NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 5, 2024

Apr 5, 2024 · 12 min read · spelling bee ·

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Game Summary

Center Letter	C
Outer Letters	a, d, e, i, m, t
# of Pangrams	5 (Perfect: none)
Total Words	75 words
Total Points	449 points
Genius Level	314 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</th><th>9	Σ
A	4	2	5	3	3	-	17
C	4	4	2	1	-	-	11
D	1	3	6	3	6	3	22
E	-	2	2	1	1	1	7
I	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
M	3	4	-	2	1	2	12
T	1	2	1	1	-	-	5
Σ	14	17	16	11	11	6	75

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

A	AC×14 AD×2 AT×1
C	CA×6 CE×2 CI×3
D	DE×14 DI×8
E	ED×1 EI×1 EM×5
I	IC×1
M	MA×4 ME×4 MI×4
T	TA×4 TI×1

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

A	ACA×5 ACC×2 ACE×3 ACI×2 ACM×1 ACT×1 ADD×2 ATT×1
C	CAC×1 CAD×3 CAM×2 CED×2 CIC×1 CIT×2
D	DEC×6 DED×3 DEI×3 DET×2 DIC×5 DID×2 DIE×1
E	EDI×1 EID×1 EMA×2 EMC×2 EME×1
I	ICE×1
M	MAC×4 MEC×1 MED×3 MIC×2 MIM×2
T	TAC×4 TIT×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.

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Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (^†).

Word	2L Ref	Definition (click to reveal)
de...... ^†	DE8	To kill one-tenth of (a group), as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
de....... ^†	DE9	simple past and past participle of decimate
em....... ^†	EM9	Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
me...... ^†	ME8	To prescribe or administer medication to.
me....... ^†	ME9	simple past and past participle of medicate
ac....	AC6	A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
ac.....	AC7	The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met.
ac......	AC8	The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
ac......	AC8	Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
ac..	AC4	Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
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....	AC6	Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar
ac..	AC4	Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
ac....	AC6	Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
ac..	AC4	A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.
ac...	AC5	simple past tense and past participle of act
ad....	AD6	A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
ad......	AD8	Having a biochemical addiction.
at...	AT5	The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
ca...	CA5	plural of cactus
ca....	CA6	A golfer's assistant and adviser.
ca.....	CA7	simple past tense and past participle of caddie
ca...	CA5	A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
ca..	CA4	simple past tense of come
ca..	CA4	A camisole.
ce..	CE4	To give up; yield to another.
ce...	CE5	simple past tense and past participle of cede
ci....	CI6	Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. The periodical cicada.
ci..	CI4	to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
ci...	CI5	simple past tense and past participle of cite
de....	DE6	A group, set, or series of ten , particularly:
de....	DE6	An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
de....	DE6	to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
de.....	DE7	simple past tense and past participle of decide
de......	DE8	To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
de.......	DE9	Devoted; loyal; conscientious.
de.......	DE9	Someone to whom something is dedicated.
de...	DE5	To remove the ice from something.
de....	DE6	simple past tense and past participle of deice
de.....	DE7	The killing of a god or goddess; godslaughter.
de....	DE6	to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
de......	DE8	Having been noticed.
di..	DI4	Gaming with one or more dice.
di...	DI5	simple past tense and past participle of dice
di...	DI5	plural of dictum
di.....	DI7	An order or command.
di......	DI8	simple past and past participle of dictate
di....	DI6	a didactic person
di......	DI8	Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.
di......	DI8	Relating to diet.
ed...	ED5	A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
ei.....	EI7	Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.
em......	EM8	To make extremely thin or wasted.
em...	EM5	Alternative form of MC in its senses as Master of ceremonies. A rapper.
em....	EM6	simple past tense and past participle of emcee
em....	EM6	Causing nausea and vomiting.
ic..	IC4	With ice added.
ma.....	MA7	The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
ma.......	MA9	An evergreen tree, of the genus Macadamia, native to Australia and cultivated in Hawaii.
ma..	MA4	A heavy fighting club.
ma...	MA5	simple past tense and past participle of mace
me...	ME5	Alternative form of Mecca; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.
me...	ME5	Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.
mi..	MI4	Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
mi..	MI4	plural of mouse
mi.....	MI7	Exhibiting mimesis.
mi...	MI5	To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
ta...	TA5	An instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece.
ta...	TA5	Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
ta..	TA4	The sense of touch; feeling.
ta....	TA6	A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
ti.....	TI7	plural of titmouse

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.

