NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 24, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | T |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, e, i, m, p, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 66 words |
| Total Points | 302 points |
| Genius Level | 211 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| E | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 6 |
| I | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| M | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| P | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | 13 |
| T | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | - | 26 |
| U | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | Σ | 19 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 66 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| D | DE×4 DI×2 DU×2 |
|---|---|
| E | ED×2 EM×3 ET×1 |
| I | IM×2 IT×1 |
| M | ME×4 MI×2 MU×3 |
| P | PE×4 PI×5 PU×4 |
| T | TE×12 TI×9 TU×5 |
| U | UP×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| D | DEM×2 DEP×2 DIE×2 DUE×2 |
|---|---|
| E | EDI×2 EMI×2 EMP×1 ETU×1 |
| I | IMP×2 ITE×1 |
| M | MEE×2 MET×2 MIT×2 MUT×3 |
| P | PEP×1 PET×3 PIP×3 PIT×2 PUP×1 PUT×3 |
| T | TED×1 TEE×4 TEM×5 TEP×2 TID×3 TIE×1 TIM×3 TIP×2 TUM×1 TUT×4 |
| U | UPT×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) |
|---|---|---|
| im..... † | IM7 | simple past and past participle of impute |
| de... | DE5 | To let fall; to depress; to yield. |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of demit |
| de.... | DE6 | to assign to or for something |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of depute |
| di.. | DI4 | The food and beverage a person or animal consumes. |
| di.... | DI6 | simple past tense and past participle of diet |
| du.. | DU4 | A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble). |
| du..... | DU7 | simple past tense and past participle of duet |
| ed.. | ED4 | A change to the text of a document. |
| ed.... | ED6 | simple past tense and past participle of edit |
| em.. | EM4 | to send out or give off |
| em..... | EM7 | simple past tense and past participle of emit |
| em..... | EM7 | simple past tense and past participle of empty |
| et... | ET5 | A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill. |
| im.... | IM6 | To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source. |
| it.. | IT4 | A distinct physical object. |
| me.. | ME4 | To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter. |
| me.... | ME6 | An arranged informal meeting. |
| me.. | ME4 | To measure. |
| me... | ME5 | simple past tense and past participle of mete |
| mi.. | MI4 | Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari). |
| mi.. | MI4 | A mitten |
| mu.. | MU4 | Not having the power of speech; dumb. |
| mu... | MU5 | Not expressed strongly or openly. |
| mu.. | MU4 | A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin. |
| pe..... | PE7 | Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond. |
| pe... | PE5 | Petite: small, little. |
| pe.... | PE6 | fairly short and of slim build. |
| pe.... | PE6 | simple past tense and past participle of pet |
| pi... | PI5 | Alternative form of pipette |
| pi..... | PI7 | A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid. |
| pi... | PI5 | Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country. |
| pi.... | PI6 | simple past tense and past participle of pity |
| pi.... | PI6 | simple past tense and past participle of pit |
| pu.... | PU6 | Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove. |
| pu.. | PU4 | The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green. |
| pu.... | PU6 | simple past tense and past participle of putt |
| pu..... | PU7 | simple past tense and past participle of putty |
| te.... | TE6 | Boredom or tediousness; ennui. |
| te.. | TE4 | past participle of tee |
| te.. | TE4 | To be stocked to overflowing. |
| te.... | TE6 | simple past tense and past participle of teem |
| te.... | TE6 | A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America. |
| te.. | TE4 | Abbreviation of temperature. |
| te.... | TE6 | simple past tense and past participle of temp |
| te... | TE5 | plural of tempo |
| te... | TE5 | To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice. |
| te..... | TE7 | simple past tense and past participle of tempt |
| te... | TE5 | Alternative form of teepee |
| te... | TE5 | Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool. |
| ti.. | TI4 | The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon. |
| ti... | TI5 | Affected by the tide; having a tide. |
| ti.... | TI6 | simple past tense and past participle of tidy |
| ti.. | TI4 | Closely connected or associated. |
| ti.. | TI4 | The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events. |
| ti... | TI5 | simple past tense and past participle of time |
| ti... | TI5 | Lacking in courage or confidence. |
| ti.... | TI6 | simple past tense and past participle of tip |
| ti.... | TI6 | A shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front. |
| tu... | TU5 | swollen, enlarged, bulging |
| tu... | TU5 | A student of a tutor. |
| tu.... | TU6 | simple past tense and past participle of tut |
| tu... | TU5 | All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices. |
| tu.. | TU4 | A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting. |
| up.... | UP6 | The period of time a computer has functioned since last requiring a reboot. |
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.
