NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 1, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | M |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, o, r, t, w, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 40 words |
| Total Points | 169 points |
| Genius Level | 118 points |
| Bingo? | No |
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 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 |
| M | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| T | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| W | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 40 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AM×2 AR×4 AT×1 |
|---|---|
| M | MA×11 MO×11 |
| O | |
| R | RO×3 |
| T | TO×3 TR×2 |
| W | WA×1 WO×2 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AMA×1 AMM×1 ARM×3 ARO×1 ATO×1 |
|---|---|
| M | MAM×3 MAR×6 MAY×2 MOA×1 MOM×2 MOO×2 MOR×3 MOT×3 |
| O | |
| R | ROA×1 ROO×2 |
| T | TOM×3 TRA×2 |
| W | WAR×1 WOR×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) |
|---|---|---|
| mo...... † | MO8 | A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each |
| am..... | AM7 | Of or relating to love, especially sexual love. |
| 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. |
| at.. | AT4 | The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons. |
| 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.. | MA4 | madam; a polite term of address for a lady. |
| ma.... | MA6 | Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family. |
| ma.... | MA6 | The substance inside bones which produces blood cells. |
| ma... | MA5 | To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A shop, store. |
| ma.... | MA6 | One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom. |
| 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 deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation. |
| mo... | MO5 | mother |
| mo... | MO5 | Mother. |
| 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.. | MO4 | Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve. |
| mo... | MO5 | Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae. |
| mo.... | MO6 | The next or following day. |
| mo.... | MO6 | A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks. |
| mo... | MO5 | A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion. |
| mo... | MO5 | A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement. |
| ro.. | RO4 | To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Opportunity or scope (to do something). |
| ro... | RO5 | Spacious, expansive, comfortable. |
| to.... | TO6 | A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit. |
| to...... | TO8 | Nonsense, rot. |
| to...... | TO8 | On the day after the present day. |
| tr.. | TR4 | A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America). |
| tr..... | TR7 | The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs. |
| wa.. | WA4 | Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot. |
| wo.. | WO4 | A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm. |
| wo... | WO5 | Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms. |
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.
- motorway† (MO8)
- amatory (AM7)
- ammo (AM4)
- armor (AR5)
- armory (AR6)
- army (AR4)
- aroma (AR5)
- atom (AT4)
- mama (MA4)
- mamma (MA5)
- mammary (MA7)
- marm (MA4)
- marmot (MA6)
- marrow (MA6)
- marry (MA5)
- mart (MA4)
- martyr (MA6)
- mayo (MA4)
- mayor (MA5)
- moat (MO4)
- momma (MO5)
- mommy (MO5)
- moor (MO4)
- moot (MO4)
- moray (MO5)
- morrow (MO6)
- mortar (MO6)
- motor (MO5)
- motto (MO5)
- roam (RO4)
- room (RO4)
- roomy (RO5)
- tomato (TO6)
- tommyrot (TO8)
- tomorrow (TO8)
- tram (TR4)
- tramway (TR7)
- warm (WA4)
- worm (WO4)
- wormy (WO5)
Answer Definitions
- motorway† (noun): A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each
- amatory (adjective): Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.
- 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.
- atom (noun): The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
- 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).
- marm (noun): madam; a polite term of address for a lady.
- marmot (noun): Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.
- marrow (noun): The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
- marry (verb): To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
- mart (noun): A shop, store.
- martyr (noun): One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.
- 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.
- moat (noun): A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
- momma (noun): mother
- mommy (noun): Mother.
- 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
- moot (adjective): Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
- moray (noun): Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
- morrow (noun): The next or following day.
- mortar (noun): A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
- motor (noun): A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
- motto (noun): A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
- roam (verb): To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
- room (noun): Opportunity or scope (to do something).
- roomy (adjective): Spacious, expansive, comfortable.
- tomato (noun): A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
- tommyrot (noun): Nonsense, rot.
- tomorrow (adverb): On the day after the present day.
- tram (noun): A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).
- tramway (noun): The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs.
- warm (adjective): Having a temperature slightly higher than usual, but still pleasant; mildly hot.
- worm (noun): A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
- wormy (adjective): Of or like a worm or worms; shaped like a worm or worms.