Today's NYT Spelling Bee uses center letter M with outer letters A, D, G, I, N, T. The puzzle contains 62 words worth 363 points, including 3 pangrams. The longest word is 12 letters. To reach Genius you need 254 points; Queen Bee requires all 363 points. Today is a bingo — every letter starts at least one word. Compared with the eight-year average of about 183 points per puzzle, this is a larger-than-average day.

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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.

• admitting^†  (AD9)
• intimidating^†  (IN12)
• mandating^†  (MA9)
• adamant  (AD7)
• adman  (AD5)
• admin  (AD5)
• admit  (AD5)
• aiming  (AI6)
• amid  (AM4)
• anima  (AN5)
• animating  (AN9)
• damaging  (DA8)
• damming  (DA7)
• dammit  (DA6)
• damn  (DA4)
• damning  (DA7)
• dimming  (DI7)
• gamin  (GA5)
• gaming  (GA6)
• gamma  (GA5)
• imaging  (IM7)
• imagining  (IM9)
• imam  (IM4)
• imitating  (IM9)
• intimating  (IN10)
• madam  (MA5)
• madman  (MA6)
• magi  (MA4)
• magma  (MA5)
• maid  (MA4)
• maim  (MA4)
• maiming  (MA7)
• main  (MA4)
• maintain  (MA8)
• maintaining  (MA11)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• managing  (MA8)
• manga  (MA5)
• mania  (MA5)
• manna  (MA5)
• manning  (MA7)
• manta  (MA5)
• mating  (MA6)
• matting  (MA7)
• midi  (MI4)
• miming  (MI6)
• mind  (MI4)
• minding  (MI7)
• mini  (MI4)
• minim  (MI5)
• minima  (MI6)
• mining  (MI6)
• mint  (MI4)
• minting  (MI7)
• mitigating  (MI10)
• mitt  (MI4)
• naming  (NA6)
• taming  (TA6)
• tatami  (TA6)
• timid  (TI5)
• timing  (TI6)

Answer Definitions

• admitting^† (verb): present participle and gerund of admit
• intimidating^† (verb): present participle and gerund of intimidate
• mandating^† (verb): present participle and gerund of mandate
• adamant (adjective): Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
• adman (noun): A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.
• admin (noun): Administration, or administrative work.
• admit (verb): To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
• aiming (verb): present participle of aim
• amid (preposition): In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.
• anima (noun): The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
• animating (verb): present participle and gerund of animate
• damaging (adjective): Causing damage; harmful, injurious.
• damming (verb): present participle and gerund of dam
• dammit (interjection): Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
• damn (verb): To condemn to hell.
• damning (verb): present participle and gerund of damn
• dimming (verb): present participle and gerund of dim
• gamin (noun): A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also , a cheeky, street-smart boy.
• gaming (verb): present participle of game
• gamma (noun): The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
• imaging (verb): present participle of image
• imagining (noun): Something imagined; a figment of the imagination.
• imam (noun): One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
• imitating (verb): present participle and gerund of imitate
• intimating (verb): present participle and gerund of intimate
• madam (noun): A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
• madman (noun): A male who is insane or mentally disturbed.
• magi (noun): plural of mage
• magma (noun): The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
• maid (noun): A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
• maim (verb): To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
• maiming (verb): present participle of maim
• main (adjective): Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
• maintain (verb): To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
• maintaining (noun): The act of doing maintenance.
• 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.
• managing (verb): present participle of manage
• manga (noun): A comic originating in Japan.
• mania (noun): Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
• manna (noun): Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
• manning (verb): present participle of man
• manta (noun): A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
• mating (adjective): Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
• matting (noun): Mats, a collection of ground coverings.
• midi (adjective): Having a hemline at mid-calf length.
• miming (verb): present participle of mime
• mind (noun): The ability of rational thought.
• minding (noun): The act of taking heed of something.
• mini (adjective): Miniature, tiny, small.
• minim (noun): A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
• minima (noun): plural of minimum
• mining (noun): The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
• mint (noun): A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
• minting (verb): present participle of mint
• mitigating (verb): present participle and gerund of mitigate
• mitt (noun): A mitten
• naming (noun): The process of giving names to things.
• taming (verb): present participle and gerund of tame
• tatami (noun): Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
• timid (adjective): Lacking in courage or confidence.
• timing (noun): An occurrence or event.