- imputed† (IM7)
- demit (DE5)
- demitted (DE8)
- depute (DE6)
- deputed (DE7)
- diet (DI4)
- dieted (DI6)
- duet (DU4)
- duetted (DU7)
- edit (ED4)
- edited (ED6)
- emit (EM4)
- emitted (EM7)
- emptied (EM7)
- etude (ET5)
- impute (IM6)
- item (IT4)
- meet (ME4)
- meetup (ME6)
- mete (ME4)
- meted (ME5)
- mite (MI4)
- mitt (MI4)
- mute (MU4)
- muted (MU5)
- mutt (MU4)
- peptide (PE7)
- petit (PE5)
- petite (PE6)
- petted (PE6)
- pipet (PI5)
- pipette (PI7)
- pipit (PI5)
- pitied (PI6)
- pitted (PI6)
- puppet (PU6)
- putt (PU4)
- putted (PU6)
- puttied (PU7)
- tedium (TE6)
- teed (TE4)
- teem (TE4)
- teemed (TE6)
- teepee (TE6)
- temp (TE4)
- temped (TE6)
- tempi (TE5)
- tempt (TE5)
- tempted (TE7)
- tepee (TE5)
- tepid (TE5)
- tide (TI4)
- tided (TI5)
- tidied (TI6)
- tied (TI4)
- time (TI4)
- timed (TI5)
- timid (TI5)
- tipped (TI6)
- tippet (TI6)
- tumid (TU5)
- tutee (TU5)
- tutted (TU6)
- tutti (TU5)
- tutu (TU4)
- uptime (UP6)
Answer Definitions
- imputed† (verb): simple past and past participle of impute
- demit (verb): To let fall; to depress; to yield.
- demitted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of demit
- depute (verb): to assign to or for something
- deputed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of depute
- diet (noun): The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
- dieted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of diet
- duet (noun): A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
- duetted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of duet
- edit (noun): A change to the text of a document.
- edited (verb): simple past tense and past participle of edit
- emit (verb): to send out or give off
- emitted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of emit
- emptied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of empty
- etude (noun): A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.
- impute (verb): To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
- item (noun): A distinct physical object.
- meet (verb): To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
- meetup (noun): An arranged informal meeting.
- mete (verb): To measure.
- meted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of mete
- mite (noun): Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
- mitt (noun): A mitten
- mute (adjective): Not having the power of speech; dumb.
- muted (adjective): Not expressed strongly or openly.
- mutt (noun): A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
- peptide (noun): Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
- petit (adjective): Petite: small, little.
- petite (adjective): fairly short and of slim build.
- petted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pet
- pipet (noun): Alternative form of pipette
- pipette (noun): A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid.
- pipit (noun): Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.
- pitied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pity
- pitted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pit
- puppet (noun): Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
- putt (noun): The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
- putted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of putt
- puttied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of putty
- tedium (noun): Boredom or tediousness; ennui.
- teed (verb): past participle of tee
- teem (verb): To be stocked to overflowing.
- teemed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of teem
- teepee (noun): A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
- temp (noun): Abbreviation of temperature.
- temped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of temp
- tempi (noun): plural of tempo
- tempt (verb): To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
- tempted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tempt
- tepee (noun): Alternative form of teepee
- tepid (adjective): Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
- tide (noun): The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
- tided (adjective): Affected by the tide; having a tide.
- tidied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tidy
- tied (adjective): Closely connected or associated.
- time (noun): The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
- timed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of time
- timid (adjective): Lacking in courage or confidence.
- tipped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tip
- tippet (noun): A shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front.
- tumid (adjective): swollen, enlarged, bulging
- tutee (noun): A student of a tutor.
- tutted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tut
- tutti (adverb): All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.
- tutu (noun): A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
- uptime (noun): The period of time a computer has functioned since last requiring a reboot.