New York Times NYT Spelling Bee Answers and Solution for February 23, 2023

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Today’s pangram is PAYMENT.

PAYMENT is defined as the act of paying money. It is also defined as an act of requiting; returning in kind. It is also defined as a sum of money paid or a claim discharged.

The word APEMAN has no known definition.

The word APEMEN has no known definition.

APNEA is defined as transient cessation of respiration.

ATTEMPT is defined as make an effort or attempt. It is also defined as enter upon an activity or enterprise. It is also defined as the act of attacking. It is also defined as earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.

EMPTY is defined as leave behind empty; move out of. It is also defined as excrete or discharge from the body. It is also defined as needing nourishment. It is also defined as devoid of significance or force. It is also defined as become empty or void of its content. It is also defined as a container that has been emptied. It is also defined as emptied of emotion. It is also defined as holding or containing nothing. It is also defined as make void or empty of contents. It is also defined as remove.

EPEE is defined as a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.

The word NAMETAPE has no known definition.

NAPE is defined as the back side of the neck.

NEAP is defined as a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.

PAEAN is defined as a formal expression of praise. It is also defined as (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity).

The word PAMPA has no known definition.

PANAMA is defined as a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown. It is also defined as a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903.

PANE is defined as street name for lysergic acid diethylamide. It is also defined as sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors. It is also defined as a panel or section of panels in a wall or door.

PANT is defined as a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open. It is also defined as (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately. It is also defined as breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted. It is also defined as the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine). It is also defined as utter while panting, as if out of breath.

PANTY is defined as short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural).

PAPA is defined as an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk.

PAPAYA is defined as tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit. It is also defined as large oval melon-like tropical fruit with yellowish flesh.

The word PAPPY has no known definition.

PATE is defined as the top of the head. It is also defined as liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned.

PATENT is defined as clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment. It is also defined as an official document granting a right or privilege. It is also defined as a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention. It is also defined as grant rights to; grant a patent for. It is also defined as make open to sight or notice. It is also defined as obtain a patent for. It is also defined as (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage.

PATENTEE is defined as the inventor to whom a patent is issued.

PATTY is defined as small flat mass of chopped food. It is also defined as round flat candy. It is also defined as small pie or pasty.

PAYEE is defined as a person to whom money is paid.

PEAT is defined as partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried.

PEATY is defined as of or pertaining to or of the nature of peat.

PEEN is defined as the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).

PEEP is defined as a secret look. It is also defined as the short weak cry of a young bird. It is also defined as make high-pitched sounds. It is also defined as appear as though from hiding. It is also defined as cause to appear. It is also defined as look furtively. It is also defined as speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice.

PENMAN is defined as informal terms for journalists.

PENMEN is defined as informal terms for journalists.

PENNANT is defined as a long flag; often tapering. It is also defined as the award given to the champion. It is also defined as a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering).

PENNE is defined as pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends.

PENNY is defined as a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit. It is also defined as a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound.

PENT is defined as closely confined.

The word PENTANE has no known definition.

PEPPY is defined as marked by lively action.

PETTY is defined as contemptibly narrow in outlook. It is also defined as (informal) small and of little importance. It is also defined as larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale). It is also defined as inferior in rank or status.

TAMP is defined as press down tightly. It is also defined as a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).

TAPA is defined as a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark. It is also defined as the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.

TAPE is defined as measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths. It is also defined as a recording made on magnetic tape. It is also defined as register electronically. It is also defined as record on videotape. It is also defined as memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information. It is also defined as a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening. It is also defined as fasten or attach with tape. It is also defined as the finishing line for a foot race.

TEEPEE is defined as a Native American tent; usually of conical shape.

TEMP is defined as a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis.

TEMPT is defined as induce into action by using one’s charm. It is also defined as provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion. It is also defined as dispose or incline or entice to. It is also defined as give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting. It is also defined as try presumptuously. It is also defined as try to seduce.

TEPEE is defined as a Native American tent; usually of conical shape.

TYPE is defined as a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities). It is also defined as identify as belonging to a certain type. It is also defined as write by means of a keyboard with types. It is also defined as all of the tokens of the same symbol. It is also defined as a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper. It is also defined as a subdivision of a particular kind of thing. It is also defined as (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon. It is also defined as printed characters.

The word YAPPY has no known definition.

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