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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.

• check  (CH5)
• cheek  (CH5)
• chemo  (CH5)
• chock  (CH5)
• choke  (CH5)
• cloche  (CL6)
• coho  (CO4)
• echo  (EC4)
• heck  (HE4)
• heckle  (HE6)
• heel  (HE4)
• hell  (HE4)
• hellhole  (HE8)
• hello  (HE5)
• helm  (HE4)
• heme  (HE4)
• hemlock^†  (HE7)
• hock  (HO4)
• hoke  (HO4)
• hole  (HO4)
• home  (HO4)
• hooch  (HO5)
• hook  (HO4)
• kohl  (KO4)
• lech  (LE4)
• leech  (LE5)
• loch  (LO4)
• mohel  (MO5)
• mooch  (MO5)

Answer Definitions

• check (noun): A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
• cheek (noun): The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
• chemo (noun): Clipping of chemotherapy.
• chock (noun): Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
• choke (verb): To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
• cloche (noun): A glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
• coho (noun): An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
• echo (noun): A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
• heck (interjection): Hell.
• heckle (verb): To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses.
• heel (noun): The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
• hell (proper noun): A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.
• hellhole (noun): A place of intense hatred, misery, or turmoil.
• hello (interjection): A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.
• helm (noun): The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel.
• heme (noun): The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
• hemlock^† (noun): Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera Conium, either Conium maculatum or Conium chaerophylloides. Cicuta, water hemlock plant.
• hock (noun): A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
• hoke (noun): Alternative form of hook
• hole (noun): A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
• home (noun): A dwelling. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family; also, one’s birthplace. The place where a person was raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there.
• hooch (noun): Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
• hook (noun): A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
• kohl (noun): A dark powder (usually powdered antimony) used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries; stibnite.
• lech (noun): A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
• leech (noun): An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
• loch (noun): A lake.
• mohel (noun): The person who performs the circumcision in a Jewish bris.
• mooch (verb): To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.