NYT Spelling Bee Answers for November 9, 2023

Nov 9, 2023 · 5 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for November 9, 2023

Game Summary

Center Letter	U
Outer Letters	c, e, h, l, n, o
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: none)
Total Words	22 words
Total Points	95 points
Genius Level	67 points
Bingo?	Yes

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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
C	2	1	1	1	-	5
E	-	-	1	-	-	1
H	1	1	-	-	-	2
L	3	1	1	-	1	6
N	2	-	-	1	-	3
O	1	1	-	-	-	2
U	-	1	1	-	1	3
Σ	9	5	4	2	2	22

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

C	CE×1 CL×1 CO×2 CU×1
E	EU×1
H	HU×2
L	LO×1 LU×5
N	NO×1 NU×2
O	OU×2
U	UN×3

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

C	CEL×1 CLU×1 COU×2 CUL×1
E	EUN×1
H	HUL×1 HUN×1
L	LOU×1 LUL×2 LUN×3
N	NOU×1 NUC×1 NUL×1
O	OUC×1 OUN×1
U	UNC×3

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)
lu...... ^†	LU8	A formal meal served in the middle of the day.
ce.....	CE7	A small cell.
cl..	CL4	A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
co...	CO5	An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
co....	CO6	A stream.
cu..	CU4	To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
eu....	EU6	A castrated human male.
hu..	HU4	The outer covering of a fruit or seed.
hu...	HU5	A hump; a protuberance.
lo....	LO6	Of questionable taste or morality; decadent.
lu..	LU4	A period of rest or soothing.
lu..	LU4	A remarkable person, object or idea.
lu...	LU5	A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
lu..	LU4	A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
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.....	NU7	A proton (uud) or a neutron (udd).
nu..	NU4	A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
ou..	OU4	An expression of one's own physical pain.
ou...	OU5	An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ⁄16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
un...	UN5	The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
un......	UN8	To open (something that was clenched).
un....	UN6	Not in accord with the current fashion, standards or mores of a particular group; not cool.

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.

luncheon^† (LU8)
cellule (CE7)
clue (CL4)
couch (CO5)
coulee (CO6)
cull (CU4)
eunuch (EU6)
hull (HU4)
hunch (HU5)
louche (LO6)
lull (LU4)
lulu (LU4)
lunch (LU5)
lune (LU4)
noun (NO4)
nucleon (NU7)
null (NU4)
ouch (OU4)
ounce (OU5)
uncle (UN5)
unclench (UN8)
uncool (UN6)

Answer Definitions

luncheon^† (noun): A formal meal served in the middle of the day.
cellule (noun): A small cell.
clue (noun): A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
couch (noun): An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
coulee (noun): A stream.
cull (verb): To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).
eunuch (noun): A castrated human male.
hull (noun): The outer covering of a fruit or seed.
hunch (noun): A hump; a protuberance.
louche (adjective): Of questionable taste or morality; decadent.
lull (noun): A period of rest or soothing.
lulu (noun): A remarkable person, object or idea.
lunch (noun): A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
lune (noun): A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
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.
nucleon (noun): A proton (uud) or a neutron (udd).
null (noun): A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
ouch (interjection): An expression of one's own physical pain.
ounce (noun): An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ⁄16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
uncle (noun): The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
unclench (verb): To open (something that was clenched).
uncool (adjective): Not in accord with the current fashion, standards or mores of a particular group; not cool.