NYT Spelling Bee Answers for May 28, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | F |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, e, i, n, t, u |
| # of Pangrams | 4 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 56 words |
| Total Points | 329 points |
| Genius Level | 230 points |
| Bingo? | No |
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</th><th>12 | Σ | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 12 |
| E | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| F | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 25 |
| I | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| N | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| U | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 8 | Σ | 15 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 56 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| D | DE×10 DI×1 DU×1 |
|---|---|
| E | ED×1 EF×1 |
| F | FE×11 FI×12 FU×2 |
| I | ID×1 IN×3 |
| N | |
| T | TE×1 TI×1 TU×3 |
| U | UN×8 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| D | DEF×9 DEI×1 DIF×1 DUF×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EDI×1 EFF×1 |
| F | FEE×2 FEI×2 FEN×2 FET×3 FEU×2 FIE×2 FIF×3 FIN×6 FIT×1 FUN×2 |
| I | IDE×1 IND×1 INF×2 |
| N | |
| T | TEF×1 TIF×1 TUF×3 |
| U | UND×2 UNF×4 UNI×2 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| fi...... † | FI8 | The state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness. |
| in........ † | IN10 | The state or quality of being infinite or having no limit. |
| un...... † | UN8 | Not suited, not fit (for something). |
| un.......... † | UN12 | Not identified; having an unknown or unnamed identity. |
| de.... | DE6 | To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard. |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of defend |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of defy |
| de.... | DE6 | To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly. |
| de..... | DE7 | Having a definition or value. |
| de...... | DE8 | Having distinct limits. |
| de.. | DE4 | Quick and neat in action; skillful. |
| de.... | DE6 | To cancel funding for. |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of defund |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of deify |
| di....... | DI9 | Lacking confidence in others; distrustful. |
| du.. | DU4 | Dough. |
| ed..... | ED7 | simple past tense and past participle of edify |
| ef.... | EF6 | Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out. |
| fe.. | FE4 | To give (someone or something) food to eat. |
| fe.. | FE4 | plural of foot |
| fe... | FE5 | To make a feint, or mock attack. |
| fe..... | FE7 | simple past tense and past participle of feint |
| fe.. | FE4 | To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being. |
| fe.... | FE6 | simple past tense and past participle of fend |
| fe.. | FE4 | A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity. |
| fe... | FE5 | simple past tense and past participle of fete |
| fe... | FE5 | Foul-smelling, stinking. |
| fe.. | FE4 | A state of long-standing mutual hostility. |
| fe.... | FE6 | simple past tense and past participle of feud |
| fi.. | FI4 | An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior. |
| fi... | FI5 | A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit. |
| fi.. | FI4 | A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music |
| fi... | FI5 | simple past tense and past participle of fife |
| fi..... | FI7 | The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16). |
| fi.. | FI4 | To locate To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon. |
| fi.. | FI4 | Senses referring to subjective quality. Of superior quality. |
| fi... | FI5 | simple past tense and past participle of fine |
| fi.... | FI6 | Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number. |
| fi.... | FI6 | Having fins. |
| fi.... | FI6 | simple past tense of fit ("to tailor, to change size") |
| fu.. | FU4 | A sum or source of money. |
| fu.... | FU6 | simple past tense and past participle of fund |
| id........ | ID10 | simple past tense and past participle of identify |
| in........ | IN10 | Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite. |
| in...... | IN8 | Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense. |
| te.. | TE4 | A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia. |
| ti.. | TI4 | A small argument; a petty quarrel. |
| tu.... | TU6 | A clump of grass or similar vegetation; a small grass-covered mound. |
| tu.. | TU4 | A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base. |
| tu.... | TU6 | Having tufts. |
| un........ | UN10 | Not defended. |
| un....... | UN9 | Lacking a definition or value. |
| un... | UN5 | Not fed. |
| un... | UN5 | Not fit; not having the correct requirements. |
| un...... | UN8 | Not funded; having received no funding. |
| un..... | UN7 | simple past tense and past participle of unify |
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.
- finitude† (FI8)
- infinitude† (IN10)
- unfitted† (UN8)
- unidentified† (UN12)
- defend (DE6)
- defended (DE8)
- defied (DE6)
- define (DE6)
- defined (DE7)
- definite (DE8)
- deft (DE4)
- defund (DE6)
- defunded (DE8)
- deified (DE7)
- diffident (DI9)
- duff (DU4)
- edified (ED7)
- effete (EF6)
- feed (FE4)
- feet (FE4)
- feint (FE5)
- feinted (FE7)
- fend (FE4)
- fended (FE6)
- fete (FE4)
- feted (FE5)
- fetid (FE5)
- feud (FE4)
- feuded (FE6)
- fief (FI4)
- fiend (FI5)
- fife (FI4)
- fifed (FI5)
- fifteen (FI7)
- find (FI4)
- fine (FI4)
- fined (FI5)
- finite (FI6)
- finned (FI6)
- fitted (FI6)
- fund (FU4)
- funded (FU6)
- identified (ID10)
- indefinite (IN10)
- infinite (IN8)
- teff (TE4)
- tiff (TI4)
- tuffet (TU6)
- tuft (TU4)
- tufted (TU6)
- undefended (UN10)
- undefined (UN9)
- unfed (UN5)
- unfit (UN5)
- unfunded (UN8)
- unified (UN7)
Answer Definitions
- finitude† (noun): The state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness.
- infinitude† (noun): The state or quality of being infinite or having no limit.
- unfitted† (adjective): Not suited, not fit (for something).
- unidentified† (adjective): Not identified; having an unknown or unnamed identity.
- defend (verb): To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
- defended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of defend
- defied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of defy
- define (verb): To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
- defined (adjective): Having a definition or value.
- definite (adjective): Having distinct limits.
- deft (adjective): Quick and neat in action; skillful.
- defund (verb): To cancel funding for.
- defunded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of defund
- deified (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deify
- diffident (adjective): Lacking confidence in others; distrustful.
- duff (noun): Dough.
- edified (verb): simple past tense and past participle of edify
- effete (adjective): Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.
- feed (verb): To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- feet (noun): plural of foot
- feint (verb): To make a feint, or mock attack.
- feinted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of feint
- fend (verb): To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
- fended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fend
- fete (noun): A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
- feted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fete
- fetid (adjective): Foul-smelling, stinking.
- feud (noun): A state of long-standing mutual hostility.
- feuded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of feud
- fief (noun): An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior.
- fiend (noun): A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
- fife (noun): A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
- fifed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fife
- fifteen (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).
- find (verb): To locate To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- fine (adjective): Senses referring to subjective quality. Of superior quality.
- fined (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fine
- finite (adjective): Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number.
- finned (adjective): Having fins.
- fitted (verb): simple past tense of fit ("to tailor, to change size")
- fund (noun): A sum or source of money.
- funded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fund
- identified (verb): simple past tense and past participle of identify
- indefinite (adjective): Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.
- infinite (adjective): Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
- teff (noun): A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
- tiff (noun): A small argument; a petty quarrel.
- tuffet (noun): A clump of grass or similar vegetation; a small grass-covered mound.
- tuft (noun): A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
- tufted (adjective): Having tufts.
- undefended (adjective): Not defended.
- undefined (adjective): Lacking a definition or value.
- unfed (adjective): Not fed.
- unfit (adjective): Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
- unfunded (adjective): Not funded; having received no funding.
- unified (verb): simple past tense and past participle of unify