NYT Spelling Bee Answers for November 12, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | W |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, f, i, l, o, r |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 21 words |
| Total Points | 87 points |
| Genius Level | 61 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!
- 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 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| F | 3 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 7 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| W | 7 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | Σ | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AI×1 AL×1 AR×1 |
|---|---|
| F | FA×2 FL×2 FO×3 |
| I | |
| L | |
| O | |
| R | |
| W | WA×6 WI×2 WO×3 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AIR×1 ALL×1 ARR×1 |
|---|---|
| F | FAL×1 FAR×1 FLA×1 FLO×1 FOL×1 FOO×1 FOW×1 |
| I | |
| L | |
| O | |
| R | |
| W | WAI×2 WAL×3 WAR×1 WIL×2 WOL×1 WOO×2 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ai..... † | AI7 | Any flow of air, especially the motion of air around a moving aircraft or aerofoil. |
| al... | AL5 | To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. |
| ar... | AR5 | A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow. |
| fa.... | FA6 | Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year. |
| fa.... | FA6 | A litter of piglets. |
| fl.. | FL4 | A flake, fragment, or shiver. |
| fl.. | FL4 | Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude. |
| fo.... | FO6 | To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching. |
| fo...... | FO8 | Overly excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration. |
| fo.. | FO4 | A bird. |
| wa.. | WA4 | Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor. |
| wa.. | WA4 | To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish. |
| wa.. | WA4 | A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes. |
| wa...... | WA8 | Any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies. |
| wa.... | WA6 | To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud. |
| wa..... | WA7 | A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant. |
| wi.. | WI4 | Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. |
| wi.... | WI6 | Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere. |
| wo.. | WO4 | Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily. |
| wo.. | WO4 | The set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle; weft. |
| wo.. | WO4 | The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants. |
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.
- airflow† (AI7)
- allow (AL5)
- arrow (AR5)
- fallow (FA6)
- farrow (FA6)
- flaw (FL4)
- flow (FL4)
- follow (FO6)
- foofaraw (FO8)
- fowl (FO4)
- waif (WA4)
- wail (WA4)
- wall (WA4)
- wallaroo (WA8)
- wallow (WA6)
- warrior (WA7)
- will (WI4)
- willow (WI6)
- wolf (WO4)
- woof (WO4)
- wool (WO4)
Answer Definitions
- airflow† (noun): Any flow of air, especially the motion of air around a moving aircraft or aerofoil.
- allow (verb): To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
- arrow (noun): A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
- fallow (noun): Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
- farrow (noun): A litter of piglets.
- flaw (noun): A flake, fragment, or shiver.
- flow (noun): Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
- follow (verb): To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
- foofaraw (noun): Overly excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.
- fowl (noun): A bird.
- waif (noun): Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.
- wail (verb): To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
- wall (noun): A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
- wallaroo (noun): Any of three closely related species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies.
- wallow (verb): To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
- warrior (noun): A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
- will (verb): Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- willow (noun): Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs in the genus Salix, in the willow family Salicaceae, found primarily on moist soils in cooler zones in the northern hemisphere.
- wolf (noun): Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
- woof (noun): The set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle; weft.
- wool (noun): The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.