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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.

• acacia  (AC6)
• acai  (AC4)
• acrylic  (AC7)
• acyclic  (AC7)
• afar  (AF4)
• affair  (AF6)
• affray  (AF6)
• airily  (AI6)
• airy  (AI4)
• alfalfa  (AL7)
• allay  (AL5)
• ally  (AL4)
• aria  (AR4)
• aril  (AR4)
• array  (AR5)
• calcify  (CA7)
• calf  (CA4)
• call  (CA4)
• calla  (CA5)
• carry  (CA5)
• carryall  (CA8)
• cilia  (CI5)
• circa  (CI5)
• clarify^†  (CL7)
• clay  (CL4)
• cyclical  (CY8)
• cyclically  (CY10)
• facial  (FA6)
• facially  (FA8)
• fail  (FA4)
• fair  (FA4)
• fairly  (FA6)
• fairy  (FA5)
• fall  (FA4)
• fallacy  (FA7)
• farcical  (FA8)
• farcically^†  (FA10)
• filial  (FI6)
• filially  (FI8)
• flail  (FL5)
• flair  (FL5)
• flay  (FL4)
• frail  (FR5)
• fray  (FR4)
• friar  (FR5)
• friary  (FR6)
• lacy  (LA4)
• laic  (LA4)
• laical  (LA6)
• laically  (LA8)
• lair  (LA4)
• liar  (LI4)
• lilac  (LI5)
• lira  (LI4)
• lyrical  (LY7)
• lyrically  (LY9)
• racial  (RA6)
• racially  (RA8)
• racy  (RA4)
• rail  (RA4)
• railcar  (RA7)
• rally  (RA5)
• rial  (RI4)
• riffraff  (RI8)
• riyal  (RI5)

Answer Definitions

• acacia (noun): A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
• acai (noun): Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
• acrylic (adjective): Derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile.
• acyclic (adjective): Not cyclic; having an open chain structure.
• afar (adverb): At, to, or from a great distance; far away.
• affair (noun): Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
• affray (verb): To startle from quiet; to alarm.
• airily (adverb): In an airy manner.
• airy (adjective): (of a room or building) spacious, well lit, and well ventilated.
• alfalfa (noun): A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
• allay (verb): To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
• ally (verb): To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
• aria (noun): A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.
• aril (noun): A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.
• array (noun): an ordered series or arrangement.
• calcify (verb): To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
• calf (noun): A young cow or bull.
• call (noun): A telephone conversation; a phone call.
• calla (noun): A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
• carry (verb): To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
• carryall (noun): A large bag; a holdall
• cilia (noun): plural of cilium
• circa (preposition): Approximately, about, around
• clarify^† (verb): (of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter.
• clay (noun): A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
• cyclical (adjective): recurring at regular intervals
• cyclically (adverb): In a cyclic manner; in cycles; periodically.
• facial (adjective): Of or affecting the face.
• facially (adverb): Using or involving the face.
• fail (verb): To be unsuccessful.
• fair (adjective): Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
• fairly (adverb): In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party
• fairy (noun): a small imaginary being of human form that has magical powers, especially a female one. E.g., Tinkerbell.
• fall (verb): To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
• fallacy (noun): Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
• farcical (adjective): Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.
• farcically^† (adverb): In a farcical manner
• filial (adjective): Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
• filially (adverb): In a filial manner.
• flail (noun): A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
• flair (noun): A natural or innate talent or aptitude.
• flay (verb): To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
• frail (adjective): Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
• fray (verb): To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction.
• friar (noun): A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites, Franciscans, or the Dominicans.
• friary (noun): house or dwelling where monks or members of certain religious communities live
• lacy (adjective): Made of lace or decorated with it.
• laic (noun): A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.
• laical (adjective): Of or pertaining to a layperson, layman, laywoman, or laypeople (laity).
• laically (adverb): As a layman.
• lair (noun): A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
• liar (noun): One who frequently tells lies.
• lilac (noun): A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.
• lira (noun): The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
• lyrical (adjective): Appropriate for or suggestive of singing.
• lyrically (adverb): In a manner that is pleasing to hear, as singing or speaking; in a lyrical manner.
• racial (adjective): Of or relating to a race (or a people).
• racially (adverb): Relating to race.
• racy (adjective): Mildly risqué.
• rail (noun): A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
• railcar (noun): A self-propelled railway vehicle for passengers, similar to a bus.
• rally (noun): A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
• rial (noun): The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
• riffraff (noun): The rabble; crowds; the common people.
• riyal (noun): The official currency of Qatar and Saudi Arabia.