NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 2, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | E |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, d, l, m, o, y |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 73 words |
| Total Points | 331 points |
| Genius Level | 232 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
Table of Contents
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- 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</th><th>9</th><th>10</th><th>11</th><th>12 | Σ | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 |
| D | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 21 |
| E | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| L | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| M | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Y | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Σ | 25 | 15 | 23 | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 73 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CE×5 CL×1 CO×11 CY×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DE×12 DO×8 DY×1 |
| E | ED×1 EE×1 EM×2 EY×1 |
| L | LE×1 LO×3 |
| M | ME×10 MO×9 |
| O | OL×1 |
| Y | YE×2 YO×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CED×2 CEL×3 CLO×1 COD×4 COE×1 COM×4 COO×2 CYC×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DEC×5 DEE×4 DEL×1 DEM×2 DOL×3 DOM×2 DOO×3 DYE×1 |
| E | EDD×1 EEL×1 EMC×2 EYE×1 |
| L | LED×1 LOD×1 LOL×1 LOO×1 |
| M | MED×3 MEL×4 MEM×3 MOD×4 MOL×4 MOO×1 |
| O | OLE×1 |
| Y | YEL×2 YOD×2 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ce.. | CE4 | To give up; yield to another. |
| ce... | CE5 | simple past tense and past participle of cede |
| ce.. | CE4 | A single-room dwelling for a hermit. |
| ce.... | CE6 | Containing cells; cellular. |
| ce... | CE5 | A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow. |
| cl.... | CL6 | simple past tense and past participle of cloy |
| co.... | CO6 | To treat gently or with great care. |
| co..... | CO7 | simple past tense and past participle of coddle |
| co.. | CO4 | A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents. |
| co... | CO5 | Encoded; written in code or cipher. |
| co.. | CO4 | Alternative form of co-ed |
| co.. | CO4 | To move from further away to nearer to. |
| co.... | CO6 | A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece. |
| co.... | CO6 | Pleasing or attractive to the eye. |
| co..... | CO7 | A low chest of drawers on short legs. |
| co... | CO5 | simple past tense and past participle of coo |
| co.... | CO6 | simple past tense and past participle of cool |
| cy... | CY5 | An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed. |
| cy.... | CY6 | simple past tense and past participle of cycle |
| de.. | DE4 | Decompression. |
| de.... | DE6 | To convert from an encrypted form to plain text. |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of decode |
| de... | DE5 | A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger. |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of decoy |
| de.. | DE4 | An action or act; something that is done. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of deed |
| de.. | DE4 | To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of deem |
| de.. | DE4 | A valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep. |
| de.. | DE4 | A demonstration or visual explanation. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of demo |
| do.. | DO4 | To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource. |
| do... | DO5 | simple past tense and past participle of dole |
| do.... | DO6 | simple past tense and past participle of doll |
| do.. | DO4 | A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere. |
| do... | DO5 | In the form of a dome. |
| do.... | DO6 | A fool, a simpleton, a mindless person. |
| do..... | DO7 | simple past tense and past participle of doodle |
| do.... | DO6 | Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome. |
| dy.. | DY4 | simple past tense and past participle of dye |
| ed.. | ED4 | A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current. |
| ee.. | EE4 | Resembling an eel: long, thin and slippery. |
| em... | EM5 | Alternative form of MC in its senses as Master of ceremonies. A rapper. |
| em.... | EM6 | simple past tense and past participle of emcee |
| ey.. | EY4 | Having eyes. |
| le.. | LE4 | A man; a person. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A way or path; a road. |
| lo.... | LO6 | simple past tense and past participle of loll. |
| lo.... | LO6 | simple past tense and past participle of loom |
| me.... | ME6 | To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly. |
| me..... | ME7 | simple past tense and past participle of meddle |
| me.... | ME6 | Combat, fighting; a battle. |
| 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.... | ME6 | tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase |
| 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 |
| me.. | ME4 | A short note; a memorandum. |
| mo.. | MO4 | One of several ancient Greek scales. |
| mo... | MO5 | A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing. |
| mo..... | MO7 | simple past tense and past participle of model |
| mo... | MO5 | A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone line. |
| mo.... | MO6 | simple past tense and past participle of mold |
| mo.. | MO4 | A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy. |
| mo......... † | MO11 | A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected. |
| mo.......... † | MO12 | simple past tense and past participle of mollycoddle |
| mo... | MO5 | simple past tense and past participle of moo |
| ol.. | OL4 | A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects. |
| ye.. | YE4 | shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice. |
| ye.... | YE6 | simple past tense and past participle of yell |
| yo... | YO5 | To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto. |
| yo..... | YO7 | simple past tense and past participle of yodel |
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.
