NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 19, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | N |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, b, e, f, i, l |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 54 words |
| Total Points | 261 points |
| Genius Level | 183 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
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 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 14 |
| E | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| F | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| I | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| L | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 9 |
| N | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Σ | 19 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 54 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AL×2 AN×3 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×4 BE×6 BI×2 BL×2 |
| E | EL×2 EN×2 |
| F | FA×1 FE×2 FI×4 FL×2 |
| I | IN×6 |
| L | LA×3 LE×1 LI×5 |
| N | NA×4 NE×1 NI×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ALI×2 ANA×1 ANN×2 |
|---|---|
| B | BAL×1 BAN×3 BEA×3 BEE×2 BEF×1 BIE×2 BLI×2 |
| E | ELA×1 ELF×1 ENA×1 ENF×1 |
| F | FAL×1 FEL×1 FEN×1 FIN×4 FLA×2 |
| I | INA×2 INE×1 INF×2 INN×1 |
| L | LAI×1 LAN×2 LEA×1 LIE×1 LIF×1 LIN×3 |
| N | NAA×1 NAI×2 NAN×1 NEN×1 NIB×1 NIN×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) |
|---|---|---|
| in....... † | IN9 | Beyond expression in words; unspeakable. |
| in........ † | IN10 | A person who, or an object or process that, is taken as being infallible. |
| al... | AL5 | Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin. |
| al....... | AL9 | Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another |
| an.. | AN4 | of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. |
| an... | AN5 | The record of a single event or item. |
| an.... | AN6 | To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen. |
| ba.... | BA6 | The bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry. |
| ba... | BA5 | Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh. |
| ba.... | BA6 | An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A cause of misery or death. |
| be.. | BE4 | Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods. |
| be...... | BE8 | A pitch deliberately thrown at the head of the batter. |
| be.... | BE6 | A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool. |
| be..... | BE7 | A very direct or quick path or trip. |
| be.. | BE4 | past participle of be. |
| be...... | BE8 | past participle of befall |
| bi..... | BI7 | plural of biennium |
| bi...... | BI8 | Happening every two years. |
| bl.. | BL4 | To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up. |
| bl... | BL5 | A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon. |
| el.. | EL4 | Uncommon spelling of élan. |
| el... | EL5 | An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land. |
| en.... | EN6 | To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to. |
| en...... | EN8 | To make feeble. |
| fa.... | FA6 | past participle of fall |
| fe.... | FE6 | Of or pertaining to cats. |
| fe.... | FE6 | A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor. |
| fi... | FI5 | A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class. |
| fi.... | FI6 | The grand end of something, especially a show or piece of music. |
| fi.. | FI4 | Senses referring to subjective quality. Of superior quality. |
| fi.... | FI6 | The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture. |
| fl.. | FL4 | Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. |
| fl..... | FL7 | A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers. |
| in......... | IN11 | Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable. |
| in... | IN5 | Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance) |
| in.... | IN6 | To fill in a space, hole or gap. |
| in... | IN5 | A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen). |
| la.. | LA4 | past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”) |
| la... | LA5 | A Hawaiian-style roofed patio. |
| la.. | LA4 | A road, street, or similar thoroughfare. |
| le.. | LE4 | To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. |
| li.. | LI4 | A tendon. |
| li...... | LI8 | A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling. |
| li.. | LI4 | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight. |
| li.... | LI6 | Having an ancestral relationship to mothers, fathers, grandparents, (etc.) and having a descendant relationship to sons, daughters, grandchildren (etc.), exclusive of collateral siblings. |
| li... | LI5 | Thread or cloth made from flax fiber. |
| na.. | NA4 | A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine. |
| na.. | NA4 | Alternative spelling of naïf. |
| na.. | NA4 | The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals. |
| na.. | NA4 | A banana. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957. |
| ni.... | NI6 | A small, quick bite taken with the front teeth. |
| ni.. | NI4 | NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 9. |
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.
- ineffable† (IN9)
- infallible† (IN10)
- alien (AL5)
- alienable (AL9)
- anal (AN4)
- annal (AN5)
- anneal (AN6)
- baleen (BA6)
- banal (BA5)
- banana (BA6)
- bane (BA4)
- bean (BE4)
- beanball (BE8)
- beanie (BE6)
- beeline (BE7)
- been (BE4)
- befallen (BE8)
- biennia (BI7)
- biennial (BI8)
- blin (BL4)
- blini (BL5)
- elan (EL4)
- elfin (EL5)
- enable (EN6)
- enfeeble (EN8)
- fallen (FA6)
- feline (FE6)
- fennel (FE6)
- final (FI5)
- finale (FI6)
- fine (FI4)
- finial (FI6)
- flan (FL4)
- flannel (FL7)
- inalienable (IN11)
- inane (IN5)
- infill (IN6)
- innie (IN5)
- lain (LA4)
- lanai (LA5)
- lane (LA4)
- lean (LE4)
- lien (LI4)
- lifeline (LI8)
- line (LI4)
- lineal (LI6)
- linen (LI5)
- naan (NA4)
- naif (NA4)
- nail (NA4)
- nana (NA4)
- nene (NE4)
- nibble (NI6)
- nine (NI4)
Answer Definitions
- ineffable† (adjective): Beyond expression in words; unspeakable.
- infallible† (noun): A person who, or an object or process that, is taken as being infallible.
- alien (noun): Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
- alienable (adjective): Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another
- anal (adjective): of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
- annal (noun): The record of a single event or item.
- anneal (verb): To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
- baleen (noun): The bony material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry.
- banal (adjective): Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
- banana (noun): An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking.
- bane (noun): A cause of misery or death.
- bean (noun): Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
- beanball (noun): A pitch deliberately thrown at the head of the batter.
- beanie (noun): A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.
- beeline (noun): A very direct or quick path or trip.
- been (verb): past participle of be.
- befallen (verb): past participle of befall
- biennia (noun): plural of biennium
- biennial (adjective): Happening every two years.
- blin (verb): To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.
- blini (noun): A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon.
- elan (noun): Uncommon spelling of élan.
- elfin (noun): An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
- enable (verb): To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
- enfeeble (verb): To make feeble.
- fallen (verb): past participle of fall
- feline (adjective): Of or pertaining to cats.
- fennel (noun): A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
- final (noun): A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- finale (noun): The grand end of something, especially a show or piece of music.
- fine (adjective): Senses referring to subjective quality. Of superior quality.
- finial (noun): The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture.
- flan (noun): Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
- flannel (noun): A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
- inalienable (adjective): Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable.
- inane (adjective): Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance)
- infill (verb): To fill in a space, hole or gap.
- innie (noun): A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
- lain (verb): past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
- lanai (noun): A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
- lane (noun): A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
- lean (verb): To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
- lien (noun): A tendon.
- lifeline (noun): A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.
- line (noun): A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
- lineal (adjective): Having an ancestral relationship to mothers, fathers, grandparents, (etc.) and having a descendant relationship to sons, daughters, grandchildren (etc.), exclusive of collateral siblings.
- linen (noun): Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
- naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
- naif (adjective): Alternative spelling of naïf.
- nail (noun): The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
- nana (noun): A banana.
- nene (noun): The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
- nibble (noun): A small, quick bite taken with the front teeth.
- nine (numeral): NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 9.