NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 8, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | N |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | f, i, o, r, t, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 42 words |
| Total Points | 177 points |
| Genius Level | 124 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</th><th>9 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 6 |
| I | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| N | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| O | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| R | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 5 |
| T | 4 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 9 |
| U | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | Σ | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 42 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| F | FI×1 FO×2 FR×2 FU×1 |
|---|---|
| I | IN×6 IR×1 |
| N | NI×1 NO×5 NU×1 |
| O | ON×2 OU×1 |
| R | RO×1 RU×4 |
| T | TI×1 TO×3 TR×1 TU×4 |
| U | UN×5 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| F | FIN×1 FON×1 FOU×1 FRO×1 FRU×1 FUT×1 |
|---|---|
| I | INF×1 INT×4 INU×1 IRO×1 |
| N | NIT×1 NOI×1 NOO×1 NOR×1 NOT×1 NOU×1 NUT×1 |
| O | ONI×1 ONT×1 OUT×1 |
| R | ROT×1 RUI×1 RUN×3 |
| T | TIN×1 TOO×1 TOR×2 TRI×1 TUI×1 TUR×3 |
| U | UNF×1 UNI×2 UNR×1 UNT×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) |
|---|---|---|
| fr...... † | FR8 | The fulfillment of something worked for. |
| fi.... | FI6 | Finished; over with. |
| fo.. | FO4 | A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism. |
| fo... | FO5 | Something from which water flows. |
| fr... | FR5 | The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. |
| fu... | FU5 | A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed. |
| in.. | IN4 | information. |
| in.. | IN4 | To or towards the inside of. |
| in... | IN5 | An introduction. |
| in.... | IN6 | To know intuitively or by immediate perception. |
| in....... | IN9 | Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes. |
| in... | IN5 | To place (the remains of a person who has died) in an urn or other container. |
| ir.. | IR4 | A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel. |
| ni... | NI5 | the univalent NO2 functional group. |
| no.. | NO4 | Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre |
| no.. | NO4 | The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. |
| no.. | NO4 | A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species P. yezoensis and P. tenera). |
| no.... | NO6 | Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept. |
| no.. | NO4 | A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English. |
| nu....... | NU9 | The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance. |
| on... | ON5 | A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. |
| on.. | ON4 | Upon; on top of. |
| ou.... | OU6 | To run faster than. |
| ro.... | RO6 | A type of helix- or corkscrew-shaped pasta similar to fusilli. |
| ru.. | RU4 | The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. |
| ru.... | RU6 | That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area. |
| ru.... | RU6 | Something that has been run out. |
| ru.. | RU4 | The smallest animal of a litter. |
| ti.. | TI4 | A slight coloring. |
| to.. | TO4 | A cartoon, especially an animated television show. |
| to.. | TO4 | past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed). |
| to..... | TO7 | Any of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and topped with almonds, crumbled macaroons, etc. |
| tr.... | TR6 | the atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons |
| tu..... | TU7 | A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college). |
| tu.. | TU4 | To make a non-linear physical movement. Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself. |
| tu..... | TU7 | A road or path that branches off from a main one. |
| tu..... | TU7 | The act of coming forth. |
| un... | UN5 | Not fit; not having the correct requirements. |
| un... | UN5 | The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one. |
| un.. | UN4 | Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. |
| un.... | UN6 | To remove a roof from, e.g. a building. |
| un.. | UN4 | Up to the time or degree that; until. |
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.
- fruition† (FR8)
- finito (FI6)
- font (FO4)
- fount (FO5)
- front (FR5)
- futon (FU5)
- info (IN4)
- into (IN4)
- intro (IN5)
- intuit (IN6)
- intuition (IN9)
- inurn (IN5)
- iron (IR4)
- nitro (NI5)
- noir (NO4)
- noon (NO4)
- nori (NO4)
- notion (NO6)
- noun (NO4)
- nutrition (NU9)
- onion (ON5)
- onto (ON4)
- outrun (OU6)
- rotini (RO6)
- ruin (RU4)
- runoff (RU6)
- runout (RU6)
- runt (RU4)
- tint (TI4)
- toon (TO4)
- torn (TO4)
- tortoni (TO7)
- triton (TR6)
- tuition (TU7)
- turn (TU4)
- turnoff (TU7)
- turnout (TU7)
- unfit (UN5)
- union (UN5)
- unit (UN4)
- unroof (UN6)
- unto (UN4)
Answer Definitions
- fruition† (noun): The fulfillment of something worked for.
- finito (adjective): Finished; over with.
- font (noun): A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
- fount (noun): Something from which water flows.
- front (noun): The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
- futon (noun): A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.
- info (noun): information.
- into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
- intro (noun): An introduction.
- intuit (verb): To know intuitively or by immediate perception.
- intuition (noun): Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.
- inurn (verb): To place (the remains of a person who has died) in an urn or other container.
- iron (noun): A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
- nitro (noun): the univalent NO2 functional group.
- noir (adjective): Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre
- noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- nori (noun): A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species P. yezoensis and P. tenera).
- notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
- noun (noun): A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
- nutrition (noun): The organic process by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance.
- onion (noun): A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
- outrun (verb): To run faster than.
- rotini (noun): A type of helix- or corkscrew-shaped pasta similar to fusilli.
- ruin (noun): The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- runoff (noun): That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
- runout (noun): Something that has been run out.
- runt (noun): The smallest animal of a litter.
- tint (noun): A slight coloring.
- toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
- torn (verb): past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed).
- tortoni (noun): Any of several sorts of ice-cream flavoured with rum or sherry, often containing chopped cherries and topped with almonds, crumbled macaroons, etc.
- triton (noun): the atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons
- tuition (noun): A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college).
- turn (verb): To make a non-linear physical movement. Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- turnoff (noun): A road or path that branches off from a main one.
- turnout (noun): The act of coming forth.
- unfit (adjective): Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
- union (noun): The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- unit (noun): Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
- unroof (verb): To remove a roof from, e.g. a building.
- unto (conjunction): Up to the time or degree that; until.