NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 18, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | F |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, b, d, e, l, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 58 words |
| Total Points | 256 points |
| Genius Level | 179 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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| B | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 6 |
| D | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| E | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| F | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 33 |
| L | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
| T | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | Σ | 22 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 58 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AF×1 AL×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×2 BE×4 |
| D | DA×1 DE×10 |
| E | EF×1 |
| F | FA×9 FE×16 FL×8 |
| L | LE×4 |
| T | TA×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AFF×1 ALF×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BAF×2 BEE×2 BEF×2 |
| D | DAF×1 DEA×2 DEF×7 DEL×1 |
| E | EFF×1 |
| F | FAB×2 FAD×2 FAL×2 FAT×3 FEA×1 FEE×4 FEL×6 FET×5 FLA×4 FLE×4 |
| L | LEA×3 LEF×1 |
| T | TAF×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) |
|---|---|---|
| fl..... † | FL7 | An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads. |
| af..... | AF7 | Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable. |
| al..... | AL7 | A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop. |
| ba.... | BA6 | To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex. |
| ba..... | BA7 | simple past tense and past participle of baffle |
| be.. | BE4 | The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine. |
| be.... | BE6 | simple past tense and past participle of beef |
| be.... | BE6 | To fall upon; fall all over; overtake |
| be.... | BE6 | simple past tense of befall |
| da.. | DA4 | Foolish, silly, stupid. |
| de...... | DE8 | Coarse woody debris; deadwood. A fallen tree. |
| de.. | DE4 | Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear. |
| de... | DE5 | To remove fat from a material, especially by the use of solvents |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of defat |
| de.... | DE6 | To overcome in battle or contest. |
| de...... | DE8 | Subjugated, beaten, overcome. |
| de..... | DE7 | To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of deflate |
| de.. | DE4 | Quick and neat in action; skillful. |
| de... | DE5 | Alternative form of Delft (“style of earthenware”) |
| ef.... | EF6 | Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out. |
| fa... | FA5 | A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables. |
| fa.... | FA6 | Known only in fables; fictitious. |
| fa.. | FA4 | Weak; insipid; tasteless. |
| fa... | FA5 | simple past tense and past participle of fade |
| fa..... | FA7 | A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients. Often served in a pita. |
| fa.. | FA4 | To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity. |
| fa... | FA5 | Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny. |
| fa.. | FA4 | The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events. |
| fa... | FA5 | Foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate. |
| fe.. | FE4 | A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment. |
| fe.... | FE6 | Deficient in physical strength. |
| fe.. | FE4 | To give (someone or something) food to eat. |
| fe.. | FE4 | To use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on. |
| fe.. | FE4 | plural of foot |
| fe.. | FE4 | To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree. |
| fe... | FE5 | Pronunciation spelling of fellow. |
| fe..... | FE7 | To perform oral sex on (a man); to stimulate (a penis or testicles) using the mouth. |
| fe...... | FE8 | simple past tense and past participle of fellate |
| fe.... | FE6 | simple past tense and past participle of fell |
| fe.. | FE4 | A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. |
| fe.. | FE4 | A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece. |
| fe... | FE5 | Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus. |
| fe.. | FE4 | A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity. |
| fe... | FE5 | simple past tense and past participle of fete |
| fe.... | FE6 | A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim. |
| fl.. | FL4 | Soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat. |
| fl.. | FL4 | Having no variations in height. |
| fl...... | FL8 | plural of flatfoot |
| fl.. | FL4 | A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities. |
| fl.. | FL4 | simple past tense and past participle of flee |
| fl.. | FL4 | To run away; to escape. |
| fl... | FL5 | A group of vessels or vehicles. |
| le.. | LE4 | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| le.... | LE6 | simple past tense and past participle of leaf |
| le..... | LE7 | One of the components of a compound leaf. |
| le.. | LE4 | Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ← |
| ta..... | TA7 | A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers. |
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.
- flatbed† (FL7)
- affable (AF7)
- alfalfa (AL7)
- baffle (BA6)
- baffled (BA7)
- beef (BE4)
- beefed (BE6)
- befall (BE6)
- befell (BE6)
- daft (DA4)
- deadfall (DE8)
- deaf (DE4)
- defat (DE5)
- defatted (DE8)
- defeat (DE6)
- defeated (DE8)
- deflate (DE7)
- deflated (DE8)
- deft (DE4)
- delft (DE5)
- effete (EF6)
- fable (FA5)
- fabled (FA6)
- fade (FA4)
- faded (FA5)
- falafel (FA7)
- fall (FA4)
- fatal (FA5)
- fate (FA4)
- fated (FA5)
- feat (FE4)
- feeble (FE6)
- feed (FE4)
- feel (FE4)
- feet (FE4)
- fell (FE4)
- fella (FE5)
- fellate (FE7)
- fellated (FE8)
- felled (FE6)
- felt (FE4)
- feta (FE4)
- fetal (FE5)
- fete (FE4)
- feted (FE5)
- fettle (FE6)
- flab (FL4)
- flat (FL4)
- flatfeet (FL8)
- flea (FL4)
- fled (FL4)
- flee (FL4)
- fleet (FL5)
- leaf (LE4)
- leafed (LE6)
- leaflet (LE7)
- left (LE4)
- taffeta (TA7)
Answer Definitions
- flatbed† (noun): An open freight vehicle with no sides, designed to carry heavy or outsized loads.
- affable (adjective): Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
- alfalfa (noun): A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
- baffle (verb): To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.
- baffled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of baffle
- beef (noun): The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine.
- beefed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of beef
- befall (verb): To fall upon; fall all over; overtake
- befell (verb): simple past tense of befall
- daft (adjective): Foolish, silly, stupid.
- deadfall (noun): Coarse woody debris; deadwood. A fallen tree.
- deaf (adjective): Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear.
- defat (verb): To remove fat from a material, especially by the use of solvents
- defatted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of defat
- defeat (verb): To overcome in battle or contest.
- defeated (adjective): Subjugated, beaten, overcome.
- deflate (verb): To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre
- deflated (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deflate
- deft (adjective): Quick and neat in action; skillful.
- delft (noun): Alternative form of Delft (“style of earthenware”)
- effete (adjective): Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.
- fable (noun): A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
- fabled (adjective): Known only in fables; fictitious.
- fade (adjective): Weak; insipid; tasteless.
- faded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fade
- falafel (noun): A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients. Often served in a pita.
- fall (verb): To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- fatal (adjective): Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
- fate (noun): The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- fated (adjective): Foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate.
- feat (noun): A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.
- feeble (adjective): Deficient in physical strength.
- feed (verb): To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- feel (verb): To use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
- feet (noun): plural of foot
- fell (verb): To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
- fella (noun): Pronunciation spelling of fellow.
- fellate (verb): To perform oral sex on (a man); to stimulate (a penis or testicles) using the mouth.
- fellated (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fellate
- felled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fell
- felt (noun): A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
- feta (noun): A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.
- fetal (adjective): Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.
- fete (noun): A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
- feted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fete
- fettle (noun): A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.
- flab (noun): Soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat.
- flat (adjective): Having no variations in height.
- flatfeet (noun): plural of flatfoot
- flea (noun): A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
- fled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of flee
- flee (verb): To run away; to escape.
- fleet (noun): A group of vessels or vehicles.
- leaf (noun): The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
- leafed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of leaf
- leaflet (noun): One of the components of a compound leaf.
- left (adjective): Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
- taffeta (noun): A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers.