NYT Spelling Bee Answers for December 14, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | D |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, i, l, m, n, o |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 44 words |
| Total Points | 173 points |
| Genius Level | 121 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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| D | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| I | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| L | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| M | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| N | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 4 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 44 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AD×2 AL×1 AM×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DA×1 DI×5 DO×8 |
| I | ID×2 IN×2 |
| L | LA×2 LO×1 |
| M | MA×6 MI×4 MO×5 |
| N | NA×2 NO×2 |
| O |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ADM×2 ALM×1 AMI×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DAM×1 DIA×2 DIL×2 DIN×1 DOD×1 DOL×2 DOM×3 DOO×2 |
| I | IDI×1 IDO×1 INL×2 |
| L | LAI×1 LAN×1 LOA×1 |
| M | MAD×2 MAI×2 MAN×2 MID×2 MIL×1 MIN×1 MOD×1 MOL×1 MON×2 MOO×1 |
| N | NAD×1 NAI×1 NOD×1 NOM×1 |
| O |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ma...... † | MA8 | a stringed instrument and a member of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back |
| ad... | AD5 | A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements. |
| ad... | AD5 | Administration, or administrative work. |
| al.... | AL6 | A type of tree nut. |
| am.. | AM4 | In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by. |
| da.. | DA4 | To condemn to hell. |
| di.. | DI4 | A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed). |
| di..... | DI7 | A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron. |
| di... | DI5 | An artificial phallus (penis) for sexual use. |
| di.. | DI4 | Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed. |
| di.. | DI4 | dinosaur. |
| do.. | DO4 | A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius. |
| do.. | DO4 | A toy in the form of a human. |
| do... | DO5 | Any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or grains, together with onion, herbs and spices. |
| do.... | DO6 | A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization. |
| do...... | DO8 | Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy. |
| do.... | DO6 | A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. |
| do.... | DO6 | Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing. |
| do.. | DO4 | Destiny, especially terrible. |
| id... | ID5 | A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people. |
| id.. | ID4 | A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power. |
| in.... | IN6 | simple past tense and past participle of inlay |
| in.... | IN6 | Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior. |
| la.. | LA4 | simple past tense and past participle of lay |
| la.. | LA4 | The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A burden; a weight to be carried. |
| ma... | MA5 | A polite form of address for a woman or lady. |
| ma.... | MA6 | A male who is insane or mentally disturbed. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden. |
| ma...... | MA8 | The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula. |
| ma..... | MA7 | A graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities. |
| mi.. | MI4 | Having a hemline at mid-calf length. |
| mi..... | MI7 | The region of a country not near the borders; the interior. |
| mi.. | MI4 | Gentle and not easily angered. |
| mi.. | MI4 | The ability of rational thought. |
| mo... | MO5 | Of, or relating to a mode or modus. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance. |
| mo... | MO5 | An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible. |
| mo... | MO5 | A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A mental or emotional state, composure. |
| na.. | NA4 | Nothing. |
| na... | NA5 | A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water. |
| no... | NO5 | Of the nature of, or relating to, a node. |
| no... | NO5 | A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home. |
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.
- mandolin† (MA8)
- adman (AD5)
- admin (AD5)
- almond (AL6)
- amid (AM4)
- damn (DA4)
- dial (DI4)
- diamond (DI7)
- dildo (DI5)
- dill (DI4)
- dino (DI4)
- dodo (DO4)
- doll (DO4)
- dolma (DO5)
- domain (DO6)
- dominion (DO8)
- domino (DO6)
- doodad (DO6)
- doom (DO4)
- idiom (ID5)
- idol (ID4)
- inlaid (IN6)
- inland (IN6)
- laid (LA4)
- land (LA4)
- load (LO4)
- madam (MA5)
- madman (MA6)
- maid (MA4)
- mainland (MA8)
- mandala (MA7)
- midi (MI4)
- midland (MI7)
- mild (MI4)
- mind (MI4)
- modal (MO5)
- mold (MO4)
- monad (MO5)
- mondo (MO5)
- mood (MO4)
- nada (NA4)
- naiad (NA5)
- nodal (NO5)
- nomad (NO5)
Answer Definitions
- mandolin† (noun): a stringed instrument and a member of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back
- adman (noun): A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.
- admin (noun): Administration, or administrative work.
- almond (noun): A type of tree nut.
- amid (preposition): In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.
- damn (verb): To condemn to hell.
- dial (noun): A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
- diamond (noun): A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
- dildo (noun): An artificial phallus (penis) for sexual use.
- dill (noun): Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
- dino (noun): dinosaur.
- dodo (noun): A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
- doll (noun): A toy in the form of a human.
- dolma (noun): Any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or grains, together with onion, herbs and spices.
- domain (noun): A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
- dominion (noun): Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
- domino (noun): A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
- doodad (noun): Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.
- doom (noun): Destiny, especially terrible.
- idiom (noun): A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
- idol (noun): A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.
- inlaid (verb): simple past tense and past participle of inlay
- inland (adjective): Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.
- laid (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lay
- land (noun): The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
- load (noun): A burden; a weight to be carried.
- madam (noun): A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
- madman (noun): A male who is insane or mentally disturbed.
- maid (noun): A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
- mainland (noun): The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula.
- mandala (noun): A graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities.
- midi (adjective): Having a hemline at mid-calf length.
- midland (noun): The region of a country not near the borders; the interior.
- mild (adjective): Gentle and not easily angered.
- mind (noun): The ability of rational thought.
- modal (adjective): Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
- mold (noun): A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
- monad (noun): An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
- mondo (noun): A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.
- mood (noun): A mental or emotional state, composure.
- nada (pronoun): Nothing.
- naiad (noun): A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
- nodal (adjective): Of the nature of, or relating to, a node.
- nomad (noun): A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.