NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 5, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | M |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, d, e, o, p, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 54 words |
| Total Points | 219 points |
| Genius Level | 153 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| D | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 10 |
| E | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| M | 9 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 19 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| T | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 9 | Σ | 21 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 54 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CO×8 |
|---|---|
| D | DE×6 DO×4 |
| E | EM×4 |
| M | ME×6 MO×13 |
| O | |
| P | PO×4 |
| T | TE×7 TO×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | COM×8 |
|---|---|
| D | DEE×2 DEM×4 DOM×2 DOO×2 |
| E | EMC×2 EMO×2 |
| M | MEE×1 MEM×3 MET×2 MOD×2 MOO×4 MOP×4 MOT×3 |
| O | |
| P | POE×1 POM×3 |
| T | TEE×2 TEM×5 TOM×1 TOT×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) |
|---|---|---|
| co...... † | CO8 | simple past tense and past participle of compete |
| co.. | CO4 | To move from further away to nearer to. |
| co... | CO5 | A small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and particles of rock whose very eccentric solar orbit periodically brings it close enough to the Sun that the ice vaporises to form an atmosphere, or coma, which may be blown by the solar wind to produce a visible tail. |
| co..... | CO7 | A low chest of drawers on short legs. |
| co.. | CO4 | Clipping of complimentary. |
| co.... | CO6 | simple past tense and past participle of comp |
| co..... | CO7 | To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend |
| co..... | CO7 | A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup. |
| de.. | DE4 | To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of deem |
| de.. | DE4 | A demonstration or visual explanation. |
| de.... | DE6 | simple past tense and past participle of demo |
| de.... | DE6 | To lower the rank or status of. |
| de..... | DE7 | simple past tense and past participle of demote |
| do.. | DO4 | A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere. |
| do... | DO5 | In the form of a dome. |
| do.. | DO4 | Destiny, especially terrible. |
| do.... | DO6 | Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome. |
| em... | EM5 | Alternative form of MC in its senses as Master of ceremonies. A rapper. |
| em.... | EM6 | simple past tense and past participle of emcee |
| em... | EM5 | To display or express (emotions, mental states, etc.) openly, particularly while acting, and especially in an excessive manner. To deliver (a speech), say (lines of a play, words), etc., in a dramatic or emotional manner, especially if overly so. |
| em.... | EM6 | simple past tense and past participle of emote |
| me.. | ME4 | To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter. |
| 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... | ME5 | simple past tense and past participle of meme |
| me.. | ME4 | A short note; a memorandum. |
| me.. | ME4 | To measure. |
| me... | ME5 | simple past tense and past participle of mete |
| mo.. | MO4 | One of several ancient Greek scales. |
| mo... | MO5 | A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone line. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A mental or emotional state, composure. |
| mo... | MO5 | simple past tense and past participle of moo |
| mo.. | MO4 | Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve. |
| mo.... | MO6 | Made, or proven to be, moot. |
| mo.. | MO4 | To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk. |
| mo... | MO5 | simple past tense and past participle of mope |
| mo.... | MO6 | simple past tense and past participle of mop |
| mo.... | MO6 | A child. Often used lovingly or in an affectionate way. |
| mo.. | MO4 | A small particle; a speck. |
| mo... | MO5 | A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem. |
| mo... | MO5 | A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement. |
| 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.. | 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. |
| te.. | TE4 | To be stocked to overflowing. |
| te.... | TE6 | simple past tense and past participle of teem |
| te.. | TE4 | Abbreviation of temperature. |
| te.... | TE6 | simple past tense and past participle of temp |
| te... | TE5 | A frequency or rate. |
| te... | TE5 | To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice. |
| te..... | TE7 | simple past tense and past participle of tempt |
| to.. | TO4 | One in a series of volumes. |
| to... | TO5 | Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family. |
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.
- competed† (CO8)
- come (CO4)
- comet (CO5)
- commode (CO7)
- comp (CO4)
- comped (CO6)
- compete (CO7)
- compote (CO7)
- deem (DE4)
- deemed (DE6)
- demo (DE4)
- demoed (DE6)
- demote (DE6)
- demoted (DE7)
- dome (DO4)
- domed (DO5)
- doom (DO4)
- doomed (DO6)
- emcee (EM5)
- emceed (EM6)
- emote (EM5)
- emoted (EM6)
- meet (ME4)
- meme (ME4)
- memed (ME5)
- memo (ME4)
- mete (ME4)
- meted (ME5)
- mode (MO4)
- modem (MO5)
- mood (MO4)
- mooed (MO5)
- moot (MO4)
- mooted (MO6)
- mope (MO4)
- moped (MO5)
- mopped (MO6)
- moppet (MO6)
- mote (MO4)
- motet (MO5)
- motto (MO5)
- poem (PO4)
- pome (PO4)
- pomp (PO4)
- pompom (PO6)
- teem (TE4)
- teemed (TE6)
- temp (TE4)
- temped (TE6)
- tempo (TE5)
- tempt (TE5)
- tempted (TE7)
- tome (TO4)
- totem (TO5)
Answer Definitions
- competed† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of compete
- come (verb): To move from further away to nearer to.
- comet (noun): A small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and particles of rock whose very eccentric solar orbit periodically brings it close enough to the Sun that the ice vaporises to form an atmosphere, or coma, which may be blown by the solar wind to produce a visible tail.
- commode (noun): A low chest of drawers on short legs.
- comp (adjective): Clipping of complimentary.
- comped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of comp
- compete (verb): To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend
- compote (noun): A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup.
- deem (verb): To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
- deemed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deem
- demo (noun): A demonstration or visual explanation.
- demoed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of demo
- demote (verb): To lower the rank or status of.
- demoted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of demote
- dome (noun): A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
- domed (adjective): In the form of a dome.
- doom (noun): Destiny, especially terrible.
- doomed (adjective): Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.
- emcee (noun): Alternative form of MC in its senses as Master of ceremonies. A rapper.
- emceed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of emcee
- emote (verb): To display or express (emotions, mental states, etc.) openly, particularly while acting, and especially in an excessive manner. To deliver (a speech), say (lines of a play, words), etc., in a dramatic or emotional manner, especially if overly so.
- emoted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of emote
- meet (verb): To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
- 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.
- memed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of meme
- memo (noun): A short note; a memorandum.
- mete (verb): To measure.
- meted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of mete
- mode (noun): One of several ancient Greek scales.
- modem (noun): A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone line.
- mood (noun): A mental or emotional state, composure.
- mooed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of moo
- moot (adjective): Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
- mooted (adjective): Made, or proven to be, moot.
- mope (verb): To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.
- moped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of mope
- mopped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of mop
- moppet (noun): A child. Often used lovingly or in an affectionate way.
- mote (noun): A small particle; a speck.
- motet (noun): A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
- motto (noun): A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
- 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.
- 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.
- teem (verb): To be stocked to overflowing.
- teemed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of teem
- temp (noun): Abbreviation of temperature.
- temped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of temp
- tempo (noun): A frequency or rate.
- tempt (verb): To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
- tempted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tempt
- tome (noun): One in a series of volumes.
- totem (noun): Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family.