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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.

• acacia  (AC6)
• acai  (AC4)
• acid  (AC4)
• acidic  (AC6)
• acidy  (AC5)
• adamancy  (AD8)
• adman  (AD5)
• admin  (AD5)
• amid  (AM4)
• anima  (AN5)
• caddy  (CA5)
• caiman  (CA6)
• cami  (CA4)
• cancan  (CA6)
• candid  (CA6)
• candidacy  (CA9)
• candy  (CA5)
• candyman  (CA8)
• canid  (CA5)
• canny  (CA5)
• cayman  (CA6)
• cicada  (CI6)
• cyan  (CY4)
• daddy  (DA5)
• damn  (DA4)
• dandy  (DA5)
• dyad  (DY4)
• dynamic^†  (DY7)
• imam  (IM4)
• macadam  (MA7)
• macadamia  (MA9)
• madam  (MA5)
• madman  (MA6)
• maid  (MA4)
• maim  (MA4)
• main  (MA4)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mania  (MA5)
• maniac  (MA6)
• manic  (MA5)
• manna  (MA5)
• many  (MA4)
• mayday  (MA6)
• mica  (MI4)
• midday  (MI6)
• minicam  (MI7)
• minima  (MI6)
• myna  (MY4)
• naan  (NA4)
• nada  (NA4)
• naiad  (NA5)
• nana  (NA4)
• nanny  (NA5)
• niacin  (NI6)

Answer Definitions

• acacia (noun): A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
• acai (noun): Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
• acid (adjective): Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
• acidic (adjective): Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
• acidy (adjective): Like an acid, somewhat acid.
• adamancy (noun): The property of being adamant.
• adman (noun): A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.
• admin (noun): Administration, or administrative work.
• amid (preposition): In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.
• anima (noun): The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
• caddy (noun): One hired to assist another in playing the game of golf.
• caiman (noun): Any of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae.
• cami (noun): A camisole.
• cancan (noun): A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
• candid (adjective): Impartial and free from prejudice.
• candidacy (noun): The state of being a candidate; candidateship.
• candy (noun): Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
• candyman (noun): A male confectioner.
• canid (noun): Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals.
• canny (adjective): Careful, prudent, cautious.
• cayman (noun): Alternative spelling of caiman
• cicada (noun): Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. The periodical cicada.
• cyan (noun): A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.
• daddy (noun): Father.
• damn (verb): To condemn to hell.
• dandy (noun): A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
• dyad (noun): A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
• dynamic^† (adjective): Changing; active; in motion.
• imam (noun): One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
• macadam (noun): The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
• macadamia (noun): An evergreen tree, of the genus Macadamia, native to Australia and cultivated in Hawaii.
• madam (noun): A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
• madman (noun): A male who is insane or mentally disturbed.
• maid (noun): A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
• maim (verb): To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
• main (adjective): Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
• mama (noun): Mother, female parent.
• mamma (noun): The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
• mania (noun): Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
• maniac (noun): An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
• manic (adjective): Of or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or craziness; wicked.
• manna (noun): Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
• many (determiner): An indefinite large number of.
• mayday (interjection): emergency, need assistance
• mica (noun): Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
• midday (noun): noon; twelve o'clock during the day
• minicam (noun): A small movie camera.
• minima (noun): plural of minimum
• myna (noun): One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
• naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
• nada (pronoun): Nothing.
• naiad (noun): A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
• nana (noun): A banana.
• nanny (noun): A child's nurse.
• niacin (noun): A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.