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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.

• clot  (CL4)
• cocci  (CO5)
• cocoon  (CO6)
• coil  (CO4)
• coin  (CO4)
• colic  (CO5)
• colon  (CO5)
• colonic  (CO7)
• colt  (CO4)
• comic  (CO5)
• commit  (CO6)
• common  (CO6)
• commotion  (CO9)
• concoct  (CO7)
• concoction  (CO10)
• conic  (CO5)
• cool  (CO4)
• coot  (CO4)
• cotillion  (CO9)
• cotton  (CO6)
• icon  (IC4)
• iconic  (IC6)
• into  (IN4)
• ionic  (IO5)
• limo  (LI4)
• lion  (LI4)
• loci  (LO4)
• loco  (LO4)
• locomotion^†  (LO10)
• loin  (LO4)
• loll  (LO4)
• loom  (LO4)
• loon  (LO4)
• loot  (LO4)
• lotion  (LO6)
• lotto  (LO5)
• million  (MI7)
• minion  (MI6)
• moil  (MO4)
• moll  (MO4)
• molt  (MO4)
• mono  (MO4)
• monotonic  (MO9)
• moon  (MO4)
• moonlit  (MO7)
• moot  (MO4)
• motion  (MO6)
• motto  (MO5)
• noncom  (NO6)
• nonillion  (NO9)
• noon  (NO4)
• notion  (NO6)
• ocotillo  (OC8)
• octillion  (OC9)
• olio  (OL4)
• omit  (OM4)
• onion  (ON5)
• onto  (ON4)
• toil  (TO4)
• toll  (TO4)
• tomtit  (TO6)
• tonic  (TO5)
• tool  (TO4)
• toon  (TO4)
• toot  (TO4)

Answer Definitions

• clot (noun): A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
• cocci (noun): plural of coccus
• cocoon (noun): The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
• coil (noun): Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
• coin (noun): A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
• colic (noun): Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
• colon (noun): The punctuation mark ":".
• colonic (adjective): Of, relating to, affecting or within the colon.
• colt (noun): A young male horse.
• comic (adjective): Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
• commit (verb): To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
• common (adjective): Mutual; shared by more than one.
• commotion (noun): A state of turbulent motion.
• concoct (verb): To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
• concoction (noun): The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
• conic (adjective): Synonym of conical
• cool (adjective): Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
• coot (noun): Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
• cotillion (noun): A bold dance performed in groups of eight where women lift their skirts to display their ankles.
• cotton (noun): Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
• icon (noun): An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
• iconic (adjective): Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
• into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
• ionic (adjective): of, relating to, or containing ions
• limo (noun): Clipping of limousine.
• lion (noun): A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
• loci (noun): plural of locus
• loco (adverb): A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
• locomotion^† (noun): The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
• loin (noun): The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
• loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
• loom (noun): A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
• loon (noun): An idler, a lout.
• loot (noun): A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
• lotion (noun): A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
• lotto (noun): a game of chance similar to bingo
• million (numeral): The cardinal number 1,000,000: 10; a thousand thousand.
• minion (noun): A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
• moil (verb): To toil, to work hard.
• moll (noun): A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
• molt (verb): US standard spelling of moult.
• mono (noun): Clipping of mononucleosis.
• monotonic (adjective): of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress. It replaced polytonic system in 1982.
• moon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
• moonlit (adjective): Lit by moonlight.
• moot (adjective): Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
• motion (noun): A state of progression from one place to another.
• motto (noun): A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
• noncom (noun): A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy).
• nonillion (numeral): 10.
• noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
• notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
• ocotillo (noun): Any of various succulent plants, unrelated to the cactus, in genus Fouquieria, especially Fouquieria splendens, living in Central America or the southwest United States.
• octillion (numeral): A thousand trillion trillion, a billion billion billion: 1 followed by 27 zeros, 10.
• olio (noun): A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
• omit (verb): To leave out or exclude.
• onion (noun): A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
• onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
• toil (noun): Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
• toll (noun): Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
• tomtit (noun): Alternative spelling of tom-tit
• tonic (adjective): Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
• tool (noun): A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
• toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
• toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.