NYT Spelling Bee Answers for February 16, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | E |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, d, t, v, x |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 46 words |
| Total Points | 223 points |
| Genius Level | 156 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 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| C | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| D | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 8 |
| E | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| T | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 |
| V | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 12 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 46 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×5 AD×1 AX×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×4 CE×2 |
| D | DA×2 DE×6 |
| E | EA×2 EV×2 EX×8 |
| T | TA×3 TE×4 |
| V | VA×4 VE×2 |
| X |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACC×2 ACE×2 ACT×1 ADD×1 AXE×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAD×1 CAV×3 CED×2 |
| D | DAT×2 DEA×1 DEC×1 DEE×2 DET×2 |
| E | EAV×2 EVA×2 EXA×3 EXC×4 EXE×1 |
| T | TAC×1 TAT×1 TAX×1 TEA×1 TEE×1 TEX×2 |
| V | VAC×2 VAX×2 VET×1 VEX×1 |
| X |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ex....... † | EX9 | simple past tense and past participle of excavate |
| ac.... | AC6 | To approach; to arrive, to come forward. |
| ac..... | AC7 | simple past tense and past participle of accede |
| ac.. | AC4 | simple past tense and past participle of ace |
| ac..... | AC7 | Any salt or ester of acetic acid. |
| ac... | AC5 | simple past tense and past participle of act |
| ad... | AD5 | simple past tense and past participle of add |
| ax.. | AX4 | simple past tense and past participle of axe |
| ca... | CA5 | A student at a military school who is training to be an officer. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A warning. |
| ca... | CA5 | past participle of cave |
| ce.. | CE4 | To give up; yield to another. |
| ce... | CE5 | simple past tense and past participle of cede |
| da.. | DA4 | The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. |
| da... | DA5 | Marked with a date. |
| de.. | DE4 | No longer living. |
| de.... | DE6 | A group, set, or series of ten , particularly: |
| de.. | DE4 | An action or act; something that is done. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of deed |
| de.... | DE6 | to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing |
| de...... | DE8 | Having been noticed. |
| ea.. | EA4 | Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”) |
| ea... | EA5 | Having eaves (of a specified number or kind). |
| ev... | EV5 | To get away from by cunning; to avoid using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from |
| ev.... | EV6 | simple past tense and past participle of evade |
| ex... | EX5 | Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect. |
| ex.... | EX6 | A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick the two runners who finish first and second, in the correct order. |
| ex..... | EX7 | simple past tense and past participle of exact |
| ex...... | EX8 | To make a hole in (something); to hollow. |
| ex.... | EX6 | To be larger, greater than (something). |
| ex...... | EX8 | simple past tense and past participle of exceed |
| ex.. | EX4 | executive, executive officer |
| ta... | TA5 | An instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece. |
| ta.... | TA6 | simple past tense and past participle of tat |
| ta... | TA5 | simple past tense and past participle of tax |
| te.. | TE4 | The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. |
| te.. | TE4 | past participle of tee |
| te.. | TE4 | A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences. |
| te.... | TE6 | simple past tense and past participle of text |
| va.... | VA6 | To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction. |
| va..... | VA7 | simple past tense and past participle of vacate |
| va... | VA5 | simple past tense and past participle of vax |
| va.... | VA6 | simple past tense and past participle of vax |
| ve.... | VE6 | simple past tense and past participle of vet |
| ve... | VE5 | annoyed, irritated or distressed |
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.
- excavated† (EX9)
- accede (AC6)
- acceded (AC7)
- aced (AC4)
- acetate (AC7)
- acted (AC5)
- added (AD5)
- axed (AX4)
- cadet (CA5)
- cave (CA4)
- caveat (CA6)
- caved (CA5)
- cede (CE4)
- ceded (CE5)
- date (DA4)
- dated (DA5)
- dead (DE4)
- decade (DE6)
- deed (DE4)
- deeded (DE6)
- detect (DE6)
- detected (DE8)
- eave (EA4)
- eaved (EA5)
- evade (EV5)
- evaded (EV6)
- exact (EX5)
- exacta (EX6)
- exacted (EX7)
- excavate (EX8)
- exceed (EX6)
- exceeded (EX8)
- exec (EX4)
- tacet (TA5)
- tatted (TA6)
- taxed (TA5)
- teat (TE4)
- teed (TE4)
- text (TE4)
- texted (TE6)
- vacate (VA6)
- vacated (VA7)
- vaxed (VA5)
- vaxxed (VA6)
- vetted (VE6)
- vexed (VE5)
Answer Definitions
- excavated† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of excavate
- accede (verb): To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
- acceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of accede
- aced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ace
- acetate (noun): Any salt or ester of acetic acid.
- acted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of act
- added (verb): simple past tense and past participle of add
- axed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of axe
- cadet (noun): A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
- cave (noun): A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- caveat (noun): A warning.
- caved (verb): past participle of cave
- cede (verb): To give up; yield to another.
- ceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cede
- date (noun): The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
- dated (adjective): Marked with a date.
- dead (adjective): No longer living.
- decade (noun): A group, set, or series of ten , particularly:
- deed (noun): An action or act; something that is done.
- deeded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deed
- detect (verb): to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- detected (adjective): Having been noticed.
- eave (noun): Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”)
- eaved (adjective): Having eaves (of a specified number or kind).
- evade (verb): To get away from by cunning; to avoid using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from
- evaded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of evade
- exact (adjective): Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
- exacta (noun): A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick the two runners who finish first and second, in the correct order.
- exacted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of exact
- excavate (verb): To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
- exceed (verb): To be larger, greater than (something).
- exceeded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of exceed
- exec (noun): executive, executive officer
- tacet (verb): An instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece.
- tatted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tat
- taxed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tax
- teat (noun): The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
- teed (verb): past participle of tee
- text (noun): A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
- texted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of text
- vacate (verb): To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction.
- vacated (verb): simple past tense and past participle of vacate
- vaxed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of vax
- vaxxed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of vax
- vetted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of vet
- vexed (adjective): annoyed, irritated or distressed