NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 31, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | Y |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, b, g, i, n, r |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 35 words |
| Total Points | 180 points |
| Genius Level | 126 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 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| B | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | - | 13 |
| G | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 7 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| N | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| R | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Y | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Σ | 7 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 35 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AI×1 AN×1 AR×2 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×5 BI×2 BR×6 |
| G | GA×1 GR×6 |
| I | |
| N | NA×4 NI×1 |
| R | RA×3 RI×1 |
| Y | YA×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AIR×1 ANG×1 ARR×2 |
|---|---|
| B | BAB×2 BAG×1 BAN×1 BAY×1 BIN×1 BIR×1 BRA×4 BRI×2 |
| G | GAB×1 GRA×6 |
| I | |
| N | NAG×1 NAN×2 NAR×1 NIN×1 |
| R | RAI×1 RAN×1 RAY×1 RIB×1 |
| Y | YAN×1 YAR×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) |
|---|---|---|
| br..... † | BR7 | present participle of bray |
| ai.. | AI4 | (of a room or building) spacious, well lit, and well ventilated. |
| an... | AN5 | Displaying or feeling anger. |
| ar... | AR5 | an ordered series or arrangement. |
| ar...... | AR8 | present participle of array |
| ba.. | BA4 | A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered. |
| ba..... | BA7 | present participle of baby |
| ba... | BA5 | Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body. |
| ba.... | BA6 | An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. |
| ba.... | BA6 | present participle of bay |
| bi.... | BI6 | Being in one of two mutually exclusive states. |
| bi..... | BI7 | A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables. |
| br.... | BR6 | Prone to brag. |
| br.... | BR6 | Very intellectually capable. |
| br.. | BR4 | Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry. |
| br.... | BR6 | Like a briar; thorny. |
| br... | BR5 | Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty. |
| ga... | GA5 | Inclined to talk too much, especially about trivia. |
| gr.... | GR6 | Tending to grab, especially rudely or greedily. |
| gr.... | GR6 | Resembling grains; granular. |
| gr..... | GR7 | A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed. |
| gr.... | GR6 | A grandmother. |
| gr.. | GR4 | Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember. |
| gr..... | GR7 | present participle of gray |
| na... | NA5 | Prone to nag, irritable. |
| na... | NA5 | A child's nurse. |
| na...... | NA8 | present participle of nanny |
| na.. | NA4 | Not, never. |
| ni... | NI5 | A silly or foolish person. |
| ra... | RA5 | marked by bringing precipitation in the form of showers |
| ra... | RA5 | Slender and long of limb; lanky |
| ra.... | RA6 | present participle of ray |
| ri... | RI5 | Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed. |
| ya.. | YA4 | A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world. |
| ya.. | YA4 | A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving. |
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.
- braying† (BR7)
- airy (AI4)
- angry (AN5)
- array (AR5)
- arraying (AR8)
- baby (BA4)
- babying (BA7)
- baggy (BA5)
- banyan (BA6)
- baying (BA6)
- binary (BI6)
- biryani (BI7)
- braggy (BR6)
- brainy (BR6)
- bray (BR4)
- briary (BR6)
- briny (BR5)
- gabby (GA5)
- grabby (GR6)
- grainy (GR6)
- granary (GR7)
- granny (GR6)
- gray (GR4)
- graying (GR7)
- naggy (NA5)
- nanny (NA5)
- nannying (NA8)
- nary (NA4)
- ninny (NI5)
- rainy (RA5)
- rangy (RA5)
- raying (RA6)
- ribby (RI5)
- yang (YA4)
- yarn (YA4)
Answer Definitions
- braying† (verb): present participle of bray
- airy (adjective): (of a room or building) spacious, well lit, and well ventilated.
- angry (adjective): Displaying or feeling anger.
- array (noun): an ordered series or arrangement.
- arraying (verb): present participle of array
- baby (noun): A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
- babying (verb): present participle of baby
- baggy (adjective): Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.
- banyan (noun): An Indian trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer.
- baying (verb): present participle of bay
- binary (adjective): Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
- biryani (noun): A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.
- braggy (adjective): Prone to brag.
- brainy (adjective): Very intellectually capable.
- bray (verb): Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
- briary (adjective): Like a briar; thorny.
- briny (adjective): Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty.
- gabby (adjective): Inclined to talk too much, especially about trivia.
- grabby (adjective): Tending to grab, especially rudely or greedily.
- grainy (adjective): Resembling grains; granular.
- granary (noun): A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.
- granny (noun): A grandmother.
- gray (adjective): Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
- graying (verb): present participle of gray
- naggy (adjective): Prone to nag, irritable.
- nanny (noun): A child's nurse.
- nannying (verb): present participle of nanny
- nary (adverb): Not, never.
- ninny (noun): A silly or foolish person.
- rainy (adjective): marked by bringing precipitation in the form of showers
- rangy (adjective): Slender and long of limb; lanky
- raying (verb): present participle of ray
- ribby (adjective): Pertaining to or having ribs; ribbed.
- yang (noun): A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.
- yarn (noun): A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.