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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.

• arbor  (AR5)
• arco  (AR4)
• baobab  (BA6)
• barbacoa  (BA8)
• blob  (BL4)
• bloc  (BL4)
• block  (BL5)
• boar  (BO4)
• boba  (BO4)
• bock  (BO4)
• bola  (BO4)
• boll  (BO4)
• bolo  (BO4)
• boob  (BO4)
• booboo  (BO6)
• book  (BO4)
• bookrack  (BO8)
• boor  (BO4)
• brook  (BR5)
• cacao  (CA5)
• callaloo  (CA8)
• carob  (CA5)
• carol  (CA5)
• cloak  (CL5)
• clock  (CL5)
• coal  (CO4)
• cobra  (CO5)
• coca  (CO4)
• cock  (CO4)
• cocoa  (CO5)
• cola  (CO4)
• collar  (CO6)
• color  (CO5)
• cook  (CO4)
• cookbook  (CO8)
• cool  (CO4)
• coral  (CO5)
• cork  (CO4)
• corolla  (CO7)
• corral  (CO6)
• croak  (CR5)
• croc  (CR4)
• crock  (CR5)
• crook  (CR5)
• kabob  (KA5)
• koala  (KO5)
• kola  (KO4)
• kook  (KO4)
• labor  (LA5)
• lobo  (LO4)
• local  (LO5)
• lock  (LO4)
• loco  (LO4)
• loll  (LO4)
• look  (LO4)
• oarlock  (OA7)
• okra  (OK4)
• oral  (OR4)
• orca  (OR4)
• roar  (RO4)
• robocall  (RO8)
• rock  (RO4)
• rococo  (RO6)
• roll  (RO4)
• rollback^†  (RO8)
• rollbar  (RO7)
• rook  (RO4)

Answer Definitions

• arbor (noun): A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
• arco (adverb): A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.
• baobab (noun): A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
• barbacoa (noun): Meat slow-cooked over an open fire, characteristic of Latin American cuisine.
• blob (noun): A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
• bloc (noun): A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
• block (noun): A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
• boar (noun): A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
• boba (noun): Synonym of tapioca pearl.
• bock (noun): A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.
• bola (noun): A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of a cord.
• boll (noun): The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
• bolo (noun): A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
• boob (noun): An idiot; a fool.
• booboo (noun): Alternative spelling of boo-boo
• book (noun): A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
• bookrack (noun): A rack for books; a bookshelf.
• boor (noun): A peasant.
• brook (verb): To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).
• 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.
• carob (noun): An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
• 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.
• cobra (noun): Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.
• 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.
• cookbook (noun): A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.
• 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.
• kabob (noun): US spelling of kebab
• 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.
• labor (noun): Alternative spelling of labour
• lobo (noun): A wolf.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• robocall (noun): An automated phone call, commonly for telemarketing purposes, that uses both an autodialer and a recorded message.
• 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.
• 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.
• rollback^† (noun): A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
• rollbar (noun): Alternative form of roll bar (“an anti-roll bar”)
• rook (noun): A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.