NYT Spelling Bee Answers for December 9, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | G |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, e, l, m, n, t |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 69 words |
| Total Points | 358 points |
| Genius Level | 251 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</th><th>10</th><th>11</th><th>12 | Σ | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| E | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 7 |
| G | 15 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 29 |
| L | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| M | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| N | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| T | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Σ | 19 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 69 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AG×4 AL×4 AM×2 AN×2 |
|---|---|
| E | EA×2 EL×1 EN×4 |
| G | GA×15 GE×8 GL×5 GN×1 |
| L | LE×3 |
| M | MA×10 ME×2 |
| N | NA×1 NE×1 |
| T | TA×3 TE×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AGA×1 AGE×1 AGL×2 ALG×3 ALL×1 AMA×2 ANG×2 |
|---|---|
| E | EAG×2 ELE×1 ENG×2 ENT×2 |
| G | GAG×3 GAL×6 GAM×4 GAN×1 GAT×1 GEL×2 GEN×6 GLA×1 GLE×4 GNA×1 |
| L | LEG×3 |
| M | MAG×5 MAN×5 MEG×1 MEL×1 |
| N | NAM×1 NEG×1 |
| T | TAN×3 TEE×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) |
|---|---|---|
| en.......... † | EN12 | The act of entangling. |
| ge....... † | GE9 | A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; an armiferous man ranking below a knight. |
| ag... | AG5 | A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two. |
| ag... | AG5 | One who exerts power, or has the power to act |
| ag.... | AG6 | Glowing with subdued light. |
| ag... | AG5 | Alternative spelling of aiglet. |
| al.. | AL4 | Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic. |
| al... | AL5 | plural of alga |
| al... | AL5 | Pertaining to, or like, algae. |
| al.... | AL6 | To state under oath, to plead. |
| am..... | AM7 | An alloy containing mercury. |
| am........ | AM10 | To merge, to combine, to blend, to join. |
| an... | AN5 | An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes. |
| an... | AN5 | A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). |
| ea... | EA5 | Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision. |
| ea.... | EA6 | The immature young of an eagle; an eagle chick. |
| el..... | EL7 | Characterised by or exhibiting elegance. |
| en.... | EN6 | To interact socially. To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied. To draw into conversation. To attract, to please; to fascinate or win over (someone). |
| en........ | EN10 | An appointment, especially to speak or perform. |
| en...... | EN8 | To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated |
| ga.. | GA4 | Mentally senile. |
| ga.. | GA4 | To bind by pledge, or security; to engage. |
| ga.... | GA6 | A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water. |
| ga.. | GA4 | Celebratory; festive. |
| ga...... | GA8 | Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga. |
| ga.. | GA4 | To sing; charm; enchant. |
| ga..... | GA7 | A type of flat, round cake from France. |
| ga.. | GA4 | Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver. |
| ga..... | GA7 | Brave, valiant. |
| ga.. | GA4 | A playful or competitive activity. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime. |
| ga..... | GA7 | A genre of music of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute (called a siuling). |
| ga.... | GA6 | A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes. |
| ga... | GA5 | The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ). |
| ga.. | GA4 | To go; walk; proceed. |
| ga.. | GA4 | A doorlike structure outside a house. |
| ge... | GE5 | Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes. |
| ge.. | GE4 | A lunatic. |
| ge.. | GE4 | A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color. |
| ge.. | GE4 | A gentleman. |
| ge..... | GE7 | Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite. |
| ge.... | GE6 | Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition. |
| ge....... | GE9 | plural of gentleman |
| gl.. | GL4 | Glamour. |
| gl... | GL5 | A small or indistinct shaft or stream of light. |
| gl... | GL5 | To collect (grain, grapes, etc.) left behind after the main harvest or gathering. |
| gl.. | GL4 | Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune. |
| gl.. | GL4 | A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills. |
| gn.. | GN4 | Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera. |
| le... | LE5 | Relating to the law or to lawyers. |
| le.... | LE6 | A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions. |
| le..... | LE7 | One who receives a legacy. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A magician, wizard or sorcerer. |
| ma..... | MA7 | A vibrant light purple, purplish-red, reddish-purple, or pinkish purple colour obtained by mixing red and blue light (thus a secondary colour), but primary in the CMYK colour system used in printing. |
| ma... | MA5 | The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc. |
| ma..... | MA7 | Powerful industrialist; captain of industry. |
| ma.... | MA6 | A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism. |
| ma.... | MA6 | To direct or be in charge of. |
| ma........ | MA10 | Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals. |
| ma... | MA5 | A comic originating in Japan. |
| ma... | MA5 | A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.). |
| ma.... | MA6 | To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc. |
| me.. | ME4 | Very large. |
| me..... | ME7 | A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture. |
| na..... | NA7 | A tag with one's name inscribed on it. |
| ne.... | NE6 | To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict. |
| ta.. | TA4 | A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor. |
| ta..... | TA7 | A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there. |
| ta.... | TA6 | To mix together or intertwine. |
| te..... | TE7 | Brushwood for fences and hedges. |
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.
