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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)
• belt  (BE4)
• bent  (BE4)
• bento  (BE5)
• betel  (BE5)
• blot  (BL4)
• blotto  (BL6)
• bolt  (BO4)
• bonnet  (BO6)
• boomlet  (BO7)
• boot  (BO4)
• bootee  (BO6)
• botnet  (BO6)
• bottle  (BO6)
• bottom  (BO6)
• element  (EL7)
• emote  (EM5)
• ennoblement^†  (EN11)
• entente  (EN7)
• entomb  (EN6)
• entombment  (EN10)
• lent  (LE4)
• lento  (LE5)
• loot  (LO4)
• lotto  (LO5)
• meet  (ME4)
• melt  (ME4)
• memento  (ME7)
• mentee  (ME6)
• mete  (ME4)
• mettle  (ME6)
• molt  (MO4)
• molten  (MO6)
• moment  (MO6)
• monotone  (MO8)
• monte  (MO5)
• moot  (MO4)
• mote  (MO4)
• motel  (MO5)
• motet  (MO5)
• mottle  (MO6)
• motto  (MO5)
• nettle  (NE6)
• nonet  (NO5)
• note  (NO4)
• omelet  (OM6)
• omelette  (OM8)
• onto  (ON4)
• teem  (TE4)
• teen  (TE4)
• tell  (TE4)
• telnet  (TE6)
• tenement  (TE8)
• tenet  (TE5)
• tenon  (TE5)
• tent  (TE4)
• toll  (TO4)
• tomb  (TO4)
• tome  (TO4)
• tone  (TO4)
• tonne  (TO5)
• tool  (TO4)
• toon  (TO4)
• toot  (TO4)
• tootle  (TO6)
• tote  (TO4)
• totem  (TO5)

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.
• 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.
• bent (verb): simple past tense and past participle of bend
• bento (noun): A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.
• 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
• blot (noun): A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
• blotto (adjective): (Very) drunk or intoxicated.
• bolt (noun): A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
• bonnet (noun): A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
• boomlet (noun): A small period of rapid growth.
• boot (noun): A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
• bootee (noun): A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.
• botnet (noun): A collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam.
• bottle (noun): A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
• bottom (noun): The lowest part of anything.
• element (noun): One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
• emote (verb): To display or express (emotions, mental states, etc.) openly, particularly while acting, and especially in an excessive manner. To deliver (a speech), say (lines of a play, words), etc., in a dramatic or emotional manner, especially if overly so.
• ennoblement^† (noun): The state of being noble
• entente (noun): An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
• entomb (verb): To deposit in a tomb.
• entombment (noun): The act of entombing or the state of being entombed
• lent (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Lent
• lento (adjective): Slow (45–60 bpm).
• loot (noun): A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
• lotto (noun): a game of chance similar to bingo
• meet (verb): To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
• melt (noun): Molten material, the product of melting.
• memento (noun): A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.
• mentee (noun): A person who is being mentored
• mete (verb): To measure.
• mettle (noun): A quality of endurance and courage.
• molt (verb): US standard spelling of moult.
• molten (adjective): Melted.
• moment (noun): A brief, unspecified amount of time.
• monotone (adjective): Having a single unvaried pitch.
• monte (noun): A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.
• moot (adjective): Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
• mote (noun): A small particle; a speck.
• motel (noun): A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there.
• motet (noun): A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
• mottle (verb): To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
• motto (noun): A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
• 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).
• nonet (noun): A composition for nine instruments or nine voices.
• note (noun): A symbol or annotation. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
• omelet (noun): Alternative form of omelette
• omelette (noun): A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with cheese, chives or other foodstuffs.
• onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
• teem (verb): To be stocked to overflowing.
• 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
• tenement (noun): A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.
• tenet (noun): An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
• tenon (noun): A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
• 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.
• toll (noun): Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
• tomb (noun): A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
• tome (noun): One in a series of volumes.
• tone (noun): A specific pitch.
• tonne (noun): A metric unit of mass equal to a thousand kilograms. Symbol: t
• tool (noun): A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
• toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
• toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
• tootle (verb): To make a soft toot sound.
• tote (noun): A tote bag.
• totem (noun): Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family.