Today's NYT Spelling Bee uses center letter M with outer letters A, F, I, L, O, Y. The puzzle contains 36 words worth 124 points, including 1 pangram. The longest word is 8 letters. To reach Genius you need 87 points; Queen Bee requires all 124 points. Today is not a bingo — at least one letter starts no words. Compared with the eight-year average of about 183 points per puzzle, this is a smaller-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.

• foamily^†  (FO7)
• ammo  (AM4)
• amyl  (AM4)
• familial  (FA8)
• family  (FA6)
• film  (FI4)
• filmy  (FI5)
• flimflam  (FL8)
• foam  (FO4)
• foamy  (FO5)
• imam  (IM4)
• lama  (LA4)
• lima  (LI4)
• limo  (LI4)
• llama  (LL5)
• loam  (LO4)
• loamy  (LO5)
• loom  (LO4)
• mafia  (MA5)
• mail  (MA4)
• maim  (MA4)
• mall  (MA4)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mammal  (MA6)
• mayfly  (MA6)
• mayo  (MA4)
• miff  (MI4)
• mill  (MI4)
• moil  (MO4)
• moll  (MO4)
• mollify  (MO7)
• molly  (MO5)
• momma  (MO5)
• mommy  (MO5)
• moola  (MO5)

Answer Definitions

• foamily^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• ammo (noun): Ammunition.
• amyl (noun): Synonym of pentyl
• familial (adjective): Of or pertaining to a human family.
• family (noun): A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
• film (noun): A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
• filmy (adjective): Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy
• flimflam (noun): Alternative form of flim-flam
• foam (noun): A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
• foamy (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• imam (noun): One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
• lama (noun): A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
• lima (noun): lima bean
• limo (noun): Clipping of limousine.
• llama (noun): A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
• loam (noun): A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
• loamy (adjective): Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.
• loom (noun): A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
• mafia (noun): A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.
• mail (noun): A bag or wallet.
• maim (verb): To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
• mall (noun): A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
• 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.
• mammal (noun): An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.
• mayfly (noun): Any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults.
• mayo (noun): Clipping of mayonnaise.
• miff (noun): A small argument; a quarrel.
• mill (noun): A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
• moil (verb): To toil, to work hard.
• moll (noun): A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
• mollify (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• molly (noun): A woman or girl, especially of low status.
• momma (noun): mother
• mommy (noun): Mother.
• moola (noun): Money, cash.