- entanglement† (EN12)
- gentleman† (GE9)
- agate (AG5)
- agent (AG5)
- agleam (AG6)
- aglet (AG5)
- alga (AL4)
- algae (AL5)
- algal (AL5)
- allege (AL6)
- amalgam (AM7)
- amalgamate (AM10)
- angel (AN5)
- angle (AN5)
- eagle (EA5)
- eaglet (EA6)
- elegant (EL7)
- engage (EN6)
- engagement (EN10)
- entangle (EN8)
- gaga (GA4)
- gage (GA4)
- gaggle (GA6)
- gala (GA4)
- galangal (GA8)
- gale (GA4)
- galette (GA7)
- gall (GA4)
- gallant (GA7)
- game (GA4)
- gamelan (GA7)
- gamete (GA6)
- gamma (GA5)
- gang (GA4)
- gate (GA4)
- gelee (GE5)
- gelt (GE4)
- gene (GE4)
- gent (GE4)
- genteel (GE7)
- gentle (GE6)
- gentlemen (GE9)
- glam (GL4)
- gleam (GL5)
- glean (GL5)
- glee (GL4)
- glen (GL4)
- gnat (GN4)
- legal (LE5)
- legate (LE6)
- legatee (LE7)
- mage (MA4)
- magenta (MA7)
- magma (MA5)
- magnate (MA7)
- magnet (MA6)
- manage (MA6)
- management (MA10)
- manga (MA5)
- mange (MA5)
- mangle (MA6)
- mega (ME4)
- melange (ME7)
- nametag (NA7)
- negate (NE6)
- tang (TA4)
- tangent (TA7)
- tangle (TA6)
- teenage (TE7)
Answer Definitions
- entanglement† (noun): The act of entangling.
- gentleman† (noun): A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; an armiferous man ranking below a knight.
- agate (noun): A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
- agent (noun): One who exerts power, or has the power to act
- agleam (adjective): Glowing with subdued light.
- aglet (noun): Alternative spelling of aiglet.
- alga (noun): Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
- algae (noun): plural of alga
- algal (adjective): Pertaining to, or like, algae.
- allege (verb): To state under oath, to plead.
- amalgam (noun): An alloy containing mercury.
- amalgamate (verb): To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
- angel (noun): An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.
- angle (noun): A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
- eagle (noun): Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
- eaglet (noun): The immature young of an eagle; an eagle chick.
- elegant (adjective): Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
- engage (verb): To interact socially. To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied. To draw into conversation. To attract, to please; to fascinate or win over (someone).
- engagement (noun): An appointment, especially to speak or perform.
- entangle (verb): To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated
- gaga (adjective): Mentally senile.
- gage (verb): To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
- gaggle (noun): A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
- gala (adjective): Celebratory; festive.
- galangal (noun): Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga.
- gale (verb): To sing; charm; enchant.
- galette (noun): A type of flat, round cake from France.
- gall (noun): Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
- gallant (adjective): Brave, valiant.
- game (noun): A playful or competitive activity. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- gamelan (noun): A genre of music of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophones, drums, gongs and a bamboo flute (called a siuling).
- gamete (noun): A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
- gamma (noun): The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
- gang (verb): To go; walk; proceed.
- gate (noun): A doorlike structure outside a house.
- gelee (noun): Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes.
- gelt (noun): A lunatic.
- gene (noun): A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
- gent (noun): A gentleman.
- genteel (adjective): Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
- gentle (adjective): Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
- gentlemen (noun): plural of gentleman
- glam (noun): Glamour.
- gleam (noun): A small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.
- glean (verb): To collect (grain, grapes, etc.) left behind after the main harvest or gathering.
- glee (noun): Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
- glen (noun): A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.
- gnat (noun): Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.
- legal (adjective): Relating to the law or to lawyers.
- legate (noun): A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
- legatee (noun): One who receives a legacy.
- mage (noun): A magician, wizard or sorcerer.
- magenta (noun): A vibrant light purple, purplish-red, reddish-purple, or pinkish purple colour obtained by mixing red and blue light (thus a secondary colour), but primary in the CMYK colour system used in printing.
- magma (noun): The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
- magnate (noun): Powerful industrialist; captain of industry.
- magnet (noun): A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
- manage (verb): To direct or be in charge of.
- management (noun): Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.
- manga (noun): A comic originating in Japan.
- mange (noun): A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).
- mangle (verb): To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.
- mega (adjective): Very large.
- melange (noun): A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
- nametag (noun): A tag with one's name inscribed on it.
- negate (verb): To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
- tang (noun): A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
- tangent (noun): A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
- tangle (verb): To mix together or intertwine.
- teenage (noun): Brushwood for fences and hedges.