NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 4, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | N |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, f, i, m, r, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 29 words |
| Total Points | 122 points |
| Genius Level | 85 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 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| F | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| I | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| M | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 12 |
| N | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| R | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Y | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Σ | 11 | 9 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 29 |
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 |
|---|---|
| F | FA×2 |
| I | IN×3 |
| M | MA×6 MI×5 MY×1 |
| N | NA×5 NI×1 |
| R | RA×3 |
| Y | YA×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AIR×1 ANI×1 |
|---|---|
| F | FAN×1 FAR×1 |
| I | INF×3 |
| M | MAI×1 MAN×3 MAR×2 MIN×4 MIR×1 MYN×1 |
| N | NAA×1 NAI×1 NAN×2 NAR×1 NIN×1 |
| R | RAI×2 RAN×1 |
| Y | 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) |
|---|---|---|
| in....... † | IN9 | A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse. |
| ai.... | AI6 | A pilot of an aircraft. |
| an... | AN5 | The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus. |
| fa... | FA5 | euphemism for the buttocks |
| fa.... | FA6 | A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery. |
| in.... | IN6 | The state of being infamous. |
| in.... | IN6 | Weak or ill, not in good health. |
| ma.. | MA4 | Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal. |
| ma... | MA5 | Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. |
| ma... | MA5 | Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus. |
| ma.. | MA4 | An indefinite large number of. |
| ma.... | MA6 | A harbour for small boats. |
| ma...... | MA8 | Prepared with tomatoes, or in a tomato sauce. |
| mi.. | MI4 | Miniature, tiny, small. |
| mi... | MI5 | A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem. |
| mi.... | MI6 | plural of minimum |
| mi.... | MI6 | The minimum number of ten (male) adult Jews required for a communal religious service. |
| mi... | MI5 | A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than sake and used in cooking. |
| my.. | MY4 | One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae. |
| na.. | NA4 | A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine. |
| na.. | NA4 | Alternative spelling of naïf. |
| na.. | NA4 | A banana. |
| na... | NA5 | A child's nurse. |
| na.. | NA4 | Not, never. |
| ni... | NI5 | A silly or foolish person. |
| ra.. | RA4 | Condensed water falling from a cloud. |
| ra... | RA5 | marked by bringing precipitation in the form of showers |
| ra.. | RA4 | The wife of a rajah. |
| 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.
- infirmary† (IN9)
- airman (AI6)
- anima (AN5)
- fanny (FA5)
- farina (FA6)
- infamy (IN6)
- infirm (IN6)
- main (MA4)
- mania (MA5)
- manna (MA5)
- many (MA4)
- marina (MA6)
- marinara (MA8)
- mini (MI4)
- minim (MI5)
- minima (MI6)
- minyan (MI6)
- mirin (MI5)
- myna (MY4)
- naan (NA4)
- naif (NA4)
- nana (NA4)
- nanny (NA5)
- nary (NA4)
- ninny (NI5)
- rain (RA4)
- rainy (RA5)
- rani (RA4)
- yarn (YA4)
Answer Definitions
- infirmary† (noun): A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.
- airman (noun): A pilot of an aircraft.
- anima (noun): The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
- fanny (noun): euphemism for the buttocks
- farina (noun): A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.
- infamy (noun): The state of being infamous.
- infirm (adjective): Weak or ill, not in good health.
- main (adjective): Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
- mania (noun): Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
- manna (noun): Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
- many (determiner): An indefinite large number of.
- marina (noun): A harbour for small boats.
- marinara (adjective): Prepared with tomatoes, or in a tomato sauce.
- mini (adjective): Miniature, tiny, small.
- minim (noun): A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
- minima (noun): plural of minimum
- minyan (noun): The minimum number of ten (male) adult Jews required for a communal religious service.
- mirin (noun): A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than sake and used in cooking.
- myna (noun): One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
- naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
- naif (adjective): Alternative spelling of naïf.
- nana (noun): A banana.
- nanny (noun): A child's nurse.
- nary (adverb): Not, never.
- ninny (noun): A silly or foolish person.
- rain (noun): Condensed water falling from a cloud.
- rainy (adjective): marked by bringing precipitation in the form of showers
- rani (noun): The wife of a rajah.
- yarn (noun): A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.