NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 26, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | A |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, e, h, o, p, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 58 words |
| Total Points | 253 points |
| Genius Level | 177 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 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 5 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 10 |
| D | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 9 |
| E | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| H | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 15 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| P | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 11 |
| T | 5 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 12 | Σ | 21 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AD×7 AH×1 AP×1 AT×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DA×4 DE×4 DO×1 |
| E | |
| H | HA×5 HE×8 HO×2 |
| O | OA×1 |
| P | PA×5 PE×2 PH×1 PO×3 |
| T | TA×7 TE×2 TH×2 TO×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ADA×2 ADD×1 ADE×1 ADO×3 AHE×1 APE×1 ATO×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DAP×1 DAT×3 DEA×4 DOO×1 |
| E | |
| H | HAT×5 HEA×7 HEP×1 HOT×2 |
| O | OAT×1 |
| P | PAD×1 PAP×1 PAT×3 PEA×2 PHA×1 POP×1 POT×2 |
| T | TAP×4 TAT×3 TEA×2 THA×1 THE×1 TOA×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) |
|---|---|---|
| po..... † | PO7 | A person who smokes cannabis frequently, to excess. |
| ad... | AD5 | To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit |
| ad..... | AD7 | simple past tense and past participle of adapt |
| ad... | AD5 | simple past tense and past participle of add |
| ad... | AD5 | Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient |
| ad... | AD5 | To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. |
| ad..... | AD7 | simple past tense and past participle of adopt |
| ad..... | AD7 | An adopted son or daughter. |
| ah... | AH5 | At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving. |
| ap.. | AP4 | simple past tense and past participle of ape |
| at.. | AT4 | On the top of. |
| da.... | DA6 | simple past tense and past participle of dap |
| da.. | DA4 | plural of datum |
| 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...... | DE8 | A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend. |
| de........ | DE10 | simple past tense and past participle of deadhead |
| de... | DE5 | The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state. |
| do.... | DO6 | Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing. |
| ha.. | HA4 | An object of hatred. |
| ha... | HA5 | Disliked; odious; reviled. |
| ha.. | HA4 | third-person singular simple present indicative form of have |
| ha... | HA5 | The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas |
| ha.... | HA6 | Wearing a hat; wearing a specified type of hat. |
| he.. | HE4 | The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs. |
| he.... | HE6 | Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top. |
| he.. | HE4 | A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people. |
| he.... | HE6 | In a heap. |
| he.. | HE4 | Thermal energy. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of heat |
| he... | HE5 | A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland. |
| he.... | HE6 | Synonym of septet: a group of seven things. |
| ho..... | HO7 | One who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights. |
| ho....... | HO9 | Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered. |
| oa.. | OA4 | A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise. |
| pa.... | PA6 | Having padding. |
| pa.. | PA4 | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father. |
| pa.. | PA4 | The head, particularly the top or crown. |
| pa.. | PA4 | A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians. |
| pa.... | PA6 | simple past tense and past participle of pat |
| pe.... | PE6 | Alternative form of pea pod |
| pe.. | PE4 | Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. |
| ph.. | PH4 | Excellent; cool; very good. |
| po... | PO5 | father, papa. |
| po.... | PO6 | The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant. |
| ta.. | TA4 | A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry. |
| ta.. | TA4 | Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape. |
| ta... | TA5 | simple past tense and past participle of tape |
| ta.... | TA6 | simple past tense and past participle of tap |
| ta.... | TA6 | simple past tense and past participle of tat |
| ta.... | TA6 | An image made in the skin with ink and a needle. |
| ta...... | TA8 | Having one or more tattoos. |
| te.... | TE6 | A vessel for brewing and serving tea. |
| te.. | TE4 | The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. |
| th.. | TH4 | Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement. |
| th... | TH5 | The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ. |
| to.. | TO4 | An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae. |
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.
- pothead† (PO7)
- adapt (AD5)
- adapted (AD7)
- added (AD5)
- adept (AD5)
- adopt (AD5)
- adopted (AD7)
- adoptee (AD7)
- ahead (AH5)
- aped (AP4)
- atop (AT4)
- dapped (DA6)
- data (DA4)
- date (DA4)
- dated (DA5)
- dead (DE4)
- deadhead (DE8)
- deadheaded (DE10)
- death (DE5)
- doodad (DO6)
- hate (HA4)
- hated (HA5)
- hath (HA4)
- hatha (HA5)
- hatted (HA6)
- head (HE4)
- headed (HE6)
- heap (HE4)
- heaped (HE6)
- heat (HE4)
- heated (HE6)
- heath (HE5)
- heptad (HE6)
- hothead (HO7)
- hotheaded (HO9)
- oath (OA4)
- padded (PA6)
- papa (PA4)
- pate (PA4)
- path (PA4)
- patted (PA6)
- peapod (PE6)
- peat (PE4)
- phat (PH4)
- poppa (PO5)
- potato (PO6)
- tapa (TA4)
- tape (TA4)
- taped (TA5)
- tapped (TA6)
- tatted (TA6)
- tattoo (TA6)
- tattooed (TA8)
- teapot (TE6)
- teat (TE4)
- that (TH4)
- theta (TH5)
- toad (TO4)
Answer Definitions
- pothead† (noun): A person who smokes cannabis frequently, to excess.
- adapt (verb): To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit
- adapted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of adapt
- added (verb): simple past tense and past participle of add
- adept (adjective): Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
- adopt (verb): To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
- adopted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of adopt
- adoptee (noun): An adopted son or daughter.
- ahead (adverb): At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.
- aped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ape
- atop (preposition): On the top of.
- dapped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dap
- data (noun): plural of datum
- 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.
- deadhead (noun): A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend.
- deadheaded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deadhead
- death (noun): The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
- doodad (noun): Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.
- hate (noun): An object of hatred.
- hated (adjective): Disliked; odious; reviled.
- hath (verb): third-person singular simple present indicative form of have
- hatha (noun): The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas
- hatted (adjective): Wearing a hat; wearing a specified type of hat.
- head (noun): The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- headed (adjective): Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top.
- heap (noun): A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- heaped (adjective): In a heap.
- heat (noun): Thermal energy.
- heated (verb): simple past tense and past participle of heat
- heath (noun): A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
- heptad (noun): Synonym of septet: a group of seven things.
- hothead (noun): One who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights.
- hotheaded (adjective): Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.
- oath (noun): A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
- padded (adjective): Having padding.
- papa (noun): Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
- pate (noun): The head, particularly the top or crown.
- path (noun): A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
- patted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pat
- peapod (noun): Alternative form of pea pod
- peat (noun): Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.
- phat (adjective): Excellent; cool; very good.
- poppa (noun): father, papa.
- potato (noun): The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.
- tapa (noun): A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.
- tape (noun): Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
- taped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tape
- tapped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tap
- tatted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tat
- tattoo (noun): An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
- tattooed (adjective): Having one or more tattoos.
- teapot (noun): A vessel for brewing and serving tea.
- teat (noun): The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
- that (conjunction): Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
- theta (noun): The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ.
- toad (noun): An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.