NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 29, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | M |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | b, e, i, l, o, z |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 32 words |
| Total Points | 128 points |
| Genius Level | 90 points |
| Bingo? | No |
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</th><th>9</th><th>10 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| E | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| I | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| L | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| M | 9 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 15 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Z | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Σ | 16 | 8 | 4 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 32 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| B | BI×1 BL×1 BO×3 |
|---|---|
| E | EM×2 |
| I | IM×3 |
| L | LI×4 LO×1 |
| M | ME×6 MI×4 MO×5 |
| O | |
| Z | ZO×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| B | BIO×1 BLO×1 BOM×2 BOO×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EMB×2 |
| I | IMB×1 IMM×2 |
| L | LIM×4 LOO×1 |
| M | MEL×1 MEM×2 MEZ×3 MIL×2 MIM×2 MOB×2 MOI×1 MOL×2 |
| O | |
| Z | ZOM×1 ZOO×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) |
|---|---|---|
| bi... | BI5 | Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert |
| bl... | BL5 | A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud. |
| bo.. | BO4 | An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, one dropped from an aircraft. The atomic bomb. |
| bo... | BO5 | A dessert made from ice cream frozen in a (generally spherical or hemispherical) mold. |
| bo.. | BO4 | To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound. |
| em...... | EM8 | To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works. |
| em.... | EM6 | A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo. |
| im.... | IM6 | To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages). |
| im...... | IM8 | not mobile, not movable |
| im........ † | IM10 | To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving. |
| li.. | LI4 | A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing). |
| li... | LI5 | The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ (limbus patruum) and those of unbaptized but innocent children (limbus infantum). |
| li.. | LI4 | Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime). |
| li.. | LI4 | Clipping of limousine. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general. |
| 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.. | ME4 | A short note; a memorandum. |
| me.. | ME4 | Small portions of starters typical of Turkish, Greek and Levantine cuisine (equivalent to Spanish tapas or Hawaiian pu pu) often served as a light meal with pita. |
| me... | ME5 | Alternative spelling of meze |
| me... | ME5 | mezzo-soprano |
| mi.. | MI4 | The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards. |
| mi.. | MI4 | A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. |
| mi.. | MI4 | A form of acting without words; pantomime. |
| mi... | MI5 | A mimeograph. |
| mo.... | MO6 | Capable of being moved, especially on wheels. |
| mo...... † | MO8 | To make something mobile. |
| mo.. | MO4 | To toil, to work hard. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute. |
| zo.... | ZO6 | A snake god or fetish in religions of West Africa and elsewhere. |
| zo.. | ZO4 | A humming noise from something moving very fast. |
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.
- biome (BI5)
- bloom (BL5)
- bomb (BO4)
- bombe (BO5)
- boom (BO4)
- embezzle (EM8)
- emblem (EM6)
- imbibe (IM6)
- immobile (IM8)
- immobilize† (IM10)
- limb (LI4)
- limbo (LI5)
- lime (LI4)
- limo (LI4)
- loom (LO4)
- melee (ME5)
- meme (ME4)
- memo (ME4)
- meze (ME4)
- mezze (ME5)
- mezzo (ME5)
- mile (MI4)
- mill (MI4)
- mime (MI4)
- mimeo (MI5)
- mobile (MO6)
- mobilize† (MO8)
- moil (MO4)
- mole (MO4)
- moll (MO4)
- zombie (ZO6)
- zoom (ZO4)
Answer Definitions
- biome (noun): Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert
- bloom (noun): A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
- bomb (noun): An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, one dropped from an aircraft. The atomic bomb.
- bombe (noun): A dessert made from ice cream frozen in a (generally spherical or hemispherical) mold.
- boom (verb): To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
- embezzle (verb): To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.
- emblem (noun): A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
- imbibe (verb): To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
- immobile (adjective): not mobile, not movable
- immobilize† (verb): To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
- limb (noun): A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
- limbo (noun): The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ (limbus patruum) and those of unbaptized but innocent children (limbus infantum).
- lime (noun): Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
- limo (noun): Clipping of limousine.
- loom (noun): A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
- 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.
- memo (noun): A short note; a memorandum.
- meze (noun): Small portions of starters typical of Turkish, Greek and Levantine cuisine (equivalent to Spanish tapas or Hawaiian pu pu) often served as a light meal with pita.
- mezze (noun): Alternative spelling of meze
- mezzo (noun): mezzo-soprano
- mile (noun): The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
- mill (noun): A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
- mime (noun): A form of acting without words; pantomime.
- mimeo (noun): A mimeograph.
- mobile (adjective): Capable of being moved, especially on wheels.
- mobilize† (verb): To make something mobile.
- moil (verb): To toil, to work hard.
- mole (noun): A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
- moll (noun): A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
- zombie (noun): A snake god or fetish in religions of West Africa and elsewhere.
- zoom (noun): A humming noise from something moving very fast.