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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.

• cell  (CE4)
• cello  (CE5)
• clomp  (CL5)
• clop  (CL4)
• clot  (CL4)
• collect  (CO7)
• collet  (CO6)
• colt  (CO4)
• compel  (CO6)
• complete^†  (CO8)
• cool  (CO4)
• elect  (EL5)
• electee  (EL7)
• elope  (EL5)
• loco  (LO4)
• locomote  (LO8)
• loll  (LO4)
• lollop  (LO6)
• loom  (LO4)
• loop  (LO4)
• loot  (LO4)
• lope  (LO4)
• lotto  (LO5)
• melee  (ME5)
• melt  (ME4)
• mettle  (ME6)
• mole  (MO4)
• moll  (MO4)
• molt  (MO4)
• motel  (MO5)
• mottle  (MO6)
• ocelot  (OC6)
• oleo  (OL4)
• omelet  (OM6)
• omelette  (OM8)
• peel  (PE4)
• pellet  (PE6)
• pelt  (PE4)
• people  (PE6)
• plop  (PL4)
• plot  (PL4)
• pole  (PO4)
• poll  (PO4)
• polo  (PO4)
• pomelo  (PO6)
• pommel  (PO6)
• pool  (PO4)
• telecom  (TE7)
• tell  (TE4)
• temple  (TE6)
• toll  (TO4)
• tool  (TO4)
• tootle  (TO6)
• topple  (TO6)

Answer Definitions

• cell (noun): A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
• cello (noun): A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.
• clomp (noun): The sound of feet hitting the ground loudly.
• clop (noun): The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.
• clot (noun): A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
• collect (verb): To gather together; amass.
• collet (noun): A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.
• colt (noun): A young male horse.
• compel (verb): To drive together, round up (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• complete^† (verb): To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
• cool (adjective): Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
• elect (noun): One chosen or set apart.
• electee (noun): Someone who is elected.
• elope (verb): To run away from home with a paramour.
• loco (adverb): A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
• locomote (verb): To move or travel (from one location to another).
• 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.
• loom (noun): A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
• loop (noun): A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
• loot (noun): A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
• lope (verb): To travel an easy pace with long strides.
• lotto (noun): a game of chance similar to bingo
• melee (noun): A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
• melt (noun): Molten material, the product of melting.
• mettle (noun): A quality of endurance and courage.
• mole (noun): A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
• moll (noun): A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
• molt (verb): US standard spelling of moult.
• motel (noun): A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there.
• mottle (verb): To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
• ocelot (noun): An American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.
• oleo (noun): A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects.
• omelet (noun): Alternative form of omelette
• omelette (noun): A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with cheese, chives or other foodstuffs.
• peel (verb): To remove the skin or outer covering of.
• pellet (noun): A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
• pelt (noun): The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it.
• people (noun): Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
• plop (noun): A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
• plot (noun): The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
• pole (noun): Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
• 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.
• pomelo (noun): The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh.
• pommel (noun): The upper front brow of a saddle.
• 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.
• telecom (noun): Telecommunication or telecommunications.
• tell (verb): To count, reckon, or enumerate.
• temple (noun): A house of worship, especially: A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.
• toll (noun): Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
• tool (noun): A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
• tootle (verb): To make a soft toot sound.
• topple (verb): To push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something.