NYT Spelling Bee Answers for February 6, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | I |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, f, l, n, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 30 words |
| Total Points | 157 points |
| Genius Level | 110 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</th><th>9 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| C | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| F | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| I | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| L | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| N | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| U | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 7 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×2 AN×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×1 CI×1 CL×4 |
| F | FA×4 FI×5 FL×1 FU×1 |
| I | IL×1 IN×1 |
| L | LA×4 LI×1 |
| N | NA×2 NI×1 |
| U |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACA×2 ANN×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAL×1 CIL×1 CLI×4 |
| F | FAC×1 FAI×1 FAN×2 FIL×2 FIN×3 FLA×1 FUL×1 |
| I | ILI×1 INF×1 |
| L | LAI×3 LAN×1 LIL×1 |
| N | NAI×2 NIA×1 |
| U |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| fa...... † | FA8 | Imaginative or fantastic. |
| ac.... | AC6 | A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. |
| ac.. | AC4 | Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe. |
| an.... | AN6 | plural of annulus |
| ca..... | CA7 | plural of calculus |
| ci... | CI5 | plural of cilium |
| cl... | CL5 | A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. |
| cl.... | CL6 | A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients. |
| cl...... | CL8 | Dealing with the practical management of patients, in practice at the point of care; as contrasted with other health care venues (see clinical medicine for more explanation). |
| cl....... | CL9 | Any healthcare practitioner working at the point of care, in clinical practice (e.g., physicians in clinical medicine, nurses in nursing practice, or allied health providers in practice). |
| fa.... | FA6 | Of or affecting the face. |
| fa.. | FA4 | To be unsuccessful. |
| fa.... | FA6 | fan fiction |
| fi.... | FI6 | Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter. |
| fi.. | FI4 | To occupy fully, to take up all of. |
| fi... | FI5 | A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class. |
| fi....... | FI9 | Related to finances. |
| fi.... | FI6 | The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture. |
| fl... | FL5 | A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material. |
| fu..... | FU7 | To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.). |
| il... | IL5 | Relating to the ilium. |
| in.... | IN6 | To fill in a space, hole or gap. |
| la.. | LA4 | A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy. |
| la.... | LA6 | Of or pertaining to a layperson, layman, laywoman, or laypeople (laity). |
| la.. | LA4 | past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”) |
| la... | LA5 | A Hawaiian-style roofed patio. |
| li... | LI5 | A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers. |
| na.. | NA4 | Alternative spelling of naïf. |
| na.. | NA4 | The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals. |
| ni.... | NI6 | A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism. |
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.
- fanciful† (FA8)
- acacia (AC6)
- acai (AC4)
- annuli (AN6)
- calculi (CA7)
- cilia (CI5)
- cliff (CL5)
- clinic (CL6)
- clinical (CL8)
- clinician (CL9)
- facial (FA6)
- fail (FA4)
- fanfic (FA6)
- filial (FI6)
- fill (FI4)
- final (FI5)
- financial (FI9)
- finial (FI6)
- flail (FL5)
- fulfill (FU7)
- iliac (IL5)
- infill (IN6)
- laic (LA4)
- laical (LA6)
- lain (LA4)
- lanai (LA5)
- lilac (LI5)
- naif (NA4)
- nail (NA4)
- niacin (NI6)
Answer Definitions
- fanciful† (adjective): Imaginative or fantastic.
- acacia (noun): A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
- acai (noun): Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
- annuli (noun): plural of annulus
- calculi (noun): plural of calculus
- cilia (noun): plural of cilium
- cliff (noun): A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
- clinic (noun): A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
- clinical (adjective): Dealing with the practical management of patients, in practice at the point of care; as contrasted with other health care venues (see clinical medicine for more explanation).
- clinician (noun): Any healthcare practitioner working at the point of care, in clinical practice (e.g., physicians in clinical medicine, nurses in nursing practice, or allied health providers in practice).
- facial (adjective): Of or affecting the face.
- fail (verb): To be unsuccessful.
- fanfic (noun): fan fiction
- filial (adjective): Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
- fill (verb): To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- final (noun): A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- financial (adjective): Related to finances.
- finial (noun): The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
- flail (noun): A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
- fulfill (verb): To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
- iliac (adjective): Relating to the ilium.
- infill (verb): To fill in a space, hole or gap.
- laic (noun): A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.
- laical (adjective): Of or pertaining to a layperson, layman, laywoman, or laypeople (laity).
- lain (verb): past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
- lanai (noun): A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
- lilac (noun): A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.
- naif (adjective): Alternative spelling of naïf.
- nail (noun): The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
- niacin (noun): A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.