NYT Spelling Bee Answers for December 28, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | V |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, e, i, n, o, t |
| # of Pangrams | 7 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 47 words |
| Total Points | 348 points |
| Genius Level | 244 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 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 1 | 4 | - | 5 | 2 | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | 19 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| I | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| N | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| O | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| T | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| V | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Σ | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CI×2 CO×17 |
|---|---|
| E | EV×6 |
| I | IN×10 |
| N | NO×2 |
| O | OV×2 |
| T | |
| V | VE×3 VI×2 VO×3 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CIV×2 CON×14 COV×3 |
|---|---|
| E | EVE×2 EVI×4 |
| I | INC×3 INV×7 |
| N | NON×1 NOV×1 |
| O | OVE×1 OVI×1 |
| T | |
| V | VEI×1 VEN×1 VET×1 VIC×1 VIN×1 VOI×1 VOT×2 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| co........ † | CO10 | Serving or tending to connect; connecting. |
| co........ † | CO10 | The process of conveying something. |
| co........ † | CO10 | Of, pertaining to, or employing convection; convectional |
| co........ † | CO10 | Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient. |
| co........ † | CO10 | A meeting or gathering. |
| ev...... † | EV8 | The act of evicting. |
| in.......... † | IN12 | not convenient |
| ci... | CI5 | A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet (30–90 cm) long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail. |
| ci... | CI5 | Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil. |
| co...... | CO8 | To develop an idea; to form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to originate. |
| co..... | CO7 | To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. |
| co..... | CO7 | To move (a warm fluid) upward through a cooler fluid, to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection. |
| co..... | CO7 | To come together; to meet; to unite. |
| co......... | CO11 | The quality of being convenient. |
| co..... | CO7 | A religious community whose members live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows. |
| co..... | CO7 | To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or in a moral sense. |
| co........ | CO10 | A firmly held belief. |
| co...... | CO8 | To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence. |
| co.. | CO4 | A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. |
| co... | CO5 | A formal group or assembly of witches. |
| co... | CO5 | To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously. |
| ev.. | EV4 | Flat and level. |
| ev... | EV5 | An occurrence; something that happens. |
| ev... | EV5 | To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out. |
| ev..... | EV7 | One who is evicted. |
| ev.... | EV6 | To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest. |
| in....... | IN9 | Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages. |
| in........... | IN13 | The quality of being inconvenient. |
| in....... | IN9 | An expression which inveighs or rails against a person. |
| in.... | IN6 | To design a new process or mechanism. |
| in....... | IN9 | Something invented. |
| in....... | IN9 | Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes. |
| in.... | IN6 | To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something. |
| in..... | IN7 | a person who is invited into or onto someone else's premises |
| in..... | IN7 | A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms. |
| no...... | NO8 | An anticipated event that does not occur, or one that is a disappointing anticlimax. |
| no.... | NO6 | A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject. |
| ov.. | OV4 | A chamber used for baking or heating. |
| ov... | OV5 | Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, of an animal: from the genus Ovis. |
| ve.. | VE4 | A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. |
| ve.. | VE4 | An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass. |
| ve.. | VE4 | A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc. |
| vi.. | VI4 | A bad habit. |
| vi.. | VI4 | The climbing plant that produces grapes. |
| vo... | VO5 | Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character |
| vo.. | VO4 | a formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute. |
| vo.... | VO6 | Dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge. |
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.
- connective† (CO10)
- convection† (CO10)
- convective† (CO10)
- convenient† (CO10)
- convention† (CO10)
- eviction† (EV8)
- inconvenient† (IN12)
- civet (CI5)
- civic (CI5)
- conceive (CO8)
- connive (CO7)
- convect (CO7)
- convene (CO7)
- convenience (CO11)
- convent (CO7)
- convict (CO7)
- conviction (CO10)
- convince (CO8)
- cove (CO4)
- coven (CO5)
- covet (CO5)
- even (EV4)
- event (EV5)
- evict (EV5)
- evictee (EV7)
- evince (EV6)
- incentive (IN9)
- inconvenience (IN13)
- invective (IN9)
- invent (IN6)
- invention (IN9)
- inventive (IN9)
- invite (IN6)
- invitee (IN7)
- invoice (IN7)
- nonevent (NO8)
- novice (NO6)
- oven (OV4)
- ovine (OV5)
- vein (VE4)
- vent (VE4)
- veto (VE4)
- vice (VI4)
- vine (VI4)
- voice (VO5)
- vote (VO4)
- votive (VO6)
Answer Definitions
- connective† (adjective): Serving or tending to connect; connecting.
- convection† (noun): The process of conveying something.
- convective† (adjective): Of, pertaining to, or employing convection; convectional
- convenient† (adjective): Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
- convention† (noun): A meeting or gathering.
- eviction† (noun): The act of evicting.
- inconvenient† (adjective): not convenient
- civet (noun): A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet (30–90 cm) long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail.
- civic (adjective): Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
- conceive (verb): To develop an idea; to form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to originate.
- connive (verb): To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
- convect (verb): To move (a warm fluid) upward through a cooler fluid, to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection.
- convene (verb): To come together; to meet; to unite.
- convenience (noun): The quality of being convenient.
- convent (noun): A religious community whose members live under strict observation of religious rules and self-imposed vows.
- convict (verb): To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or in a moral sense.
- conviction (noun): A firmly held belief.
- convince (verb): To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
- cove (noun): A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern.
- coven (noun): A formal group or assembly of witches.
- covet (verb): To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
- even (adjective): Flat and level.
- event (noun): An occurrence; something that happens.
- evict (verb): To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
- evictee (noun): One who is evicted.
- evince (verb): To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.
- incentive (noun): Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
- inconvenience (noun): The quality of being inconvenient.
- invective (noun): An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
- invent (verb): To design a new process or mechanism.
- invention (noun): Something invented.
- inventive (adjective): Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
- invite (verb): To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
- invitee (noun): a person who is invited into or onto someone else's premises
- invoice (noun): A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.
- nonevent (noun): An anticipated event that does not occur, or one that is a disappointing anticlimax.
- novice (noun): A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
- oven (noun): A chamber used for baking or heating.
- ovine (adjective): Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, of an animal: from the genus Ovis.
- vein (noun): A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
- vent (noun): An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- veto (noun): A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
- vice (noun): A bad habit.
- vine (noun): The climbing plant that produces grapes.
- voice (noun): Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
- vote (noun): a formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
- votive (adjective): Dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge.