NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 11, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | M |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | e, l, n, o, t, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 54 words |
| Total Points | 225 points |
| Genius Level | 158 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 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| L | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| M | 18 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | - | 37 |
| N | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| O | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| T | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| U | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | Σ | 22 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 54 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| E | EL×1 EM×2 |
|---|---|
| L | LE×1 LO×1 LU×1 |
| M | ME×11 MO×19 MU×7 |
| N | |
| O | OM×3 |
| T | TE×2 TO×2 TU×1 |
| U | UN×3 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| E | ELE×1 EMO×2 |
|---|---|
| L | LEM×1 LOO×1 LUM×1 |
| M | MEE×1 MEL×3 MEM×3 MEN×2 MET×2 MOL×4 MOM×2 MON×4 MOO×2 MOT×5 MOU×2 MUL×3 MUT×3 MUU×1 |
| N | |
| O | OME×3 |
| T | TEE×1 TEN×1 TOM×1 TOT×1 TUM×1 |
| U | UNM×3 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| em....... † | EM9 | Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary. |
| el..... | EL7 | One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. |
| em... | EM5 | To display or express (emotions, mental states, etc.) openly, particularly while acting, and especially in an excessive manner. To deliver (a speech), say (lines of a play, words), etc., in a dramatic or emotional manner, especially if overly so. |
| le... | LE5 | A yellowish citrus fruit. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general. |
| lu... | LU5 | In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm. |
| me.. | ME4 | To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter. |
| me... | ME5 | A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling. |
| me... | ME5 | Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Genus Cucumis, various musk melons, including the honeydew and the cantaloupes, and the horned melon. Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others Genus Benincasa, a winter melon Genus Momordica, the bitter melon |
| me.. | ME4 | Molten material, the product of melting. |
| me.. | ME4 | Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes. |
| me..... | ME7 | A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event. |
| me.. | ME4 | A short note; a memorandum. |
| me.... | ME6 | A person who is being mentored |
| me.. | ME4 | The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. |
| me.. | ME4 | To measure. |
| me.... | ME6 | A quality of endurance and courage. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute. |
| mo.. | MO4 | US standard spelling of moult. |
| mo.... | MO6 | Melted. |
| mo.... | MO6 | A brief, unspecified amount of time. |
| mo...... | MO8 | Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its masses and velocities. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Clipping of mononucleosis. |
| mo...... | MO8 | Having a single unvaried pitch. |
| mo... | MO5 | A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt. |
| mo...... | MO8 | A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”). |
| mo.. | MO4 | Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A small particle; a speck. |
| mo... | MO5 | A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there. |
| mo... | MO5 | A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem. |
| mo.... | MO6 | To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate. |
| mo... | MO5 | A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness. |
| mo... | MO5 | A hill or mountain. |
| mu.. | MU4 | The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. |
| mu.. | MU4 | (usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate. |
| mu.... | MU6 | A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (the red mullets or goatfish). |
| mu.. | MU4 | Not having the power of speech; dumb. |
| mu.. | MU4 | A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin. |
| mu.... | MU6 | The flesh of sheep used as food. |
| mu.... | MU6 | A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches). |
| om.... | OM6 | Alternative form of omelette |
| om...... | OM8 | A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with cheese, chives or other foodstuffs. |
| om.. | OM4 | Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury. |
| te.. | TE4 | To be stocked to overflowing. |
| te...... | TE8 | A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one. |
| to.. | TO4 | One in a series of volumes. |
| to... | TO5 | Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family. |
| tu.... | TU6 | Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd. |
| un... | UN5 | Not met; unfulfilled; not achieved |
| un..... | UN7 | To reverse a mount operation; to instruct the operating system that the file system should be disassociated from its mount point, making it no longer accessible. |
| un.... | UN6 | To restore the sound output (on a speaker or other audio device), having previously muted it. |
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.
- emolument† (EM9)
- element (EL7)
- emote (EM5)
- lemon (LE5)
- loom (LO4)
- lumen (LU5)
- meet (ME4)
- melee (ME5)
- melon (ME5)
- melt (ME4)
- meme (ME4)
- memento (ME7)
- memo (ME4)
- mentee (ME6)
- menu (ME4)
- mete (ME4)
- mettle (ME6)
- mole (MO4)
- moll (MO4)
- molt (MO4)
- molten (MO6)
- moment (MO6)
- momentum (MO8)
- mono (MO4)
- monotone (MO8)
- monte (MO5)
- monument (MO8)
- moon (MO4)
- moot (MO4)
- mote (MO4)
- motel (MO5)
- motet (MO5)
- mottle (MO6)
- motto (MO5)
- moue (MO4)
- mount (MO5)
- mule (MU4)
- mull (MU4)
- mullet (MU6)
- mute (MU4)
- mutt (MU4)
- mutton (MU6)
- muumuu (MU6)
- omelet (OM6)
- omelette (OM8)
- omen (OM4)
- teem (TE4)
- tenement (TE8)
- tome (TO4)
- totem (TO5)
- tumult (TU6)
- unmet (UN5)
- unmount (UN7)
- unmute (UN6)
Answer Definitions
- emolument† (noun): Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
- element (noun): One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
- emote (verb): To display or express (emotions, mental states, etc.) openly, particularly while acting, and especially in an excessive manner. To deliver (a speech), say (lines of a play, words), etc., in a dramatic or emotional manner, especially if overly so.
- lemon (noun): A yellowish citrus fruit.
- loom (noun): A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
- lumen (noun): In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.
- meet (verb): To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
- melee (noun): A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
- melon (noun): Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Genus Cucumis, various musk melons, including the honeydew and the cantaloupes, and the horned melon. Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others Genus Benincasa, a winter melon Genus Momordica, the bitter melon
- melt (noun): Molten material, the product of melting.
- meme (noun): Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
- memento (noun): A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.
- memo (noun): A short note; a memorandum.
- mentee (noun): A person who is being mentored
- menu (noun): The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
- mete (verb): To measure.
- mettle (noun): A quality of endurance and courage.
- mole (noun): A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
- moll (noun): A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
- molt (verb): US standard spelling of moult.
- molten (adjective): Melted.
- moment (noun): A brief, unspecified amount of time.
- momentum (noun): Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its masses and velocities.
- mono (noun): Clipping of mononucleosis.
- monotone (adjective): Having a single unvaried pitch.
- monte (noun): A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.
- monument (noun): A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
- moon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
- moot (adjective): Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
- mote (noun): A small particle; a speck.
- motel (noun): A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there.
- motet (noun): A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
- mottle (verb): To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
- motto (noun): A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
- moue (noun): A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness.
- mount (noun): A hill or mountain.
- mule (noun): The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
- mull (verb): (usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
- mullet (noun): A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (the red mullets or goatfish).
- mute (adjective): Not having the power of speech; dumb.
- mutt (noun): A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
- mutton (noun): The flesh of sheep used as food.
- muumuu (noun): A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches).
- omelet (noun): Alternative form of omelette
- omelette (noun): A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with cheese, chives or other foodstuffs.
- omen (noun): Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
- teem (verb): To be stocked to overflowing.
- tenement (noun): A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.
- tome (noun): One in a series of volumes.
- totem (noun): Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family.
- tumult (noun): Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
- unmet (adjective): Not met; unfulfilled; not achieved
- unmount (verb): To reverse a mount operation; to instruct the operating system that the file system should be disassociated from its mount point, making it no longer accessible.
- unmute (verb): To restore the sound output (on a speaker or other audio device), having previously muted it.