NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 31, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | M |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, e, h, l, p |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 51 words |
| Total Points | 213 points |
| Genius Level | 149 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
Table of Contents
As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!
- 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</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| D | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 6 |
| E | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| H | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 8 |
| L | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| M | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | - | 21 |
| P | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | Σ | 19 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 51 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AH×1 AM×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DA×4 DE×2 |
| E | ED×1 |
| H | HA×1 HE×7 |
| L | LA×7 LE×1 LL×1 |
| M | MA×10 ME×11 |
| P | PA×3 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AHE×1 AMP×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DAM×4 DEE×2 |
| E | EDA×1 |
| H | HAM×1 HEA×1 HEL×2 HEM×4 |
| L | LAM×7 LEM×1 LLA×1 |
| M | MAD×3 MAL×2 MAM×3 MAP×2 MEA×2 MED×4 MEL×3 MEM×2 |
| P | PAL×2 PAM×1 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ah.. | AH4 | the sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat |
| am... | AM5 | simple past tense and past participle of amp |
| am... | AM5 | A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough. |
| da.. | DA4 | Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight. |
| da.... | DA6 | simple past tense and past participle of dam |
| da.. | DA4 | In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist. |
| da.... | DA6 | simple past tense and past participle of damp |
| de.. | DE4 | To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of deem |
| ed..... | ED7 | Fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable. |
| ha.... | HA6 | simple past tense and past participle of ham |
| he...... † | HE8 | An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle. |
| he.. | HE4 | The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of helm |
| he... | HE5 | US standard spelling of haemal. |
| he.. | HE4 | The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of hem |
| he.. | HE4 | A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia. |
| la.. | LA4 | A master of Tibetan Buddhism. |
| la.. | LA4 | Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. |
| la... | LA5 | The twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). |
| la..... | LA7 | A thin, plate-like structure. |
| la...... | LA8 | plural of lamella |
| la.... | LA6 | simple past tense and past participle of lam |
| la.. | LA4 | A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb. |
| le... | LE5 | A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition. |
| ll... | LL5 | A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat. |
| ma... | MA5 | A polite form of address for a woman or lady. |
| ma.... | MA6 | Alternative form of madam |
| ma.. | MA4 | A grub or maggot. |
| ma.. | MA4 | Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct. |
| ma.. | MA4 | Mother, female parent. |
| ma... | MA5 | The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. |
| ma.... | MA6 | An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young. |
| ma... | MA5 | A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds. |
| ma.... | MA6 | simple past tense and past participle of map |
| me.. | ME4 | An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water. |
| me.. | ME4 | Correct quotes |
| me... | ME5 | A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object. |
| me..... | ME7 | Having received a medal. |
| me.... | ME6 | To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly. |
| me..... | ME7 | simple past tense and past participle of meddle |
| me.. | ME4 | to combine multiple similar objects into one. |
| me.... | ME6 | simple past tense and past participle of meld |
| me... | ME5 | A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling. |
| 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... | ME5 | simple past tense and past participle of meme |
| pa.. | PA4 | Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics. |
| pa.... | PA6 | simple past tense and past participle of palm |
| pa... | PA5 | singular of pampas |
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.
- ahem (AH4)
- amped (AM5)
- ample (AM5)
- dame (DA4)
- dammed (DA6)
- damp (DA4)
- damped (DA6)
- deem (DE4)
- deemed (DE6)
- edamame (ED7)
- hammed (HA6)
- headlamp† (HE8)
- helm (HE4)
- helmed (HE6)
- hemal (HE5)
- heme (HE4)
- hemmed (HE6)
- hemp (HE4)
- lama (LA4)
- lame (LA4)
- lamed (LA5)
- lamella (LA7)
- lamellae (LA8)
- lammed (LA6)
- lamp (LA4)
- lemma (LE5)
- llama (LL5)
- madam (MA5)
- madame (MA6)
- made (MA4)
- male (MA4)
- mall (MA4)
- mama (MA4)
- mamma (MA5)
- mammal (MA6)
- maple (MA5)
- mapped (MA6)
- mead (ME4)
- meal (ME4)
- medal (ME5)
- medaled (ME7)
- meddle (ME6)
- meddled (ME7)
- meld (ME4)
- melded (ME6)
- melee (ME5)
- meme (ME4)
- memed (ME5)
- palm (PA4)
- palmed (PA6)
- pampa (PA5)
Answer Definitions
- ahem (interjection): the sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat
- amped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of amp
- ample (determiner): A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough.
- dame (noun): Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
- dammed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dam
- damp (adjective): In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
- damped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of damp
- deem (verb): To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
- deemed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deem
- edamame (noun): Fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable.
- hammed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ham
- headlamp† (noun): An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle.
- helm (noun): The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel.
- helmed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of helm
- hemal (adjective): US standard spelling of haemal.
- heme (noun): The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
- hemmed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hem
- hemp (noun): A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
- lama (noun): A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
- lame (adjective): Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
- lamed (noun): The twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
- lamella (noun): A thin, plate-like structure.
- lamellae (noun): plural of lamella
- lammed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lam
- lamp (noun): A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
- lemma (noun): A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
- 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.
- madam (noun): A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
- madame (noun): Alternative form of madam
- made (noun): A grub or maggot.
- male (adjective): Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
- 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.
- maple (noun): A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.
- mapped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of map
- mead (noun): An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
- meal (noun): Correct quotes
- medal (noun): A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
- medaled (adjective): Having received a medal.
- meddle (verb): To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
- meddled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of meddle
- meld (verb): to combine multiple similar objects into one.
- melded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of meld
- melee (noun): A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
- 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.
- memed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of meme
- palm (noun): Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
- palmed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of palm
- pampa (noun): singular of pampas