NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 3, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | V |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, e, i, n, t |
| # of Pangrams | 3 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 44 words |
| Total Points | 266 points |
| Genius Level | 186 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
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</th><th>9</th><th>10</th><th>11 | Σ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| C | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| E | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| I | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| N | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| T | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| V | 6 | - | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 12 | Σ | 11 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 44 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×2 AT×1 AV×2 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×3 CI×2 |
| E | EA×1 EV×5 |
| I | IN×10 |
| N | NA×4 |
| T | TE×1 TI×1 |
| V | VA×6 VE×2 VI×4 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACT×2 ATT×1 AVI×2 |
|---|---|
| C | CAV×3 CIV×2 |
| E | EAV×1 EVE×2 EVI×3 |
| I | INA×3 INC×1 INI×1 INV×5 |
| N | NAI×2 NAT×1 NAV×1 |
| T | TEN×1 TIT×1 |
| V | VAC×4 VAI×1 VAN×1 VEI×1 VEN×1 VIC×1 VIN×1 VIT×1 VIV×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) |
|---|---|---|
| in........ † | IN10 | To make inactive. |
| in...... † | IN8 | Not active, temporarily or permanently. |
| va....... † | VA9 | To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease. |
| ac...... | AC8 | To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate. |
| ac.... | AC6 | Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives. |
| at....... | AT9 | Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely. |
| av... | AV5 | Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures. |
| av.... | AV6 | To operate an aircraft. |
| ca.. | CA4 | Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A warning. |
| ci... | CI5 | A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet (30–90 cm) long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail. |
| ci... | CI5 | Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil. |
| 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... | EV5 | An occurrence; something that happens. |
| ev... | EV5 | To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out. |
| ev..... | EV7 | One who is evicted. |
| ev.... | EV6 | To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest. |
| in......... | IN11 | Of or pertaining to a lack of attention; not paying attention; careless. |
| in....... | IN9 | Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages. |
| in........ | IN10 | Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary. |
| in....... | IN9 | An expression which inveighs or rails against a person. |
| in.... | IN6 | To design a new process or mechanism. |
| in....... | IN9 | Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes. |
| in.... | IN6 | To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something. |
| in..... | IN7 | a person who is invited into or onto someone else's premises |
| na... | NA5 | Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated. |
| na..... | NA7 | Alternative spelling of naïveté |
| na.... | NA6 | Belonging to one by birth. |
| na.. | NA4 | The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances. |
| te....... | TE9 | A trial; an experiment; an attempt. |
| ti...... | TI8 | To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up. |
| va.... | VA6 | Not occupied; empty. |
| va.... | VA6 | To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction. |
| va..... | VA7 | A substance given to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute. |
| 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.. | VE4 | A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. |
| ve.. | VE4 | An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass. |
| vi.. | VI4 | A bad habit. |
| vi.. | VI4 | The climbing plant that produces grapes. |
| vi..... | VI7 | To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something. |
| vi.... | VI6 | At a brisk, lively tempo. |
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.
- inactivate† (IN10)
- inactive† (IN8)
- vaccinate† (VA9)
- activate (AC8)
- active (AC6)
- attentive (AT9)
- avian (AV5)
- aviate (AV6)
- cava (CA4)
- cave (CA4)
- caveat (CA6)
- civet (CI5)
- civic (CI5)
- eave (EA4)
- even (EV4)
- event (EV5)
- evict (EV5)
- evictee (EV7)
- evince (EV6)
- inattentive (IN11)
- incentive (IN9)
- initiative (IN10)
- invective (IN9)
- invent (IN6)
- inventive (IN9)
- invite (IN6)
- invitee (IN7)
- naive (NA5)
- naivete (NA7)
- native (NA6)
- nave (NA4)
- tentative (TE9)
- titivate (TI8)
- vacant (VA6)
- vacate (VA6)
- vaccine (VA7)
- vain (VA4)
- vane (VA4)
- vein (VE4)
- vent (VE4)
- vice (VI4)
- vine (VI4)
- vitiate (VI7)
- vivace (VI6)
Answer Definitions
- inactivate† (verb): To make inactive.
- inactive† (adjective): Not active, temporarily or permanently.
- vaccinate† (verb): To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
- activate (verb): To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.
- active (adjective): Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
- attentive (adjective): Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
- avian (adjective): Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.
- aviate (verb): To operate an aircraft.
- cava (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine.
- cave (noun): A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- caveat (noun): A warning.
- civet (noun): A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet (30–90 cm) long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail.
- civic (adjective): Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
- 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.
- event (noun): An occurrence; something that happens.
- evict (verb): To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
- evictee (noun): One who is evicted.
- evince (verb): To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.
- inattentive (adjective): Of or pertaining to a lack of attention; not paying attention; careless.
- incentive (noun): Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
- initiative (adjective): Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
- invective (noun): An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
- invent (verb): To design a new process or mechanism.
- inventive (adjective): Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
- invite (verb): To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
- invitee (noun): a person who is invited into or onto someone else's premises
- naive (adjective): Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
- naivete (noun): Alternative spelling of naïveté
- native (adjective): Belonging to one by birth.
- nave (noun): The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
- tentative (noun): A trial; an experiment; an attempt.
- titivate (verb): To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up.
- vacant (adjective): Not occupied; empty.
- vacate (verb): To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.
- vaccine (noun): A substance given to stimulate the body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute.
- 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.
- vein (noun): A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
- vent (noun): An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- vice (noun): A bad habit.
- vine (noun): The climbing plant that produces grapes.
- vitiate (verb): To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.
- vivace (adverb): At a brisk, lively tempo.