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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.

• cormorant^†  (CO9)
• monocrat^†  (MO8)
• ammo  (AM4)
• armor  (AR5)
• aroma  (AR5)
• atom  (AT4)
• camo  (CA4)
• carom  (CA5)
• catamaran  (CA9)
• coatroom  (CO8)
• coma  (CO4)
• comma  (CO5)
• common  (CO6)
• cram  (CR4)
• macaron  (MA7)
• macaroon  (MA8)
• macro  (MA5)
• macron  (MA6)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mammon  (MA6)
• manna  (MA5)
• manor  (MA5)
• manta  (MA5)
• mantra  (MA6)
• maraca  (MA6)
• marm  (MA4)
• marmot  (MA6)
• maroon  (MA6)
• mart  (MA4)
• matron  (MA6)
• moan  (MO4)
• moat  (MO4)
• momma  (MO5)
• mono  (MO4)
• moon  (MO4)
• moor  (MO4)
• moot  (MO4)
• morn  (MO4)
• morocco  (MO7)
• moron  (MO5)
• mortar  (MO6)
• motor  (MO5)
• motorcar  (MO8)
• motto  (MO5)
• noncom  (NO6)
• norm  (NO4)
• ottoman  (OT7)
• roam  (RO4)
• romcom  (RO6)
• room  (RO4)
• tarmac  (TA6)
• tomato  (TO6)
• tomcat  (TO6)
• tram  (TR4)
• tramcar  (TR7)

Answer Definitions

• cormorant^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• monocrat^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• ammo (noun): Ammunition.
• armor (noun): A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
• 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.
• 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.
• catamaran (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• coatroom (noun): A room intended for holding guests' coats and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater; a cloakroom.
• 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.
• 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.
• manta (noun): A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
• mantra (noun): The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.
• 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.
• marmot (noun): Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.
• maroon (noun): An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.
• mart (noun): A shop, store.
• matron (noun): A mature or elderly woman.
• moan (noun): a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
• moat (noun): A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
• momma (noun): mother
• mono (noun): Clipping of mononucleosis.
• moon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
• 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.
• morn (noun): Morning.
• morocco (noun): A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.
• moron (noun): A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
• 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.
• motorcar (noun): An enclosed passenger motor vehicle, a car, powered by an engine.
• motto (noun): A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
• noncom (noun): A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy).
• norm (noun): That which is normal or typical.
• ottoman (noun): An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.
• 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).
• tarmac (noun): Tarmacadam.
• tomato (noun): A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
• tomcat (noun): A tom, an intact male cat.
• tram (noun): A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).
• tramcar (noun): A streetcar.