NYT Spelling Bee Answers for November 11, 2021
Game Summary
| Center Letter | M |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, i, l, n, o, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 30 words |
| Total Points | 124 points |
| Genius Level | 87 points |
| Bingo? | No |
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 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| M | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 18 |
| N | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| T | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Σ | 14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 30 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CO×4 |
|---|---|
| I | |
| L | LI×3 LO×2 |
| M | MI×8 MO×10 |
| N | NO×1 |
| O | OM×1 |
| T | TO×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | COM×4 |
|---|---|
| I | |
| L | LIM×3 LOC×1 LOO×1 |
| M | MIL×2 MIM×1 MIN×4 MIT×1 MOI×1 MOL×2 MON×2 MOO×3 MOT×2 |
| N | NON×1 |
| O | OMI×1 |
| T | TOM×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) |
|---|---|---|
| co... | CO5 | Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre. |
| co.... | CO6 | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto. |
| co.... | CO6 | Mutual; shared by more than one. |
| co....... | CO9 | A state of turbulent motion. |
| li... | LI5 | A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. |
| li.. | LI4 | To draw or paint; to delineate. |
| li.. | LI4 | Clipping of limousine. |
| lo........ † | LO10 | The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general. |
| mi.. | MI4 | A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. |
| mi..... | MI7 | The cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand thousand. |
| mi... | MI5 | To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. |
| mi.. | MI4 | Miniature, tiny, small. |
| mi... | MI5 | A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem. |
| mi.... | MI6 | A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being. |
| mi.. | MI4 | A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence. |
| mi.. | MI4 | A mitten |
| mo.. | MO4 | To toil, to work hard. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute. |
| mo.. | MO4 | US standard spelling of moult. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Clipping of mononucleosis. |
| mo....... | MO9 | of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress. It replaced polytonic system in 1982. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”). |
| mo..... | MO7 | Lit by moonlight. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve. |
| mo.... | MO6 | A state of progression from one place to another. |
| mo... | MO5 | A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement. |
| no.... | NO6 | A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy). |
| om.. | OM4 | To leave out or exclude. |
| to.... | TO6 | Alternative spelling of tom-tit |
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.
- comic (CO5)
- commit (CO6)
- common (CO6)
- commotion (CO9)
- limit (LI5)
- limn (LI4)
- limo (LI4)
- locomotion† (LO10)
- loom (LO4)
- mill (MI4)
- million (MI7)
- mimic (MI5)
- mini (MI4)
- minim (MI5)
- minion (MI6)
- mint (MI4)
- mitt (MI4)
- moil (MO4)
- moll (MO4)
- molt (MO4)
- mono (MO4)
- monotonic (MO9)
- moon (MO4)
- moonlit (MO7)
- moot (MO4)
- motion (MO6)
- motto (MO5)
- noncom (NO6)
- omit (OM4)
- tomtit (TO6)
Answer Definitions
- comic (adjective): Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
- commit (verb): To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
- common (adjective): Mutual; shared by more than one.
- commotion (noun): A state of turbulent motion.
- limit (noun): A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
- limn (verb): To draw or paint; to delineate.
- limo (noun): Clipping of limousine.
- locomotion† (noun): The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
- loom (noun): A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
- mill (noun): A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
- million (numeral): The cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand thousand.
- mimic (verb): To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
- mini (adjective): Miniature, tiny, small.
- minim (noun): A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
- minion (noun): A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
- mint (noun): A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
- mitt (noun): A mitten
- moil (verb): To toil, to work hard.
- moll (noun): A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
- molt (verb): US standard spelling of moult.
- mono (noun): Clipping of mononucleosis.
- monotonic (adjective): of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress. It replaced polytonic system in 1982.
- moon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
- moonlit (adjective): Lit by moonlight.
- moot (adjective): Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
- motion (noun): A state of progression from one place to another.
- motto (noun): A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
- noncom (noun): A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy).
- omit (verb): To leave out or exclude.
- tomtit (noun): Alternative spelling of tom-tit