NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 17, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | G |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | e, h, n, o, t, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 35 words |
| Total Points | 157 points |
| Genius Level | 110 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 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| G | 8 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| H | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| N | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| O | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 |
| T | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 8 |
| U | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | Σ | 13 | 6 | 10 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 35 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| E | EG×1 EN×1 |
|---|---|
| G | GE×2 GH×2 GO×7 |
| H | HE×1 HU×2 |
| N | NO×1 NU×1 |
| O | OG×1 OU×5 |
| T | TH×4 TO×4 |
| U | UN×3 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| E | EGG×1 ENO×1 |
|---|---|
| G | GEN×2 GHE×2 GON×2 GOO×1 GOT×2 GOU×2 |
| H | HEN×1 HUG×1 HUN×1 |
| N | NOU×1 NUG×1 |
| O | OGE×1 OUG×1 OUT×4 |
| T | THO×3 THU×1 TON×2 TOU×2 |
| U | UNG×1 UNH×1 UNT×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) |
|---|---|---|
| to..... † | TO7 | To make tough. |
| eg.... | EG6 | A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas. |
| en.... | EN6 | Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate. |
| ge.. | GE4 | A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color. |
| ge.. | GE4 | A gentleman. |
| gh.. | GH4 | A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee. |
| gh.... | GH6 | An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. |
| go.. | GO4 | past participle of go |
| go.. | GO4 | A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer. |
| go.. | GO4 | A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon'). |
| go.. | GO4 | A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes. |
| go.... | GO6 | past participle of get |
| go... | GO5 | Senses relating to cutting tools. A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc. A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding. An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials. |
| go.. | GO4 | An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints. |
| he... | HE5 | A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space. |
| hu.. | HU4 | Very large. |
| hu.. | HU4 | simple past tense and past participle of hang (except when referring to the method of execution; there, hanged is used instead) |
| no.... | NO6 | Nothing; something which does not exist. |
| nu.... | NU6 | A small, compact chunk or clump. |
| og.. | OG4 | A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape. |
| ou... | OU5 | simple past tense of owe |
| ou... | OU5 | To go out, to set forth. |
| ou..... | OU7 | past participle of outgo |
| ou.... | OU6 | To defeat in terms of firepower. |
| ou........ | OU10 | simple past tense and past participle of outthink |
| th... | TH5 | A strip of leather. |
| th.... | TH6 | Despite that; however. |
| th..... | TH7 | Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking. |
| th.. | TH4 | Someone with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, often for hire. |
| to.. | TO4 | An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands. |
| to.... | TO6 | The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech. |
| to... | TO5 | Strong and resilient; sturdy. |
| un..... | UN7 | Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes. |
| un.... | UN6 | Not (yet) executed by hanging; unhanged. |
| un....... | UN9 | That which has not been (yet) thought; that which has yet to enter into the mind; a non-existent thought. |
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.
- toughen† (TO7)
- eggnog (EG6)
- enough (EN6)
- gene (GE4)
- gent (GE4)
- ghee (GH4)
- ghetto (GH6)
- gone (GO4)
- gong (GO4)
- goon (GO4)
- goth (GO4)
- gotten (GO6)
- gouge (GO5)
- gout (GO4)
- henge (HE5)
- huge (HU4)
- hung (HU4)
- nought (NO6)
- nugget (NU6)
- ogee (OG4)
- ought (OU5)
- outgo (OU5)
- outgone (OU7)
- outgun (OU6)
- outthought (OU10)
- thong (TH5)
- though (TH6)
- thought (TH7)
- thug (TH4)
- tong (TO4)
- tongue (TO6)
- tough (TO5)
- unguent (UN7)
- unhung (UN6)
- unthought (UN9)
Answer Definitions
- toughen† (verb): To make tough.
- eggnog (noun): A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas.
- enough (determiner): Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
- gene (noun): A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
- gent (noun): A gentleman.
- ghee (noun): A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.
- ghetto (noun): An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law.
- gone (verb): past participle of go
- gong (noun): A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
- goon (noun): A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
- goth (noun): A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes.
- gotten (verb): past participle of get
- gouge (noun): Senses relating to cutting tools. A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc. A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding. An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
- gout (noun): An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
- henge (noun): A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space.
- huge (adjective): Very large.
- hung (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hang (except when referring to the method of execution; there, hanged is used instead)
- nought (noun): Nothing; something which does not exist.
- nugget (noun): A small, compact chunk or clump.
- ogee (noun): A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
- ought (verb): simple past tense of owe
- outgo (verb): To go out, to set forth.
- outgone (verb): past participle of outgo
- outgun (verb): To defeat in terms of firepower.
- outthought (verb): simple past tense and past participle of outthink
- thong (noun): A strip of leather.
- though (adverb): Despite that; however.
- thought (noun): Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
- thug (noun): Someone with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, often for hire.
- tong (noun): An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
- tongue (noun): The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
- tough (adjective): Strong and resilient; sturdy.
- unguent (noun): Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.
- unhung (adjective): Not (yet) executed by hanging; unhanged.
- unthought (noun): That which has not been (yet) thought; that which has yet to enter into the mind; a non-existent thought.