NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 25, 2023

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for September 25, 2023
Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for September 25, 2023

Game Summary

Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for September 25, 2023
Center LetterO
Outer Letterse, g, h, n, t, u
# of Pangrams1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words44 words
Total Points162 points
Genius Level113 points
Bingo?Yes

Table of Contents

As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!

  1. Spelling Bee Grid
  2. Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
  3. Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
  4. Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
  5. Today's Complete Solution
  6. Answer Definitions

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for September 25, 2023

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>10Σ
E--2----2
G512----8
H2------2
N511----7
O2211--17
T7522---16
U1----1-2
Σ22983-1144

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.

E
EG×1
EN×1
G
GH×1
GO×7
H
HO×2
N
NE×1
NO×6
O
OG×1
ON×1
OU×5
T
TE×1
TH×4
TO×11
U
UN×2

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.

E
EGG×1
ENO×1
G
GHE×1
GON×2
GOO×1
GOT×2
GOU×2
H
HON×1
HOO×1
N
NEO×1
NON×2
NOO×1
NOT×1
NOU×2
O
OGE×1
ONT×1
OUG×1
OUT×4
T
TEN×1
THO×4
TON×4
TOO×3
TOT×1
TOU×3
U
UNT×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 (†).

Word2L RefDefinition (click to reveal)
to..... †TO7To make tough.
eg....EG6A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas.
en....EN6Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
gh....GH6An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law.
go..GO4past participle of go
go..GO4A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
go..GO4A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
go..GO4A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes.
go....GO6past participle of get
go...GO5Senses relating to cutting tools. A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc. A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding. An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
go..GO4An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
ho..HO4A 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..HO4A derisive cry or shout.
ne..NE4The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
no..NO4Not any of a given number or group.
no...NO5A composition for nine instruments or nine voices.
no..NO4The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
no..NO4A symbol or annotation. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
no....NO6Nothing; something which does not exist.
no..NO4A 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.
og..OG4A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
on..ON4Upon; on top of.
ou...OU5simple past tense of owe
ou...OU5To go out, to set forth.
ou.....OU7past participle of outgo
ou....OU6To defeat in terms of firepower.
ou........OU10simple past tense and past participle of outthink
te...TE5A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
th...TH5A strip of leather.
th..TH4Nominative singular of ye (“you”).
th....TH6Despite that; however.
th.....TH7Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
to..TO4A specific pitch.
to..TO4An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
to....TO6The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
to...TO5A metric unit of mass equal to a thousand kilograms. Symbol: t
to..TO4A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
to..TO4The noise of a horn or whistle.
to...TO5A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
to..TO4A tote bag.
to...TO5Strong and resilient; sturdy.
to..TO4Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
un.......UN9That which has not been (yet) thought; that which has yet to enter into the mind; a non-existent thought.
un..UN4Up 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.

  • toughen†  (TO7)
  • eggnog  (EG6)
  • enough  (EN6)
  • ghetto  (GH6)
  • gone  (GO4)
  • gong  (GO4)
  • goon  (GO4)
  • goth  (GO4)
  • gotten  (GO6)
  • gouge  (GO5)
  • gout  (GO4)
  • hone  (HO4)
  • hoot  (HO4)
  • neon  (NE4)
  • none  (NO4)
  • nonet  (NO5)
  • noon  (NO4)
  • note  (NO4)
  • nought  (NO6)
  • noun  (NO4)
  • ogee  (OG4)
  • onto  (ON4)
  • ought  (OU5)
  • outgo  (OU5)
  • outgone  (OU7)
  • outgun  (OU6)
  • outthought  (OU10)
  • tenon  (TE5)
  • thong  (TH5)
  • thou  (TH4)
  • though  (TH6)
  • thought  (TH7)
  • tone  (TO4)
  • tong  (TO4)
  • tongue  (TO6)
  • tonne  (TO5)
  • toon  (TO4)
  • toot  (TO4)
  • tooth  (TO5)
  • tote  (TO4)
  • tough  (TO5)
  • tout  (TO4)
  • unthought  (UN9)
  • unto  (UN4)

Answer Definitions

  • toughen† (verb): To make tough.
  • eggnog (noun): A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas.
  • enough (determiner): Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
  • ghetto (noun): An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law.
  • gone (verb): past participle of go
  • gong (noun): A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
  • goon (noun): A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
  • goth (noun): A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes.
  • gotten (verb): past participle of get
  • gouge (noun): Senses relating to cutting tools. A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc. A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding. An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
  • gout (noun): An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
  • 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.
  • hoot (noun): A derisive cry or shout.
  • 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.
  • nonet (noun): A composition for nine instruments or nine voices.
  • noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
  • note (noun): A symbol or annotation. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
  • nought (noun): Nothing; something which does not exist.
  • 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.
  • ogee (noun): A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
  • onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
  • ought (verb): simple past tense of owe
  • outgo (verb): To go out, to set forth.
  • outgone (verb): past participle of outgo
  • outgun (verb): To defeat in terms of firepower.
  • outthought (verb): simple past tense and past participle of outthink
  • tenon (noun): A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
  • thong (noun): A strip of leather.
  • thou (pronoun): Nominative singular of ye (“you”).
  • though (adverb): Despite that; however.
  • thought (noun): Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
  • tone (noun): A specific pitch.
  • tong (noun): An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
  • tongue (noun): The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.
  • tonne (noun): A metric unit of mass equal to a thousand kilograms. Symbol: t
  • toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
  • toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
  • tooth (noun): A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
  • tote (noun): A tote bag.
  • tough (adjective): Strong and resilient; sturdy.
  • tout (noun): Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
  • unthought (noun): That which has not been (yet) thought; that which has yet to enter into the mind; a non-existent thought.
  • unto (conjunction): Up to the time or degree that; until.