NYT Spelling Bee Answers for November 5, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | T |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, g, h, i, n, o |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 49 words |
| Total Points | 263 points |
| Genius Level | 184 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 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
| G | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| H | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| I | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 6 |
| N | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| T | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 21 | Σ | 12 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| D | DH×1 DI×3 DO×3 |
|---|---|
| G | GO×2 |
| H | HI×3 HO×4 |
| I | ID×1 IG×2 IN×3 |
| N | NI×2 NO×3 |
| O | ON×1 |
| T | TH×5 TI×6 TO×10 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| D | DHO×1 DIG×1 DIN×1 DIT×1 DOT×3 |
|---|---|
| G | GOO×1 GOT×1 |
| H | HIN×2 HIT×1 HOO×2 HOT×2 |
| I | IDI×1 IGN×2 ING×1 INT×2 |
| N | NIG×1 NIN×1 NOT×3 |
| O | ONT×1 |
| T | THI×4 THO×1 TID×1 TIG×1 TIN×3 TIT×1 TOG×1 TON×4 TOO×4 TOT×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) |
|---|---|---|
| go....... † | GO9 | Alternative form of good night |
| ho........ † | HO10 | present participle of hotdog |
| dh... | DH5 | A long loincloth worn by men in India. |
| di... | DI5 | The whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic numerals representing them, which are combined to represent base-ten numbers. |
| di.. | DI4 | A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight. |
| di... | DI5 | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise. |
| do.. | DO4 | third-person singular simple present indicative form of do |
| do.... | DO6 | present participle of dote |
| do..... | DO7 | present participle of dot |
| go.. | GO4 | A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes. |
| hi.. | HI4 | A clue. |
| hi..... | HI7 | The act of giving a hint or suggestion. |
| hi..... | HI7 | A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A derisive cry or shout. |
| ho..... | HO7 | present participle of hoot |
| ho.... | HO6 | Alternative spelling of hot dog |
| id... | ID5 | A person of low general intelligence. |
| ig...... | IG8 | present participle of ignite |
| ig...... | IG8 | The act of igniting. |
| in... | IN5 | A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents. |
| in.. | IN4 | To or towards the inside of. |
| in...... | IN8 | present participle of intone |
| ni... | NI5 | The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark. |
| ni... | NI5 | The ordinal form of the number nine. |
| no..... | NO7 | Not any thing; no thing. |
| no.... | NO6 | present participle of note |
| no.... | NO6 | Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept. |
| on.. | ON4 | Upon; on top of. |
| th... | TH5 | The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee. |
| th.. | TH4 | Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite. |
| th... | TH5 | That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept. |
| th...... | TH8 | present participle of thin |
| th... | TH5 | A strip of leather. |
| ti.... | TI6 | news; new information |
| ti... | TI5 | Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open. |
| ti..... | TI7 | present participle of tinge |
| ti.. | TI4 | A slight coloring. |
| ti..... | TI7 | present participle of tint |
| ti..... | TI7 | A tithe or tenth in its various senses, : The tithe given as an offering to the church. The payment of tithes. The collection of tithes. |
| to..... | TO7 | present participle of tog |
| to.. | TO4 | An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands. |
| to..... | TO7 | present participle of tong |
| to..... | TO7 | During the night following the current day. |
| to.... | TO6 | present participle of tone |
| to.. | TO4 | A cartoon, especially an animated television show. |
| to.. | TO4 | The noise of a horn or whistle. |
| to... | TO5 | A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating. |
| to..... | TO7 | present participle of toot |
| to.... | TO6 | present participle of tote |
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.
- goodnight† (GO9)
- hotdogging† (HO10)
- dhoti (DH5)
- digit (DI5)
- dint (DI4)
- ditto (DI5)
- doth (DO4)
- doting (DO6)
- dotting (DO7)
- goth (GO4)
- hint (HI4)
- hinting (HI7)
- hitting (HI7)
- hoot (HO4)
- hooting (HO7)
- hotdog (HO6)
- idiot (ID5)
- igniting (IG8)
- ignition (IG8)
- ingot (IN5)
- into (IN4)
- intoning (IN8)
- night (NI5)
- ninth (NI5)
- nothing (NO7)
- noting (NO6)
- notion (NO6)
- onto (ON4)
- thigh (TH5)
- thin (TH4)
- thing (TH5)
- thinning (TH8)
- thong (TH5)
- tiding (TI6)
- tight (TI5)
- tinging (TI7)
- tint (TI4)
- tinting (TI7)
- tithing (TI7)
- togging (TO7)
- tong (TO4)
- tonging (TO7)
- tonight (TO7)
- toning (TO6)
- toon (TO4)
- toot (TO4)
- tooth (TO5)
- tooting (TO7)
- toting (TO6)
Answer Definitions
- goodnight† (phrase): Alternative form of good night
- hotdogging† (verb): present participle of hotdog
- dhoti (noun): A long loincloth worn by men in India.
- digit (noun): The whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic numerals representing them, which are combined to represent base-ten numbers.
- dint (noun): A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
- ditto (noun): That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
- doth (verb): third-person singular simple present indicative form of do
- doting (verb): present participle of dote
- dotting (verb): present participle of dot
- goth (noun): A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes.
- hint (noun): A clue.
- hinting (noun): The act of giving a hint or suggestion.
- hitting (noun): A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.
- hoot (noun): A derisive cry or shout.
- hooting (verb): present participle of hoot
- hotdog (noun): Alternative spelling of hot dog
- idiot (noun): A person of low general intelligence.
- igniting (verb): present participle of ignite
- ignition (noun): The act of igniting.
- ingot (noun): A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.
- into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
- intoning (verb): present participle of intone
- night (noun): The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.
- ninth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number nine.
- nothing (pronoun): Not any thing; no thing.
- noting (verb): present participle of note
- notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
- onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
- thigh (noun): The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
- thin (adjective): Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- thing (noun): That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- thinning (verb): present participle of thin
- thong (noun): A strip of leather.
- tiding (noun): news; new information
- tight (adjective): Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
- tinging (verb): present participle of tinge
- tint (noun): A slight coloring.
- tinting (verb): present participle of tint
- tithing (noun): A tithe or tenth in its various senses, : The tithe given as an offering to the church. The payment of tithes. The collection of tithes.
- togging (verb): present participle of tog
- tong (noun): An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
- tonging (verb): present participle of tong
- tonight (adverb): During the night following the current day.
- toning (verb): present participle of tone
- 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.
- tooting (verb): present participle of toot
- toting (verb): present participle of tote