NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 29, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | E |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, f, g, i, t, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 48 words |
| Total Points | 180 points |
| Genius Level | 126 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 12 |
| E | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 |
| F | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| G | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| Y | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Σ | 22 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 48 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| D | DE×8 DI×3 DY×1 |
|---|---|
| E | ED×9 EF×2 EG×2 EY×1 |
| F | FE×5 FI×7 |
| G | GI×2 |
| I | |
| T | TE×3 TI×4 |
| Y | YE×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| D | DEE×2 DEF×3 DEI×3 DIE×3 DYE×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EDD×2 EDG×3 EDI×4 EFF×2 EGG×2 EYE×1 |
| F | FEE×2 FET×3 FID×3 FIE×1 FIF×2 FIT×1 |
| G | GIF×1 GIG×1 |
| I | |
| T | TED×1 TEE×1 TEF×1 TID×3 TIE×1 |
| Y | YET×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) |
|---|---|---|
| fi..... † | FI7 | Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless. |
| de.. | DE4 | An action or act; something that is done. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of deed |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of defy |
| de.. | DE4 | Quick and neat in action; skillful. |
| de.. | DE4 | To challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition). |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of deify |
| de... | DE5 | To make a god of (something or someone). |
| de... | DE5 | Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god. |
| di.. | DI4 | simple past tense and past participle of die |
| di.. | DI4 | The food and beverage a person or animal consumes. |
| di.... | DI6 | simple past tense and past participle of diet |
| dy.. | DY4 | simple past tense and past participle of dye |
| ed.... | ED6 | simple past tense and past participle of eddy |
| ed.. | ED4 | A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current. |
| ed.. | ED4 | The boundary line of a surface. |
| ed... | ED5 | simple past tense and past participle of edge |
| ed.. | ED4 | Nervous, apprehensive. |
| ed..... | ED7 | simple past tense and past participle of edify |
| ed... | ED5 | To build, construct. |
| ed.. | ED4 | A change to the text of a document. |
| ed.... | ED6 | simple past tense and past participle of edit |
| ef.... | EF6 | Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out. |
| ef.... | EF6 | A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated. |
| eg... | EG5 | simple past tense and past participle of egg |
| eg.. | EG4 | Covered with or dipped in egg. |
| ey.. | EY4 | Having eyes. |
| fe.. | FE4 | To give (someone or something) food to eat. |
| fe.. | FE4 | plural of foot |
| fe.. | FE4 | A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity. |
| fe... | FE5 | simple past tense and past participle of fete |
| fe... | FE5 | Foul-smelling, stinking. |
| fi.... | FI6 | To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly. |
| fi...... | FI8 | past participle of fidget |
| fi.. | FI4 | An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior. |
| fi.. | FI4 | A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music |
| fi... | FI5 | simple past tense and past participle of fife |
| fi.... | FI6 | simple past tense of fit ("to tailor, to change size") |
| gi.... | GI6 | Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities. |
| gi.... | GI6 | simple past tense and past participle of gig |
| te... | TE5 | Abbreviation of teddy bear. |
| te.. | TE4 | past participle of tee |
| te.. | TE4 | A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia. |
| ti.. | TI4 | The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon. |
| ti... | TI5 | Affected by the tide; having a tide. |
| ti.... | TI6 | simple past tense and past participle of tidy |
| ti.. | TI4 | Closely connected or associated. |
| ye.. | YE4 | An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas. |
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.
- fidgety† (FI7)
- deed (DE4)
- deeded (DE6)
- defied (DE6)
- deft (DE4)
- defy (DE4)
- deified (DE7)
- deify (DE5)
- deity (DE5)
- died (DI4)
- diet (DI4)
- dieted (DI6)
- dyed (DY4)
- eddied (ED6)
- eddy (ED4)
- edge (ED4)
- edged (ED5)
- edgy (ED4)
- edified (ED7)
- edify (ED5)
- edit (ED4)
- edited (ED6)
- effete (EF6)
- effigy (EF6)
- egged (EG5)
- eggy (EG4)
- eyed (EY4)
- feed (FE4)
- feet (FE4)
- fete (FE4)
- feted (FE5)
- fetid (FE5)
- fidget (FI6)
- fidgeted (FI8)
- fief (FI4)
- fife (FI4)
- fifed (FI5)
- fitted (FI6)
- gifted (GI6)
- gigged (GI6)
- teddy (TE5)
- teed (TE4)
- teff (TE4)
- tide (TI4)
- tided (TI5)
- tidied (TI6)
- tied (TI4)
- yeti (YE4)
Answer Definitions
- fidgety† (adjective): Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless.
- deed (noun): An action or act; something that is done.
- deeded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deed
- defied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of defy
- deft (adjective): Quick and neat in action; skillful.
- defy (verb): To challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition).
- deified (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deify
- deify (verb): To make a god of (something or someone).
- deity (noun): Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
- died (verb): simple past tense and past participle of die
- diet (noun): The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
- dieted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of diet
- dyed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dye
- eddied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of eddy
- eddy (noun): A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
- edge (noun): The boundary line of a surface.
- edged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of edge
- edgy (adjective): Nervous, apprehensive.
- edified (verb): simple past tense and past participle of edify
- edify (verb): To build, construct.
- edit (noun): A change to the text of a document.
- edited (verb): simple past tense and past participle of edit
- effete (adjective): Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.
- effigy (noun): A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
- egged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of egg
- eggy (adjective): Covered with or dipped in egg.
- eyed (adjective): Having eyes.
- feed (verb): To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- feet (noun): plural of foot
- fete (noun): A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
- feted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fete
- fetid (adjective): Foul-smelling, stinking.
- fidget (verb): To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
- fidgeted (verb): past participle of fidget
- fief (noun): An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior.
- fife (noun): A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
- fifed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fife
- fitted (verb): simple past tense of fit ("to tailor, to change size")
- gifted (adjective): Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities.
- gigged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of gig
- teddy (noun): Abbreviation of teddy bear.
- teed (verb): past participle of tee
- teff (noun): A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
- tide (noun): The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
- tided (adjective): Affected by the tide; having a tide.
- tidied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tidy
- tied (adjective): Closely connected or associated.
- yeti (noun): An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.