NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 13, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | K |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, e, f, l, o, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 24 words |
| Total Points | 69 points |
| Genius Level | 48 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!
- 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 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| E | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| K | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
| L | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | Σ | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | |
|---|---|
| E | |
| F | FA×1 FL×2 FO×2 |
| K | KA×1 KE×3 KO×3 |
| L | LA×2 LE×2 LO×1 |
| O | |
| T | TA×3 TE×2 TO×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | |
|---|---|
| E | |
| F | FAK×1 FLA×2 FOL×2 |
| K | KAL×1 KEE×1 KET×2 KOA×1 KOL×1 KOO×1 |
| L | LAK×1 LAT×1 LEA×1 LEE×1 LOO×1 |
| O | |
| T | TAK×2 TAL×1 TEA×2 TOK×1 TOO×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) |
|---|---|---|
| fo...... † | FO8 | A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place. |
| fa.. | FA4 | Not real; false, fraudulent |
| fl.. | FL4 | Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells. |
| fl... | FL5 | A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything |
| fo.. | FO4 | Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history. |
| ka.. | KA4 | An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) |
| ke.. | KE4 | A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern. |
| ke.. | KE4 | The carbonyl group of a ketone. |
| ke.... | KE6 | A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid. |
| ko... | KO5 | A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia. |
| ko.. | KO4 | A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract. |
| ko.. | KO4 | An eccentric, strange or crazy person. |
| la.. | LA4 | A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid. |
| la... | LA5 | A pancake fried in oil, usually made from potatoes and sometimes also onions, traditionally served on Hanukkah. |
| le.. | LE4 | A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape. |
| le.. | LE4 | The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion. |
| lo.. | LO4 | To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes. |
| ta.. | TA4 | To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force. |
| ta..... | TA7 | The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight. |
| ta.. | TA4 | To communicate, usually by means of speech. |
| te.. | TE4 | An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.). |
| te....... | TE9 | A vessel used to boil water for tea or other hot beverages. |
| to.. | TO4 | A gratuity. |
| to.. | TO4 | simple past tense of take |
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.
- folktale† (FO8)
- fake (FA4)
- flak (FL4)
- flake (FL5)
- folk (FO4)
- kale (KA4)
- keel (KE4)
- keto (KE4)
- kettle (KE6)
- koala (KO5)
- kola (KO4)
- kook (KO4)
- lake (LA4)
- latke (LA5)
- leak (LE4)
- leek (LE4)
- look (LO4)
- take (TA4)
- takeoff (TA7)
- talk (TA4)
- teak (TE4)
- teakettle (TE9)
- toke (TO4)
- took (TO4)
Answer Definitions
- folktale† (noun): A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.
- fake (adjective): Not real; false, fraudulent
- flak (noun): Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
- flake (noun): A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
- folk (adjective): Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
- kale (noun): An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
- keel (noun): A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
- keto (noun): The carbonyl group of a ketone.
- kettle (noun): A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
- koala (noun): A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.
- kola (noun): A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract.
- kook (noun): An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
- lake (noun): A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
- latke (noun): A pancake fried in oil, usually made from potatoes and sometimes also onions, traditionally served on Hanukkah.
- leak (noun): A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
- leek (noun): The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
- look (verb): To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
- take (verb): To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- takeoff (noun): The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.
- talk (verb): To communicate, usually by means of speech.
- teak (noun): An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).
- teakettle (noun): A vessel used to boil water for tea or other hot beverages.
- toke (noun): A gratuity.
- took (verb): simple past tense of take