NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 21, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | P |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, e, h, m, t, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 34 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 | Σ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| E | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| H | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| M | - | - | - | - | - |
| P | 6 | 7 | 1 | - | 14 |
| T | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | 9 |
| Y | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | Σ | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 34 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AP×1 AT×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EM×3 EP×1 |
| H | HA×1 HE×2 HY×1 |
| M | |
| P | PA×8 PE×5 PH×1 |
| T | TA×3 TE×5 TY×1 |
| Y | YA×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | APA×1 ATT×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EMP×3 EPE×1 |
| H | HAP×1 HEA×1 HEM×1 HYP×1 |
| M | |
| P | PAM×1 PAP×3 PAT×3 PAY×1 PEA×2 PEE×1 PEP×1 PET×1 PHA×1 |
| T | TAM×1 TAP×2 TEE×1 TEM×3 TEP×1 TYP×1 |
| Y | YAP×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ap.... | AP6 | Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something). |
| at..... | AT7 | To try. |
| em.... | EM6 | One who has the ability to sense emotions; someone who is empathic or practises empathy. |
| em..... † | EM7 | Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person. |
| em... | EM5 | Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant. |
| ep.. | EP4 | A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing. |
| ha... | HA5 | Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous. |
| he.. | HE4 | A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people. |
| he.. | HE4 | A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia. |
| hy.. | HY4 | Promotion or propaganda; especially exaggerated claims. |
| pa... | PA5 | singular of pampas |
| pa.. | PA4 | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father. |
| pa.... | PA6 | A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit |
| pa... | PA5 | Like pap; soft; mushy. |
| pa.. | PA4 | The head, particularly the top or crown. |
| pa.. | PA4 | A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians. |
| pa... | PA5 | A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape. |
| pa... | PA5 | one to whom money is paid. |
| pe.. | PE4 | Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. |
| pe... | PE5 | Of or resembling peat; peatlike. |
| pe.. | PE4 | A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird. |
| pe... | PE5 | Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy |
| pe... | PE5 | Having little or no importance. |
| ph.. | PH4 | Excellent; cool; very good. |
| ta.. | TA4 | To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock. |
| ta.. | TA4 | A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry. |
| ta.. | TA4 | Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape. |
| te.... | TE6 | A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America. |
| te.. | TE4 | Abbreviation of temperature. |
| te.... | TE6 | An Indonesian food made from partially-cooked fermented soybeans, mixed with a fungus (Rhizopus oligosporus). |
| te... | TE5 | To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice. |
| te... | TE5 | Alternative form of teepee |
| ty.. | TY4 | A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class. |
| ya... | YA5 | Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner. |
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.
- apathy (AP6)
- attempt (AT7)
- empath (EM6)
- empathy† (EM7)
- empty (EM5)
- epee (EP4)
- happy (HA5)
- heap (HE4)
- hemp (HE4)
- hype (HY4)
- pampa (PA5)
- papa (PA4)
- papaya (PA6)
- pappy (PA5)
- pate (PA4)
- path (PA4)
- patty (PA5)
- payee (PA5)
- peat (PE4)
- peaty (PE5)
- peep (PE4)
- peppy (PE5)
- petty (PE5)
- phat (PH4)
- tamp (TA4)
- tapa (TA4)
- tape (TA4)
- teepee (TE6)
- temp (TE4)
- tempeh (TE6)
- tempt (TE5)
- tepee (TE5)
- type (TY4)
- yappy (YA5)
Answer Definitions
- apathy (noun): Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).
- attempt (verb): To try.
- empath (noun): One who has the ability to sense emotions; someone who is empathic or practises empathy.
- empathy† (noun): Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
- empty (adjective): Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
- epee (noun): A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
- happy (adjective): Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
- heap (noun): A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- hemp (noun): A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
- hype (noun): Promotion or propaganda; especially exaggerated claims.
- pampa (noun): singular of pampas
- papa (noun): Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
- papaya (noun): A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit
- pappy (adjective): Like pap; soft; mushy.
- pate (noun): The head, particularly the top or crown.
- path (noun): A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
- patty (noun): A flattened portion of ground meat or a vegetarian equivalent, usually round but sometimes square in shape.
- payee (noun): one to whom money is paid.
- peat (noun): Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.
- peaty (adjective): Of or resembling peat; peatlike.
- peep (noun): A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
- peppy (adjective): Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy
- petty (adjective): Having little or no importance.
- phat (adjective): Excellent; cool; very good.
- tamp (verb): To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
- tapa (noun): A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.
- tape (noun): Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
- teepee (noun): A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
- temp (noun): Abbreviation of temperature.
- tempeh (noun): An Indonesian food made from partially-cooked fermented soybeans, mixed with a fungus (Rhizopus oligosporus).
- tempt (verb): To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
- tepee (noun): Alternative form of teepee
- type (noun): A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
- yappy (adjective): Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner.