NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 9, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | O |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, i, m, n, p |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 56 words |
| Total Points | 268 points |
| Genius Level | 188 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 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 7 |
| C | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 25 |
| I | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| M | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| N | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| O | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| P | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 8 | Σ | 17 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 56 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AM×4 AN×3 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×9 CI×3 CO×13 |
| I | IC×2 IO×1 |
| M | MA×1 MI×1 MO×6 |
| N | NI×1 NO×2 |
| O | ON×1 OP×1 |
| P | PI×2 PO×6 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AMI×1 AMM×2 AMN×1 ANI×2 ANO×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAC×1 CAM×2 CAN×4 CAP×2 CIA×1 CIN×1 CIO×1 COC×4 COI×1 COM×6 CON×1 COO×1 |
| I | ICO×2 ION×1 |
| M | MAM×1 MIN×1 MOA×1 MOM×1 MON×3 MOO×1 |
| N | NIN×1 NON×1 NOO×1 |
| O | ONI×1 OPI×1 |
| P | PIA×1 PIN×1 POI×1 POM×3 POO×1 POP×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) |
|---|---|---|
| co....... † | CO9 | A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies |
| am... | AM5 | Relating to an amine. |
| am.. | AM4 | Ammunition. |
| am..... | AM7 | A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste. |
| am... | AM5 | amniocentesis |
| an... | AN5 | A negatively charged ion. |
| an..... | AN7 | Of or pertaining to an anion. |
| an.. | AN4 | Straight away; at once. |
| ca... | CA5 | A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces. |
| ca... | CA5 | A police officer assigned to a university campus. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages. |
| ca... | CA5 | A generally accepted principle; a rule. |
| ca..... | CA7 | canonical |
| ca..... | CA7 | Relating to a forest canopy. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings. |
| ca... | CA5 | A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table. |
| ci.. | CI4 | hello, hi. |
| ci...... | CI8 | A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae. |
| ci...... | CI8 | An Italian-American shellfish and tomato stew. |
| co.. | CO4 | Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America. |
| co... | CO5 | plural of coccus |
| co... | CO5 | The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. |
| co.... | CO6 | The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa. |
| co.. | CO4 | A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle. |
| co.. | CO4 | A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma. |
| co... | CO5 | Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre. |
| co... | CO5 | English Wikipedia has an article on:commaWikipedia The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list. |
| co.... | CO6 | Mutual; shared by more than one. |
| co.. | CO4 | Clipping of complimentary. |
| co... | CO5 | Synonym of conical |
| co.. | CO4 | A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals. |
| ic.. | IC4 | An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion. |
| ic.... | IC6 | Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon. |
| io... | IO5 | of, relating to, or containing ions |
| ma.... | MA6 | Alternative letter-case form of Mammon (wealth, material avarice). |
| mi.... | MI6 | A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being. |
| mo.. | MO4 | a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure |
| mo... | MO5 | mother |
| mo.. | MO4 | Clipping of mononucleosis. |
| mo....... | MO9 | Excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject. |
| mo........ | MO10 | A person who is obsessed with a single thing, to the exclusion of other concerns. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”). |
| ni........ | NI10 | A foolish or silly person. |
| no.... | NO6 | A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy). |
| no.. | NO4 | The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. |
| on... | ON5 | A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. |
| op..... | OP7 | A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing. |
| pi... | PI5 | a percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings |
| pi.... | PI6 | A wing. |
| po....... | PO9 | A tropical tree, Delonix regia, with bright red flowers, native to Madagascar and now widely cultivated as an ornamental; the royal poinciana or flamboyant. |
| po.. | PO4 | Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. |
| po..... | PO7 | Any of various carangid fish, of the genus Trachinotus or species Alectis ciliaris, the African pompano, from coastal parts of the North Atlantic. |
| po.... | PO6 | A decorative ball made of pieces of soft fabric bound at the centre, most notably used in cheerleading. |
| po.. | PO4 | To make a short blast on a horn. |
| po... | PO5 | father, papa. |
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.
