NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 9, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | T |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, e, g, n, v |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 61 words |
| Total Points | 337 points |
| Genius Level | 236 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 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| E | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| G | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| N | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| T | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 16 |
| V | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | Σ | 15 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 61 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AD×3 AG×2 AN×7 AT×4 |
|---|---|
| D | DA×3 DE×3 |
| E | EA×1 EN×1 EV×1 |
| G | GA×4 GE×1 GN×1 |
| N | NA×1 NE×6 |
| T | TA×5 TE×11 |
| V | VA×1 VE×6 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ADV×3 AGA×1 AGE×1 AND×1 ANT×6 ATT×4 |
|---|---|
| D | DAT×3 DEN×2 DET×1 |
| E | EAT×1 ENT×1 EVE×1 |
| G | GAD×1 GAN×1 GAT×2 GEN×1 GNA×1 |
| N | NAT×1 NEA×3 NEG×2 NET×1 |
| T | TAG×1 TAN×3 TAT×1 TEA×1 TEE×4 TEN×6 |
| V | VAN×1 VEG×2 VEN×3 VET×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ad....... † | AD9 | Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end. |
| ad........ † | AD10 | simple past tense and past participle of advantage |
| ad.... | AD6 | arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears |
| ag... | AG5 | A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two. |
| ag... | AG5 | One who exerts power, or has the power to act |
| an..... | AN7 | A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato. |
| an.. | AN4 | A price or cost, as in up the ante. |
| an... | AN5 | simple past tense and past participle of ante; alternative spelling of anteed |
| an...... | AN8 | To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time. |
| an....... | AN9 | simple past tense and past participle of antedate |
| an..... | AN7 | A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal. |
| an...... | AN8 | plural of antenna |
| at.... | AT6 | To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed. |
| at....... | AT9 | One who attends; one who works with or watches over something. |
| at...... | AT8 | simple past tense and past participle of attend |
| at...... | AT8 | A person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event. |
| da.. | DA4 | plural of datum |
| da.. | DA4 | The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. |
| da... | DA5 | Marked with a date. |
| de.. | DE4 | A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of dent |
| de..... | DE7 | Alternative form of détente |
| ea... | EA5 | past participle of eat |
| en..... | EN7 | An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states. |
| ev... | EV5 | An occurrence; something that happens. |
| ga.... | GA6 | A thing whose name cannot be remembered; thingamajig, doohickey. |
| ga.... | GA6 | Any of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater. |
| ga.. | GA4 | A doorlike structure outside a house. |
| ga... | GA5 | simple past and past participle of gate |
| ge.. | GE4 | A gentleman. |
| gn.. | GN4 | Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera. |
| na.... | NA6 | floating or swimming (in water) |
| ne.. | NE4 | Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities. |
| ne.... | NE6 | To make (someone or something) neat; to arrange (people or things) in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy. |
| ne...... | NE8 | simple past tense and past participle of neaten |
| ne.... | NE6 | To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict. |
| ne..... | NE7 | simple past and past participle of negate |
| ne.... | NE6 | simple past tense and past participle of net |
| ta.... | TA6 | Having a tag; labeled. |
| ta.. | TA4 | A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor. |
| ta..... | TA7 | A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there. |
| ta.... | TA6 | Having a suntan. |
| ta.... | TA6 | simple past tense and past participle of tat |
| te.. | TE4 | The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. |
| te.. | TE4 | past participle of tee |
| te.. | TE4 | Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old. |
| te..... | TE7 | Brushwood for fences and hedges. |
| te...... | TE8 | aged between thirteen and nineteen inclusive; teenage |
| te.... | TE6 | One who holds a lease (a tenancy). |
| te.. | TE4 | To make a tender of; to offer or tender. |
| te.... | TE6 | simple past tense and past participle of tend |
| te... | TE5 | An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization. |
| te.. | TE4 | A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather. |
| te.... | TE6 | simple past tense and past participle of tent |
| va..... | VA7 | An advantage. |
| ve...... | VE8 | To grow or sprout. |
| ve....... | VE9 | simple past tense and past participle of vegetate |
| ve...... | VE8 | A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud. |
| ve.. | VE4 | An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass. |
| ve.... | VE6 | simple past tense and past participle of vent |
| ve.... | VE6 | simple past tense and past participle of vet |
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.
