NYT Spelling Bee Answers for November 1, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | M |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | b, d, e, l, n, o |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 56 words |
| Total Points | 258 points |
| Genius Level | 181 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 8 |
| D | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| E | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 7 |
| L | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| M | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 27 |
| N | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | Σ | 19 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | 56 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| B | BE×1 BL×2 BO×5 |
|---|---|
| D | DE×5 DO×4 |
| E | EM×7 |
| L | LE×1 LO×2 |
| M | ME×12 MO×15 |
| N | NO×1 |
| O | OM×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| B | BEL×1 BLO×2 BOM×3 BOO×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DEE×2 DEM×3 DOM×2 DOO×2 |
| E | EMB×5 EME×2 |
| L | LEM×1 LOO×2 |
| M | MED×2 MEL×5 MEM×3 MEN×2 MOB×1 MOD×4 MOL×4 MON×2 MOO×4 |
| N | NOB×1 |
| O | OME×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) |
|---|---|---|
| em...... † | EM8 | To render (someone) bolder or more courageous. |
| em........ † | EM10 | Having been made bold. |
| be..... | BE7 | plural of bellman |
| bl... | BL5 | A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud. |
| bl..... | BL7 | simple past tense and past participle of bloom |
| 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.... | BO6 | simple past tense and past participle of bomb |
| bo.. | BO4 | To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound. |
| bo.... | BO6 | simple past tense and past participle of boom |
| 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 demonstration or visual explanation. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of demo |
| de... | DE5 | An evil supernatural spirit. An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil. A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity. A very wicked or malevolent person; also a mischievous person, especially a child. A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw. |
| do.. | DO4 | A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere. |
| do... | DO5 | In the form of a dome. |
| do.. | DO4 | Destiny, especially terrible. |
| do.... | DO6 | Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome. |
| em... | EM5 | To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed. |
| em...... | EM8 | simple past tense and past participle of embed |
| em.... | EM6 | A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo. |
| em... | EM5 | To correct and revise (text or a document). |
| em..... | EM7 | simple past tense and past participle of emend |
| le... | LE5 | A yellowish citrus fruit. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general. |
| 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.. | 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...... | ME8 | A type of reed organ with a single keyboard. |
| me... | ME5 | Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Genus Cucumis, various musk melons, including the honeydew and the cantaloupes, and the horned melon. Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others Genus Benincasa, a winter melon Genus Momordica, the bitter melon |
| 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. |
| me.. | ME4 | A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending. |
| me.... | ME6 | simple past tense and past participle of mend |
| mo.... | MO6 | simple past tense and past participle of mob |
| 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.. | MO4 | A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance. |
| 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.. | MO4 | A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute. |
| mo... | MO5 | A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Clipping of mononucleosis. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A mental or emotional state, composure. |
| mo... | MO5 | simple past tense and past participle of moo |
| mo.. | MO4 | Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”). |
| mo.... | MO6 | simple past tense and past participle of moon |
| no...... | NO8 | plural of nobleman |
| om.. | OM4 | Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury. |
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.
- embolden† (EM8)
- emboldened† (EM10)
- bellmen (BE7)
- bloom (BL5)
- bloomed (BL7)
- bomb (BO4)
- bombe (BO5)
- bombed (BO6)
- boom (BO4)
- boomed (BO6)
- deem (DE4)
- deemed (DE6)
- demo (DE4)
- demoed (DE6)
- demon (DE5)
- dome (DO4)
- domed (DO5)
- doom (DO4)
- doomed (DO6)
- embed (EM5)
- embedded (EM8)
- emblem (EM6)
- emend (EM5)
- emended (EM7)
- lemon (LE5)
- loom (LO4)
- loomed (LO6)
- meddle (ME6)
- meddled (ME7)
- meld (ME4)
- melded (ME6)
- melee (ME5)
- melodeon (ME8)
- melon (ME5)
- meme (ME4)
- memed (ME5)
- memo (ME4)
- mend (ME4)
- mended (ME6)
- mobbed (MO6)
- mode (MO4)
- model (MO5)
- modeled (MO7)
- modem (MO5)
- mold (MO4)
- molded (MO6)
- mole (MO4)
- moll (MO4)
- mondo (MO5)
- mono (MO4)
- mood (MO4)
- mooed (MO5)
- moon (MO4)
- mooned (MO6)
- noblemen (NO8)
- omen (OM4)
Answer Definitions
- embolden† (verb): To render (someone) bolder or more courageous.
- emboldened† (adjective): Having been made bold.
- bellmen (noun): plural of bellman
- bloom (noun): A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
- bloomed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of bloom
- 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.
- bombed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of bomb
- boom (verb): To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
- boomed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of boom
- deem (verb): To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
- deemed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deem
- demo (noun): A demonstration or visual explanation.
- demoed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of demo
- demon (noun): An evil supernatural spirit. An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil. A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity. A very wicked or malevolent person; also a mischievous person, especially a child. A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw.
- dome (noun): A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
- domed (adjective): In the form of a dome.
- doom (noun): Destiny, especially terrible.
- doomed (adjective): Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.
- embed (verb): To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
- embedded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of embed
- emblem (noun): A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
- emend (verb): To correct and revise (text or a document).
- emended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of emend
- lemon (noun): A yellowish citrus fruit.
- loom (noun): A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
- 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
- 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.
- melodeon (noun): A type of reed organ with a single keyboard.
- melon (noun): Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Genus Cucumis, various musk melons, including the honeydew and the cantaloupes, and the horned melon. Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others Genus Benincasa, a winter melon Genus Momordica, the bitter melon
- 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.
- mend (noun): A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
- mended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of mend
- mobbed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of mob
- 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.
- mold (noun): A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- 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.
- moll (noun): A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
- mondo (noun): A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.
- mono (noun): Clipping of mononucleosis.
- mood (noun): A mental or emotional state, composure.
- mooed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of moo
- moon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
- mooned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of moon
- noblemen (noun): plural of nobleman
- omen (noun): Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.