NYT Spelling Bee Answers for May 5, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | M |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, e, l, o, p, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 47 words |
| Total Points | 171 points |
| Genius Level | 120 points |
| Bingo? | No |
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 |
| E | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| L | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| M | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | - | 23 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 47 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AM×4 |
|---|---|
| E | EM×2 |
| L | LA×4 LE×1 LL×1 LO×3 |
| M | MA×8 ME×5 MO×8 MY×2 |
| O | |
| P | PA×3 PO×6 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AMM×1 AMP×2 AMY×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EMP×2 |
| L | LAM×4 LEM×1 LLA×1 LOA×2 LOO×1 |
| M | MAL×2 MAM×3 MAP×1 MAY×2 MEA×2 MEL×1 MEM×2 MOL×3 MOM×2 MOO×1 MOP×2 MYE×1 MYO×1 |
| O | |
| P | PAL×2 PAM×1 POE×1 POM×5 |
| Y |
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..... † | MA7 | A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day. |
| am.. | AM4 | Ammunition. |
| am... | AM5 | A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough. |
| am... | AM5 | In an ample manner. |
| am.. | AM4 | Synonym of pentyl |
| em.... | EM6 | The state of being an employee; employment. |
| em...... | EM8 | An individual who provides labor to a company or another person. |
| la.. | LA4 | A master of Tibetan Buddhism. |
| la.. | LA4 | Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. |
| la.... | LA6 | In the manner of one who is lame. |
| la.. | LA4 | A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb. |
| le... | LE5 | A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition. |
| ll... | LL5 | A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due. |
| lo... | LO5 | Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general. |
| ma.. | MA4 | Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct. |
| 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.... | MA6 | An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young. |
| ma... | MA5 | A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds. |
| ma.. | MA4 | Clipping of mayonnaise. |
| me.. | ME4 | Correct quotes |
| me... | ME5 | Resembling meal . |
| 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.. | MO4 | A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute. |
| mo... | MO5 | A woman or girl, especially of low status. |
| mo... | MO5 | mother |
| mo... | MO5 | Mother. |
| mo... | MO5 | Money, cash. |
| mo.. | MO4 | To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk. |
| mo... | MO5 | Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical. |
| my..... | MY7 | A malignant tumour arising from cells of the bone marrow, specifically plasma cells. |
| my... | MY5 | One who has myopia. |
| pa.. | PA4 | Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics. |
| pa... | PA5 | Made out of palm leaves or palm sap. |
| pa... | PA5 | singular of pampas |
| po.. | PO4 | A literary piece written in verse. |
| po.. | PO4 | A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels. |
| po.... | PO6 | The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh. |
| po.... | PO6 | The upper front brow of a saddle. |
| po.. | PO4 | Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. |
| po.... | PO6 | A decorative ball made of pieces of soft fabric bound at the centre, most notably used in cheerleading. |
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.
- maypole† (MA7)
- ammo (AM4)
- ample (AM5)
- amply (AM5)
- amyl (AM4)
- employ (EM6)
- employee (EM8)
- lama (LA4)
- lame (LA4)
- lamely (LA6)
- lamp (LA4)
- lemma (LE5)
- llama (LL5)
- loam (LO4)
- loamy (LO5)
- loom (LO4)
- male (MA4)
- mall (MA4)
- mama (MA4)
- mamma (MA5)
- mammal (MA6)
- maple (MA5)
- mayo (MA4)
- meal (ME4)
- mealy (ME5)
- melee (ME5)
- meme (ME4)
- memo (ME4)
- mole (MO4)
- moll (MO4)
- molly (MO5)
- momma (MO5)
- mommy (MO5)
- moola (MO5)
- mope (MO4)
- mopey (MO5)
- myeloma (MY7)
- myope (MY5)
- palm (PA4)
- palmy (PA5)
- pampa (PA5)
- poem (PO4)
- pome (PO4)
- pomelo (PO6)
- pommel (PO6)
- pomp (PO4)
- pompom (PO6)
Answer Definitions
- maypole† (noun): A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.
- ammo (noun): Ammunition.
- ample (determiner): A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough.
- amply (adverb): In an ample manner.
- amyl (noun): Synonym of pentyl
- employ (noun): The state of being an employee; employment.
- employee (noun): An individual who provides labor to a company or another person.
- lama (noun): A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
- lame (adjective): Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
- lamely (adverb): In the manner of one who is lame.
- lamp (noun): A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
- lemma (noun): A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
- llama (noun): A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
- loam (noun): A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
- loamy (adjective): Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.
- loom (noun): A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
- male (adjective): Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
- mall (noun): A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
- 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.
- mammal (noun): An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.
- maple (noun): A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.
- mayo (noun): Clipping of mayonnaise.
- meal (noun): Correct quotes
- mealy (adjective): Resembling meal .
- 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.
- mole (noun): A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
- moll (noun): A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
- molly (noun): A woman or girl, especially of low status.
- momma (noun): mother
- mommy (noun): Mother.
- moola (noun): Money, cash.
- mope (verb): To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.
- mopey (adjective): Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
- myeloma (noun): A malignant tumour arising from cells of the bone marrow, specifically plasma cells.
- myope (noun): One who has myopia.
- palm (noun): Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
- palmy (adjective): Made out of palm leaves or palm sap.
- pampa (noun): singular of pampas
- poem (noun): A literary piece written in verse.
- pome (noun): A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.
- pomelo (noun): The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh.
- pommel (noun): The upper front brow of a saddle.
- pomp (noun): Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
- pompom (noun): A decorative ball made of pieces of soft fabric bound at the centre, most notably used in cheerleading.