NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 24, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | T |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | f, i, n, o, r, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 58 words |
| Total Points | 204 points |
| Genius Level | 143 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 9 |
| I | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| N | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| O | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 |
| R | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 9 |
| T | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 26 |
| U | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | Σ | 30 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 58 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| F | FI×1 FO×4 FR×3 FU×1 |
|---|---|
| I | IN×4 |
| N | NI×1 NO×1 NU×1 |
| O | ON×1 OU×3 |
| R | RI×2 RO×5 RU×2 |
| T | TI×2 TO×11 TR×4 TU×9 |
| U | UN×3 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| F | FIN×1 FON×1 FOO×1 FOR×1 FOU×1 FRO×1 FRU×2 FUT×1 |
|---|---|
| I | INT×4 |
| N | NIT×1 NOT×1 NUT×1 |
| O | ONT×1 OUT×3 |
| R | RIF×1 RIO×1 ROO×1 ROT×3 ROU×1 RUN×2 |
| T | TIF×1 TIN×1 TOF×1 TOO×2 TOR×6 TOU×2 TRI×2 TRO×2 TUF×1 TUI×1 TUR×4 TUT×3 |
| U | UNF×1 UNI×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) |
|---|---|---|
| fr...... † | FR8 | The fulfillment of something worked for. |
| fi.... | FI6 | Finished; over with. |
| fo.. | FO4 | A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism. |
| fo.. | FO4 | A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. |
| fo.. | FO4 | A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops. |
| fo... | FO5 | Something from which water flows. |
| fr... | FR5 | The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. |
| fr... | FR5 | In general, a product of plant growth useful to man or animals. |
| fu... | FU5 | A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed. |
| in.. | IN4 | To or towards the inside of. |
| in... | IN5 | An introduction. |
| in.... | IN6 | To know intuitively or by immediate perception. |
| in....... | IN9 | Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes. |
| ni... | NI5 | the univalent NO2 functional group. |
| no.... | NO6 | Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept. |
| nu....... | NU9 | The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance. |
| on.. | ON4 | Upon; on top of. |
| ou.... | OU6 | A set of clothing (with accessories). |
| ou... | OU5 | A portion of music at the end of a song; like an intro, but at the end instead of the beginning. |
| ou.... | OU6 | To run faster than. |
| ri.. | RI4 | A chasm or fissure. |
| ri.. | RI4 | A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property. |
| ro.. | RO4 | The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction. |
| ro.. | RO4 | A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean. |
| ro.... | RO6 | A type of helix- or corkscrew-shaped pasta similar to fusilli. |
| ro... | RO5 | A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump. |
| ro.. | RO4 | A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular , a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone. |
| ru.... | RU6 | Something that has been run out. |
| ru.. | RU4 | The smallest animal of a litter. |
| ti.. | TI4 | A small argument; a petty quarrel. |
| ti.. | TI4 | A slight coloring. |
| to.. | TO4 | A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk. |
| to.. | TO4 | A cartoon, especially an animated television show. |
| to.. | TO4 | The noise of a horn or whistle. |
| to.. | TO4 | plural of torus |
| to... | TO5 | A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred. |
| to.. | TO4 | past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed). |
| to.. | TO4 | A traditional Japanese lantern. |
| to.. | TO4 | An injury or wrong. |
| to..... | TO7 | Any of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and topped with almonds, crumbled macaroons, etc. |
| to.. | TO4 | A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. |
| to.. | TO4 | Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way. |
| tr.. | TR4 | A group of three people or things. |
| tr.... | TR6 | the atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons |
| tr.. | TR4 | An ugly old woman, a hag. |
| tr... | TR5 | Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once. |
| tu.. | TU4 | A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base. |
| tu..... | TU7 | A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college). |
| tu.. | TU4 | A layer of earth covered with grass; sod. |
| tu.. | TU4 | To make a non-linear physical movement. Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself. |
| tu..... | TU7 | A road or path that branches off from a main one. |
| tu..... | TU7 | The act of coming forth. |
| tu... | TU5 | One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction. |
| tu... | TU5 | All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices. |
| tu.. | TU4 | A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting. |
| un... | UN5 | Not fit; not having the correct requirements. |
| un.. | UN4 | Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. |
| un.. | UN4 | Up to the time or degree that; until. |
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.
