NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 28, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | N |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, e, f, i, t, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 39 words |
| Total Points | 187 points |
| Genius Level | 131 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</th><th>10</th><th>11 | Σ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| E | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| F | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 6 |
| I | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| N | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| T | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| U | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Σ | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CE×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EF×1 EN×3 |
| F | FE×3 FI×3 |
| I | IN×7 |
| N | NE×1 NI×5 |
| T | TE×3 TI×3 TU×2 |
| U | UN×7 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CEN×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EFF×1 ENN×1 ENT×2 |
| F | FEI×1 FEN×1 FET×1 FIF×1 FIN×2 |
| I | INC×1 INE×1 INF×2 INN×1 INT×2 |
| N | NEN×1 NIC×1 NIE×1 NIN×2 NIT×1 |
| T | TEE×1 TEN×2 TIN×3 TUN×2 |
| U | UNC×2 UNF×1 UNI×2 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 (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| fe........ † | FE10 | Long, flat ribbons of pasta, cut from a rolled-out sheet; identical in form to tagliatelle. |
| ce.. | CE4 | A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢. |
| ef....... | EF9 | making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy |
| en... | EN5 | A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression. |
| en..... | EN7 | An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states. |
| en.... | EN6 | To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope. |
| fe... | FE5 | To make a feint, or mock attack. |
| fe... | FE5 | A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc. |
| fi..... | FI7 | The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16). |
| fi.. | FI4 | Senses referring to subjective quality. Of superior quality. |
| fi.... | FI6 | Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number. |
| in.... | IN6 | To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action. |
| 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. |
| in...... | IN8 | Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense. |
| in... | IN5 | A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen). |
| in.... | IN6 | Something that is intended. |
| in.... | IN6 | To know intuitively or by immediate perception. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957. |
| 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"). |
| ni.. | NI4 | NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 9. |
| ni...... | NI8 | The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens". |
| ni.. | NI4 | Informal spelling of night. |
| te.. | TE4 | Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old. |
| te... | TE5 | An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization. |
| te.. | TE4 | A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather. |
| ti... | TI5 | A tint or colour. |
| ti.. | TI4 | A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb. |
| ti.. | TI4 | A slight coloring. |
| tu.. | TU4 | A melody. |
| tu... | TU5 | A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles. |
| un.... | UN6 | To remove cuffs from (someone) |
| un... | UN5 | Not cut. |
| un... | UN5 | Not fit; not having the correct requirements. |
| un.. | UN4 | Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. |
| un... | UN5 | To bring together as one. |
| un... | UN5 | To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of. |
| un.... | UN6 | To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action. |
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.
- fettuccine† (FE10)
- cent (CE4)
- efficient (EF9)
- ennui (EN5)
- entente (EN7)
- entice (EN6)
- feint (FE5)
- fence (FE5)
- fifteen (FI7)
- fine (FI4)
- finite (FI6)
- incite (IN6)
- inefficient (IN11)
- infect (IN6)
- infinite (IN8)
- innie (IN5)
- intent (IN6)
- intuit (IN6)
- nene (NE4)
- nice (NI4)
- niece (NI5)
- nine (NI4)
- nineteen (NI8)
- nite (NI4)
- teen (TE4)
- tenet (TE5)
- tent (TE4)
- tinct (TI5)
- tine (TI4)
- tint (TI4)
- tune (TU4)
- tunic (TU5)
- uncuff (UN6)
- uncut (UN5)
- unfit (UN5)
- unit (UN4)
- unite (UN5)
- untie (UN5)
- untune (UN6)
Answer Definitions
- fettuccine† (noun): Long, flat ribbons of pasta, cut from a rolled-out sheet; identical in form to tagliatelle.
- cent (noun): A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
- efficient (adjective): making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy
- ennui (noun): A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.
- entente (noun): An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
- entice (verb): To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
- feint (verb): To make a feint, or mock attack.
- fence (noun): A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- fifteen (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).
- fine (adjective): Senses referring to subjective quality. Of superior quality.
- finite (adjective): Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number.
- incite (verb): To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
- 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.
- infinite (adjective): Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
- innie (noun): A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
- intent (noun): Something that is intended.
- intuit (verb): To know intuitively or by immediate perception.
- nene (noun): The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
- 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").
- nine (numeral): NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 9.
- nineteen (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
- nite (noun): Informal spelling of night.
- teen (noun): Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old.
- tenet (noun): An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
- tent (noun): A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
- tinct (noun): A tint or colour.
- tine (noun): A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
- tint (noun): A slight coloring.
- tune (noun): A melody.
- tunic (noun): A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
- uncuff (verb): To remove cuffs from (someone)
- uncut (adjective): Not cut.
- unfit (adjective): Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
- unit (noun): Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
- unite (verb): To bring together as one.
- untie (verb): To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
- untune (verb): To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action.