NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 8, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | O |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | e, h, n, p, t, y |
| # of Pangrams | 3 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 56 words |
| Total Points | 226 points |
| Genius Level | 158 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 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| H | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 10 |
| N | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 7 |
| O | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| P | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 22 |
| T | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| Y | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | Σ | 26 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 56 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| E | EY×1 |
|---|---|
| H | HO×9 HY×1 |
| N | NE×2 NO×5 |
| O | ON×1 OP×2 |
| P | PE×3 PH×7 PO×11 PY×1 |
| T | TE×1 TO×9 TY×2 |
| Y | YO×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| E | EYE×1 |
|---|---|
| H | HON×3 HOO×3 HOP×2 HOT×1 HYP×1 |
| N | NEO×2 NON×2 NOO×1 NOP×1 NOT×1 |
| O | ONT×1 OPE×1 OPP×1 |
| P | PEO×2 PEY×1 PHE×1 PHO×6 POE×1 PON×3 POO×2 POP×3 POT×2 PYT×1 |
| T | TEN×1 TON×3 TOO×4 TOP×1 TOT×1 TYP×2 |
| Y | YOO×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ey...... | EY8 | A canine tooth of the upper jaw in humans. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool. |
| ho... | HO5 | A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods. |
| ho...... † | HO8 | A pot of honey. |
| ho... | HO5 | Silly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s). |
| ho.. | HO4 | A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A derisive cry or shout. |
| ho.. | HO4 | To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. |
| ho... | HO5 | Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops. |
| ho.... | HO6 | Alternative spelling of hot pot. |
| hy.. | HY4 | Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas. |
| ne...... † | NE8 | A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief. |
| no.. | NO4 | Not any of a given number or group. |
| no... | NO5 | A composition for nine instruments or nine voices. |
| no.. | NO4 | The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. |
| no.. | NO4 | No. |
| no.. | NO4 | A symbol or annotation. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. |
| on.. | ON4 | Upon; on top of. |
| op.. | OP4 | Not closed. Able to be accessed. Able to have something pass through or along it. |
| op...... | OP8 | One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something. |
| pe.. | PE4 | A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work. |
| pe... | PE5 | A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers. |
| pe.... | PE6 | A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for its psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline. |
| ph....... † | PH9 | The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees. |
| ph... | PH5 | A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc. |
| ph... | PH5 | A phonograph. |
| ph... | PH5 | Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance. |
| ph.... | PH6 | An expression of disgust, rejection, or disappointment. |
| ph... | PH5 | A photograph. |
| ph.... | PH6 | The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson. |
| po.. | PO4 | A person who writes poems. |
| po.. | PO4 | A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts. |
| po..... | PO7 | A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge. |
| po.. | PO4 | A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers. |
| po.. | PO4 | Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc. |
| po.. | PO4 | To make a short blast on a horn. |
| po.. | PO4 | An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state. Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority. Any similar head of a religion. A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses. An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times. Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day. |
| po.... | PO6 | An endearingly sweet or beautiful child. |
| po... | PO5 | Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant. |
| po.... | PO6 | Possessing strength. |
| po... | PO5 | A chamber pot, particularly the pot used when toilet-training children. |
| py.... | PY6 | A type of large constricting snake. |
| te... | TE5 | A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame. |
| to.. | TO4 | A specific pitch. |
| to... | TO5 | A metric unit of mass equal to a thousand kilograms. Symbol: t |
| to.. | TO4 | Stylish, high-toned, upscale. |
| to.. | TO4 | A cartoon, especially an animated television show. |
| to.. | TO4 | The noise of a horn or whistle. |
| to... | TO5 | A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating. |
| to.... | TO6 | Having prominent teeth |
| to.. | TO4 | To drink excessively; to get drunk. |
| to.. | TO4 | A tote bag. |
| ty..... | TY7 | A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia. |
| ty.. | TY4 | A typographical error. |
| yo.... | YO6 | Used to get attention. |
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.
