NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 14, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | N |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, h, o, p, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 27 words |
| Total Points | 131 points |
| Genius Level | 92 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</th><th>9 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| C | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 1 | 13 |
| H | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| N | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 6 | 11 | 9 | - | - | 1 | 27 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AN×4 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×9 CH×1 CO×2 CY×1 |
| H | HO×1 |
| N | NA×4 NO×1 |
| O | |
| P | PH×2 PO×2 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ANC×1 ANN×1 ANO×1 ANY×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAC×1 CAN×7 CAP×1 CHA×1 COC×1 CON×1 CYA×1 |
| H | HON×1 |
| N | NAA×1 NAC×1 NAN×2 NOO×1 |
| O | |
| P | PHO×2 PON×2 |
| Y |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| an... | AN5 | A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder. |
| an... | AN5 | To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. |
| an.. | AN4 | Straight away; at once. |
| an.... | AN6 | anyhow |
| ca....... † | CA9 | A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France. |
| ca... | CA5 | Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages. |
| ca... | CA5 | Careful, prudent, cautious. |
| ca... | CA5 | A generally accepted principle; a rule. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river. |
| ca... | CA5 | A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table. |
| ch.... | CH6 | uncertain, risky, hazardous |
| co.... | CO6 | The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa. |
| co... | CO5 | A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell. |
| cy.. | CY4 | A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light. |
| ho.... | HO6 | boss, leader |
| na.. | NA4 | A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine. |
| na... | NA5 | A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos. |
| na.. | NA4 | A banana. |
| na... | NA5 | A child's nurse. |
| no.. | NO4 | The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. |
| ph... | PH5 | A phonograph. |
| ph... | PH5 | Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance. |
| po.... | PO6 | A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head. |
| po.. | PO4 | A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers. |
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.
- ancho (AN5)
- annoy (AN5)
- anon (AN4)
- anyhoo (AN6)
- cacophony† (CA9)
- cancan (CA6)
- canna (CA5)
- cannon (CA6)
- canny (CA5)
- canon (CA5)
- canopy (CA6)
- canyon (CA6)
- capon (CA5)
- chancy (CH6)
- cocoon (CO6)
- conch (CO5)
- cyan (CY4)
- honcho (HO6)
- naan (NA4)
- nacho (NA5)
- nana (NA4)
- nanny (NA5)
- noon (NO4)
- phono (PH5)
- phony (PH5)
- poncho (PO6)
- pony (PO4)
Answer Definitions
- ancho (noun): A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder.
- annoy (verb): To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
- anon (adverb): Straight away; at once.
- anyhoo (adverb): anyhow
- cacophony† (noun): A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.
- cancan (noun): A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
- canna (noun): Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
- cannon (noun): A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
- canny (adjective): Careful, prudent, cautious.
- canon (noun): A generally accepted principle; a rule.
- canopy (noun): A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.
- canyon (noun): A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
- capon (noun): A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
- chancy (adjective): uncertain, risky, hazardous
- cocoon (noun): The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
- conch (noun): A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
- cyan (noun): A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.
- honcho (noun): boss, leader
- naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
- nacho (noun): A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.
- nana (noun): A banana.
- nanny (noun): A child's nurse.
- noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- phono (noun): A phonograph.
- phony (adjective): Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
- poncho (noun): A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
- pony (noun): A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.