- cede (CE4)
- ceded (CE5)
- cell (CE4)
- celled (CE6)
- cello (CE5)
- cloyed (CL6)
- coddle (CO6)
- coddled (CO7)
- code (CO4)
- coded (CO5)
- coed (CO4)
- come (CO4)
- comedy (CO6)
- comely (CO6)
- commode (CO7)
- cooed (CO5)
- cooled (CO6)
- cycle (CY5)
- cycled (CY6)
- deco (DE4)
- decode (DE6)
- decoded (DE7)
- decoy (DE5)
- decoyed (DE7)
- deed (DE4)
- deeded (DE6)
- deem (DE4)
- deemed (DE6)
- dell (DE4)
- demo (DE4)
- demoed (DE6)
- dole (DO4)
- doled (DO5)
- dolled (DO6)
- dome (DO4)
- domed (DO5)
- doodle (DO6)
- doodled (DO7)
- doomed (DO6)
- dyed (DY4)
- eddy (ED4)
- eely (EE4)
- emcee (EM5)
- emceed (EM6)
- eyed (EY4)
- lede (LE4)
- lode (LO4)
- lolled (LO6)
- loomed (LO6)
- meddle (ME6)
- meddled (ME7)
- medley (ME6)
- meld (ME4)
- melded (ME6)
- melee (ME5)
- melody (ME6)
- meme (ME4)
- memed (ME5)
- memo (ME4)
- mode (MO4)
- model (MO5)
- modeled (MO7)
- modem (MO5)
- molded (MO6)
- mole (MO4)
- mollycoddle† (MO11)
- mollycoddled† (MO12)
- mooed (MO5)
- oleo (OL4)
- yell (YE4)
- yelled (YE6)
- yodel (YO5)
- yodeled (YO7)
Answer Definitions
- cede (verb): To give up; yield to another.
- ceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cede
- cell (noun): A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
- celled (adjective): Containing cells; cellular.
- cello (noun): A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.
- cloyed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cloy
- coddle (verb): To treat gently or with great care.
- coddled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of coddle
- code (noun): A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.
- coded (adjective): Encoded; written in code or cipher.
- coed (adjective): Alternative form of co-ed
- come (verb): To move from further away to nearer to.
- comedy (noun): A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece.
- comely (adjective): Pleasing or attractive to the eye.
- commode (noun): A low chest of drawers on short legs.
- cooed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of coo
- cooled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cool
- cycle (noun): An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
- cycled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cycle
- deco (noun): Decompression.
- decode (verb): To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
- decoded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of decode
- decoy (noun): A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
- decoyed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of decoy
- deed (noun): An action or act; something that is done.
- deeded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deed
- deem (verb): To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
- deemed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deem
- dell (noun): A valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep.
- demo (noun): A demonstration or visual explanation.
- demoed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of demo
- dole (verb): To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.
- doled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dole
- dolled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of doll
- dome (noun): A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
- domed (adjective): In the form of a dome.
- doodle (noun): A fool, a simpleton, a mindless person.
- doodled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of doodle
- doomed (adjective): Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.
- dyed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dye
- eddy (noun): A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
- eely (adjective): Resembling an eel: long, thin and slippery.
- emcee (noun): Alternative form of MC in its senses as Master of ceremonies. A rapper.
- emceed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of emcee
- eyed (adjective): Having eyes.
- lede (noun): A man; a person.
- lode (noun): A way or path; a road.
- lolled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of loll.
- loomed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of loom
- meddle (verb): To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
- meddled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of meddle
- medley (noun): Combat, fighting; a battle.
- 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.
- melody (noun): tune; sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase
- 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
- memo (noun): A short note; a memorandum.
- mode (noun): One of several ancient Greek scales.
- model (noun): A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing.
- modeled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of model
- modem (noun): A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone line.
- molded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of mold
- mole (noun): A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
- mollycoddle† (noun): A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.
- mollycoddled† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of mollycoddle
- mooed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of moo
- oleo (noun): A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects.
- yell (verb): shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
- yelled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of yell
- yodel (verb): To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.
- yodeled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of yodel