NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 4, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | T |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, i, l, m, n, o |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 42 words |
| Total Points | 171 points |
| Genius Level | 120 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 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| I | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| L | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 8 |
| M | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 8 |
| N | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| O | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| T | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 11 | Σ | 21 | 6 | 6 | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | 42 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CL×1 CO×8 |
|---|---|
| I | IL×1 IN×1 |
| L | LI×4 LO×4 |
| M | MI×2 MO×6 |
| N | NO×1 |
| O | OC×1 OM×1 ON×1 |
| T | TI×4 TO×7 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CLO×1 COL×1 COM×2 CON×2 COO×1 COT×2 |
|---|---|
| I | ILL×1 INT×1 |
| L | LIC×1 LIL×1 LIM×1 LIN×1 LOC×1 LOO×1 LOT×2 |
| M | MIN×1 MIT×1 MOL×1 MON×1 MOO×2 MOT×2 |
| N | NOT×1 |
| O | OCT×1 OMI×1 ONT×1 |
| T | TIL×2 TIN×2 TOI×1 TOL×1 TOM×1 TON×1 TOO×3 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| cl.. | CL4 | A thrombus, solidified mass of blood. |
| co.. | CO4 | A young male horse. |
| co.... | CO6 | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto. |
| co....... | CO9 | A state of turbulent motion. |
| co..... | CO7 | To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking. |
| co........ | CO10 | The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients. |
| co.. | CO4 | Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead. |
| co....... | CO9 | A bold dance performed in groups of eight where women lift their skirts to display their ankles. |
| co.... | CO6 | Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber. |
| il..... | IL7 | Not approved by law, but not invalid. |
| in.. | IN4 | To or towards the inside of. |
| li... | LI5 | Not forbidden by formal or informal rules. |
| li.. | LI4 | To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music. |
| li... | LI5 | A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. |
| li.. | LI4 | Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc. |
| lo........ † | LO10 | The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks. |
| lo.... | LO6 | A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin. |
| lo... | LO5 | a game of chance similar to bingo |
| mi.. | MI4 | A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence. |
| mi.. | MI4 | A mitten |
| mo.. | MO4 | US standard spelling of moult. |
| 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..... | 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 | Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept. |
| oc....... | OC9 | A thousand trillion trillion, a billion billion billion: 1 followed by 27 zeros, 10. |
| om.. | OM4 | To leave out or exclude. |
| on.. | ON4 | Upon; on top of. |
| ti.. | TI4 | Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time). |
| ti.. | TI4 | To slope or incline (something); to slant. |
| ti... | TI5 | A tint or colour. |
| ti.. | TI4 | A slight coloring. |
| to.. | TO4 | Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature. |
| to.. | TO4 | Loss or damage incurred through a disaster. |
| to.... | TO6 | Alternative spelling of tom-tit |
| to... | TO5 | Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles. |
| to.. | TO4 | A mechanical device intended to make a task easier. |
| to.. | TO4 | A cartoon, especially an animated television show. |
| 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.
- clot (CL4)
- colt (CO4)
- commit (CO6)
- commotion (CO9)
- concoct (CO7)
- concoction (CO10)
- coot (CO4)
- cotillion (CO9)
- cotton (CO6)
- illicit (IL7)
- into (IN4)
- licit (LI5)
- lilt (LI4)
- limit (LI5)
- lint (LI4)
- locomotion† (LO10)
- loot (LO4)
- lotion (LO6)
- lotto (LO5)
- mint (MI4)
- mitt (MI4)
- molt (MO4)
- monotonic (MO9)
- moonlit (MO7)
- moot (MO4)
- motion (MO6)
- motto (MO5)
- notion (NO6)
- octillion (OC9)
- omit (OM4)
- onto (ON4)
- till (TI4)
- tilt (TI4)
- tinct (TI5)
- tint (TI4)
- toil (TO4)
- toll (TO4)
- tomtit (TO6)
- tonic (TO5)
- tool (TO4)
- toon (TO4)
- toot (TO4)
Answer Definitions
- clot (noun): A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
- colt (noun): A young male horse.
- commit (verb): To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
- commotion (noun): A state of turbulent motion.
- concoct (verb): To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
- concoction (noun): The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
- coot (noun): Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
- cotillion (noun): A bold dance performed in groups of eight where women lift their skirts to display their ankles.
- cotton (noun): Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
- illicit (adjective): Not approved by law, but not invalid.
- into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
- licit (adjective): Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.
- lilt (verb): To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
- limit (noun): A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
- lint (noun): Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
- locomotion† (noun): The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
- loot (noun): A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
- lotion (noun): A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
- lotto (noun): a game of chance similar to bingo
- mint (noun): A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
- mitt (noun): A mitten
- molt (verb): US standard spelling of moult.
- 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.
- 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.
- notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
- octillion (numeral): A thousand trillion trillion, a billion billion billion: 1 followed by 27 zeros, 10.
- omit (verb): To leave out or exclude.
- onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
- till (preposition): Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
- tilt (verb): To slope or incline (something); to slant.
- tinct (noun): A tint or colour.
- tint (noun): A slight coloring.
- toil (noun): Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
- toll (noun): Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
- tomtit (noun): Alternative spelling of tom-tit
- tonic (adjective): Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
- tool (noun): A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
- toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
- toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.