decimate^† (DE8)
decimated^† (DE9)
emaciated^† (EM9)
medicate^† (ME8)
medicated^† (ME9)
acacia (AC6)
academe (AC7)
academia (AC8)
academic (AC8)
acai (AC4)
accede (AC6)
acceded (AC7)
aced (AC4)
acetate (AC7)
acetic (AC6)
acid (AC4)
acidic (AC6)
acme (AC4)
acted (AC5)
addict (AD6)
addicted (AD8)
attic (AT5)
cacti (CA5)
caddie (CA6)
caddied (CA7)
cadet (CA5)
came (CA4)
cami (CA4)
cede (CE4)
ceded (CE5)
cicada (CI6)
cite (CI4)
cited (CI5)
decade (DE6)
deceit (DE6)
decide (DE6)
decided (DE7)
dedicate (DE8)
dedicated (DE9)
dedicatee (DE9)
deice (DE5)
deiced (DE6)
deicide (DE7)
detect (DE6)
detected (DE8)
dice (DI4)
diced (DI5)
dicta (DI5)
dictate (DI7)
dictated (DI8)
didact (DI6)
didactic (DI8)
dietetic (DI8)
edict (ED5)
eidetic (EI7)
emaciate (EM8)
emcee (EM5)
emceed (EM6)
emetic (EM6)
iced (IC4)
macadam (MA7)
macadamia (MA9)
mace (MA4)
maced (MA5)
mecca (ME5)
medic (ME5)
mica (MI4)
mice (MI4)
mimetic (MI7)
mimic (MI5)
tacet (TA5)
tacit (TA5)
tact (TA4)
tactic (TA6)
titmice (TI7)

Answer Definitions

decimate^† (verb): To kill one-tenth of (a group), as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
decimated^† (verb): simple past and past participle of decimate
emaciated^† (adjective): Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
medicate^† (verb): To prescribe or administer medication to.
medicated^† (verb): simple past and past participle of medicate
acacia (noun): A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
academe (noun): The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met.
academia (noun): The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
academic (adjective): Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
acai (noun): Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
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.
acetic (adjective): Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar
acid (adjective): Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
acidic (adjective): Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
acme (noun): A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.
acted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of act
addict (noun): A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
addicted (adjective): Having a biochemical addiction.
attic (noun): The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
cacti (noun): plural of cactus
caddie (noun): A golfer's assistant and adviser.
caddied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of caddie
cadet (noun): A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
came (verb): simple past tense of come
cami (noun): A camisole.
cede (verb): To give up; yield to another.
ceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cede
cicada (noun): Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. The periodical cicada.
cite (verb): to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
cited (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cite
decade (noun): A group, set, or series of ten , particularly:
deceit (noun): An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
decide (verb): to resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle
decided (verb): simple past tense and past participle of decide
dedicate (verb): To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
dedicated (adjective): Devoted; loyal; conscientious.
dedicatee (noun): Someone to whom something is dedicated.
deice (verb): To remove the ice from something.
deiced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deice
deicide (noun): The killing of a god or goddess; godslaughter.
detect (verb): to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
detected (adjective): Having been noticed.
dice (noun): Gaming with one or more dice.
diced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dice
dicta (noun): plural of dictum
dictate (noun): An order or command.
dictated (verb): simple past and past participle of dictate
didact (noun): a didactic person
didactic (adjective): Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.
dietetic (adjective): Relating to diet.
edict (noun): A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
eidetic (adjective): Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.
emaciate (verb): To make extremely thin or wasted.
emcee (noun): Alternative form of MC in its senses as Master of ceremonies. A rapper.
emceed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of emcee
emetic (adjective): Causing nausea and vomiting.
iced (adjective): With ice added.
macadam (noun): The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
macadamia (noun): An evergreen tree, of the genus Macadamia, native to Australia and cultivated in Hawaii.
mace (noun): A heavy fighting club.
maced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of mace
mecca (noun): Alternative form of Mecca; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.
medic (adjective): Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.
mica (noun): Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
mice (noun): plural of mouse
mimetic (adjective): Exhibiting mimesis.
mimic (verb): To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
tacet (verb): An instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece.
tacit (adjective): Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
tact (noun): The sense of touch; feeling.
tactic (noun): A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
titmice (noun): plural of titmouse

	4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9	Σ
A	4	2	5	3	3	-	17
C	4	4	2	1	-	-	11
D	1	3	6	3	6	3	22
E	-	2	2	1	1	1	7
I	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
M	3	4	-	2	1	2	12
T	1	2	1	1	-	-	5
Σ	14	17	16	11	11	6	75

	4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9	Σ
A	4	2	5	3	3	-	17
C	4	4	2	1	-	-	11
D	1	3	6	3	6	3	22
E	-	2	2	1	1	1	7
I	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
M	3	4	-	2	1	2	12
T	1	2	1	1	-	-	5
Σ	14	17	16	11	11	6	75