NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 30, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | E |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, h, n, o, p, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 38 words |
| Total Points | 125 points |
| Genius Level | 88 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
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 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| E | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| H | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 10 |
| N | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| P | 6 | 7 | 2 | - | 1 | 16 |
| Y | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Σ | 20 | 12 | 5 | - | 1 | 38 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AE×1 AN×1 AP×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EP×1 |
| H | HA×1 HE×2 HO×4 HY×3 |
| N | NA×1 NE×3 NO×2 |
| O | OP×1 |
| P | PA×4 PE×8 PH×2 PO×2 |
| Y | YE×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AEO×1 ANY×1 APN×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EPE×1 |
| H | HAP×1 HEA×1 HEN×1 HON×2 HOO×1 HOP×1 HYE×1 HYP×2 |
| N | NAP×1 NEA×1 NEN×1 NEO×1 NON×1 NOP×1 |
| O | OPE×1 |
| P | PAE×1 PAN×1 PAY×2 PEA×1 PEE×2 PEN×2 PEO×2 PEP×1 PHO×2 PON×1 POP×1 |
| Y | YEA×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) |
|---|---|---|
| pa...... † | PA8 | A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card. |
| ae.. | AE4 | Alternative spelling of eon |
| an.... | AN6 | Any person; anybody. |
| ap... | AP5 | The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep. |
| ep.. | EP4 | A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing. |
| ha.... | HA6 | To occur or take place. |
| he.. | HE4 | A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people. |
| he... | HE5 | A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers |
| ho.. | HO4 | A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool. |
| ho... | HO5 | A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods. |
| ho... | HO5 | Silly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s). |
| ho.. | HO4 | To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. |
| hy... | HY5 | Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited. |
| hy.. | HY4 | Promotion or propaganda; especially exaggerated claims. |
| hy.... | HY6 | The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line. |
| na.. | NA4 | The back part of the neck. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas. |
| no.. | NO4 | Not any of a given number or group. |
| no.. | NO4 | No. |
| op.. | OP4 | Not closed. Able to be accessed. Able to have something pass through or along it. |
| pa... | PA5 | A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle. |
| pa.. | PA4 | An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc. |
| pa... | PA5 | one to whom money is paid. |
| pe.... | PE6 | A female peafowl. |
| pe.. | PE4 | The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end. |
| pe.. | PE4 | A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird. |
| pe... | PE5 | A type of short, diagonally cut pasta. |
| pe... | PE5 | In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth ⁄240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d. |
| pe.. | PE4 | A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work. |
| pe... | PE5 | A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers. |
| pe... | PE5 | Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy |
| ph... | PH5 | A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc. |
| ph.... | PH6 | An expression of disgust, rejection, or disappointment. |
| po.. | PO4 | A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts. |
| po.. | PO4 | An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state. Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority. Any similar head of a religion. A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses. An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times. Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day. |
| ye.. | YE4 | yes. |
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.
- payphone† (PA8)
- aeon (AE4)
- anyone (AN6)
- apnea (AP5)
- epee (EP4)
- happen (HA6)
- heap (HE4)
- henna (HE5)
- hone (HO4)
- honey (HO5)
- hooey (HO5)
- hope (HO4)
- hyena (HY5)
- hype (HY4)
- hyphen (HY6)
- nape (NA4)
- neap (NE4)
- nene (NE4)
- neon (NE4)
- none (NO4)
- nope (NO4)
- open (OP4)
- paean (PA5)
- pane (PA4)
- payee (PA5)
- peahen (PE6)
- peen (PE4)
- peep (PE4)
- penne (PE5)
- penny (PE5)
- peon (PE4)
- peony (PE5)
- peppy (PE5)
- phone (PH5)
- phooey (PH6)
- pone (PO4)
- pope (PO4)
- yeah (YE4)
Answer Definitions
- payphone† (noun): A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card.
- aeon (noun): Alternative spelling of eon
- anyone (pronoun): Any person; anybody.
- apnea (noun): The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
- epee (noun): A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
- happen (verb): To occur or take place.
- heap (noun): A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- henna (noun): A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers
- hone (noun): A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
- honey (noun): A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods.
- hooey (noun): Silly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s).
- hope (verb): To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
- hyena (noun): Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
- hype (noun): Promotion or propaganda; especially exaggerated claims.
- hyphen (noun): The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
- nape (noun): The back part of the neck.
- neap (noun): The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
- nene (noun): The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
- neon (noun): The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
- none (pronoun): Not any of a given number or group.
- nope (particle): No.
- open (adjective): Not closed. Able to be accessed. Able to have something pass through or along it.
- paean (noun): A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle.
- pane (noun): An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc.
- payee (noun): one to whom money is paid.
- peahen (noun): A female peafowl.
- peen (noun): The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
- peep (noun): A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
- penne (noun): A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
- penny (noun): In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth ⁄240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.
- peon (noun): A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
- peony (noun): A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.
- peppy (adjective): Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy
- phone (noun): A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
- phooey (interjection): An expression of disgust, rejection, or disappointment.
- pone (noun): A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
- pope (noun): An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state. Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority. Any similar head of a religion. A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses. An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times. Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day.
- yeah (particle): yes.