NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 16, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | V |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, e, g, i, n, w |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 30 words |
| Total Points | 132 points |
| Genius Level | 92 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| E | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| G | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| N | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| V | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 10 |
| W | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 6 | Σ | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 30 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AG×1 AV×3 |
|---|---|
| E | EA×1 EV×2 |
| G | GA×2 GI×3 |
| I | |
| N | NA×2 |
| V | VA×3 VE×4 VI×3 |
| W | WA×4 WE×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AGA×1 AVE×2 AVI×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EAV×1 EVE×2 |
| G | GAV×2 GIV×3 |
| I | |
| N | NAI×1 NAV×1 |
| V | VAG×1 VAI×1 VAN×1 VEG×3 VEI×1 VIE×2 VIN×1 |
| W | WAI×2 WAV×2 WEA×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) |
|---|---|---|
| we..... † | WE7 | The process of making woven material on a loom. |
| ag... | AG5 | A plant of the genus Agave, which includes the maguey or century plant (Agave americana), which produces a gigantic flower stem at maturity. |
| av.... | AV6 | To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. |
| av...... | AV8 | present participle of avenge |
| av... | AV5 | Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures. |
| ea.. | EA4 | Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”) |
| ev.. | EV4 | Flat and level. |
| ev..... | EV7 | The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark. |
| ga.... | GA6 | A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras |
| ga.. | GA4 | simple past tense of give |
| gi.. | GI4 | To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone). |
| gi... | GI5 | past participle of give |
| gi.... | GI6 | present participle of give |
| na... | NA5 | Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated. |
| na.. | NA4 | The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances. |
| va.... | VA6 | The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and childbirth in female mammals. |
| va.. | VA4 | Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason. |
| va.. | VA4 | A weather vane. |
| ve... | VE5 | Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use. |
| ve.... | VE6 | A vegetable. |
| ve..... | VE7 | present participle of veg |
| ve.. | VE4 | A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. |
| vi.. | VI4 | Visual perception. The act of seeing or looking at something. |
| vi..... | VI7 | present participle of view |
| vi.. | VI4 | The climbing plant that produces grapes. |
| wa... | WA5 | To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo. |
| wa..... | WA7 | present participle of waive |
| wa.. | WA4 | To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely. |
| wa.... | WA6 | present participle of wave |
| we... | WE5 | To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another. |
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.
- weaving† (WE7)
- agave (AG5)
- avenge (AV6)
- avenging (AV8)
- avian (AV5)
- eave (EA4)
- even (EV4)
- evening (EV7)
- gavage (GA6)
- gave (GA4)
- give (GI4)
- given (GI5)
- giving (GI6)
- naive (NA5)
- nave (NA4)
- vagina (VA6)
- vain (VA4)
- vane (VA4)
- vegan (VE5)
- veggie (VE6)
- vegging (VE7)
- vein (VE4)
- view (VI4)
- viewing (VI7)
- vine (VI4)
- waive (WA5)
- waiving (WA7)
- wave (WA4)
- waving (WA6)
- weave (WE5)
Answer Definitions
- weaving† (noun): The process of making woven material on a loom.
- agave (noun): A plant of the genus Agave, which includes the maguey or century plant (Agave americana), which produces a gigantic flower stem at maturity.
- avenge (verb): To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
- avenging (verb): present participle of avenge
- avian (adjective): Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.
- eave (noun): Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”)
- even (adjective): Flat and level.
- evening (noun): The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark.
- gavage (noun): A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras
- gave (verb): simple past tense of give
- give (verb): To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
- given (verb): past participle of give
- giving (verb): present participle of give
- naive (adjective): Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
- nave (noun): The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
- vagina (noun): The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and childbirth in female mammals.
- vain (adjective): Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
- vane (noun): A weather vane.
- vegan (adjective): Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
- veggie (noun): A vegetable.
- vegging (verb): present participle of veg
- vein (noun): A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
- view (noun): Visual perception. The act of seeing or looking at something.
- viewing (verb): present participle of view
- vine (noun): The climbing plant that produces grapes.
- waive (verb): To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
- waiving (verb): present participle of waive
- wave (verb): To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
- waving (verb): present participle of wave
- weave (verb): To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.