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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.

• dodo  (DO4)
• doll  (DO4)
• dollop  (DO6)
• dolly  (DO5)
• dolor  (DO5)
• door  (DO4)
• dopy  (DO4)
• dory  (DO4)
• dour  (DO4)
• dourly  (DO6)
• droll  (DR5)
• drolly  (DR6)
• drool  (DR5)
• drooly  (DR6)
• droop  (DR5)
• droopy  (DR6)
• drop  (DR4)
• duopoly  (DU7)
• loll  (LO4)
• lollop  (LO6)
• loop  (LO4)
• loopy  (LO5)
• lord  (LO4)
• lordly  (LO6)
• lordy  (LO5)
• lorry  (LO5)
• loud  (LO4)
• loudly  (LO6)
• oddly  (OD5)
• odor  (OD4)
• orlop  (OR5)
• plod  (PL4)
• plop  (PL4)
• ploy  (PL4)
• poll  (PO4)
• polo  (PO4)
• polyp  (PO5)
• pool  (PO4)
• poop  (PO4)
• poor  (PO4)
• poorly  (PO6)
• poppy  (PO5)
• pour  (PO4)
• prod  (PR4)
• prop  (PR4)
• propyl  (PR6)
• proud  (PR5)
• proudly^†  (PR7)
• pyro  (PY4)
• roll  (RO4)
• rood  (RO4)
• ropy  (RO4)
• updo  (UP4)
• your  (YO4)

Answer Definitions

• dodo (noun): A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
• doll (noun): A toy in the form of a human.
• dollop (noun): A considerable lump, scoop, or quantity of something, especially soft food.
• dolly (noun): A doll.
• dolor (noun): Alternative spelling of dolour
• door (noun): A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
• dopy (adjective): Alternative spelling of dopey
• dory (noun): A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
• dour (adjective): Stern, harsh and forbidding.
• dourly (adverb): In a dour manner.
• droll (adjective): Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
• drolly (adverb): In a droll, odd or humorous manner.
• drool (verb): To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
• drooly (adjective): Producing an excess of drool.
• droop (verb): To hang downward; to sag.
• droopy (adjective): Tending to droop; sagging; wilting.
• drop (noun): A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
• duopoly (noun): A market situation in which two companies exclusively provide a particular product or service.
• loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
• lollop (verb): To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace.
• loop (noun): A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
• loopy (adjective): Having loops.
• lord (noun): The master of the servants of a household; the master of a feudal manor The male head of a household, a father or husband. The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
• lordly (adjective): Of or relating to a lord.
• lordy (interjection): Alternative letter-case form of Lordy
• lorry (noun): A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods
• loud (adjective): Of great intensity.
• loudly (adverb): In a loud manner; at a high volume.
• oddly (adverb): In a peculiar manner; strangely; unusually.
• odor (noun): Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
• orlop (noun): The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship.
• plod (noun): A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.
• plop (noun): A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
• ploy (noun): A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
• poll (noun): A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
• polo (noun): A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
• polyp (noun): An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.
• pool (noun): A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
• poop (verb): To make a short blast on a horn.
• poor (adjective): With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
• poorly (adverb): In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort.
• poppy (noun): Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
• pour (verb): To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
• prod (verb): To poke, to push, to touch.
• prop (noun): An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
• propyl (noun): Either of two isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C3H7, formally derived from propane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
• proud (adjective): Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
• proudly^† (adverb): In a proud manner.
• pyro (noun): A pyromaniac.
• 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.
• rood (noun): A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
• ropy (adjective): Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch.
• updo (noun): A woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck
• your (determiner): Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).