- advantage† (AD9)
- advantaged† (AD10)
- advent (AD6)
- agate (AG5)
- agent (AG5)
- andante (AN7)
- ante (AN4)
- anted (AN5)
- antedate (AN8)
- antedated (AN9)
- antenna (AN7)
- antennae (AN8)
- attend (AT6)
- attendant (AT9)
- attended (AT8)
- attendee (AT8)
- data (DA4)
- date (DA4)
- dated (DA5)
- dent (DE4)
- dented (DE6)
- detente (DE7)
- eaten (EA5)
- entente (EN7)
- event (EV5)
- gadget (GA6)
- gannet (GA6)
- gate (GA4)
- gated (GA5)
- gent (GE4)
- gnat (GN4)
- natant (NA6)
- neat (NE4)
- neaten (NE6)
- neatened (NE8)
- negate (NE6)
- negated (NE7)
- netted (NE6)
- tagged (TA6)
- tang (TA4)
- tangent (TA7)
- tanned (TA6)
- tatted (TA6)
- teat (TE4)
- teed (TE4)
- teen (TE4)
- teenage (TE7)
- teenaged (TE8)
- tenant (TE6)
- tend (TE4)
- tended (TE6)
- tenet (TE5)
- tent (TE4)
- tented (TE6)
- vantage (VA7)
- vegetate (VE8)
- vegetated (VE9)
- vendetta (VE8)
- vent (VE4)
- vented (VE6)
- vetted (VE6)
Answer Definitions
- advantage† (noun): Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
- advantaged† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of advantage
- advent (noun): arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears
- agate (noun): A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
- agent (noun): One who exerts power, or has the power to act
- andante (noun): A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato.
- ante (noun): A price or cost, as in up the ante.
- anted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ante; alternative spelling of anteed
- antedate (verb): To occur before an event or time; to exist further back in time.
- antedated (verb): simple past tense and past participle of antedate
- antenna (noun): A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.
- antennae (noun): plural of antenna
- attend (verb): To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.
- attendant (noun): One who attends; one who works with or watches over something.
- attended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of attend
- attendee (noun): A person who is in attendance or in the audience of an event.
- data (noun): plural of datum
- date (noun): The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
- dated (adjective): Marked with a date.
- dent (noun): A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
- dented (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dent
- detente (noun): Alternative form of détente
- eaten (verb): past participle of eat
- entente (noun): An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
- event (noun): An occurrence; something that happens.
- gadget (noun): A thing whose name cannot be remembered; thingamajig, doohickey.
- gannet (noun): Any of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater.
- gate (noun): A doorlike structure outside a house.
- gated (verb): simple past and past participle of gate
- gent (noun): A gentleman.
- gnat (noun): Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.
- natant (adjective): floating or swimming (in water)
- neat (adjective): Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
- neaten (verb): To make (someone or something) neat; to arrange (people or things) in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.
- neatened (verb): simple past tense and past participle of neaten
- negate (verb): To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
- negated (verb): simple past and past participle of negate
- netted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of net
- tagged (adjective): Having a tag; labeled.
- tang (noun): A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
- tangent (noun): A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
- tanned (adjective): Having a suntan.
- tatted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tat
- teat (noun): The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
- teed (verb): past participle of tee
- teen (noun): Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old.
- teenage (noun): Brushwood for fences and hedges.
- teenaged (adjective): aged between thirteen and nineteen inclusive; teenage
- tenant (noun): One who holds a lease (a tenancy).
- tend (verb): To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
- tended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tend
- tenet (noun): An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
- tent (noun): A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
- tented (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tent
- vantage (noun): An advantage.
- vegetate (verb): To grow or sprout.
- vegetated (verb): simple past tense and past participle of vegetate
- vendetta (noun): A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.
- vent (noun): An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- vented (verb): simple past tense and past participle of vent
- vetted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of vet