NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 16, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | N |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, o, r, t, u |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 54 words |
| Total Points | 247 points |
| Genius Level | 173 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 6 |
| D | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| N | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| O | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| R | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 13 |
| T | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 14 |
| U | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Σ | 20 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 54 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AD×1 AN×2 AR×2 AU×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DA×2 DO×2 DU×1 |
| N | NA×5 NO×4 |
| O | ON×1 OR×1 OU×2 |
| R | RA×5 RO×5 RU×3 |
| T | TA×5 TO×3 TR×1 TU×5 |
| U | UD×1 UN×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ADO×1 ANN×1 ANO×1 ARO×1 ARR×1 AUN×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DAR×1 DAU×1 DON×2 DUN×1 |
| N | NAA×1 NAD×1 NAN×1 NAR×1 NAT×1 NON×1 NOO×1 NOT×1 NOU×1 |
| O | ONT×1 ORO×1 OUT×2 |
| R | RAD×1 RAN×3 RAT×1 ROA×1 RON×1 ROT×2 ROU×1 RUN×3 |
| T | TAN×3 TAR×1 TAU×1 TOO×1 TOR×2 TRU×1 TUN×2 TUR×3 |
| U | UDO×1 UND×1 UNT×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ro..... † | RO7 | A round building, usually small, often with a dome. |
| tu........ † | TU10 | The act of turning to face in the other direction. |
| ad... | AD5 | To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate. |
| an....... | AN9 | One who annotates. |
| an.. | AN4 | Straight away; at once. |
| ar.... | AR6 | Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something). |
| ar.... | AR6 | Complete; downright; utter. |
| au.. | AU4 | The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. |
| da.. | DA4 | Damn. |
| da... | DA5 | To discourage, intimidate. |
| do... | DO5 | One who makes a donation. |
| do... | DO5 | A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape, and mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, sometimes filled with jelly, custard or cream. |
| du... | DU5 | Pronunciation spelling of do not know; pronunciation spelling of does not know. |
| na.. | NA4 | A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine. |
| na.. | NA4 | Nothing. |
| na.. | NA4 | A banana. |
| na...... | NA8 | One who narrates or tells stories. |
| na.... | NA6 | floating or swimming (in water) |
| no.... | NO6 | That which is not art |
| no.. | NO4 | The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. |
| no..... | NO7 | One who notates; a writer of notation. |
| no.. | NO4 | A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English. |
| on.. | ON4 | Upon; on top of. |
| or..... | OR7 | Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound. |
| ou.... | OU6 | simple past tense of outrun |
| ou.... | OU6 | To run faster than. |
| ra... | RA5 | The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas. |
| ra.. | RA4 | The border of an area of land, especially marshland. |
| ra... | RA5 | Random; arbitrary. |
| ra.. | RA4 | To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger. |
| ra.... | RA6 | Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in |
| ro... | RO5 | A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains. |
| ro.... | RO6 | Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular. |
| ro... | RO5 | Of shape: Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction. |
| ru....... | RU9 | An evasive explanation in the form of multiple excuses. |
| ru.... | RU6 | Something that has been run out. |
| ru.. | RU4 | The smallest animal of a litter. |
| ta..... | TA7 | A cylindrical clay oven used, in the cuisine of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Indian subcontinent, to make flat bread, or to cook meat. |
| ta..... | TA7 | a flourish on a trumpet |
| ta.... | TA6 | A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text. |
| ta.... | TA6 | A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans and some Scottish families and institutions having their own distinctive patterns. |
| ta... | TA5 | to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner. |
| to.. | TO4 | A cartoon, especially an animated television show. |
| to.. | TO4 | past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed). |
| to..... | TO7 | A violent windstorm characterized by a mobile, twisting, funnel-shaped cloud. |
| tr.... | TR6 | Absent without permission, especially from school. |
| tu.. | TU4 | Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae. |
| tu.... | TU6 | A flat and treeless Arctic biome. |
| tu.. | TU4 | To make a non-linear physical movement. Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself. |
| tu..... | TU7 | The act of coming forth. |
| ud.. | UD4 | a Japanese wheat noodle |
| un.. | UN4 | To reverse the effects of an action. |
| un.. | UN4 | Up to the time or degree that; until. |
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.
