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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.

• ambient^†  (AM7)
• ambit  (AM5)
• anemia  (AN6)
• anima  (AN5)
• animate  (AN7)
• anime  (AN5)
• anti  (AN4)
• attain  (AT6)
• attainment  (AT10)
• attaint  (AT7)
• bait  (BA4)
• beanie  (BE6)
• biennia  (BI7)
• bite  (BI4)
• bitten  (BI6)
• eminent  (EM7)
• emit  (EM4)
• iamb  (IA4)
• iambi  (IA5)
• imam  (IM4)
• imbibe  (IM6)
• imitate  (IM7)
• imminent  (IM8)
• inane  (IN5)
• inanimate  (IN9)
• initiate  (IN8)
• inmate  (IN6)
• innate  (IN6)
• innie  (IN5)
• intent  (IN6)
• intimate  (IN8)
• item  (IT4)
• maim  (MA4)
• main  (MA4)
• maintain  (MA8)
• mania  (MA5)
• matinee  (MA7)
• meanie  (ME6)
• meantime  (ME8)
• mien  (MI4)
• mime  (MI4)
• mine  (MI4)
• mini  (MI4)
• minim  (MI5)
• minima  (MI6)
• mint  (MI4)
• mite  (MI4)
• mitt  (MI4)
• mitten  (MI6)
• nimbi  (NI5)
• nine  (NI4)
• nineteen  (NI8)
• nite  (NI4)
• taint  (TA5)
• tannin  (TA6)
• tatami  (TA6)
• teatime  (TE7)
• tibia  (TI5)
• tibiae  (TI6)
• time  (TI4)
• tine  (TI4)
• tint  (TI4)
• titan  (TI5)

Answer Definitions

• ambient^† (adjective): Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.
• ambit (noun): The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc. The area or sphere of control and influence of something.
• anemia (noun): A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue.
• anima (noun): The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
• animate (adjective): That which lives.
• anime (noun): An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.
• anti (adjective): Opposed to something.
• attain (verb): To gain (an object or desired result).
• attainment (noun): The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.
• attaint (adjective): Convicted, attainted.
• bait (noun): Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
• beanie (noun): A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.
• biennia (noun): plural of biennium
• bite (verb): To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
• bitten (verb): past participle of bite
• eminent (adjective): Noteworthy, remarkable, great.
• emit (verb): to send out or give off
• iamb (noun): A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
• iambi (noun): plural of iambus
• imam (noun): One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
• imbibe (verb): To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
• imitate (verb): To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
• imminent (adjective): about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
• inane (adjective): Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance)
• inanimate (adjective): Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.
• initiate (noun): A new member of an organization.
• inmate (noun): A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
• innate (adjective): Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
• innie (noun): A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
• intent (noun): Something that is intended.
• intimate (adjective): Closely acquainted; familiar.
• item (noun): A distinct physical object.
• 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.
• maintain (verb): To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
• mania (noun): Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
• matinee (noun): A showing of a movie, sporting event, or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon.
• meanie (noun): A mean (unkind or miserly) person; a killjoy.
• meantime (noun): The time spent waiting for another event; time in between.
• mien (noun): Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
• mime (noun): A form of acting without words; pantomime.
• mine (pronoun): That which belongs to me. Used predicatively.
• mini (adjective): Miniature, tiny, small.
• minim (noun): A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
• minima (noun): plural of minimum
• mint (noun): A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
• mite (noun): Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
• mitt (noun): A mitten
• mitten (noun): A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.
• nimbi (noun): plural of nimbus
• nine (numeral): NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 9.
• nineteen (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
• nite (noun): Informal spelling of night.
• taint (noun): A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
• tannin (noun): Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.
• tatami (noun): Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
• teatime (noun): The traditional time, in the late afternoon, for serving tea (the meal).
• tibia (noun): The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone
• tibiae (noun): plural of tibia
• time (noun): The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
• tine (noun): A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
• tint (noun): A slight coloring.
• titan (noun): Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.