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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.

• alack  (AL5)
• alarm  (AL5)
• amoral  (AM6)
• armlock^†  (AR7)
• call  (CA4)
• calla  (CA5)
• callaloo  (CA8)
• calm  (CA4)
• carol  (CA5)
• clack  (CL5)
• clam  (CL4)
• clamor  (CL6)
• cloaca  (CL6)
• cloak  (CL5)
• cloakroom^†  (CL9)
• clock  (CL5)
• coal  (CO4)
• cola  (CO4)
• collar  (CO6)
• color  (CO5)
• cool  (CO4)
• coral  (CO5)
• corolla  (CO7)
• corral  (CO6)
• koala  (KO5)
• kola  (KO4)
• lack  (LA4)
• lama  (LA4)
• lark  (LA4)
• llama  (LL5)
• loam  (LO4)
• local  (LO5)
• lock  (LO4)
• loco  (LO4)
• loll  (LO4)
• look  (LO4)
• loom  (LO4)
• mall  (MA4)
• mammal  (MA6)
• molar  (MO5)
• moll  (MO4)
• moola  (MO5)
• moral  (MO5)
• oarlock  (OA7)
• oral  (OR4)
• roll  (RO4)

Answer Definitions

• alack (interjection): An expression of sorrow or mourning.
• alarm (noun): A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
• amoral (adjective): Neither moral nor immoral.
• armlock^† (noun): A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.
• 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.
• callaloo (noun): Any of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genera Amaranthus and Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves.
• calm (adjective): Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
• carol (noun): A round dance accompanied by singing.
• clack (noun): An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
• clam (noun): A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
• clamor (noun): A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
• cloaca (noun): A sewer.
• cloak (noun): A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
• cloakroom^† (noun): A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• lack (noun): A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
• lama (noun): A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
• lark (noun): Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
• 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.
• loam (noun): A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
• 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.
• loom (noun): A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
• 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.
• molar (noun): A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.
• moll (noun): A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
• moola (noun): Money, cash.
• moral (adjective): Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
• oarlock (noun): A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.
• oral (adjective): Relating to the mouth.
• 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.