NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 1, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | A |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | h, m, n, o, r, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 50 words |
| Total Points | 193 points |
| Genius Level | 135 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 | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 11 |
| H | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| M | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | 17 |
| N | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Y | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | Σ | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 50 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AH×1 AM×1 AN×3 AR×6 |
|---|---|
| H | HA×5 HO×6 HY×1 |
| M | MA×12 MO×3 MY×2 |
| N | NA×4 |
| O | |
| R | RA×1 RO×3 |
| Y | YA×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AHO×1 AMM×1 ANN×1 ANO×1 ANY×1 ARM×3 ARO×1 ARR×2 |
|---|---|
| H | HAM×1 HAR×4 HOA×2 HON×1 HOO×2 HOR×1 HYM×1 |
| M | MAM×4 MAN×3 MAR×3 MAY×2 MOA×1 MOM×1 MOR×1 MYN×2 |
| N | NAA×1 NAN×2 NAR×1 |
| O | |
| R | RAY×1 ROA×3 |
| Y | YAH×1 YAR×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ha..... † | HA7 | Agreement or accord. |
| ah.. | AH4 | Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention. |
| am.. | AM4 | Ammunition. |
| an... | AN5 | To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. |
| an.. | AN4 | Straight away; at once. |
| an.... | AN6 | anyhow |
| ar... | AR5 | A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. |
| ar.... | AR6 | US standard spelling of armoury. |
| ar.. | AR4 | A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations. |
| ar... | AR5 | A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one. |
| ar... | AR5 | an ordered series or arrangement. |
| ar.... | AR6 | A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain). |
| ha... | HA5 | Resembling or characteristic of ham. |
| ha... | HA5 | A sin. |
| ha.. | HA4 | physical injury; hurt; damage |
| ha... | HA5 | To plunder, pillage, assault. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A white or greyish-white colour. |
| ho... | HO5 | White, whitish, or greyish-white. |
| ho...... | HO8 | Given as an honor/honour, with no duties attached, and without payment. |
| ho.... | HO6 | Alternative form of hurrah |
| ho.... | HO6 | Used to express approval, joy or victory. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide. |
| hy..... | HY7 | A book of hymns. |
| ma.. | MA4 | Mother, female parent. |
| ma... | MA5 | The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. |
| ma..... | MA7 | Of or relating to mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal). |
| ma.... | MA6 | Alternative letter-case form of Mammon (wealth, material avarice). |
| ma... | MA5 | Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus. |
| ma... | MA5 | A landed estate. |
| ma.. | MA4 | An indefinite large number of. |
| ma.. | MA4 | madam; a polite term of address for a lady. |
| ma.... | MA6 | An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. |
| ma... | MA5 | To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. |
| ma.. | MA4 | Clipping of mayonnaise. |
| ma... | MA5 | The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, &c., formerly usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally. |
| mo.. | MO4 | a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure |
| mo... | MO5 | mother |
| mo... | MO5 | Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae. |
| my.. | MY4 | One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae. |
| my... | MY5 | Alternative spelling of myna |
| na.. | NA4 | A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine. |
| na.. | NA4 | A banana. |
| na... | NA5 | A child's nurse. |
| na.. | NA4 | Not, never. |
| ra... | RA5 | A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber. |
| ro.. | RO4 | To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in |
| ro.. | RO4 | To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion. |
| ya... | YA5 | A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth person |
| ya.. | YA4 | A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving. |
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.
- harmony† (HA7)
- ahoy (AH4)
- ammo (AM4)
- annoy (AN5)
- anon (AN4)
- anyhoo (AN6)
- armor (AR5)
- armory (AR6)
- army (AR4)
- aroma (AR5)
- array (AR5)
- arroyo (AR6)
- hammy (HA5)
- haram (HA5)
- harm (HA4)
- harry (HA5)
- hoar (HO4)
- hoary (HO5)
- honorary (HO8)
- hoorah (HO6)
- hooray (HO6)
- hora (HO4)
- hymnary (HY7)
- mama (MA4)
- mamma (MA5)
- mammary (MA7)
- mammon (MA6)
- manna (MA5)
- manor (MA5)
- many (MA4)
- marm (MA4)
- maroon (MA6)
- marry (MA5)
- mayo (MA4)
- mayor (MA5)
- moan (MO4)
- momma (MO5)
- moray (MO5)
- myna (MY4)
- mynah (MY5)
- naan (NA4)
- nana (NA4)
- nanny (NA5)
- nary (NA4)
- rayon (RA5)
- roam (RO4)
- roan (RO4)
- roar (RO4)
- yahoo (YA5)
- yarn (YA4)
Answer Definitions
- harmony† (noun): Agreement or accord.
- ahoy (interjection): Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
- ammo (noun): Ammunition.
- annoy (verb): To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
- anon (adverb): Straight away; at once.
- anyhoo (adverb): anyhow
- armor (noun): A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
- armory (noun): US standard spelling of armoury.
- army (noun): A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
- aroma (noun): A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
- array (noun): an ordered series or arrangement.
- arroyo (noun): A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).
- hammy (adjective): Resembling or characteristic of ham.
- haram (noun): A sin.
- harm (noun): physical injury; hurt; damage
- harry (verb): To plunder, pillage, assault.
- hoar (noun): A white or greyish-white colour.
- hoary (adjective): White, whitish, or greyish-white.
- honorary (adjective): Given as an honor/honour, with no duties attached, and without payment.
- hoorah (interjection): Alternative form of hurrah
- hooray (interjection): Used to express approval, joy or victory.
- hora (noun): A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.
- hymnary (noun): A book of hymns.
- mama (noun): Mother, female parent.
- mamma (noun): The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
- mammary (adjective): Of or relating to mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal).
- mammon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Mammon (wealth, material avarice).
- manna (noun): Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
- manor (noun): A landed estate.
- many (determiner): An indefinite large number of.
- marm (noun): madam; a polite term of address for a lady.
- maroon (noun): An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.
- marry (verb): To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
- mayo (noun): Clipping of mayonnaise.
- mayor (noun): The chief executive of the municipal government of a city, borough, &c., formerly usually appointed as a caretaker by European royal courts but now usually appointed or elected locally.
- moan (noun): a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
- momma (noun): mother
- moray (noun): Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
- myna (noun): One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
- mynah (noun): Alternative spelling of myna
- naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
- nana (noun): A banana.
- nanny (noun): A child's nurse.
- nary (adverb): Not, never.
- rayon (noun): A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
- roam (verb): To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
- roan (adjective): Especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in
- roar (verb): To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
- yahoo (noun): A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth person
- yarn (noun): A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.