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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.

• alum  (AL4)
• applaud  (AP7)
• duad  (DU4)
• dual  (DU4)
• duff  (DU4)
• dull  (DU4)
• dumdum  (DU6)
• dump  (DU4)
• fluff  (FL5)
• full  (FU4)
• laud  (LA4)
• luau  (LU4)
• lull  (LU4)
• lulu  (LU4)
• lump  (LU4)
• maul  (MA4)
• mudflap^†  (MU7)
• muff  (MU4)
• mull  (MU4)
• muumuu  (MU6)
• plum  (PL4)
• plump  (PL5)
• puff  (PU4)
• pull  (PU4)
• pulp  (PU4)
• puma  (PU4)
• pump  (PU4)
• pupa  (PU4)
• pupal  (PU5)

Answer Definitions

• alum (noun): An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O).
• applaud (noun): Applause; applauding.
• duad (noun): A pair or couple.
• dual (adjective): Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
• duff (noun): Dough.
• dull (adjective): Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
• dumdum (noun): A soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact to cause a gaping wound.
• dump (noun): A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
• fluff (noun): Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
• full (adjective): Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
• laud (noun): Praise or glorification.
• luau (noun): An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.
• lull (noun): A period of rest or soothing.
• lulu (noun): A remarkable person, object or idea.
• lump (noun): Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
• maul (noun): A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
• mudflap^† (noun): A rectangular flap mounted near the wheel of a truck to prevent mud from being thrown up onto the vehicle.
• muff (noun): A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.
• mull (verb): (usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
• muumuu (noun): A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches).
• plum (noun): The fruit and its tree. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica, often of a dark red or purple colour. The stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow. Prunus sect. Prunus Prunus cerasifera, the cherry plum or myrobalan Prunus salicina the Chinese plum or Japanese plum Prunus spinosa, the sloe Prunus ursina the bear's plum Prunus sect. Prunocerasus North American plums Prunus americana, the American plum Prunus angustifolia, the Chickasaw plum or sand plum Prunus hortulana, the hortulan plum Prunus nigra, the Canadian plum or black plum Prunus rivularis, the creek plum or hog plum Prunus subcordata, the Klamath plum or Oregon plum Prunus sect. Armeniaca (better known as apricots) Prunus mume, an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume. A dried grape or raisin, as used in a pudding or cake.
• plump (adjective): Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
• puff (noun): A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
• pull (verb): To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
• pulp (noun): A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper. A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose). A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation. The soft center of a fruit.
• puma (noun): A mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor).
• pump (noun): A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
• pupa (noun): Used as a specific epithet; resembling an insect in its pupal stage of development.
• pupal (adjective): Of or pertaining to the pupa stage of insect metamorphosis.