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1. Spelling Bee Grid
2. Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
3. Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
4. Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
5. Today's Complete Solution
6. 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.

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.

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 (^†).

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.

• afro  (AF4)
• aloof  (AL5)
• cacao  (CA5)
• callaloo  (CA8)
• carol  (CA5)
• cloak  (CL5)
• clock  (CL5)
• coal  (CO4)
• coca  (CO4)
• cock  (CO4)
• cocoa  (CO5)
• cola  (CO4)
• collar  (CO6)
• color  (CO5)
• cook  (CO4)
• cookoff  (CO7)
• cool  (CO4)
• coral  (CO5)
• cork  (CO4)
• corolla  (CO7)
• corral  (CO6)
• croak  (CR5)
• croc  (CR4)
• crock  (CR5)
• crook  (CR5)
• falloff  (FA7)
• flock  (FL5)
• floor  (FL5)
• flora  (FL5)
• floral  (FL6)
• foal  (FO4)
• focal  (FO5)
• folk  (FO4)
• fool  (FO4)
• fora  (FO4)
• fork  (FO4)
• frock  (FR5)
• koala  (KO5)
• kola  (KO4)
• kook  (KO4)
• loaf  (LO4)
• local  (LO5)
• lock  (LO4)
• loco  (LO4)
• loll  (LO4)
• loofa  (LO5)
• look  (LO4)
• oarlock  (OA7)
• offal  (OF5)
• okra  (OK4)
• oral  (OR4)
• orca  (OR4)
• roar  (RO4)
• rock  (RO4)
• rockfall^†  (RO8)
• rococo  (RO6)
• roll  (RO4)
• roof  (RO4)
• rook  (RO4)

Answer Definitions

• afro (noun): hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.
• aloof (adverb): At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
• cacao (noun): A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
• callaloo (noun): Any of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genera Amaranthus and Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves.
• carol (noun): A round dance accompanied by singing.
• cloak (noun): A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
• clock (noun): An instrument that measures or keeps track of time; a non-wearable timepiece.
• coal (noun): A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
• coca (noun): Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
• cock (noun): A male bird, especially: A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). A cock pigeon.
• cocoa (noun): The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
• cola (noun): The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
• collar (noun): Clothes that encircle the neck. The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric. A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline. A chain worn around the neck. A similar detachable item. A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal. A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
• color (noun): The spectral composition of visible light.
• cook (noun): A person who prepares food.
• cookoff (noun): Alternative spelling of cook-off
• cool (adjective): Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
• coral (noun): Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.
• cork (noun): The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
• corolla (noun): An outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.
• corral (noun): An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
• croak (noun): A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
• croc (noun): A crocodile.
• crock (noun): A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
• crook (noun): A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
• falloff (noun): A reduction or decline.
• flock (noun): A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
• floor (noun): The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
• flora (noun): Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
• floral (adjective): Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers.
• foal (noun): A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
• focal (adjective): Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus.
• folk (adjective): Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
• fool (noun): A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
• fora (noun): plural of forum (alternative form of forums).
• fork (noun): Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows: A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting.
• frock (noun): A dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
• koala (noun): A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.
• kola (noun): A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract.
• kook (noun): An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
• loaf (noun): (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
• local (adjective): From or in a nearby location.
• lock (noun): Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
• loco (adverb): A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
• loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
• loofa (noun): Alternative form of loofah
• look (verb): To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
• oarlock (noun): A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.
• offal (noun): The internal organs of an animal, used as animal food.
• okra (noun): The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
• oral (adjective): Relating to the mouth.
• orca (noun): A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.
• roar (verb): To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
• rock (noun): A formation of minerals, specifically: The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
• rockfall^† (noun): A quantity of rocks that has fallen from a cliff etc.
• rococo (noun): A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
• 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.
• roof (noun): The external covering at the top of a building.
• rook (noun): A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.