- rotunda† (RO7)
- turnaround† (TU10)
- adorn (AD5)
- annotator (AN9)
- anon (AN4)
- around (AR6)
- arrant (AR6)
- aunt (AU4)
- darn (DA4)
- daunt (DA5)
- donor (DO5)
- donut (DO5)
- dunno (DU5)
- naan (NA4)
- nada (NA4)
- nana (NA4)
- narrator (NA8)
- natant (NA6)
- nonart (NO6)
- noon (NO4)
- notator (NO7)
- noun (NO4)
- onto (ON4)
- orotund (OR7)
- outran (OU6)
- outrun (OU6)
- radon (RA5)
- rand (RA4)
- rando (RA5)
- rant (RA4)
- rattan (RA6)
- roan (RO4)
- rondo (RO5)
- rotund (RO6)
- round (RO5)
- runaround (RU9)
- runout (RU6)
- runt (RU4)
- tandoor (TA7)
- tantara (TA7)
- tantra (TA6)
- tartan (TA6)
- taunt (TA5)
- toon (TO4)
- torn (TO4)
- tornado (TO7)
- truant (TR6)
- tuna (TU4)
- tundra (TU6)
- turn (TU4)
- turnout (TU7)
- udon (UD4)
- undo (UN4)
- unto (UN4)
Answer Definitions
- rotunda† (noun): A round building, usually small, often with a dome.
- turnaround† (noun): The act of turning to face in the other direction.
- adorn (verb): To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
- annotator (noun): One who annotates.
- anon (adverb): Straight away; at once.
- around (preposition): Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).
- arrant (adjective): Complete; downright; utter.
- aunt (noun): The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
- darn (adjective): Damn.
- daunt (verb): To discourage, intimidate.
- donor (noun): One who makes a donation.
- donut (noun): A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape, and mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, sometimes filled with jelly, custard or cream.
- dunno (contraction): Pronunciation spelling of do not know; pronunciation spelling of does not know.
- naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
- nada (pronoun): Nothing.
- nana (noun): A banana.
- narrator (noun): One who narrates or tells stories.
- natant (adjective): floating or swimming (in water)
- nonart (noun): That which is not art
- noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- notator (noun): One who notates; a writer of notation.
- noun (noun): A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
- onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
- orotund (adjective): Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound.
- outran (verb): simple past tense of outrun
- outrun (verb): To run faster than.
- radon (noun): The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.
- rand (noun): The border of an area of land, especially marshland.
- rando (adjective): Random; arbitrary.
- rant (verb): To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger.
- rattan (noun): Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.
- roan (adjective): Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
- rondo (noun): A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
- rotund (adjective): Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.
- round (adjective): Of shape: Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.
- runaround (noun): An evasive explanation in the form of multiple excuses.
- runout (noun): Something that has been run out.
- runt (noun): The smallest animal of a litter.
- tandoor (noun): A cylindrical clay oven used, in the cuisine of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Indian subcontinent, to make flat bread, or to cook meat.
- tantara (noun): a flourish on a trumpet
- tantra (noun): A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.
- tartan (noun): A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans and some Scottish families and institutions having their own distinctive patterns.
- taunt (verb): to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
- toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
- torn (verb): past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed).
- tornado (noun): A violent windstorm characterized by a mobile, twisting, funnel-shaped cloud.
- truant (adjective): Absent without permission, especially from school.
- tuna (noun): Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
- tundra (noun): A flat and treeless Arctic biome.
- turn (verb): To make a non-linear physical movement. Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- turnout (noun): The act of coming forth.
- udon (noun): a Japanese wheat noodle
- undo (verb): To reverse the effects of an action.
- unto (conjunction): Up to the time or degree that; until.