NYT Spelling Bee Answers for February 14, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | V |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | e, g, i, l, n, o |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 46 words |
| Total Points | 237 points |
| Genius Level | 166 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 8 |
| G | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| I | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| L | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 9 |
| N | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| O | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| V | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 14 | Σ | 13 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 46 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| E | EL×1 EN×2 EV×5 |
|---|---|
| G | GI×3 GL×2 |
| I | IN×4 |
| L | LE×3 LI×4 LO×2 |
| N | NO×2 |
| O | OG×1 OL×1 OV×2 |
| V | VE×5 VI×5 VL×2 VO×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| E | ELE×1 ENL×2 EVE×2 EVI×1 EVO×2 |
|---|---|
| G | GIV×3 GLO×2 |
| I | INV×4 |
| L | LEV×3 LIV×4 LOV×2 |
| N | NON×1 NOV×1 |
| O | OGI×1 OLI×1 OVE×1 OVI×1 |
| V | VEG×2 VEI×3 VIG×1 VIL×1 VIN×1 VIO×2 VLO×2 VOI×1 VOL×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ev...... † | EV8 | present participle and gerund of evolve |
| el.... | EL6 | The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits. |
| en..... | EN7 | To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate. |
| en........ | EN10 | present participle and gerund of enliven |
| ev.. | EV4 | Flat and level. |
| ev..... | EV7 | The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark. |
| ev.. | EV4 | Intending to harm; malevolent. |
| ev.... | EV6 | To move in regular procession through a system. |
| gi.. | GI4 | To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone). |
| gi... | GI5 | past participle of give |
| gi.... | GI6 | present participle of give |
| gl... | GL5 | An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers. |
| gl..... | GL7 | present participle and gerund of glove |
| in...... | IN8 | To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles. |
| in........ | IN10 | present participle and gerund of inveigle |
| in..... | IN7 | To comprise or include; to have as a related part. |
| in....... | IN9 | present participle and gerund of involve |
| le... | LE5 | An elevated geographical feature. |
| le... | LE5 | The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground. |
| le...... | LE8 | present participle and gerund of level |
| li.. | LI4 | To be alive; to have life. |
| li... | LI5 | To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively. |
| li...... | LI8 | present participle and gerund of liven |
| li.... | LI6 | present participle of live |
| lo.. | LO4 | A deep caring for the existence of another. |
| lo.... | LO6 | The action of the verb to love. |
| no....... | NO9 | Alternative spelling of non-living |
| no... | NO5 | Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new. |
| og... | OG5 | The curve of a cumulative distribution function. |
| ol... | OL5 | A tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it. |
| ov.. | OV4 | A chamber used for baking or heating. |
| ov... | OV5 | Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, of an animal: from the genus Ovis. |
| ve.... | VE6 | A vegetable. |
| ve..... | VE7 | present participle of veg |
| ve.. | VE4 | Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. |
| ve..... | VE7 | present participle and gerund of veil |
| ve.. | VE4 | A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. |
| vi... | VI5 | An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray. |
| vi.. | VI4 | Morally low; base; despicable. |
| vi.. | VI4 | The climbing plant that produces grapes. |
| vi.. | VI4 | A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold |
| vi.... | VI6 | A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow. |
| vl.. | VL4 | A weblog using video as its primary presentation format. |
| vl...... | VL8 | The keeping of a vlog (video weblog). |
| vo... | VO5 | A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses. |
| vo.. | VO4 | Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats. |
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.
- evolving† (EV8)
- eleven (EL6)
- enliven (EN7)
- enlivening (EN10)
- even (EV4)
- evening (EV7)
- evil (EV4)
- evolve (EV6)
- give (GI4)
- given (GI5)
- giving (GI6)
- glove (GL5)
- gloving (GL7)
- inveigle (IN8)
- inveigling (IN10)
- involve (IN7)
- involving (IN9)
- levee (LE5)
- level (LE5)
- leveling (LE8)
- live (LI4)
- liven (LI5)
- livening (LI8)
- living (LI6)
- love (LO4)
- loving (LO6)
- nonliving (NO9)
- novel (NO5)
- ogive (OG5)
- olive (OL5)
- oven (OV4)
- ovine (OV5)
- veggie (VE6)
- vegging (VE7)
- veil (VE4)
- veiling (VE7)
- vein (VE4)
- vigil (VI5)
- vile (VI4)
- vine (VI4)
- viol (VI4)
- violin (VI6)
- vlog (VL4)
- vlogging (VL8)
- voile (VO5)
- vole (VO4)
Answer Definitions
- evolving† (verb): present participle and gerund of evolve
- eleven (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
- enliven (verb): To give life or spirit to; to revive or animate.
- enlivening (verb): present participle and gerund of enliven
- even (adjective): Flat and level.
- evening (noun): The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark.
- evil (adjective): Intending to harm; malevolent.
- evolve (verb): To move in regular procession through a system.
- give (verb): To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
- given (verb): past participle of give
- giving (verb): present participle of give
- glove (noun): An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
- gloving (verb): present participle and gerund of glove
- inveigle (verb): To convert, convince, or win over with flattery or wiles.
- inveigling (verb): present participle and gerund of inveigle
- involve (verb): To comprise or include; to have as a related part.
- involving (verb): present participle and gerund of involve
- levee (noun): An elevated geographical feature.
- level (adjective): The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- leveling (verb): present participle and gerund of level
- live (verb): To be alive; to have life.
- liven (verb): To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.
- livening (verb): present participle and gerund of liven
- living (verb): present participle of live
- love (noun): A deep caring for the existence of another.
- loving (noun): The action of the verb to love.
- nonliving (adjective): Alternative spelling of non-living
- novel (adjective): Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
- ogive (noun): The curve of a cumulative distribution function.
- olive (noun): A tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
- oven (noun): A chamber used for baking or heating.
- ovine (adjective): Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, of an animal: from the genus Ovis.
- veggie (noun): A vegetable.
- vegging (verb): present participle of veg
- veil (noun): Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material.
- veiling (verb): present participle and gerund of veil
- vein (noun): A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
- vigil (noun): An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
- vile (adjective): Morally low; base; despicable.
- vine (noun): The climbing plant that produces grapes.
- viol (noun): A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold
- violin (noun): A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.
- vlog (noun): A weblog using video as its primary presentation format.
- vlogging (noun): The keeping of a vlog (video weblog).
- voile (noun): A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.
- vole (noun): Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae of the family Cricetidae which are not lemmings or muskrats.