NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 2, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | F |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | i, l, n, t, y, a |
| # of Pangrams | 3 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 47 words |
| Total Points | 254 points |
| Genius Level | 178 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</th><th>10</th><th>11 | Σ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| F | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | 30 |
| I | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| L | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| N | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| T | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 12 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 47 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AF×2 AL×1 AN×1 |
|---|---|
| F | FA×11 FI×11 FL×8 |
| I | IF×1 IN×4 |
| L | LI×1 |
| N | NA×1 NI×2 |
| T | TA×2 TI×2 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AFF×2 ALF×1 ANT×1 |
|---|---|
| F | FAI×3 FAL×1 FAN×2 FAT×5 FIA×1 FIF×1 FIL×4 FIN×4 FIT×1 FLA×5 FLI×3 |
| I | IFF×1 INF×4 |
| L | LIF×1 |
| N | NAI×1 NIF×2 |
| T | TAF×1 TAI×1 TIF×2 |
| Y |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| fa..... † | FA7 | In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly. |
| fi...... † | FI8 | The state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur. |
| in......... † | IN11 | quality of being infantile |
| af..... | AF7 | The individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit or sworn deposition. |
| af...... | AF8 | A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing. |
| al..... | AL7 | A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop. |
| an.... | AN6 | Alternative letter-case form of Antifa. |
| fa.. | FA4 | To be unsuccessful. |
| fa... | FA5 | (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness |
| fa.. | FA4 | To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity. |
| fa... | FA5 | euphemism for the buttocks |
| fa..... | FA7 | Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand. |
| fa... | FA5 | Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny. |
| fa...... | FA8 | The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control. |
| fa..... | FA7 | In a fatal manner; lethally. |
| fa... | FA5 | In a fat way; in the manner of a fat person. |
| fa... | FA5 | derogatory term for an overweight person. |
| fi.. | FI4 | An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree. |
| fi... | FI5 | Half of a 'Benjamin?' |
| fi.... | FI6 | Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter. |
| fi...... | FI8 | In a filial manner. |
| fi.. | FI4 | To occupy fully, to take up all of. |
| fi... | FI5 | A young female horse. |
| fi... | FI5 | A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class. |
| fi..... | FI7 | At the end or conclusion; ultimately. |
| fi.... | FI6 | The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture. |
| fi... | FI5 | In a fit manner |
| fl... | FL5 | A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material. |
| fl.. | FL4 | Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. |
| fl.. | FL4 | Having no variations in height. |
| fl.... | FL6 | In a physically flat or level manner. |
| fl.. | FL4 | To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening). |
| fl... | FL5 | A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air. |
| fl.... | FL6 | Resembling or containing flint. |
| fl.. | FL4 | A fluttering or darting movement. |
| if.. | IF4 | Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality. |
| in.... | IN6 | A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and attention. |
| in.... | IN6 | To fill in a space, hole or gap. |
| in...... | IN8 | endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size. |
| li.. | LI4 | To raise or rise. |
| na.. | NA4 | Alternative spelling of naïf. |
| ni..... | NI7 | In a good, smart, useful or beneficial manner; cleverly. |
| ni... | NI5 | Good, smart; useful or beneficial. |
| ta... | TA5 | A soft, chewy candy made from boiled sugar, molasses, or corn syrup and butter. |
| ta..... | TA7 | A fin at the tail of a fish, caudal fin |
| ti.. | TI4 | A small argument; a petty quarrel. |
| ti..... | TI7 | A kind of gauze, or very thin silk. |
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.
- faintly† (FA7)
- finality† (FI8)
- infantility† (IN11)
- affiant (AF7)
- affinity (AF8)
- alfalfa (AL7)
- antifa (AN6)
- fail (FA4)
- faint (FA5)
- fall (FA4)
- fanny (FA5)
- fantail (FA7)
- fatal (FA5)
- fatality (FA8)
- fatally (FA7)
- fatly (FA5)
- fatty (FA5)
- fiat (FI4)
- fifty (FI5)
- filial (FI6)
- filially (FI8)
- fill (FI4)
- filly (FI5)
- final (FI5)
- finally (FI7)
- finial (FI6)
- fitly (FI5)
- flail (FL5)
- flan (FL4)
- flat (FL4)
- flatly (FL6)
- flay (FL4)
- flint (FL5)
- flinty (FL6)
- flit (FL4)
- iffy (IF4)
- infant (IN6)
- infill (IN6)
- infinity (IN8)
- lift (LI4)
- naif (NA4)
- niftily (NI7)
- nifty (NI5)
- taffy (TA5)
- tailfin (TA7)
- tiff (TI4)
- tiffany (TI7)
Answer Definitions
- faintly† (adverb): In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.
- finality† (noun): The state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur.
- infantility† (noun): quality of being infantile
- affiant (noun): The individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit or sworn deposition.
- affinity (noun): A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
- alfalfa (noun): A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
- antifa (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Antifa.
- fail (verb): To be unsuccessful.
- faint (adjective): (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
- fall (verb): To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- fanny (noun): euphemism for the buttocks
- fantail (noun): Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
- fatal (adjective): Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.
- fatality (noun): The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.
- fatally (adverb): In a fatal manner; lethally.
- fatly (adverb): In a fat way; in the manner of a fat person.
- fatty (adjective): derogatory term for an overweight person.
- fiat (noun): An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
- fifty (numeral): Half of a 'Benjamin?'
- filial (adjective): Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
- filially (adverb): In a filial manner.
- fill (verb): To occupy fully, to take up all of.
- filly (noun): A young female horse.
- final (noun): A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- finally (adverb): At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
- finial (noun): The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
- fitly (adverb): In a fit manner
- flail (noun): A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
- flan (noun): Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
- flat (adjective): Having no variations in height.
- flatly (adverb): In a physically flat or level manner.
- flay (verb): To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
- flint (noun): A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.
- flinty (adjective): Resembling or containing flint.
- flit (noun): A fluttering or darting movement.
- iffy (adjective): Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality.
- infant (noun): A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age, needing almost constant care and attention.
- infill (verb): To fill in a space, hole or gap.
- infinity (noun): endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size.
- lift (verb): To raise or rise.
- naif (adjective): Alternative spelling of naïf.
- niftily (adverb): In a good, smart, useful or beneficial manner; cleverly.
- nifty (adjective): Good, smart; useful or beneficial.
- taffy (noun): A soft, chewy candy made from boiled sugar, molasses, or corn syrup and butter.
- tailfin (noun): A fin at the tail of a fish, caudal fin
- tiff (noun): A small argument; a petty quarrel.
- tiffany (noun): A kind of gauze, or very thin silk.