- fruition† (FR8)
- finito (FI6)
- font (FO4)
- foot (FO4)
- fort (FO4)
- fount (FO5)
- front (FR5)
- fruit (FR5)
- futon (FU5)
- into (IN4)
- intro (IN5)
- intuit (IN6)
- intuition (IN9)
- nitro (NI5)
- notion (NO6)
- nutrition (NU9)
- onto (ON4)
- outfit (OU6)
- outro (OU5)
- outrun (OU6)
- rift (RI4)
- riot (RI4)
- root (RO4)
- roti (RO4)
- rotini (RO6)
- rotor (RO5)
- rout (RO4)
- runout (RU6)
- runt (RU4)
- tiff (TI4)
- tint (TI4)
- tofu (TO4)
- toon (TO4)
- toot (TO4)
- tori (TO4)
- torii (TO5)
- torn (TO4)
- toro (TO4)
- tort (TO4)
- tortoni (TO7)
- tour (TO4)
- tout (TO4)
- trio (TR4)
- triton (TR6)
- trot (TR4)
- trout (TR5)
- tuft (TU4)
- tuition (TU7)
- turf (TU4)
- turn (TU4)
- turnoff (TU7)
- turnout (TU7)
- tutor (TU5)
- tutti (TU5)
- tutu (TU4)
- unfit (UN5)
- unit (UN4)
- unto (UN4)
Answer Definitions
- fruition† (noun): The fulfillment of something worked for.
- finito (adjective): Finished; over with.
- font (noun): A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
- foot (noun): A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
- fort (noun): A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- fount (noun): Something from which water flows.
- front (noun): The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
- fruit (noun): In general, a product of plant growth useful to man or animals.
- futon (noun): A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.
- into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
- intro (noun): An introduction.
- intuit (verb): To know intuitively or by immediate perception.
- intuition (noun): Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
- nitro (noun): the univalent NO2 functional group.
- notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
- nutrition (noun): The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
- onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
- outfit (noun): A set of clothing (with accessories).
- outro (noun): A portion of music at the end of a song; like an intro, but at the end instead of the beginning.
- outrun (verb): To run faster than.
- rift (noun): A chasm or fissure.
- riot (noun): A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
- root (noun): The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
- roti (noun): A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.
- rotini (noun): A type of helix- or corkscrew-shaped pasta similar to fusilli.
- rotor (noun): A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
- rout (noun): A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular , a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
- runout (noun): Something that has been run out.
- runt (noun): The smallest animal of a litter.
- tiff (noun): A small argument; a petty quarrel.
- tint (noun): A slight coloring.
- tofu (noun): A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.
- toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
- toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
- tori (noun): plural of torus
- torii (noun): A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.
- torn (verb): past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed).
- toro (noun): A traditional Japanese lantern.
- tort (noun): An injury or wrong.
- tortoni (noun): Any of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and topped with almonds, crumbled macaroons, etc.
- tour (noun): A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
- tout (noun): Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
- trio (noun): A group of three people or things.
- triton (noun): the atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons
- trot (noun): An ugly old woman, a hag.
- trout (noun): Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.
- tuft (noun): A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
- tuition (noun): A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college).
- turf (noun): A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
- turn (verb): To make a non-linear physical movement. Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- turnoff (noun): A road or path that branches off from a main one.
- turnout (noun): The act of coming forth.
- tutor (noun): One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
- tutti (adverb): All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.
- tutu (noun): A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
- unfit (adjective): Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
- unit (noun): Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
- unto (conjunction): Up to the time or degree that; until.