NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 17, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | U |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, d, e, h, o, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 39 words |
| Total Points | 182 points |
| Genius Level | 127 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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 |
| D | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| E | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| H | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| O | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| T | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 11 |
| U | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 39 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CH×1 CO×3 CU×3 |
|---|---|
| D | DE×5 DO×2 DU×6 |
| E | ED×2 ET×1 |
| H | HU×2 |
| O | OU×3 |
| T | TH×3 TO×5 TU×3 |
| U |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CHU×1 COU×3 CUE×1 CUT×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DED×4 DEU×1 DOU×2 DUC×2 DUD×2 DUE×2 |
| E | EDU×2 ETU×1 |
| H | HUE×1 HUT×1 |
| O | OUC×1 OUT×2 |
| T | THO×1 THU×2 TOU×5 TUT×3 |
| U |
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 | Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by). |
| ch... | CH5 | A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel. |
| co... | CO5 | An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person. |
| co..... | CO7 | simple past tense and past participle of couch |
| co... | CO5 | Familiar, known; well-known, renowned. |
| cu.. | CU4 | simple past tense and past participle of cue |
| cu.. | CU4 | Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior. |
| cu.... | CU6 | Alternative form of cut-out |
| de.... | DE6 | To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts. |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of deduce |
| de.... | DE6 | To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount. |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of deduct |
| de... | DE5 | A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards. |
| do.... | DO6 | A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for vaginal irrigation. |
| do..... | DO7 | simple past tense and past participle of douche |
| du.. | DU4 | a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another |
| du.... | DU6 | simple past tense and past participle of duct |
| du.. | DU4 | A man, generally a younger man. |
| du... | DU5 | simple past tense and past participle of dude. |
| du.. | DU4 | A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble). |
| du..... | DU7 | simple past tense and past participle of duet |
| ed... | ED5 | To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction. |
| ed.... | ED6 | simple past tense and past participle of educe |
| et... | ET5 | A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill. |
| hu.. | HU4 | coloured; having a hue. |
| hu... | HU5 | A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet. |
| ou.. | OU4 | An expression of one's own physical pain. |
| ou... | OU5 | To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass. |
| ou... | OU5 | simple past tense and past participle of out |
| th.. | TH4 | Nominative singular of ye (“you”). |
| th.. | TH4 | The sound of a dull impact. |
| th..... | TH7 | simple past tense and past participle of thud |
| to... | TO5 | Primarily physical senses. To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. |
| to.... | TO6 | Alternative spelling of touché |
| to.. | TO4 | Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way. |
| to.... | TO6 | simple past tense and past participle of tout |
| tu... | TU5 | A student of a tutor. |
| tu.... | TU6 | simple past tense and past participle of tut |
| tu.. | TU4 | A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting. |
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.
- touched† (TO7)
- chute (CH5)
- couch (CO5)
- couched (CO7)
- couth (CO5)
- cued (CU4)
- cute (CU4)
- cutout (CU6)
- deduce (DE6)
- deduced (DE7)
- deduct (DE6)
- deducted (DE8)
- deuce (DE5)
- douche (DO6)
- douched (DO7)
- duct (DU4)
- ducted (DU6)
- dude (DU4)
- duded (DU5)
- duet (DU4)
- duetted (DU7)
- educe (ED5)
- educed (ED6)
- etude (ET5)
- hued (HU4)
- hutch (HU5)
- ouch (OU4)
- outdo (OU5)
- outed (OU5)
- thou (TH4)
- thud (TH4)
- thudded (TH7)
- touch (TO5)
- touche (TO6)
- tout (TO4)
- touted (TO6)
- tutee (TU5)
- tutted (TU6)
- tutu (TU4)
Answer Definitions
- touched† (adjective): Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
- chute (noun): A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
- couch (noun): An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
- couched (verb): simple past tense and past participle of couch
- couth (adjective): Familiar, known; well-known, renowned.
- cued (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cue
- cute (adjective): Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
- cutout (noun): Alternative form of cut-out
- deduce (verb): To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts.
- deduced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deduce
- deduct (verb): To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
- deducted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deduct
- deuce (noun): A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
- douche (noun): A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for vaginal irrigation.
- douched (verb): simple past tense and past participle of douche
- duct (noun): a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
- ducted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of duct
- dude (noun): A man, generally a younger man.
- duded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dude.
- duet (noun): A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
- duetted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of duet
- educe (verb): To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
- educed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of educe
- etude (noun): A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.
- hued (adjective): coloured; having a hue.
- hutch (noun): A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
- ouch (interjection): An expression of one's own physical pain.
- outdo (verb): To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
- outed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of out
- thou (pronoun): Nominative singular of ye (“you”).
- thud (noun): The sound of a dull impact.
- thudded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of thud
- touch (verb): Primarily physical senses. To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- touche (interjection): Alternative spelling of touché
- tout (noun): Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
- touted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tout
- tutee (noun): A student of a tutor.
- tutted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tut
- tutu (noun): A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.