NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 10, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | M |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, f, n, o, r, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 41 words |
| Total Points | 148 points |
| Genius Level | 104 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 |
| F | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 |
| M | 10 | 8 | 6 | - | 1 | 25 |
| N | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| O | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| R | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| T | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | Σ | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 41 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AM×1 AR×2 AT×1 |
|---|---|
| F | FA×1 FO×3 FR×2 |
| M | MA×12 MO×13 |
| N | NO×1 |
| O | OT×1 |
| R | RO×2 |
| T | TO×1 TR×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AMM×1 ARM×1 ARO×1 ATO×1 |
|---|---|
| F | FAR×1 FOA×1 FOR×2 FRO×2 |
| M | MAM×3 MAN×4 MAR×4 MAT×1 MOA×2 MOM×1 MON×1 MOO×4 MOR×3 MOT×2 |
| N | NOR×1 |
| O | OTT×1 |
| R | ROA×1 ROO×1 |
| T | TOM×1 TRA×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) |
|---|---|---|
| fr...... † | FR8 | A person acting as the public face of an organization; often when lacking actual authority, or representing a covert group. |
| am.. | AM4 | Ammunition. |
| ar... | AR5 | A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. |
| ar... | AR5 | A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one. |
| at.. | AT4 | The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons. |
| fa.. | FA4 | A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock. |
| fo.. | FO4 | A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially: |
| fo.. | FO4 | To do with shape. The shape or visible structure of a thing or person. A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold. Regularity, beauty, or elegance. The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists. Characteristics not involving atomic components. (Can we add an example for this sense?) A long bench with no back. The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body. The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid. |
| fo.... | FO6 | The layout of a publication or document. |
| fr.. | FR4 | Used to indicate source or provenance. |
| 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 | 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... | MA5 | A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States. |
| ma.... | MA6 | The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer. |
| ma.. | MA4 | madam; a polite term of address for a lady. |
| ma.... | MA6 | Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family. |
| ma.... | MA6 | An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. |
| ma.. | MA4 | A shop, store. |
| ma.... | MA6 | A mature or elderly woman. |
| mo.. | MO4 | a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure |
| mo.. | MO4 | A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation. |
| mo... | MO5 | mother |
| mo.. | MO4 | Clipping of mononucleosis. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”). |
| mo...... | MO8 | A sunroof that has a clear glass panel, rather than being opaque, so that light can enter the vehicle even when the roof is closed. |
| mo.. | MO4 | An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath |
| mo.. | MO4 | Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Morning. |
| mo... | MO5 | A stupid person; an idiot; a fool. |
| mo.... | MO6 | A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks. |
| mo... | MO5 | A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion. |
| mo... | MO5 | A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement. |
| no.. | NO4 | That which is normal or typical. |
| ot..... | OT7 | An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc. |
| ro.. | RO4 | To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Opportunity or scope (to do something). |
| to.... | TO6 | A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit. |
| tr.. | TR4 | A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America). |
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.
- frontman† (FR8)
- ammo (AM4)
- armor (AR5)
- aroma (AR5)
- atom (AT4)
- farm (FA4)
- foam (FO4)
- form (FO4)
- format (FO6)
- from (FR4)
- mama (MA4)
- mamma (MA5)
- mammon (MA6)
- manna (MA5)
- manor (MA5)
- manta (MA5)
- mantra (MA6)
- marm (MA4)
- marmot (MA6)
- maroon (MA6)
- mart (MA4)
- matron (MA6)
- moan (MO4)
- moat (MO4)
- momma (MO5)
- mono (MO4)
- moon (MO4)
- moonroof (MO8)
- moor (MO4)
- moot (MO4)
- morn (MO4)
- moron (MO5)
- mortar (MO6)
- motor (MO5)
- motto (MO5)
- norm (NO4)
- ottoman (OT7)
- roam (RO4)
- room (RO4)
- tomato (TO6)
- tram (TR4)
Answer Definitions
- frontman† (noun): A person acting as the public face of an organization; often when lacking actual authority, or representing a covert group.
- ammo (noun): Ammunition.
- armor (noun): A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
- aroma (noun): A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
- atom (noun): The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
- farm (noun): A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
- foam (noun): A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
- form (noun): To do with shape. The shape or visible structure of a thing or person. A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold. Regularity, beauty, or elegance. The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists. Characteristics not involving atomic components. (Can we add an example for this sense?) A long bench with no back. The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body. The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
- format (noun): The layout of a publication or document.
- from (preposition): Used to indicate source or provenance.
- 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.
- 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.
- manta (noun): A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
- mantra (noun): The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.
- marm (noun): madam; a polite term of address for a lady.
- marmot (noun): Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.
- maroon (noun): An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.
- mart (noun): A shop, store.
- matron (noun): A mature or elderly woman.
- moan (noun): a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
- moat (noun): A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
- momma (noun): mother
- mono (noun): Clipping of mononucleosis.
- moon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
- moonroof (noun): A sunroof that has a clear glass panel, rather than being opaque, so that light can enter the vehicle even when the roof is closed.
- moor (noun): An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
- moot (adjective): Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
- morn (noun): Morning.
- moron (noun): A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
- mortar (noun): A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
- motor (noun): A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
- motto (noun): A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
- norm (noun): That which is normal or typical.
- ottoman (noun): An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.
- roam (verb): To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
- room (noun): Opportunity or scope (to do something).
- tomato (noun): A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
- tram (noun): A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).