NYT Spelling Bee Answers for November 7, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | T |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, e, h, u, x |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 44 words |
| Total Points | 185 points |
| Genius Level | 130 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 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 |
| C | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| E | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
| H | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 9 |
| T | 10 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 17 |
| U | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| X | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 16 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 44 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×3 AT×2 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×2 CH×6 CU×1 |
| E | ET×1 EX×3 |
| H | HA×6 HE×2 HU×1 |
| T | TA×5 TE×6 TH×4 TU×2 |
| U | |
| X |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACE×1 ACT×1 ACU×1 ATT×2 |
|---|---|
| C | CAC×1 CAT×1 CHA×3 CHE×2 CHU×1 CUT×1 |
| E | ETC×1 EXA×2 EXE×1 |
| H | HAT×5 HAU×1 HEA×2 HUT×1 |
| T | TAC×3 TAU×1 TAX×1 TEA×2 TEC×1 TEE×2 TEX×1 THA×2 THE×2 TUT×2 |
| U | |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| ch...... † | CH8 | plural of chateau |
| ac..... | AC7 | Any salt or ester of acetic acid. |
| ac..... | AC7 | To activate, or to put into motion; to animate. |
| ac... | AC5 | Brief, quick, short. |
| at.... | AT6 | To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively). |
| at..... | AT7 | Alternative form of attaché |
| ca.... | CA6 | A seal, as of a letter. |
| ca... | CA5 | The act of seizing or capturing. |
| ch.. | CH4 | To be engaged in informal conversation. |
| ch..... | CH7 | Alternative spelling of château |
| ch... | CH5 | To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation. |
| ch..... | CH7 | A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head. It is native to Africa and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal. |
| ch... | CH5 | A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel. |
| cu.. | CU4 | Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior. |
| et.. | ET4 | To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards. |
| 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 | To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime. |
| ha... | HA5 | A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling. |
| ha..... | HA7 | A small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk. |
| ha.. | HA4 | An object of hatred. |
| ha.. | HA4 | third-person singular simple present indicative form of have |
| ha... | HA5 | The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas |
| ha... | HA5 | Obsolete form of haut, haught (“high; haughty”). |
| he.. | HE4 | Thermal energy. |
| he... | HE5 | A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland. |
| hu... | HU5 | A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet. |
| ta... | TA5 | An instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece. |
| ta.. | TA4 | Clipping of tachometer. |
| ta.. | TA4 | The sense of touch; feeling. |
| ta.. | TA4 | Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight. |
| ta.. | TA4 | plural of taxon |
| te... | TE5 | To pass on knowledge to. |
| te.. | TE4 | The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. |
| te.. | TE4 | Technology. |
| te... | TE5 | plural of tooth |
| te.... | TE6 | To grow teeth. |
| te.. | TE4 | A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences. |
| 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.... | TH6 | Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. |
| th.. | TH4 | Objective and reflexive case of thou. |
| th... | TH5 | The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ. |
| tu... | TU5 | A student of a tutor. |
| tu.. | TU4 | A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting. |
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.
- chateaux† (CH8)
- acetate (AC7)
- actuate (AC7)
- acute (AC5)
- attach (AT6)
- attache (AT7)
- cachet (CA6)
- catch (CA5)
- chat (CH4)
- chateau (CH7)
- cheat (CH5)
- cheetah (CH7)
- chute (CH5)
- cute (CU4)
- etch (ET4)
- exact (EX5)
- exacta (EX6)
- execute (EX7)
- hatch (HA5)
- hatchet (HA7)
- hate (HA4)
- hath (HA4)
- hatha (HA5)
- haute (HA5)
- heat (HE4)
- heath (HE5)
- hutch (HU5)
- tacet (TA5)
- tach (TA4)
- tact (TA4)
- taut (TA4)
- taxa (TA4)
- teach (TE5)
- teat (TE4)
- tech (TE4)
- teeth (TE5)
- teethe (TE6)
- text (TE4)
- that (TH4)
- thatch (TH6)
- thee (TH4)
- theta (TH5)
- tutee (TU5)
- tutu (TU4)
Answer Definitions
- chateaux† (noun): plural of chateau
- acetate (noun): Any salt or ester of acetic acid.
- actuate (verb): To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
- acute (adjective): Brief, quick, short.
- attach (verb): To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
- attache (noun): Alternative form of attaché
- cachet (noun): A seal, as of a letter.
- catch (noun): The act of seizing or capturing.
- chat (verb): To be engaged in informal conversation.
- chateau (noun): Alternative spelling of château
- cheat (verb): To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
- cheetah (noun): A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head. It is native to Africa and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.
- chute (noun): A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
- cute (adjective): Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
- etch (verb): To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
- 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.
- execute (verb): To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
- hatch (noun): A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
- hatchet (noun): A small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
- hate (noun): An object of hatred.
- hath (verb): third-person singular simple present indicative form of have
- hatha (noun): The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas
- haute (adjective): Obsolete form of haut, haught (“high; haughty”).
- heat (noun): Thermal energy.
- heath (noun): A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
- hutch (noun): A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
- tacet (verb): An instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece.
- tach (noun): Clipping of tachometer.
- tact (noun): The sense of touch; feeling.
- taut (adjective): Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.
- taxa (noun): plural of taxon
- teach (verb): To pass on knowledge to.
- teat (noun): The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
- tech (noun): Technology.
- teeth (noun): plural of tooth
- teethe (verb): To grow teeth.
- text (noun): A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
- 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.
- thatch (noun): Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
- thee (pronoun): Objective and reflexive case of thou.
- theta (noun): The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ.
- tutee (noun): A student of a tutor.
- tutu (noun): A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.