NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 22, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | E |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, h, k, l, m, o |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 34 words |
| Total Points | 109 points |
| Genius Level | 76 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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 10 |
| E | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| H | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| K | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| L | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| M | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 6 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Σ | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CE×2 CH×4 CL×1 CO×3 |
|---|---|
| E | EC×1 EM×1 |
| H | HE×9 HO×2 |
| K | KE×1 |
| L | LE×3 |
| M | ME×4 MO×2 |
| O | OL×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CEL×2 CHE×3 CHO×1 CLO×1 COC×1 COK×1 COM×1 |
|---|---|
| E | ECH×1 EMC×1 |
| H | HEC×2 HEE×1 HEL×4 HEM×2 HOL×1 HOM×1 |
| K | KEE×1 |
| L | LEC×1 LEE×2 |
| M | MEE×1 MEL×1 MEM×2 MOH×1 MOL×1 |
| O | OLE×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) |
|---|---|---|
| he..... † | HE7 | Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides. Cicuta, water hemlock plant. |
| ce.. | CE4 | A single-room dwelling for a hermit. |
| 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. |
| ch... | CH5 | A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece. |
| ch... | CH5 | The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity. |
| ch... | CH5 | Clipping of chemotherapy. |
| ch... | CH5 | To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict). |
| cl.... | CL6 | A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth. |
| co.... | CO6 | Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells. |
| co.. | CO4 | Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel. |
| co.. | CO4 | To move from further away to nearer to. |
| ec.. | EC4 | A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer. |
| em... | EM5 | Alternative form of MC in its senses as Master of ceremonies. A rapper. |
| he.. | HE4 | Hell. |
| he.... | HE6 | To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses. |
| he.. | HE4 | The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg. |
| he.. | HE4 | A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death. |
| he...... | HE8 | A place of intense hatred, misery, or turmoil. |
| he... | HE5 | A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence. |
| he.. | HE4 | The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel. |
| he.. | HE4 | The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A dwelling. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family; also, one’s birthplace. The place where a person was raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there. |
| ke.. | KE4 | A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern. |
| le.. | LE4 | A strong, lecherous desire or craving. |
| le... | LE5 | An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. |
| le.. | LE4 | The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion. |
| me.. | ME4 | Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing. |
| me... | ME5 | A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling. |
| 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.. | ME4 | A short note; a memorandum. |
| mo... | MO5 | The person who performs the circumcision in a Jewish bris. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy. |
| ol.. | OL4 | A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects. |
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.
- hemlock† (HE7)
- cell (CE4)
- cello (CE5)
- check (CH5)
- cheek (CH5)
- chemo (CH5)
- choke (CH5)
- cloche (CL6)
- cockle (CO6)
- coke (CO4)
- come (CO4)
- echo (EC4)
- emcee (EM5)
- heck (HE4)
- heckle (HE6)
- heel (HE4)
- hell (HE4)
- hellhole (HE8)
- hello (HE5)
- helm (HE4)
- heme (HE4)
- hole (HO4)
- home (HO4)
- keel (KE4)
- lech (LE4)
- leech (LE5)
- leek (LE4)
- meek (ME4)
- melee (ME5)
- meme (ME4)
- memo (ME4)
- mohel (MO5)
- mole (MO4)
- oleo (OL4)
Answer Definitions
- hemlock† (noun): Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides. Cicuta, water hemlock plant.
- cell (noun): A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
- 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.
- check (noun): A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- cheek (noun): The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
- chemo (noun): Clipping of chemotherapy.
- choke (verb): To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
- cloche (noun): A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
- cockle (noun): Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
- coke (noun): Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
- come (verb): To move from further away to nearer to.
- echo (noun): A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
- emcee (noun): Alternative form of MC in its senses as Master of ceremonies. A rapper.
- heck (interjection): Hell.
- heckle (verb): To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses.
- heel (noun): The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- hell (proper noun): A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.
- hellhole (noun): A place of intense hatred, misery, or turmoil.
- hello (interjection): A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.
- helm (noun): The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel.
- heme (noun): The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
- hole (noun): A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- home (noun): A dwelling. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family; also, one’s birthplace. The place where a person was raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there.
- keel (noun): A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
- lech (noun): A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
- leech (noun): An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- leek (noun): The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
- meek (adjective): Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.
- melee (noun): A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
- 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.
- memo (noun): A short note; a memorandum.
- mohel (noun): The person who performs the circumcision in a Jewish bris.
- mole (noun): A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
- oleo (noun): A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects.