Game Summary

Table of Contents

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1. Spelling Bee Grid
2. Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
3. Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
4. Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
5. Today's Complete Solution
6. 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.

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.

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 (^†).

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.

• emoting^†  (EM7)
• mentioning^†  (ME10)
• mignonette^†  (MI10)
• eminent  (EM7)
• emit  (EM4)
• emitting  (EM8)
• emote  (EM5)
• emotion  (EM7)
• genome  (GE6)
• gimme  (GI5)
• gnome  (GN5)
• imminent  (IM8)
• item  (IT4)
• meet  (ME4)
• meeting  (ME7)
• meme  (ME4)
• memento  (ME7)
• meming  (ME6)
• memo  (ME4)
• mentee  (ME6)
• mention  (ME7)
• mete  (ME4)
• meting  (ME6)
• mien  (MI4)
• mime  (MI4)
• mimeo  (MI5)
• miming  (MI6)
• mine  (MI4)
• mini  (MI4)
• minim  (MI5)
• mining  (MI6)
• minion  (MI6)
• mint  (MI4)
• minting  (MI7)
• mite  (MI4)
• mitt  (MI4)
• mitten  (MI6)
• moment  (MO6)
• mono  (MO4)
• monotone  (MO8)
• monte  (MO5)
• mooing  (MO6)
• moon  (MO4)
• mooning  (MO7)
• moot  (MO4)
• mooting  (MO7)
• mote  (MO4)
• motet  (MO5)
• motion  (MO6)
• motioning  (MO9)
• motto  (MO5)
• nominee  (NO7)
• ointment  (OI8)
• omen  (OM4)
• omit  (OM4)
• omitting  (OM8)
• onetime  (ON7)
• teem  (TE4)
• teeming  (TE7)
• tenement  (TE8)
• time  (TI4)
• timing  (TI6)
• tome  (TO4)
• tomtit  (TO6)
• totem  (TO5)

Answer Definitions

• emoting^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• mentioning^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• mignonette^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• eminent (adjective): Noteworthy, remarkable, great.
• emit (verb): to send out or give off
• emitting (verb): present participle of emit
• 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.
• emotion (noun): Movement; agitation.
• genome (noun): The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism.
• gimme (contraction): Give me.
• gnome (noun): A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying.
• imminent (adjective): about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
• item (noun): A distinct physical object.
• meet (verb): To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
• meeting (noun): The act of persons or things that meet.
• 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.
• meming (verb): present participle of meme
• memo (noun): A short note; a memorandum.
• mentee (noun): A person who is being mentored
• mention (noun): A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase make mention of.
• mete (verb): To measure.
• meting (verb): present participle of mete
• mien (noun): Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
• mime (noun): A form of acting without words; pantomime.
• mimeo (noun): A mimeograph.
• miming (verb): present participle of mime
• mine (pronoun): That which belongs to me. Used predicatively.
• mini (adjective): Miniature, tiny, small.
• minim (noun): A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
• mining (noun): The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
• minion (noun): A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
• mint (noun): A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
• minting (verb): present participle of mint
• mite (noun): Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
• mitt (noun): A mitten
• mitten (noun): A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.
• moment (noun): A brief, unspecified amount of time.
• 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.
• mooing (verb): present participle of moo
• moon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
• mooning (noun): The act of showing one's buttocks.
• moot (adjective): Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
• mooting (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• mote (noun): A small particle; a speck.
• motet (noun): A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
• motion (noun): A state of progression from one place to another.
• motioning (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• motto (noun): A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
• nominee (noun): A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
• ointment (noun): A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
• 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.
• omit (verb): To leave out or exclude.
• omitting (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• onetime (adjective): Alternative form of one-time (“former; past”)
• teem (verb): To be stocked to overflowing.
• teeming (verb): present participle of teem
• tenement (noun): A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.
• time (noun): The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
• timing (noun): An occurrence or event.
• tome (noun): One in a series of volumes.
• tomtit (noun): Alternative spelling of tom-tit
• totem (noun): Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family.