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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.

• actor  (AC5)
• actuator  (AC8)
• aorta  (AO5)
• arch  (AR4)
• arco  (AR4)
• arhat  (AR5)
• attar  (AT5)
• attract  (AT7)
• attractor  (AT9)
• aura  (AU4)
• aurora  (AU6)
• author  (AU6)
• autocrat  (AU8)
• carat  (CA5)
• carrot  (CA6)
• cart  (CA4)
• cataract  (CA8)
• catarrh  (CA7)
• char  (CH4)
• chart  (CH5)
• church  (CH6)
• churro  (CH6)
• coactor  (CO7)
• coauthor^†  (CO8)
• cohort  (CO6)
• court  (CO5)
• croc  (CR4)
• crotch  (CR6)
• crouch  (CR6)
• crutch  (CR6)
• curacao  (CU7)
• curator  (CU7)
• curt  (CU4)
• cutthroat^†  (CU9)
• hart  (HA4)
• hoar  (HO4)
• hoorah  (HO6)
• hora  (HO4)
• horror  (HO6)
• hour  (HO4)
• hurrah  (HU6)
• hurt  (HU4)
• occur  (OC5)
• orator  (OR6)
• orca  (OR4)
• outro  (OU5)
• ratatat  (RA7)
• roach  (RO5)
• roar  (RO4)
• rococo  (RO6)
• root  (RO4)
• rotator  (RO7)
• roto  (RO4)
• rotor  (RO5)
• rout  (RO4)
• taro  (TA4)
• tarot  (TA5)
• tart  (TA4)
• tartar  (TA6)
• throat  (TH6)
• torah  (TO5)
• torch  (TO5)
• toro  (TO4)
• tort  (TO4)
• tour  (TO4)
• tract  (TR5)
• tractor  (TR7)
• trot  (TR4)
• troth  (TR5)
• trout  (TR5)
• truth  (TR5)
• tutor  (TU5)

Answer Definitions

• actor (noun): Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.
• actuator (noun): Something that actuates something else.
• aorta (noun): The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
• arch (noun): An inverted U shape.
• arco (adverb): A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.
• arhat (noun): One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
• attar (noun): An essential oil extracted from flowers.
• attract (verb): To pull toward without touching.
• attractor (noun): Something which attracts.
• aura (noun): Distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something.
• 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.
• author (noun): The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
• autocrat (noun): An absolute ruler with infinite power.
• carat (noun): A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams.
• carrot (noun): A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae.
• cart (noun): A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
• cataract (noun): A waterspout.
• catarrh (noun): Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.
• char (verb): To burn something to charcoal.
• chart (noun): A map. A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon. A navigator's map.
• church (noun): A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
• churro (noun): A fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage.
• coactor (noun): An organism that participates in coaction
• coauthor^† (noun): An author who collaborates with another to write something.
• cohort (noun): A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
• court (noun): An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
• croc (noun): A crocodile.
• crotch (noun): The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place.
• crouch (verb): To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
• crutch (noun): A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
• curacao (noun): Alternative spelling of curaçao
• curator (noun): A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
• curt (adjective): Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
• cutthroat^† (noun): A murderer who slits the throats of victims.
• hart (noun): A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
• hoar (noun): A white or greyish-white colour.
• hoorah (interjection): Alternative form of hurrah
• hora (noun): A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.
• horror (noun): An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
• hour (noun): A time period of sixty minutes; one twenty-fourth of a day.
• hurrah (interjection): Expressing approval, appreciation, or happiness.
• hurt (verb): To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
• occur (verb): To happen or take place.
• orator (noun): Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
• orca (noun): A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.
• outro (noun): A portion of music at the end of a song; like an intro, but at the end instead of the beginning.
• ratatat (noun): A swiftly repeated knocking sound.
• roach (noun): Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including: Species in the genus Rutilus, especially: The common roach (Rutilus rutilus) The California roach, of the monotypic genus Hesperoleucus
• roar (verb): To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
• rococo (noun): A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
• root (noun): The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
• rotator (noun): One who or that which rotates.
• roto (noun): Clipping of rotogravure.
• rotor (noun): A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
• rout (noun): A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular , a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
• taro (noun): Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
• tarot (noun): A card game played in various different variations.
• tart (adjective): Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
• tartar (noun): A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate — a source of cream of tartar.
• throat (noun): The front part of the neck.
• torah (noun): the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
• torch (noun): A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.
• toro (noun): A traditional Japanese lantern.
• tort (noun): An injury or wrong.
• tour (noun): A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
• tract (noun): An area or expanse.
• tractor (noun): A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
• trot (noun): An ugly old woman, a hag.
• troth (noun): An oath, pledge, or promise. A pledge or promise to marry someone. The state of being thus pledged; betrothal, engagement.
• trout (noun): Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.
• truth (noun): True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
• tutor (noun): One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.