NYT Spelling Bee Answers for December 3, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | P |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, e, h, o, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 62 words |
| Total Points | 254 points |
| Genius Level | 178 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 | Σ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 8 |
| D | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 |
| E | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| H | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | 9 |
| O | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| P | 11 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| T | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | 10 | Σ | 23 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 62 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AD×6 AP×1 AT×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DA×1 DE×3 DO×2 |
| E | EP×2 |
| H | HE×3 HO×6 |
| O | OP×2 |
| P | PA×5 PE×7 PH×2 PO×11 |
| T | TA×4 TE×3 TO×3 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ADA×2 ADE×1 ADO×3 APE×1 ATO×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DAP×1 DEE×1 DEP×2 DOP×2 |
| E | EPE×1 EPO×1 |
| H | HEA×2 HEP×1 HOO×2 HOP×3 HOT×1 |
| O | OPA×1 OPT×1 |
| P | PAD×1 PAP×1 PAT×3 PEA×2 PEE×3 PEP×1 PET×1 PHA×1 PHO×1 POE×1 POO×3 POP×4 POT×3 |
| T | TAP×4 TEA×1 TEE×1 TEP×1 TOP×3 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| po..... † | PO7 | A person who smokes cannabis frequently, to excess. |
| ad... | AD5 | To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit |
| ad..... | AD7 | simple past tense and past participle of adapt |
| ad... | AD5 | Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient |
| ad... | AD5 | To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. |
| ad..... | AD7 | simple past tense and past participle of adopt |
| ad..... | AD7 | An adopted son or daughter. |
| ap.. | AP4 | simple past tense and past participle of ape |
| at.. | AT4 | On the top of. |
| da.... | DA6 | simple past tense and past participle of dap |
| de.. | DE4 | Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards. Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively. |
| de... | DE5 | A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse. |
| de... | DE5 | the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep |
| do.. | DO4 | Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface. |
| do... | DO5 | Drugged. |
| ep.. | EP4 | A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing. |
| ep... | EP5 | The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe. |
| he.. | HE4 | A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people. |
| he.... | HE6 | In a heap. |
| he.... | HE6 | Synonym of septet: a group of seven things. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. |
| ho.... | HO6 | Containing hoops |
| ho.. | HO4 | To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. |
| ho... | HO5 | simple past tense and past participle of hope |
| ho.... | HO6 | simple past tense and past participle of hop |
| ho.... | HO6 | Alternative spelling of hot pot. |
| op.. | OP4 | Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae. |
| op... | OP5 | simple past tense and past participle of opt |
| pa.... | PA6 | Having padding. |
| pa.. | PA4 | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father. |
| pa.. | PA4 | The head, particularly the top or crown. |
| pa.. | PA4 | A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians. |
| pa.... | PA6 | simple past tense and past participle of pat |
| pe.... | PE6 | Alternative form of pea pod |
| pe.. | PE4 | Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. |
| pe.. | PE4 | simple past tense and past participle of pee |
| pe.. | PE4 | A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird. |
| pe.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of peep |
| pe.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of pep |
| pe.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of pet |
| ph.. | PH4 | Excellent; cool; very good. |
| ph... | PH5 | A photograph. |
| po.. | PO4 | A person who writes poems. |
| po.. | PO4 | Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc. |
| po.. | PO4 | To make a short blast on a horn. |
| po.... | PO6 | Tired; exhausted. |
| po.. | PO4 | An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state. Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority. Any similar head of a religion. A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses. An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times. Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day. |
| po... | PO5 | father, papa. |
| po.... | PO6 | simple past tense and past participle of pop |
| po.... | PO6 | An endearingly sweet or beautiful child. |
| po.... | PO6 | The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant. |
| po.... | PO6 | simple past tense and past participle of pot |
| ta.. | TA4 | A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry. |
| ta.. | TA4 | Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape. |
| ta... | TA5 | simple past tense and past participle of tape |
| ta.... | TA6 | simple past tense and past participle of tap |
| te.... | TE6 | A vessel for brewing and serving tea. |
| te.... | TE6 | A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America. |
| te... | TE5 | Alternative form of teepee |
| to.. | TO4 | To drink excessively; to get drunk. |
| to... | TO5 | simple past tense and past participle of tope |
| to.... | TO6 | simple past tense and past participle of top |
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.
