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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.

• alarm  (AL5)
• amoral  (AM6)
• ardor  (AR5)
• armada  (AR6)
• armload  (AR7)
• armor  (AR5)
• aroma  (AR5)
• arum  (AR4)
• aura  (AU4)
• aural  (AU5)
• aurora  (AU6)
• auroral  (AU7)
• dollar  (DO6)
• dolor  (DO5)
• door  (DO4)
• dorm  (DO4)
• dour  (DO4)
• dram  (DR4)
• drama  (DR5)
• droll  (DR5)
• drool  (DR5)
• drum  (DR4)
• drumroll  (DR8)
• dullard  (DU7)
• durum  (DU5)
• lard  (LA4)
• lord  (LO4)
• mallard  (MA7)
• malodor  (MA7)
• maraud  (MA6)
• marm  (MA4)
• modular^†  (MO7)
• molar  (MO5)
• moor  (MO4)
• moral  (MO5)
• mudroom  (MU7)
• mural  (MU5)
• murmur  (MU6)
• odor  (OD4)
• oral  (OR4)
• radar  (RA5)
• ramada  (RA6)
• ramrod  (RA6)
• road  (RO4)
• roam  (RO4)
• roar  (RO4)
• roll  (RO4)
• rood  (RO4)
• room  (RO4)
• rumor  (RU5)
• rural  (RU5)

Answer Definitions

• alarm (noun): A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
• amoral (adjective): Neither moral nor immoral.
• ardor (noun): Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
• armada (noun): A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.
• armload (noun): As much as can be carried with one, or a pair, of arms
• armor (noun): A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
• aroma (noun): A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
• arum (noun): A flower or plant in the genus Arum
• aura (noun): Distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something.
• aural (adjective): Of or pertaining to the ear.
• aurora (noun): An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.
• auroral (adjective): Pertaining to the dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning.
• dollar (noun): Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
• dolor (noun): Alternative spelling of dolour
• door (noun): A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
• dorm (noun): Clipping of dormitory.
• dour (adjective): Stern, harsh and forbidding.
• dram (noun): A small unit of weight, variously: One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (approximately 1.77 g). Alternative form of drachm (“⁄8 ounce apothecary (3.89 g) (symbol: ℨ)”). Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g). Synonym of drachma: a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).
• drama (noun): A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
• droll (adjective): Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
• drool (verb): To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
• drum (noun): A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
• drumroll (noun): Alternative spelling of drum roll
• dullard (noun): A stupid person; a fool.
• durum (noun): Ellipsis of durum wheat.
• lard (noun): Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
• lord (noun): The master of the servants of a household; the master of a feudal manor The male head of a household, a father or husband. The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
• mallard (noun): A common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.
• malodor (noun): An offensive odor.
• maraud (verb): To move about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
• marm (noun): madam; a polite term of address for a lady.
• modular^† (adjective): Consisting of separate modules; especially where each module performs or fulfills some specified function and could be replaced by a similar module for the same function, independently of the other modules.
• molar (noun): A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.
• moor (noun): An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath
• moral (adjective): Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
• mudroom (noun): A room used as a barrier between outdoors and indoors.
• mural (noun): A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.
• murmur (noun): Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water.
• odor (noun): Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
• oral (adjective): Relating to the mouth.
• radar (noun): A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces
• ramada (noun): A simple arbour or open porch, typically roofed with branches.
• ramrod (noun): Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.
• road (noun): A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
• roam (verb): To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
• roar (verb): To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
• 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.
• rood (noun): A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
• room (noun): Opportunity or scope (to do something).
• rumor (noun): A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
• rural (adjective): Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.