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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.

• airily  (AI6)
• airmail  (AI7)
• airplay  (AI7)
• alarm  (AL5)
• allay  (AL5)
• ally  (AL4)
• amply  (AM5)
• amyl  (AM4)
• appall  (AP6)
• apply  (AP5)
• aril  (AR4)
• illy  (IL4)
• impala  (IM6)
• imply  (IM5)
• lair  (LA4)
• lama  (LA4)
• lamp  (LA4)
• liar  (LI4)
• lily  (LI4)
• limp  (LI4)
• limply  (LI6)
• lippy  (LI5)
• lira  (LI4)
• llama  (LL5)
• mail  (MA4)
• malaria  (MA7)
• malarial  (MA8)
• mall  (MA4)
• mammal  (MA6)
• mill  (MI4)
• pail  (PA4)
• pall  (PA4)
• palm  (PA4)
• palmy  (PA5)
• palmyra  (PA7)
• palp  (PA4)
• papal  (PA5)
• papally  (PA7)
• papilla  (PA7)
• papillary  (PA9)
• parlay  (PA6)
• pill  (PI4)
• pillar  (PI6)
• pimply  (PI6)
• play  (PL4)
• primal  (PR6)
• primally^†  (PR8)
• primarily^†  (PR9)
• primly  (PR6)
• rail  (RA4)
• rally  (RA5)
• rial  (RI4)
• rill  (RI4)
• ripply  (RI6)
• riyal  (RI5)

Answer Definitions

• airily (adverb): In an airy manner.
• airmail (noun): The system of conveying mail using aircraft.
• airplay (noun): The playing of a particular song, band or genre on the radio, or the frequency with which it is played.
• alarm (noun): A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
• 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.
• amply (adverb): In an ample manner.
• amyl (noun): Synonym of pentyl
• appall (verb): To fill with horror; to dismay.
• apply (verb): To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
• aril (noun): A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.
• illy (adverb): Badly; poorly.
• impala (noun): An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns.
• imply (verb): to have as a necessary consequence
• lair (noun): A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
• lama (noun): A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
• lamp (noun): A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
• liar (noun): One who frequently tells lies.
• lily (noun): Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
• limp (verb): To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
• limply (adverb): In a limp manner, without support or resistance.
• lippy (adjective): Having prominent lips.
• lira (noun): The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
• llama (noun): A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
• mail (noun): A bag or wallet.
• malaria (noun): A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
• malarial (adjective): Of, relating to, or infected by malaria.
• mall (noun): A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
• mammal (noun): An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.
• mill (noun): A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
• pail (noun): A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
• pall (noun): Senses relating to cloth. Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes. A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse. A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist. A cloth used for various purposes on the altar in a church, such as a corporal (“cloth on which elements of the Eucharist are placed”) or frontal (“drapery covering the front of an altar”).
• palm (noun): Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
• palmy (adjective): Made out of palm leaves or palm sap.
• palmyra (noun): A palm (Borassus flabellifer) with straight black upright trunk and palmate leaves, whose wood, fruit, and roots can be used for many purposes.
• palp (noun): Synonym of pedipalp.
• papal (adjective): Having to do with the pope or the papacy.
• papally (adverb): in papal fashion
• papilla (noun): A nipple-like protuberance on a part or organ of the body. A vascular process of connective tissue extending into and nourishing the root of a hair, feather, or developing tooth. Any of the vascular protuberances of the dermal layer of the skin extending into the epidermal layer and often containing tactile corpuscles. Any of the small protuberances on the upper surface of the tongue often containing taste buds.
• papillary (adjective): Having the properties or appearance of a papilla (nipple).
• parlay (verb): To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet on to a subsequent wager or series of wagers.
• pill (noun): A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
• pillar (noun): A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
• pimply (adjective): Having pimples; pimpled.
• play (verb): To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
• primal (adjective): Being the first in time or in history.
• primally^† (adverb): in a primal manner
• primarily^† (adverb): Of a primary or central nature, first and foremost
• primly (adverb): In a prim manner.
• rail (noun): A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
• 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.
• rill (noun): A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
• ripply (adjective): Having ripples.
• riyal (noun): The official currency of Qatar and Saudi Arabia.