- companion† (CO9)
- amino (AM5)
- ammo (AM4)
- ammonia (AM7)
- amnio (AM5)
- anion (AN5)
- anionic (AN7)
- anon (AN4)
- cacao (CA5)
- camo (CA4)
- campo (CA5)
- cannon (CA6)
- canon (CA5)
- canonic (CA7)
- canopic (CA7)
- capo (CA4)
- capon (CA5)
- ciao (CI4)
- cinnamon (CI8)
- cioppino (CI8)
- coca (CO4)
- cocci (CO5)
- cocoa (CO5)
- cocoon (CO6)
- coin (CO4)
- coma (CO4)
- comic (CO5)
- comma (CO5)
- common (CO6)
- comp (CO4)
- conic (CO5)
- coop (CO4)
- icon (IC4)
- iconic (IC6)
- ionic (IO5)
- mammon (MA6)
- minion (MI6)
- moan (MO4)
- momma (MO5)
- mono (MO4)
- monomania (MO9)
- monomaniac (MO10)
- moon (MO4)
- nincompoop (NI10)
- noncom (NO6)
- noon (NO4)
- onion (ON5)
- opinion (OP7)
- piano (PI5)
- pinion (PI6)
- poinciana (PO9)
- pomp (PO4)
- pompano (PO7)
- pompom (PO6)
- poop (PO4)
- poppa (PO5)
Answer Definitions
- companion† (noun): A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
- amino (adjective): Relating to an amine.
- ammo (noun): Ammunition.
- ammonia (noun): A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste.
- amnio (noun): amniocentesis
- anion (noun): A negatively charged ion.
- anionic (adjective): Of or pertaining to an anion.
- anon (adverb): Straight away; at once.
- cacao (noun): A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
- camo (noun): A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
- campo (noun): A police officer assigned to a university campus.
- cannon (noun): A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
- canon (noun): A generally accepted principle; a rule.
- canonic (adjective): canonical
- canopic (adjective): Relating to a forest canopy.
- capo (noun): A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.
- capon (noun): A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
- ciao (interjection): hello, hi.
- cinnamon (noun): A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
- cioppino (noun): An Italian-American shellfish and tomato stew.
- coca (noun): Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
- cocci (noun): plural of coccus
- cocoa (noun): The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
- cocoon (noun): The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
- coin (noun): A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
- coma (noun): A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
- comic (adjective): Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
- comma (noun): English Wikipedia has an article on:commaWikipedia The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
- common (adjective): Mutual; shared by more than one.
- comp (adjective): Clipping of complimentary.
- conic (adjective): Synonym of conical
- coop (noun): A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
- icon (noun): An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
- iconic (adjective): Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
- ionic (adjective): of, relating to, or containing ions
- mammon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Mammon (wealth, material avarice).
- minion (noun): A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
- moan (noun): a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
- momma (noun): mother
- mono (noun): Clipping of mononucleosis.
- monomania (noun): Excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject.
- monomaniac (noun): A person who is obsessed with a single thing, to the exclusion of other concerns.
- moon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
- nincompoop (noun): A foolish or silly person.
- noncom (noun): A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy).
- noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- onion (noun): A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- opinion (noun): A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
- piano (noun): a percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings
- pinion (noun): A wing.
- poinciana (noun): A tropical tree, Delonix regia, with bright red flowers, native to Madagascar and now widely cultivated as an ornamental; the royal poinciana or flamboyant.
- pomp (noun): Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
- pompano (noun): Any of various carangid fish, of the genus Trachinotus or species Alectis ciliaris, the African pompano, from coastal parts of the North Atlantic.
- pompom (noun): A decorative ball made of pieces of soft fabric bound at the centre, most notably used in cheerleading.
- poop (verb): To make a short blast on a horn.
- poppa (noun): father, papa.