NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 15, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | R |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, l, m, n, o, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 42 words |
| Total Points | 188 points |
| Genius Level | 132 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 | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 9 |
| L | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| M | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | - | 14 |
| N | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 |
| O | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| R | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 10 |
| Y | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | Σ | 13 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 42 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AL×1 AM×2 AR×6 |
|---|---|
| L | LO×1 |
| M | MA×7 MO×7 |
| N | NA×1 NO×4 |
| O | OR×2 |
| R | RA×2 RO×8 |
| Y | YA×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ALA×1 AMO×2 ARM×3 ARO×1 ARR×2 |
|---|---|
| L | LOR×1 |
| M | MAM×1 MAN×1 MAR×3 MAY×2 MOL×1 MOO×1 MOR×5 |
| N | NAR×1 NON×1 NOR×3 |
| O | ORA×2 |
| R | RAL×1 RAY×1 ROA×3 ROL×1 ROO×2 ROY×2 |
| Y | 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) |
|---|---|---|
| no...... † | NO8 | Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time |
| al... | AL5 | A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. |
| am.... | AM6 | Neither moral nor immoral. |
| am...... | AM8 | In an amoral manner; without morals. |
| 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). |
| lo... | LO5 | A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods |
| ma..... | MA7 | Of or relating to mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal). |
| ma... | MA5 | A landed estate. |
| 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... | 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. |
| ma..... | MA7 | Relating to a mayor (or the office of the mayor). |
| mo... | MO5 | A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food. |
| 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... | MO5 | Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour. |
| mo..... | MO7 | In terms of morals or ethics. |
| mo... | MO5 | Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae. |
| mo.. | MO4 | Morning. |
| mo... | MO5 | A stupid person; an idiot; a fool. |
| na.. | NA4 | Not, never. |
| no...... | NO8 | Not of royal rank or family |
| no.. | NO4 | That which is normal or typical. |
| no.... | NO6 | According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern. |
| or.. | OR4 | Relating to the mouth. |
| or.... | OR6 | By mouth. |
| ra... | RA5 | A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause. |
| 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. |
| ro.. | RO4 | To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface. |
| ro.. | RO4 | Opportunity or scope (to do something). |
| ro... | RO5 | Spacious, expansive, comfortable. |
| ro... | RO5 | Of or relating to a monarch or their family. |
| ro..... | RO7 | In a royal manner; in a manner having to do with royalty. |
| 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.
- normally† (NO8)
- alarm (AL5)
- amoral (AM6)
- amorally (AM8)
- armor (AR5)
- armory (AR6)
- army (AR4)
- aroma (AR5)
- array (AR5)
- arroyo (AR6)
- lorry (LO5)
- mammary (MA7)
- manor (MA5)
- marm (MA4)
- maroon (MA6)
- marry (MA5)
- mayor (MA5)
- mayoral (MA7)
- molar (MO5)
- moor (MO4)
- moral (MO5)
- morally (MO7)
- moray (MO5)
- morn (MO4)
- moron (MO5)
- nary (NA4)
- nonroyal (NO8)
- norm (NO4)
- normal (NO6)
- oral (OR4)
- orally (OR6)
- rally (RA5)
- rayon (RA5)
- roam (RO4)
- roan (RO4)
- roar (RO4)
- roll (RO4)
- room (RO4)
- roomy (RO5)
- royal (RO5)
- royally (RO7)
- yarn (YA4)
Answer Definitions
- normally† (adverb): Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- alarm (noun): A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- amoral (adjective): Neither moral nor immoral.
- amorally (adverb): In an amoral manner; without morals.
- 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).
- lorry (noun): A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods
- mammary (adjective): Of or relating to mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal).
- manor (noun): A landed estate.
- 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.
- 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.
- mayoral (adjective): Relating to a mayor (or the office of the mayor).
- molar (noun): A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.
- 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
- moral (adjective): Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
- morally (adverb): In terms of morals or ethics.
- moray (noun): Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
- morn (noun): Morning.
- moron (noun): A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
- nary (adverb): Not, never.
- nonroyal (adjective): Not of royal rank or family
- norm (noun): That which is normal or typical.
- normal (adjective): According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
- oral (adjective): Relating to the mouth.
- orally (adverb): By mouth.
- rally (noun): A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
- 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.
- roll (verb): To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
- room (noun): Opportunity or scope (to do something).
- roomy (adjective): Spacious, expansive, comfortable.
- royal (adjective): Of or relating to a monarch or their family.
- royally (adverb): In a royal manner; in a manner having to do with royalty.
- yarn (noun): A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.