NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 9, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | C |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, e, f, i, n, t |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 48 words |
| Total Points | 309 points |
| Genius Level | 216 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| D | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 18 |
| E | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| F | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| I | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 11 |
| N | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| T | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Σ | 6 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 48 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CE×3 CI×3 |
|---|---|
| D | DE×14 DI×4 |
| E | ED×2 EF×3 EI×1 EN×2 |
| F | FE×2 |
| I | IC×1 IN×10 |
| N | NI×2 |
| T | TI×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CED×2 CEN×1 CIT×3 |
|---|---|
| D | DEC×5 DEF×4 DEI×3 DET×2 DIC×2 DIE×1 DIF×1 |
| E | EDI×2 EFF×3 EID×1 ENT×2 |
| F | FEN×2 |
| I | ICE×1 INC×4 IND×3 INE×1 INF×2 |
| N | NIC×1 NIE×1 |
| T | TIN×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 | Lacking something essential; often construed with in. |
| in...... † | IN8 | inflection of infect: simple past past participle |
| ce.. | CE4 | To give up; yield to another. |
| ce... | CE5 | simple past tense and past participle of cede |
| ce.. | CE4 | A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢. |
| 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...... | CI8 | inflection of citify: simple past past participle |
| de...... | DE8 | A dead person. |
| de.... | DE6 | An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick. |
| de.... | DE6 | Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances. |
| de.... | DE6 | to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of decide |
| de.... | DE6 | A fault or malfunction. |
| de...... | DE8 | inflection of defect: simple past past participle |
| de..... | DE7 | Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack. |
| de... | DE5 | To remove the ice from something. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of deice |
| de..... | DE7 | The killing of a god or goddess; godslaughter. |
| de.... | DE6 | to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing |
| de...... | DE8 | Having been noticed. |
| di.. | DI4 | Gaming with one or more dice. |
| di... | DI5 | simple past tense and past participle of dice |
| di...... | DI8 | Relating to diet. |
| di........ | DI10 | The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement. |
| ed... | ED5 | A proclamation of law or other authoritative command. |
| ed..... | ED7 | A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one |
| ef.... | EF6 | The result or outcome of a cause. |
| ef...... | EF8 | inflection of effect: simple past past participle |
| ef....... | EF9 | making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy |
| ei..... | EI7 | Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images. |
| en.... | EN6 | To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope. |
| en..... | EN7 | simple past tense and past participle of entice |
| fe... | FE5 | A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc. |
| fe.... | FE6 | past participle of fence |
| ic.. | IC4 | With ice added. |
| in....... | IN9 | The act of something happening; occurrence. |
| in...... | IN8 | An event or occurrence. |
| in.... | IN6 | To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action. |
| in..... | IN7 | simple past tense and past participle of incite |
| in...... | IN8 | offensive to good taste |
| in.... | IN6 | To accuse of wrongdoing; charge. |
| in...... | IN8 | simple past tense and past participle of indict |
| in......... | IN11 | Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious |
| in.... | IN6 | To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it. |
| ni.. | NI4 | Pleasant, satisfactory. |
| ni... | NI5 | A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece"). |
| ti... | TI5 | A tint or colour. |
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.
- deficient† (DE9)
- infected† (IN8)
- cede (CE4)
- ceded (CE5)
- cent (CE4)
- cite (CI4)
- cited (CI5)
- citified (CI8)
- decedent (DE8)
- deceit (DE6)
- decent (DE6)
- decide (DE6)
- decided (DE7)
- defect (DE6)
- defected (DE8)
- deficit (DE7)
- deice (DE5)
- deiced (DE6)
- deicide (DE7)
- detect (DE6)
- detected (DE8)
- dice (DI4)
- diced (DI5)
- dietetic (DI8)
- diffidence (DI10)
- edict (ED5)
- edifice (ED7)
- effect (EF6)
- effected (EF8)
- efficient (EF9)
- eidetic (EI7)
- entice (EN6)
- enticed (EN7)
- fence (FE5)
- fenced (FE6)
- iced (IC4)
- incidence (IN9)
- incident (IN8)
- incite (IN6)
- incited (IN7)
- indecent (IN8)
- indict (IN6)
- indicted (IN8)
- inefficient (IN11)
- infect (IN6)
- nice (NI4)
- niece (NI5)
- tinct (TI5)
Answer Definitions
- deficient† (adjective): Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
- infected† (verb): inflection of infect: simple past past participle
- cede (verb): To give up; yield to another.
- ceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cede
- cent (noun): A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
- 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
- citified (verb): inflection of citify: simple past past participle
- decedent (noun): A dead person.
- deceit (noun): An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
- decent (adjective): Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
- decide (verb): to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
- decided (verb): simple past tense and past participle of decide
- defect (noun): A fault or malfunction.
- defected (verb): inflection of defect: simple past past participle
- deficit (noun): Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
- deice (verb): To remove the ice from something.
- deiced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deice
- deicide (noun): The killing of a god or goddess; godslaughter.
- detect (verb): to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- detected (adjective): Having been noticed.
- dice (noun): Gaming with one or more dice.
- diced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dice
- dietetic (adjective): Relating to diet.
- diffidence (noun): The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
- edict (noun): A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
- edifice (noun): A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one
- effect (noun): The result or outcome of a cause.
- effected (verb): inflection of effect: simple past past participle
- efficient (adjective): making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy
- eidetic (adjective): Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.
- entice (verb): To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
- enticed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of entice
- fence (noun): A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- fenced (verb): past participle of fence
- iced (adjective): With ice added.
- incidence (noun): The act of something happening; occurrence.
- incident (noun): An event or occurrence.
- incite (verb): To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
- incited (verb): simple past tense and past participle of incite
- indecent (adjective): offensive to good taste
- indict (verb): To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
- indicted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of indict
- inefficient (adjective): Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious
- infect (verb): To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
- nice (adjective): Pleasant, satisfactory.
- niece (noun): A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
- tinct (noun): A tint or colour.