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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.

• acclaim  (AC7)
• almanac  (AL7)
• anima  (AN5)
• animal  (AN6)
• anticlimactic^†  (AN13)
• caiman  (CA6)
• calm  (CA4)
• cami  (CA4)
• catmint  (CA7)
• claim  (CL5)
• claimant^†  (CL8)
• clam  (CL4)
• clamant  (CL7)
• climactic  (CL9)
• climatic  (CL8)
• imam  (IM4)
• inimical  (IN8)
• lama  (LA4)
• lamina  (LA6)
• laminal  (LA7)
• lima  (LI4)
• liminal  (LI7)
• limit  (LI5)
• limn  (LI4)
• llama  (LL5)
• mail  (MA4)
• mailman  (MA7)
• maim  (MA4)
• main  (MA4)
• maintain  (MA8)
• malic  (MA5)
• mall  (MA4)
• malt  (MA4)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mammal  (MA6)
• mammalian  (MA9)
• mancala  (MA7)
• mania  (MA5)
• maniac  (MA6)
• maniacal  (MA8)
• manic  (MA5)
• manila  (MA6)
• manna  (MA5)
• manta  (MA5)
• mica  (MI4)
• militant  (MI8)
• militia  (MI7)
• militiaman  (MI10)
• mill  (MI4)
• mimic  (MI5)
• mini  (MI4)
• minicam  (MI7)
• minim  (MI5)
• minima  (MI6)
• minimal  (MI7)
• mint  (MI4)
• mitt  (MI4)
• tatami  (TA6)

Answer Definitions

• acclaim (verb): To shout; to call out.
• almanac (noun): A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information.
• anima (noun): The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
• animal (noun): A eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
• anticlimactic^† (adjective): Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing.
• caiman (noun): Any of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae.
• calm (adjective): Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
• cami (noun): A camisole.
• catmint (noun): Synonym of catnip (the plant Nepeta cataria, or other members of the genus)
• claim (noun): A demand of ownership made for something.
• claimant^† (noun): One who claims; one who makes a claim.
• clam (noun): A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
• clamant (adjective): Urgent.
• climactic (adjective): Of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest excitement.
• climatic (adjective): Of, relating to, or influenced by climate.
• imam (noun): One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
• inimical (adjective): Harmful in effect.
• lama (noun): A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
• lamina (noun): a thin layer, plate, or scale of material
• laminal (adjective): laminar
• lima (noun): lima bean
• liminal (adjective): Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold.
• limit (noun): A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
• limn (verb): To draw or paint; to delineate.
• llama (noun): A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
• mail (noun): A bag or wallet.
• mailman (noun): someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes
• 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.
• malic (adjective): Pertaining to apples.
• mall (noun): A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
• malt (noun): Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
• mama (noun): Mother, female parent.
• mamma (noun): The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
• mammal (noun): An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.
• mammalian (adjective): of, or pertaining to, mammals
• mancala (noun): Any of various board games, common throughout Africa and Asia, in which a move consists of emptying a pit and then its contents are sown one by one into ensuing pits.
• mania (noun): Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
• maniac (noun): An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
• maniacal (adjective): Like a maniac; insane; frenzied.
• manic (adjective): Of or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or craziness; wicked.
• manila (adjective): Made of manila paper or material like it.
• manna (noun): Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
• manta (noun): A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
• mica (noun): Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
• militant (adjective): Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike.
• militia (noun): An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
• militiaman (noun): A member of a militia.
• mill (noun): A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
• mimic (verb): To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
• mini (adjective): Miniature, tiny, small.
• minicam (noun): A small movie camera.
• minim (noun): A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
• minima (noun): plural of minimum
• minimal (adjective): The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
• mint (noun): A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
• mitt (noun): A mitten
• tatami (noun): Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.