NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 3, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | H |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, e, g, l, n |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 27 words |
| Total Points | 120 points |
| Genius Level | 84 points |
| Bingo? | No |
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 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| C | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 8 |
| E | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| G | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| H | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 11 |
| L | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| N | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 10 | 7 | 4 | 5 | - | 1 | 27 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×1 CH×6 CL×1 |
| E | EA×1 EN×1 |
| G | GA×1 GH×1 |
| H | HA×5 HE×6 |
| L | LE×3 |
| N |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACH×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAC×1 CHA×6 CLE×1 |
| E | EAC×1 ENH×1 |
| G | GAN×1 GHE×1 |
| H | HAG×1 HAL×3 HAN×1 HEA×1 HEE×1 HEL×1 HEN×3 |
| L | LEA×1 LEC×1 LEE×1 |
| N |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ch....... † | CH9 | A confrontation; a dare. An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not. A bid to overcome something. |
| ac.. | AC4 | To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. |
| ca... | CA5 | A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way. |
| ch..... | CH7 | A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov. |
| ch.... | CH6 | An opportunity or possibility. |
| ch..... | CH7 | The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen. |
| ch.... | CH6 | To become something different. |
| ch..... | CH7 | The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks. |
| cl.... | CL6 | To grip or hold fast. |
| ea.. | EA4 | All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every). |
| en..... | EN7 | To lift, raise up. |
| ga..... | GA7 | A rich sauce, made of chocolate and cream, used also as the filling of truffles, and as a glaze. |
| gh.. | GH4 | A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee. |
| ha.... | HA6 | To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller. |
| ha... | HA5 | Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do. |
| ha.. | HA4 | Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired. |
| ha.. | HA4 | A corridor; a hallway. |
| ha.. | HA4 | To be or remain suspended. |
| he.. | HE4 | To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure. |
| he.. | HE4 | The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg. |
| he.. | HE4 | A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death. |
| he... | HE5 | from here, from this place, away |
| he... | HE5 | A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space. |
| he... | HE5 | A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers |
| le... | LE5 | A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. |
| le.. | LE4 | A strong, lecherous desire or craving. |
| le... | LE5 | An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. |
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.
- challenge† (CH9)
- ache (AC4)
- cache (CA5)
- challah (CH7)
- chance (CH6)
- chancel (CH7)
- change (CH6)
- channel (CH7)
- clench (CL6)
- each (EA4)
- enhance (EN7)
- ganache (GA7)
- ghee (GH4)
- haggle (HA6)
- halal (HA5)
- hale (HA4)
- hall (HA4)
- hang (HA4)
- heal (HE4)
- heel (HE4)
- hell (HE4)
- hence (HE5)
- henge (HE5)
- henna (HE5)
- leach (LE5)
- lech (LE4)
- leech (LE5)
Answer Definitions
- challenge† (noun): A confrontation; a dare. An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not. A bid to overcome something.
- ache (verb): To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
- cache (noun): A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
- challah (noun): A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
- chance (noun): An opportunity or possibility.
- chancel (noun): The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.
- change (verb): To become something different.
- channel (noun): The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
- clench (verb): To grip or hold fast.
- each (determiner): All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
- enhance (verb): To lift, raise up.
- ganache (noun): A rich sauce, made of chocolate and cream, used also as the filling of truffles, and as a glaze.
- ghee (noun): A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.
- haggle (verb): To argue for a better deal, especially over prices with a seller.
- halal (adjective): Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
- hale (adjective): Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
- hall (noun): A corridor; a hallway.
- hang (verb): To be or remain suspended.
- heal (verb): To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
- heel (noun): The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- hell (proper noun): A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.
- hence (adverb): from here, from this place, away
- henge (noun): A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space.
- henna (noun): A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers
- leach (noun): A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
- lech (noun): A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
- leech (noun): An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.