NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 3, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | M |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, n, o, r, y |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 50 words |
| Total Points | 218 points |
| Genius Level | 153 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 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| C | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 |
| M | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| N | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 18 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×1 AM×1 AR×4 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×3 CO×3 CR×1 |
| M | MA×17 MO×13 MY×1 |
| N | NO×2 |
| O | |
| R | RO×4 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACR×1 AMM×1 ARM×3 ARO×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAM×1 CAR×1 CAY×1 COM×3 CRA×1 |
| M | MAC×4 MAM×4 MAN×3 MAR×4 MAY×2 MOA×1 MOM×2 MON×3 MOO×3 MOR×4 MYN×1 |
| N | NON×1 NOR×1 |
| O | |
| R | ROA×1 ROM×1 ROO×2 |
| Y |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ac..... † | AC7 | An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT"). |
| mo....... † | MO9 | Synonym of autocracy |
| am.. | AM4 | Ammunition. |
| ar... | AR5 | A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. |
| ar.... | AR6 | US standard spelling of armoury. |
| ar.. | AR4 | A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations. |
| ar... | AR5 | A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces. |
| ca... | CA5 | A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. |
| ca.... | CA6 | Alternative spelling of caiman |
| co.. | CO4 | A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma. |
| co... | CO5 | English Wikipedia has an article on:commaWikipedia The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list. |
| co.... | CO6 | Mutual; shared by more than one. |
| cr.. | CR4 | To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity. |
| ma..... | MA7 | Any of various pastries based on almond and egg white, traditionally made in France. |
| ma...... | MA8 | A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough. |
| ma... | MA5 | Very large in scope or scale. |
| ma.... | MA6 | A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long. |
| ma.. | MA4 | Mother, female parent. |
| ma... | MA5 | The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. |
| ma..... | MA7 | Of or relating to mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal). |
| ma.... | MA6 | Alternative letter-case form of Mammon (wealth, material avarice). |
| ma... | MA5 | Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus. |
| ma... | MA5 | A landed estate. |
| ma.. | MA4 | An indefinite large number of. |
| ma.... | MA6 | A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument. |
| ma.. | MA4 | madam; a polite term of address for a lady. |
| ma.... | MA6 | An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. |
| ma... | MA5 | To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. |
| ma.. | MA4 | Clipping of mayonnaise. |
| ma... | MA5 | The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, &c., formerly usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally. |
| mo.. | MO4 | a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure |
| mo... | MO5 | mother |
| mo... | MO5 | Mother. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Clipping of mononucleosis. |
| mo..... | MO7 | A single name by which a person, thing, etc., is known. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”). |
| mo... | MO5 | Resembling the moon. |
| mo.. | MO4 | An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath |
| mo... | MO5 | Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Morning. |
| mo..... | MO7 | A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding. |
| mo... | MO5 | A stupid person; an idiot; a fool. |
| my.. | MY4 | One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae. |
| no.... | NO6 | A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy). |
| no.. | NO4 | That which is normal or typical. |
| ro.. | RO4 | To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination. |
| ro.... | RO6 | Clipping of romantic comedy. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Opportunity or scope (to do something). |
| ro... | RO5 | Spacious, expansive, comfortable. |
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.
- acronym† (AC7)
- monocracy† (MO9)
- ammo (AM4)
- armor (AR5)
- armory (AR6)
- army (AR4)
- aroma (AR5)
- camo (CA4)
- carom (CA5)
- cayman (CA6)
- coma (CO4)
- comma (CO5)
- common (CO6)
- cram (CR4)
- macaron (MA7)
- macaroon (MA8)
- macro (MA5)
- macron (MA6)
- mama (MA4)
- mamma (MA5)
- mammary (MA7)
- mammon (MA6)
- manna (MA5)
- manor (MA5)
- many (MA4)
- maraca (MA6)
- marm (MA4)
- maroon (MA6)
- marry (MA5)
- mayo (MA4)
- mayor (MA5)
- moan (MO4)
- momma (MO5)
- mommy (MO5)
- mono (MO4)
- mononym (MO7)
- moon (MO4)
- moony (MO5)
- moor (MO4)
- moray (MO5)
- morn (MO4)
- morocco (MO7)
- moron (MO5)
- myna (MY4)
- noncom (NO6)
- norm (NO4)
- roam (RO4)
- romcom (RO6)
- room (RO4)
- roomy (RO5)
Answer Definitions
- acronym† (noun): An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
- monocracy† (noun): Synonym of autocracy
- ammo (noun): Ammunition.
- armor (noun): A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
- armory (noun): US standard spelling of armoury.
- army (noun): A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
- aroma (noun): A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
- camo (noun): A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
- carom (noun): A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.
- cayman (noun): Alternative spelling of caiman
- coma (noun): A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
- comma (noun): English Wikipedia has an article on:commaWikipedia The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
- common (adjective): Mutual; shared by more than one.
- cram (verb): To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.
- macaron (noun): Any of various pastries based on almond and egg white, traditionally made in France.
- macaroon (noun): A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.
- macro (adjective): Very large in scope or scale.
- macron (noun): A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long.
- mama (noun): Mother, female parent.
- mamma (noun): The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
- mammary (adjective): Of or relating to mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal).
- mammon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Mammon (wealth, material avarice).
- manna (noun): Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
- manor (noun): A landed estate.
- many (determiner): An indefinite large number of.
- maraca (noun): A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument.
- marm (noun): madam; a polite term of address for a lady.
- maroon (noun): An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.
- marry (verb): To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
- mayo (noun): Clipping of mayonnaise.
- mayor (noun): The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, &c., formerly usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally.
- moan (noun): a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
- momma (noun): mother
- mommy (noun): Mother.
- mono (noun): Clipping of mononucleosis.
- mononym (noun): A single name by which a person, thing, etc., is known.
- moon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
- moony (adjective): Resembling the moon.
- moor (noun): An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
- moray (noun): Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
- morn (noun): Morning.
- morocco (noun): A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.
- moron (noun): A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
- myna (noun): One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
- noncom (noun): A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy).
- norm (noun): That which is normal or typical.
- roam (verb): To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
- romcom (noun): Clipping of romantic comedy.
- room (noun): Opportunity or scope (to do something).
- roomy (adjective): Spacious, expansive, comfortable.