NYT Spelling Bee Answers for May 24, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | T |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, d, e, i, u, v |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 38 words |
| Total Points | 191 points |
| Genius Level | 134 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| D | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| E | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 8 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 9 |
| U | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| V | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | Σ | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 38 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CI×3 CU×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DE×7 DI×3 DU×5 |
| E | ED×3 EI×1 ET×1 EV×3 |
| I | |
| T | TE×1 TI×4 TU×4 |
| U | |
| V | VE×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CIT×2 CIV×1 CUT×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DEC×1 DED×3 DET×3 DIE×3 DUC×2 DUE×2 DUV×1 |
| E | EDI×3 EID×1 ETU×1 EVI×3 |
| I | |
| T | TEE×1 TID×3 TIE×1 TUT×4 |
| U | |
| V | VET×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) |
|---|---|---|
| de....... † | DE9 | Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning). |
| ci.. | CI4 | to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. |
| ci... | CI5 | simple past tense and past participle of cite |
| 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. |
| cu.. | CU4 | Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior. |
| cu... | CU5 | A cute person or animal. |
| de.... | DE6 | An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick. |
| de.... | DE6 | To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount. |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of deduct |
| de.... | DE6 | to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing |
| de...... | DE8 | Having been noticed. |
| de....... | DE9 | A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator. |
| di.. | DI4 | The food and beverage a person or animal consumes. |
| di.... | DI6 | simple past tense and past participle of diet |
| di...... | DI8 | Relating to diet. |
| du.. | DU4 | a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another |
| du.... | DU6 | simple past tense and past participle of duct |
| du.. | DU4 | A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble). |
| du..... | DU7 | simple past tense and past participle of duet |
| du... | DU5 | A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English. |
| ed... | ED5 | A proclamation of law or other authoritative command. |
| ed.. | ED4 | A change to the text of a document. |
| ed.... | ED6 | simple past tense and past participle of edit |
| ei..... | EI7 | Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images. |
| et... | ET5 | A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill. |
| ev... | EV5 | To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out. |
| ev..... | EV7 | simple past tense and past participle of evict |
| ev..... | EV7 | One who is evicted. |
| te.. | TE4 | past participle of tee |
| ti.. | TI4 | The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon. |
| ti... | TI5 | Affected by the tide; having a tide. |
| ti.... | TI6 | simple past tense and past participle of tidy |
| ti.. | TI4 | Closely connected or associated. |
| tu... | TU5 | A student of a tutor. |
| tu.... | TU6 | simple past tense and past participle of tut |
| tu... | TU5 | All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices. |
| tu.. | TU4 | A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting. |
| ve.... | VE6 | simple past tense and past participle of vet |
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.
- deductive† (DE9)
- cite (CI4)
- cited (CI5)
- civet (CI5)
- cute (CU4)
- cutie (CU5)
- deceit (DE6)
- deduct (DE6)
- deducted (DE8)
- detect (DE6)
- detected (DE8)
- detective (DE9)
- diet (DI4)
- dieted (DI6)
- dietetic (DI8)
- duct (DU4)
- ducted (DU6)
- duet (DU4)
- duetted (DU7)
- duvet (DU5)
- edict (ED5)
- edit (ED4)
- edited (ED6)
- eidetic (EI7)
- etude (ET5)
- evict (EV5)
- evicted (EV7)
- evictee (EV7)
- teed (TE4)
- tide (TI4)
- tided (TI5)
- tidied (TI6)
- tied (TI4)
- tutee (TU5)
- tutted (TU6)
- tutti (TU5)
- tutu (TU4)
- vetted (VE6)
Answer Definitions
- deductive† (adjective): Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning).
- cite (verb): to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- cited (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cite
- 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.
- cute (adjective): Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
- cutie (noun): A cute person or animal.
- deceit (noun): An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
- deduct (verb): To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
- deducted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deduct
- detect (verb): to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- detected (adjective): Having been noticed.
- detective (noun): A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator.
- diet (noun): The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
- dieted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of diet
- dietetic (adjective): Relating to diet.
- duct (noun): a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
- ducted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of duct
- duet (noun): A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
- duetted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of duet
- duvet (noun): A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English.
- edict (noun): A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
- edit (noun): A change to the text of a document.
- edited (verb): simple past tense and past participle of edit
- eidetic (adjective): Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.
- etude (noun): A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.
- evict (verb): To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
- evicted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of evict
- evictee (noun): One who is evicted.
- teed (verb): past participle of tee
- tide (noun): The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
- tided (adjective): Affected by the tide; having a tide.
- tidied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tidy
- tied (adjective): Closely connected or associated.
- tutee (noun): A student of a tutor.
- tutted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tut
- tutti (adverb): All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.
- tutu (noun): A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
- vetted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of vet