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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.

• admiral  (AD7)
• airmail  (AI7)
• alarm  (AL5)
• amid  (AM4)
• ammo  (AM4)
• amoral  (AM6)
• armada  (AR6)
• armadillo^†  (AR9)
• armload  (AR7)
• armor  (AR5)
• armorial  (AR8)
• aroma  (AR5)
• diorama  (DI7)
• dolma  (DO5)
• doom  (DO4)
• dorm  (DO4)
• dram  (DR4)
• drama  (DR5)
• idiom  (ID5)
• imam  (IM4)
• immoral  (IM7)
• lama  (LA4)
• lima  (LI4)
• limo  (LI4)
• llama  (LL5)
• loam  (LO4)
• loom  (LO4)
• madam  (MA5)
• maid  (MA4)
• mail  (MA4)
• mailroom  (MA8)
• maim  (MA4)
• malaria  (MA7)
• malarial  (MA8)
• mall  (MA4)
• mallard  (MA7)
• malodor  (MA7)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mammal  (MA6)
• marm  (MA4)
• midair  (MI6)
• midi  (MI4)
• mild  (MI4)
• mill  (MI4)
• mirror  (MI6)
• modal  (MO5)
• moil  (MO4)
• molar  (MO5)
• mold  (MO4)
• moll  (MO4)
• momma  (MO5)
• mood  (MO4)
• moola  (MO5)
• moor  (MO4)
• moral  (MO5)
• ramada  (RA6)
• ramrod  (RA6)
• roam  (RO4)
• room  (RO4)

Answer Definitions

• admiral (noun): A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces.
• airmail (noun): The system of conveying mail using aircraft.
• alarm (noun): A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
• amid (preposition): In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.
• ammo (noun): Ammunition.
• amoral (adjective): Neither moral nor immoral.
• armada (noun): A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.
• armadillo^† (noun): Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.
• 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.
• armorial (adjective): Of, or relating to heraldry, or to heraldic arms.
• aroma (noun): A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
• diorama (noun): A three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted background in front of which models are arranged, e.g. in a museum where stuffed animals are presented against a painted landscape.
• dolma (noun): Any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes. The filling generally consists of rice, minced meat or grains, together with onion, herbs and spices.
• doom (noun): Destiny, especially terrible.
• dorm (noun): Clipping of dormitory.
• 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
• idiom (noun): A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
• imam (noun): One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
• immoral (adjective): Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law.
• lama (noun): A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
• lima (noun): lima bean
• limo (noun): Clipping of limousine.
• 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.
• loam (noun): A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
• loom (noun): A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
• madam (noun): A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
• maid (noun): A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
• mail (noun): A bag or wallet.
• mailroom (noun): A room used for receiving and sending mail.
• maim (verb): To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
• malaria (noun): A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
• malarial (adjective): Of, relating to, or infected by malaria.
• mall (noun): A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
• mallard (noun): A common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.
• malodor (noun): An offensive odor.
• 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.
• marm (noun): madam; a polite term of address for a lady.
• midair (adjective): In the act of flight; airborne.
• midi (adjective): Having a hemline at mid-calf length.
• mild (adjective): Gentle and not easily angered.
• mill (noun): A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
• mirror (noun): A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
• modal (adjective): Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
• moil (verb): To toil, to work hard.
• molar (noun): A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.
• mold (noun): A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
• moll (noun): A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
• momma (noun): mother
• mood (noun): A mental or emotional state, composure.
• moola (noun): Money, cash.
• 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.
• 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.
• roam (verb): To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
• room (noun): Opportunity or scope (to do something).