NYT Spelling Bee Answers for February 10, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | T |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, d, e, h, l, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 41 words |
| Total Points | 194 points |
| Genius Level | 136 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 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 7 |
| D | 3 | - | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 6 |
| H | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| L | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| T | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 13 |
| U | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 13 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 41 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CH×1 CL×2 CU×4 |
|---|---|
| D | DE×7 DU×5 |
| E | EL×3 ET×3 |
| H | HU×1 |
| L | LE×1 LU×1 |
| T | TE×6 TH×3 TU×4 |
| U |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CHU×1 CLU×2 CUL×1 CUT×3 |
|---|---|
| D | DED×2 DEL×3 DET×2 DUC×2 DUE×2 DUL×1 |
| E | ELE×3 ETC×2 ETU×1 |
| H | HUT×1 |
| L | LET×1 LUT×1 |
| T | TEC×1 TEE×4 TEL×1 THE×1 THU×2 TUL×1 TUT×3 |
| U |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| cl...... † | CL8 | simple past tense and past participle of clutch |
| 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. |
| cl.... | CL6 | To seize, as though with claws. |
| cu.. | CU4 | A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader. |
| 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. |
| cu.... | CU6 | A thin slice of meat, usually fried. |
| cu.... | CU6 | Synonym of cuttlefish |
| de.... | DE6 | To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount. |
| de...... | DE8 | simple past tense and past participle of deduct |
| de.... | DE6 | To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of delete |
| de.. | DE4 | The deltoid muscle. |
| de.... | DE6 | to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing |
| de...... | DE8 | Having been noticed. |
| du.. | DU4 | a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another |
| du.... | DU6 | simple past tense and past participle of duct |
| du.. | DU4 | A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble). |
| du..... | DU7 | simple past tense and past participle of duet |
| du.... | DU6 | Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious. |
| el... | EL5 | One chosen or set apart. |
| el..... | EL7 | simple past tense and past participle of elect |
| el..... | EL7 | Someone who is elected. |
| 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. |
| et.... | ET6 | Cut or dug into the surface as by etching. |
| et... | ET5 | A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill. |
| hu... | HU5 | A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet. |
| le..... | LE7 | An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves. |
| lu.. | LU4 | A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard. |
| te.. | TE4 | Technology. |
| te.. | TE4 | past participle of tee |
| te... | TE5 | plural of tooth |
| te.... | TE6 | To grow teeth. |
| te..... | TE7 | simple past tense and past participle of teethe |
| te.. | TE4 | To count, reckon, or enumerate. |
| th.. | TH4 | Objective and reflexive case of thou. |
| th.. | TH4 | The sound of a dull impact. |
| th..... | TH7 | simple past tense and past participle of thud |
| tu... | TU5 | A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc. |
| tu... | TU5 | A student of a tutor. |
| tu.... | TU6 | simple past tense and past participle of tut |
| 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.
- clutched† (CL8)
- chute (CH5)
- clutch (CL6)
- cult (CU4)
- cute (CU4)
- cutlet (CU6)
- cuttle (CU6)
- deduct (DE6)
- deducted (DE8)
- delete (DE6)
- deleted (DE7)
- delt (DE4)
- detect (DE6)
- detected (DE8)
- duct (DU4)
- ducted (DU6)
- duet (DU4)
- duetted (DU7)
- dulcet (DU6)
- elect (EL5)
- elected (EL7)
- electee (EL7)
- etch (ET4)
- etched (ET6)
- etude (ET5)
- hutch (HU5)
- lettuce (LE7)
- lute (LU4)
- tech (TE4)
- teed (TE4)
- teeth (TE5)
- teethe (TE6)
- teethed (TE7)
- tell (TE4)
- thee (TH4)
- thud (TH4)
- thudded (TH7)
- tulle (TU5)
- tutee (TU5)
- tutted (TU6)
- tutu (TU4)
Answer Definitions
- clutched† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of clutch
- 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.
- clutch (verb): To seize, as though with claws.
- cult (noun): A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.
- 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.
- cutlet (noun): A thin slice of meat, usually fried.
- cuttle (noun): Synonym of cuttlefish
- deduct (verb): To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount.
- deducted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deduct
- delete (verb): To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
- deleted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of delete
- delt (noun): The deltoid muscle.
- detect (verb): to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
- detected (adjective): Having been noticed.
- duct (noun): a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another
- ducted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of duct
- duet (noun): A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
- duetted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of duet
- dulcet (adjective): Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
- elect (noun): One chosen or set apart.
- elected (verb): simple past tense and past participle of elect
- electee (noun): Someone who is elected.
- 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.
- etched (adjective): Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.
- etude (noun): A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.
- hutch (noun): A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
- lettuce (noun): An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green and/or purple leaves.
- lute (noun): A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
- tech (noun): Technology.
- teed (verb): past participle of tee
- teeth (noun): plural of tooth
- teethe (verb): To grow teeth.
- teethed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of teethe
- tell (verb): To count, reckon, or enumerate.
- thee (pronoun): Objective and reflexive case of thou.
- thud (noun): The sound of a dull impact.
- thudded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of thud
- tulle (noun): A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.
- tutee (noun): A student of a tutor.
- tutted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tut
- tutu (noun): A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.