NYT Spelling Bee Answers for March 23, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | O |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, d, i, m, t, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 26 words |
| Total Points | 121 points |
| Genius Level | 85 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 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 6 |
| D | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| I | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| M | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| O | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| T | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 26 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CO×6 |
|---|---|
| D | DI×1 DO×5 |
| I | ID×4 |
| M | MO×5 |
| O | OD×1 OM×1 |
| T | TO×3 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | COC×1 COM×4 COO×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DIT×1 DOD×1 DOO×2 DOT×2 |
| I | IDI×4 |
| M | MOM×1 MOO×3 MOT×1 |
| O | ODD×1 OMI×1 |
| T | TOD×1 TOM×1 TOO×1 |
| Y |
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 | plural of coccus |
| co... | CO5 | Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre. |
| co.... | CO6 | Courtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony. |
| co.... | CO6 | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto. |
| co....... † | CO9 | Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold. |
| co.. | CO4 | Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead. |
| di... | DI5 | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise. |
| do.. | DO4 | A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius. |
| do.. | DO4 | Destiny, especially terrible. |
| do... | DO5 | Filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic |
| do.... | DO6 | A company whose business is based around a website or primarily via the Internet. |
| do... | DO5 | Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile. |
| id.... | ID6 | The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; intellectual disability. |
| id... | ID5 | A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people. |
| id... | ID5 | A person of low general intelligence. |
| id..... | ID7 | Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy. |
| mo... | MO5 | Mother. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A mental or emotional state, composure. |
| mo... | MO5 | Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve. |
| mo... | MO5 | A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement. |
| od.... | OD6 | An odd or strange thing or opinion. |
| om.. | OM4 | To leave out or exclude. |
| to... | TO5 | Clipping of hot toddy. |
| to.... | TO6 | Alternative spelling of tom-tit |
| to.. | TO4 | The noise of a horn or whistle. |
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.
- cocci (CO5)
- comic (CO5)
- comity (CO6)
- commit (CO6)
- commodity† (CO9)
- coot (CO4)
- ditto (DI5)
- dodo (DO4)
- doom (DO4)
- doomy (DO5)
- dotcom (DO6)
- dotty (DO5)
- idiocy (ID6)
- idiom (ID5)
- idiot (ID5)
- idiotic (ID7)
- mommy (MO5)
- mood (MO4)
- moody (MO5)
- moot (MO4)
- motto (MO5)
- oddity (OD6)
- omit (OM4)
- toddy (TO5)
- tomtit (TO6)
- toot (TO4)
Answer Definitions
- cocci (noun): plural of coccus
- comic (adjective): Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
- comity (noun): Courtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.
- commit (verb): To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
- commodity† (noun): Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
- coot (noun): Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
- ditto (noun): That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
- dodo (noun): A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
- doom (noun): Destiny, especially terrible.
- doomy (adjective): Filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic
- dotcom (noun): A company whose business is based around a website or primarily via the Internet.
- dotty (adjective): Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.
- idiocy (noun): The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; intellectual disability.
- idiom (noun): A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
- idiot (noun): A person of low general intelligence.
- idiotic (adjective): Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.
- mommy (noun): Mother.
- mood (noun): A mental or emotional state, composure.
- moody (adjective): Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental.
- moot (adjective): Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
- motto (noun): A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
- oddity (noun): An odd or strange thing or opinion.
- omit (verb): To leave out or exclude.
- toddy (noun): Clipping of hot toddy.
- tomtit (noun): Alternative spelling of tom-tit
- toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.