NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 30, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | C |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | d, e, l, m, o, y |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 36 words |
| Total Points | 182 points |
| Genius Level | 127 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</th><th>11</th><th>12 | Σ | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 9 | 6 | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 26 |
| D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| E | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| L | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 36 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CE×5 CL×3 CO×16 CY×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DE×5 |
| E | EM×2 |
| L | LO×1 |
| M | MO×2 |
| O | |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CED×2 CEL×3 CLO×3 COD×4 COE×1 COL×2 COM×4 COO×4 COY×1 CYC×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DEC×5 |
| E | EMC×2 |
| L | LOC×1 |
| M | MOL×2 |
| O | |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| mo......... † | MO11 | A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected. |
| mo.......... † | MO12 | simple past tense and past participle of mollycoddle |
| ce.. | CE4 | To give up; yield to another. |
| ce... | CE5 | simple past tense and past participle of cede |
| ce.. | CE4 | A single-room dwelling for a hermit. |
| ce.... | CE6 | Containing cells; cellular. |
| ce... | CE5 | A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow. |
| cl.. | CL4 | A lump of something, especially of earth or clay. |
| cl.. | CL4 | To fill up or choke up; to stop up. |
| cl.... | CL6 | simple past tense and past participle of cloy |
| co.... | CO6 | To treat gently or with great care. |
| co..... | CO7 | simple past tense and past participle of coddle |
| co.. | CO4 | A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents. |
| co... | CO5 | Encoded; written in code or cipher. |
| co.. | CO4 | Alternative form of co-ed |
| co.. | CO4 | Having a low temperature. |
| co.... | CO6 | in a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently. |
| co.. | CO4 | To move from further away to nearer to. |
| co.... | CO6 | A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece. |
| co.... | CO6 | Pleasing or attractive to the eye. |
| co..... | CO7 | A low chest of drawers on short legs. |
| co... | CO5 | simple past tense and past participle of coo |
| co.. | CO4 | Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold. |
| co.... | CO6 | simple past tense and past participle of cool |
| co.... | CO6 | In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner. |
| co... | CO5 | In a coy manner. |
| cy... | CY5 | An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed. |
| cy.... | CY6 | simple past tense and past participle of cycle |
| de.. | DE4 | Decompression. |
| de.... | DE6 | To convert from an encrypted form to plain text. |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of decode |
| de... | DE5 | A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger. |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of decoy |
| em... | EM5 | Alternative form of MC in its senses as Master of ceremonies. A rapper. |
| em.... | EM6 | simple past tense and past participle of emcee |
| lo.. | LO4 | A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower. |
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.
- mollycoddle† (MO11)
- mollycoddled† (MO12)
- cede (CE4)
- ceded (CE5)
- cell (CE4)
- celled (CE6)
- cello (CE5)
- clod (CL4)
- cloy (CL4)
- cloyed (CL6)
- coddle (CO6)
- coddled (CO7)
- code (CO4)
- coded (CO5)
- coed (CO4)
- cold (CO4)
- coldly (CO6)
- come (CO4)
- comedy (CO6)
- comely (CO6)
- commode (CO7)
- cooed (CO5)
- cool (CO4)
- cooled (CO6)
- coolly (CO6)
- coyly (CO5)
- cycle (CY5)
- cycled (CY6)
- deco (DE4)
- decode (DE6)
- decoded (DE7)
- decoy (DE5)
- decoyed (DE7)
- emcee (EM5)
- emceed (EM6)
- loco (LO4)
Answer Definitions
- mollycoddle† (noun): A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.
- mollycoddled† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of mollycoddle
- cede (verb): To give up; yield to another.
- ceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cede
- cell (noun): A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
- celled (adjective): Containing cells; cellular.
- cello (noun): A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.
- clod (noun): A lump of something, especially of earth or clay.
- cloy (verb): To fill up or choke up; to stop up.
- cloyed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cloy
- coddle (verb): To treat gently or with great care.
- coddled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of coddle
- code (noun): A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents.
- coded (adjective): Encoded; written in code or cipher.
- coed (adjective): Alternative form of co-ed
- cold (adjective): Having a low temperature.
- coldly (adverb): in a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.
- come (verb): To move from further away to nearer to.
- comedy (noun): A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece.
- comely (adjective): Pleasing or attractive to the eye.
- commode (noun): A low chest of drawers on short legs.
- cooed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of coo
- cool (adjective): Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
- cooled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cool
- coolly (adverb): In a cool, unpanicked or collected manner.
- coyly (adverb): In a coy manner.
- cycle (noun): An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
- cycled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cycle
- deco (noun): Decompression.
- decode (verb): To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
- decoded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of decode
- decoy (noun): A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
- decoyed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of decoy
- emcee (noun): Alternative form of MC in its senses as Master of ceremonies. A rapper.
- emceed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of emcee
- loco (adverb): A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.