- eyetooth (EY8)
- hone (HO4)
- honey (HO5)
- honeypot† (HO8)
- hooey (HO5)
- hoop (HO4)
- hoot (HO4)
- hope (HO4)
- hoppy (HO5)
- hotpot (HO6)
- hypo (HY4)
- neon (NE4)
- neophyte† (NE8)
- none (NO4)
- nonet (NO5)
- noon (NO4)
- nope (NO4)
- note (NO4)
- onto (ON4)
- open (OP4)
- opponent (OP8)
- peon (PE4)
- peony (PE5)
- peyote (PE6)
- phenotype† (PH9)
- phone (PH5)
- phono (PH5)
- phony (PH5)
- phooey (PH6)
- photo (PH5)
- photon (PH6)
- poet (PO4)
- pone (PO4)
- pontoon (PO7)
- pony (PO4)
- pooh (PO4)
- poop (PO4)
- pope (PO4)
- poppet (PO6)
- poppy (PO5)
- potent (PO6)
- potty (PO5)
- python (PY6)
- tenon (TE5)
- tone (TO4)
- tonne (TO5)
- tony (TO4)
- toon (TO4)
- toot (TO4)
- tooth (TO5)
- toothy (TO6)
- tope (TO4)
- tote (TO4)
- typhoon (TY7)
- typo (TY4)
- yoohoo (YO6)
Answer Definitions
- eyetooth (noun): A canine tooth of the upper jaw in humans.
- hone (noun): A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
- honey (noun): A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods.
- honeypot† (noun): A pot of honey.
- hooey (noun): Silly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s).
- hoop (noun): A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
- hoot (noun): A derisive cry or shout.
- hope (verb): To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
- hoppy (adjective): Having a taste of hops; heavily flavoured with hops.
- hotpot (noun): Alternative spelling of hot pot.
- hypo (noun): Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression.
- neon (noun): The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
- neophyte† (noun): A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.
- none (pronoun): Not any of a given number or group.
- nonet (noun): A composition for nine instruments or nine voices.
- noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- nope (particle): No.
- note (noun): A symbol or annotation. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
- onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
- open (adjective): Not closed. Able to be accessed. Able to have something pass through or along it.
- opponent (noun): One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something.
- peon (noun): A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
- peony (noun): A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.
- peyote (noun): A small, spineless cactus (Lophophora williamsii) found from southwest United States to central Mexico that produces buttonlike tubercles that can be chewed for its psychedelic effect, primarily from the drug mescaline.
- phenotype† (noun): The appearance of an organism based on a multifactorial combination of genetic traits and environmental factors, especially used in pedigrees.
- phone (noun): A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
- phono (noun): A phonograph.
- phony (adjective): Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
- phooey (interjection): An expression of disgust, rejection, or disappointment.
- photo (noun): A photograph.
- photon (noun): The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.
- poet (noun): A person who writes poems.
- pone (noun): A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
- pontoon (noun): A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge.
- pony (noun): A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
- pooh (interjection): Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
- poop (verb): To make a short blast on a horn.
- pope (noun): An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state. Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority. Any similar head of a religion. A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses. An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times. Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day.
- poppet (noun): An endearingly sweet or beautiful child.
- poppy (noun): Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
- potent (adjective): Possessing strength.
- potty (noun): A chamber pot, particularly the pot used when toilet-training children.
- python (noun): A type of large constricting snake.
- tenon (noun): A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
- tone (noun): A specific pitch.
- tonne (noun): A metric unit of mass equal to a thousand kilograms. Symbol: t
- tony (adjective): Stylish, high-toned, upscale.
- toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
- toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
- tooth (noun): A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
- toothy (adjective): Having prominent teeth
- tope (verb): To drink excessively; to get drunk.
- tote (noun): A tote bag.
- typhoon (noun): A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.
- typo (noun): A typographical error.
- yoohoo (interjection): Used to get attention.