	TA7	A fin at the tail of a fish, caudal fin
ti..	TI4	A small argument; a petty quarrel.

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.

affiant (AF7)
affiliate (AF9)
alfalfa (AL7)
antifa (AN6)
effete (EF6)
elfin (EL5)
fail (FA4)
faint (FA5)
falafel (FA7)
fall (FA4)
fallen (FA6)
fantail (FA7)
fatal (FA5)
fate (FA4)
fatten (FA6)
feat (FE4)
feel (FE4)
feet (FE4)
feint (FE5)
feline (FE6)
fell (FE4)
fella (FE5)
fellate (FE7)
felt (FE4)
fennel (FE6)
feta (FE4)
fetal (FE5)
fete (FE4)
fettle (FE6)
fiat (FI4)
fief (FI4)
fife (FI4)
fifteen (FI7)
file (FI4)
filet (FI5)
filial (FI6)
fill (FI4)
fillet (FI6)
final (FI5)
finale (FI6)
fine (FI4)
finial (FI6)
finite (FI6)
flail (FL5)
flan (FL4)
flannel (FL7)
flat (FL4)
flatfeet (FL8)
flatline^† (FL8)
flatten (FL7)
flea (FL4)
flee (FL4)
fleet (FL5)
flint (FL5)
flit (FL4)
infant (IN6)
infantile^† (IN9)
infill (IN6)
infinite (IN8)
inflate^† (IN7)
leaf (LE4)
leaflet (LE7)
left (LE4)
leftie (LE6)
life (LI4)
lifeline (LI8)
lift (LI4)
naif (NA4)
taffeta (TA7)
tailfin (TA7)
tiff (TI4)

Answer Definitions

affiant (noun): The individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit or sworn deposition.
affiliate (noun): Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.
alfalfa (noun): A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
antifa (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Antifa.
effete (adjective): Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.
elfin (noun): An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
fail (verb): To be unsuccessful.
faint (adjective): (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
falafel (noun): A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients. Often served in a pita.
fall (verb): To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
fallen (verb): past participle of fall
fantail (noun): Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
fatal (adjective): Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
fate (noun): The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
fatten (verb): To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.
feat (noun): A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.
feel (verb): To use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
feet (noun): plural of foot
feint (verb): To make a feint, or mock attack.
feline (adjective): Of or pertaining to cats.
fell (verb): To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
fella (noun): Pronunciation spelling of fellow.
fellate (verb): To perform oral sex on (a man); to stimulate (a penis or testicles) using the mouth.
felt (noun): A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
fennel (noun): A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
feta (noun): A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.
fetal (adjective): Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.
fete (noun): A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
fettle (noun): A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.
fiat (noun): An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
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).
file (noun): A collection of papers collated and archived together.
filet (noun): Alternative form of fillet
filial (adjective): Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
fill (verb): To occupy fully, to take up all of.
fillet (noun): A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
final (noun): A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
finale (noun): The grand end of something, especially a show or piece of music.
fine (adjective): Senses referring to subjective quality. Of superior quality.
finial (noun): The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
finite (adjective): Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number.
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.
flan (noun): Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
flannel (noun): A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
flat (adjective): Having no variations in height.
flatfeet (noun): plural of flatfoot
flatline^† (noun): An unchanging state, as indicated in a graph of a variable over time.
flatten (verb): To make something flat or flatter.
flea (noun): A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
flee (verb): To run away; to escape.
fleet (noun): A group of vessels or vehicles.
flint (noun): A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.
flit (noun): A fluttering or darting movement.
infant (noun): A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and attention.
infantile^† (adjective): Pertaining to infants.
infill (verb): To fill in a space, hole or gap.
infinite (adjective): Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
inflate^† (verb): To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
leaf (noun): The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
leaflet (noun): One of the components of a compound leaf.
left (adjective): Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
leftie (noun): Alternative form of lefty
life (noun): The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.
lifeline (noun): A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.
lift (verb): To raise or rise.
naif (adjective): Alternative spelling of naïf.
taffeta (noun): A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers.
tailfin (noun): A fin at the tail of a fish, caudal fin
tiff (noun): A small argument; a petty quarrel.

	4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9	Σ
A	-	-	1	2	-	1	4
E	-	1	1	-	-	-	2
F	21	10	10	6	2	-	49
I	-	-	2	1	1	1	5
L	4	-	1	1	1	-	7
N	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
T	1	-	-	2	-	-	3
Σ	27	11	15	12	4	2	71

	4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9	Σ
A	-	-	1	2	-	1	4
E	-	1	1	-	-	-	2
F	21	10	10	6	2	-	49
I	-	-	2	1	1	1	5
L	4	-	1	1	1	-	7
N	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
T	1	-	-	2	-	-	3
Σ	27	11	15	12	4	2	71