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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.

• cite  (CI4)
• civet  (CI5)
• civic  (CI5)
• cocci  (CO5)
• coin  (CO4)
• conceit  (CO7)
• conceive  (CO8)
• concoction  (CO10)
• conic  (CO5)
• connection  (CO10)
• connective^†  (CO10)
• connive  (CO7)
• contention  (CO10)
• continence  (CO10)
• continent  (CO9)
• convection^†  (CO10)
• convective^†  (CO10)
• convenience  (CO11)
• convenient^†  (CO10)
• convention^†  (CO10)
• convict  (CO7)
• conviction  (CO10)
• convince  (CO8)
• cootie  (CO6)
• entice  (EN6)
• evict  (EV5)
• evictee  (EV7)
• eviction^†  (EV8)
• evince  (EV6)
• icon  (IC4)
• iconic  (IC6)
• incentive  (IN9)
• incite  (IN6)
• incontinence  (IN12)
• incontinent  (IN11)
• inconvenience  (IN13)
• inconvenient^†  (IN12)
• innie  (IN5)
• innocence  (IN9)
• innocent  (IN8)
• intent  (IN6)
• intention  (IN9)
• into  (IN4)
• intone  (IN6)
• invective  (IN9)
• invent  (IN6)
• invention  (IN9)
• inventive  (IN9)
• invite  (IN6)
• invitee  (IN7)
• invoice  (IN7)
• ionic  (IO5)
• nice  (NI4)
• nicotine  (NI8)
• niece  (NI5)
• nine  (NI4)
• nineteen  (NI8)
• nite  (NI4)
• notice  (NO6)
• notion  (NO6)
• novice  (NO6)
• onion  (ON5)
• ovine  (OV5)
• tectonic  (TE8)
• tinct  (TI5)
• tine  (TI4)
• tint  (TI4)
• tonic  (TO5)
• tontine  (TO7)
• toonie  (TO6)
• vein  (VE4)
• vice  (VI4)
• vine  (VI4)
• voice  (VO5)
• votive  (VO6)

Answer Definitions

• cite (verb): to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
• civet (noun): A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet (30–90 cm) long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail.
• civic (adjective): Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
• cocci (noun): plural of coccus
• coin (noun): A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
• conceit (noun): Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought.
• conceive (verb): To develop an idea; to form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to originate.
• concoction (noun): The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
• conic (adjective): Synonym of conical
• connection (noun): The act of connecting.
• connective^† (adjective): Serving or tending to connect; connecting.
• connive (verb): To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
• contention (noun): Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
• continence (noun): The voluntary control of urination and defecation.
• continent (noun): Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelves etc.
• convection^† (noun): The process of conveying something.
• convective^† (adjective): Of, pertaining to, or employing convection; convectional
• convenience (noun): The quality of being convenient.
• convenient^† (adjective): Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
• convention^† (noun): A meeting or gathering.
• convict (verb): To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or in a moral sense.
• conviction (noun): A firmly held belief.
• convince (verb): To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
• cootie (noun): A louse (Pediculus humanus).
• entice (verb): To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
• evict (verb): To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
• evictee (noun): One who is evicted.
• eviction^† (noun): The act of evicting.
• evince (verb): To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.
• icon (noun): An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
• iconic (adjective): Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
• incentive (noun): Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
• incite (verb): To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
• incontinence (noun): Lack of self-restraint, an inability to control oneself; unchastity.
• incontinent (adjective): Unable to contain or retain.
• inconvenience (noun): The quality of being inconvenient.
• inconvenient^† (adjective): not convenient
• innie (noun): A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
• innocence (noun): Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc.
• innocent (adjective): Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
• intent (noun): Something that is intended.
• intention (noun): A course of action that a person intends to follow.
• into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
• intone (verb): To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
• invective (noun): An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
• invent (verb): To design a new process or mechanism.
• invention (noun): Something invented.
• inventive (adjective): Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
• invite (verb): To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
• invitee (noun): a person who is invited into or onto someone else's premises
• invoice (noun): A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.
• ionic (adjective): of, relating to, or containing ions
• nice (adjective): Pleasant, satisfactory.
• nicotine (noun): An alkaloid (C10H14N2), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant. In small doses it is a habit-forming stimulant; in larger doses it is toxic and is often used in insecticides.
• niece (noun): A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
• 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.
• notice (noun): The act of observing; perception.
• notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
• novice (noun): A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject.
• onion (noun): A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
• ovine (adjective): Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, of an animal: from the genus Ovis.
• tectonic (adjective): Of or relating to construction or to architecture
• tinct (noun): A tint or colour.
• 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.
• tonic (adjective): Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
• tontine (noun): A form of investment in which, on the death of an investor, his share is divided amongst the other investors.
• toonie (noun): A Canadian two-dollar coin.
• vein (noun): A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
• vice (noun): A bad habit.
• vine (noun): The climbing plant that produces grapes.
• voice (noun): Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
• votive (adjective): Dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge.