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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.

• cell  (CE4)
• celli  (CE5)
• cello  (CE5)
• clime  (CL5)
• clip  (CL4)
• clomp  (CL5)
• clop  (CL4)
• coil  (CO4)
• colic  (CO5)
• collie  (CO6)
• compel  (CO6)
• compile^†  (CO7)
• cool  (CO4)
• elope  (EL5)
• icicle  (IC6)
• impel  (IM5)
• lice  (LI4)
• lime  (LI4)
• limo  (LI4)
• limp  (LI4)
• lipo  (LI4)
• loci  (LO4)
• loco  (LO4)
• loll  (LO4)
• lollipop  (LO8)
• lollop  (LO6)
• loom  (LO4)
• loop  (LO4)
• lope  (LO4)
• melee  (ME5)
• mile  (MI4)
• mill  (MI4)
• moil  (MO4)
• mole  (MO4)
• moll  (MO4)
• oleic  (OL5)
• oleo  (OL4)
• olio  (OL4)
• ollie  (OL5)
• peel  (PE4)
• pellicle  (PE8)
• people  (PE6)
• piccolo  (PI7)
• pile  (PI4)
• pill  (PI4)
• pimple  (PI6)
• plie  (PL4)
• plop  (PL4)
• pole  (PO4)
• polemic^†  (PO7)
• police  (PO6)
• polio  (PO5)
• poll  (PO4)
• polo  (PO4)
• pomelo  (PO6)
• pommel  (PO6)
• pool  (PO4)

Answer Definitions

• cell (noun): A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
• celli (noun): plural of cello
• cello (noun): A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.
• clime (noun): A particular region defined by its weather or climate.
• clip (verb): To grip tightly.
• clomp (noun): The sound of feet hitting the ground loudly.
• clop (noun): The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.
• coil (noun): Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
• colic (noun): Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
• collie (noun): Any of various breeds of dog originating in Scotland and England as sheepdogs
• compel (verb): To drive together, round up (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• compile^† (verb): To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
• cool (adjective): Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
• elope (verb): To run away from home with a paramour.
• icicle (noun): A drooping, tapering shape of ice.
• impel (verb): To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.
• lice (noun): plural of louse
• lime (noun): Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
• limo (noun): Clipping of limousine.
• limp (verb): To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
• lipo (noun): Clipping of liposuction.
• loci (noun): plural of locus
• loco (adverb): A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
• loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
• lollipop (noun): An item of confectionery consisting of a piece of candy/sweet attached to a stick.
• lollop (verb): To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace.
• loom (noun): A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
• loop (noun): A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
• lope (verb): To travel an easy pace with long strides.
• melee (noun): A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
• mile (noun): The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
• mill (noun): A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
• moil (verb): To toil, to work hard.
• mole (noun): A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
• moll (noun): A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
• oleic (adjective): Of or pertaining to oil, especially to vegetable oil
• oleo (noun): A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects.
• olio (noun): A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
• ollie (noun): An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air.
• peel (verb): To remove the skin or outer covering of.
• pellicle (noun): A thin skin or film.
• people (noun): Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
• piccolo (noun): A piccolo piano.
• pile (noun): A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
• pill (noun): A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
• pimple (noun): An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
• plie (noun): Alternative spelling of plié
• plop (noun): A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
• pole (noun): Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
• polemic^† (noun): A person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
• police (noun): A public agency charged with enforcing laws and maintaining public order, usually being granted special privileges to do so, particularly
• polio (noun): Abbreviation of poliomyelitis.
• poll (noun): A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
• polo (noun): A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
• pomelo (noun): The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh.
• pommel (noun): The upper front brow of a saddle.
• pool (noun): A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.