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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.

• beet  (BE4)
• beetle  (BE6)
• belittle  (BE8)
• belt  (BE4)
• beltline  (BE8)
• bent  (BE4)
• betel  (BE5)
• billet  (BI6)
• bite  (BI4)
• bitten  (BI6)
• blunt  (BL5)
• built  (BU5)
• bullet  (BU6)
• bulletin^†  (BU8)
• bunt  (BU4)
• butt  (BU4)
• butte  (BU5)
• ebullient^†  (EB9)
• elite  (EL5)
• entente  (EN7)
• entitle  (EN7)
• inbuilt  (IN7)
• inlet  (IN5)
• intel  (IN5)
• intent  (IN6)
• intuit  (IN6)
• inutile  (IN7)
• lenient  (LE7)
• lent  (LE4)
• lentil  (LE6)
• lilt  (LI4)
• linnet  (LI6)
• lint  (LI4)
• lintel  (LI6)
• lite  (LI4)
• little  (LI6)
• lunette  (LU7)
• lute  (LU4)
• nettle  (NE6)
• nineteen  (NI8)
• nite  (NI4)
• teen  (TE4)
• tell  (TE4)
• telnet  (TE6)
• tenet  (TE5)
• tent  (TE4)
• tile  (TI4)
• till  (TI4)
• tilt  (TI4)
• tine  (TI4)
• tint  (TI4)
• title  (TI5)
• tittle  (TI6)
• tube  (TU4)
• tubule  (TU6)
• tulle  (TU5)
• tune  (TU4)
• tunnel  (TU6)
• tutee  (TU5)
• tutti  (TU5)
• tutu  (TU4)
• unbelt  (UN6)
• unbent  (UN6)
• unbuilt  (UN7)
• unit  (UN4)
• unite  (UN5)
• unlet  (UN5)
• unlit  (UN5)
• untie  (UN5)
• until  (UN5)
• untune  (UN6)
• utile  (UT5)

Answer Definitions

• beet (noun): Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
• beetle (noun): Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
• belittle (verb): To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation.
• belt (noun): A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
• beltline (noun): The imaginary line marking the upper end of the lower body of an automobile, running just below the bottoms of the windows
• bent (verb): simple past tense and past participle of bend
• betel (noun): Either of two plants often used in combination: an evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper the seed of the betel palm, Areca catechu: the betel nut
• billet (noun): A short informal letter.
• bite (verb): To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
• bitten (verb): past participle of bite
• blunt (adjective): Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
• built (adjective): well-built, muscular or toned.
• bullet (noun): A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
• bulletin^† (noun): A short report, especially one released through official channels to be broadcast or publicized.
• bunt (noun): The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
• butt (noun): The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end The buttocks .
• butte (noun): An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
• ebullient^† (adjective): Enthusiastic; high-spirited.
• elite (adjective): Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
• entente (noun): An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
• entitle (verb): To give a title to. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• inbuilt (adjective): Existing as an essential constituent; built-in; inherent; integral.
• inlet (verb): To let in; admit.
• intel (noun): intelligence (secret information)
• intent (noun): Something that is intended.
• intuit (verb): To know intuitively or by immediate perception.
• inutile (adjective): useless; unprofitable
• lenient (adjective): Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation
• lent (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Lent
• lentil (noun): Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
• lilt (verb): To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
• linnet (noun): A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
• lint (noun): Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
• lintel (noun): A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
• lite (adjective): Abridged; refers to a simpler or unpaid version of a product.
• little (adjective): Small in size.
• lunette (noun): A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape.
• lute (noun): A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
• nettle (noun): Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, the stinging nettles: Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle), Urtica incisa (Australian nettle); Wood nettle (Laportea canadensis); Bull nettles and spurge nettles of genus Cnidoscolus: Cnidoscolus stimulosus, bull nettle, spurge nettle, Cnidoscolus texanus, Texas bull nettle, Cnidoscolus urens, bull nettle, Nettle trees or tree nettles: Various species of the genus Dendrocnide: Urera baccifera (scratchbush), Urtica ferox (tree nettle); rock nettle (Eucnide); small-leaved nettle (Dendrocnide photinophylla).
• 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.
• teen (noun): Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old.
• tell (verb): To count, reckon, or enumerate.
• telnet (noun): A network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via the Internet; the program that acts as the client in this situation
• tenet (noun): An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
• tent (noun): A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
• tile (noun): A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc.
• till (preposition): Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
• tilt (verb): To slope or incline (something); to slant.
• 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.
• title (noun): An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification. See also Category:Titles
• tittle (noun): Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or if a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j.
• tube (noun): Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
• tubule (noun): A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.
• tulle (noun): A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.
• tune (noun): A melody.
• tunnel (noun): An underground or underwater passage.
• tutee (noun): A student of a tutor.
• tutti (adverb): All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.
• tutu (noun): A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
• unbelt (verb): To remove a belt
• unbent (verb): simple past tense and past participle of unbend
• unbuilt (adjective): Not built
• unit (noun): Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
• unite (verb): To bring together as one.
• unlet (adjective): Not let (not in temporary possession in return for rent)
• unlit (adjective): Not lit
• untie (verb): To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
• until (preposition): Up to the time of (something happening).
• untune (verb): To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action.
• utile (adjective): Useful.