- pothead† (PO7)
- adapt (AD5)
- adapted (AD7)
- adept (AD5)
- adopt (AD5)
- adopted (AD7)
- adoptee (AD7)
- aped (AP4)
- atop (AT4)
- dapped (DA6)
- deep (DE4)
- depot (DE5)
- depth (DE5)
- dope (DO4)
- doped (DO5)
- epee (EP4)
- epode (EP5)
- heap (HE4)
- heaped (HE6)
- heptad (HE6)
- hoop (HO4)
- hooped (HO6)
- hope (HO4)
- hoped (HO5)
- hopped (HO6)
- hotpot (HO6)
- opah (OP4)
- opted (OP5)
- padded (PA6)
- papa (PA4)
- pate (PA4)
- path (PA4)
- patted (PA6)
- peapod (PE6)
- peat (PE4)
- peed (PE4)
- peep (PE4)
- peeped (PE6)
- pepped (PE6)
- petted (PE6)
- phat (PH4)
- photo (PH5)
- poet (PO4)
- pooh (PO4)
- poop (PO4)
- pooped (PO6)
- pope (PO4)
- poppa (PO5)
- popped (PO6)
- poppet (PO6)
- potato (PO6)
- potted (PO6)
- tapa (TA4)
- tape (TA4)
- taped (TA5)
- tapped (TA6)
- teapot (TE6)
- teepee (TE6)
- tepee (TE5)
- tope (TO4)
- toped (TO5)
- topped (TO6)
Answer Definitions
- pothead† (noun): A person who smokes cannabis frequently, to excess.
- adapt (verb): To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit
- adapted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of adapt
- adept (adjective): Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
- adopt (verb): To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
- adopted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of adopt
- adoptee (noun): An adopted son or daughter.
- aped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ape
- atop (preposition): On the top of.
- dapped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dap
- deep (adjective): Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards. Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.
- depot (noun): A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
- depth (noun): the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
- dope (noun): Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- doped (adjective): Drugged.
- epee (noun): A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
- epode (noun): The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.
- heap (noun): A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- heaped (adjective): In a heap.
- heptad (noun): Synonym of septet: a group of seven things.
- hoop (noun): A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
- hooped (adjective): Containing hoops
- hope (verb): To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
- hoped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hope
- hopped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hop
- hotpot (noun): Alternative spelling of hot pot.
- opah (noun): Any of various large, colourful, deep-bodied pelagic fish of the family Lamprididae.
- opted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of opt
- padded (adjective): Having padding.
- papa (noun): Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
- pate (noun): The head, particularly the top or crown.
- path (noun): A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
- patted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pat
- peapod (noun): Alternative form of pea pod
- peat (noun): Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.
- peed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pee
- peep (noun): A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
- peeped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of peep
- pepped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pep
- petted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pet
- phat (adjective): Excellent; cool; very good.
- photo (noun): A photograph.
- poet (noun): A person who writes poems.
- pooh (interjection): Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
- poop (verb): To make a short blast on a horn.
- pooped (adjective): Tired; exhausted.
- pope (noun): An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state. Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority. Any similar head of a religion. A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses. An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times. Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day.
- poppa (noun): father, papa.
- popped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pop
- poppet (noun): An endearingly sweet or beautiful child.
- potato (noun): The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.
- potted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pot
- tapa (noun): A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.
- tape (noun): Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
- taped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tape
- tapped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tap
- teapot (noun): A vessel for brewing and serving tea.
- teepee (noun): A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
- tepee (noun): Alternative form of teepee
- tope (verb): To drink excessively; to get drunk.
- toped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tope
- topped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of top