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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.

• alpine  (AL6)
• apian  (AP5)
• apnea  (AP5)
• appall  (AP6)
• appeal  (AP6)
• appealable  (AP10)
• appellee  (AP8)
• apple  (AP5)
• beep  (BE4)
• biplane^†  (BI7)
• bleep  (BL5)
• blip  (BL4)
• epee  (EP4)
• lapel  (LA5)
• leap  (LE4)
• nape  (NA4)
• neap  (NE4)
• ninepin  (NI7)
• nipple  (NI6)
• paean  (PA5)
• paella  (PA6)
• pail  (PA4)
• pain  (PA4)
• palapa  (PA6)
• pale  (PA4)
• pall  (PA4)
• palp  (PA4)
• palpable  (PA8)
• pane  (PA4)
• panel  (PA5)
• panini  (PA6)
• papa  (PA4)
• papal  (PA5)
• papilla  (PA7)
• papillae  (PA8)
• peal  (PE4)
• pebble  (PE6)
• peel  (PE4)
• peelable  (PE8)
• peen  (PE4)
• peep  (PE4)
• penal  (PE5)
• penile  (PE6)
• penne  (PE5)
• pile  (PI4)
• pill  (PI4)
• pinball  (PI7)
• pine  (PI4)
• pineapple  (PI9)
• pipe  (PI4)
• pipeline  (PI8)
• pippin  (PI6)
• plain  (PL5)
• plan  (PL4)
• plane  (PL5)
• plea  (PL4)
• pleb  (PL4)
• plebe  (PL5)
• plebeian^†  (PL8)
• plena  (PL5)
• pliable  (PL7)
• plie  (PL4)

Answer Definitions

• alpine (adjective): Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.
• apian (adjective): Relating to bees.
• apnea (noun): The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
• appall (verb): To fill with horror; to dismay.
• appeal (noun): An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned. The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued. A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
• appealable (adjective): That may be appealed, or sent to a higher court for judgement.
• appellee (noun): A respondent.
• apple (noun): A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.
• beep (noun): The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
• biplane^† (adjective): Composed of, or relating to, two planes (flat surfaces extending infinitely in all directions).
• bleep (noun): A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.
• blip (noun): A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
• epee (noun): A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
• lapel (noun): Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.
• leap (verb): To jump.
• nape (noun): The back part of the neck.
• neap (noun): The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
• ninepin (noun): The wooden pin used in the game of ninepins; a skittle.
• nipple (noun): The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
• paean (noun): A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle.
• paella (noun): A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked in a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish.
• pail (noun): A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
• pain (noun): An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
• palapa (noun): An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.
• pale (adjective): Light in color.
• pall (noun): Senses relating to cloth. Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes. A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse. A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist. A cloth used for various purposes on the altar in a church, such as a corporal (“cloth on which elements of the Eucharist are placed”) or frontal (“drapery covering the front of an altar”).
• palp (noun): Synonym of pedipalp.
• palpable (adjective): Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
• pane (noun): An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc.
• panel (noun): A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
• panini (noun): A type of grilled sandwich made of a small loaf of bread, cut horizontally, filled with meat such as salami or ham, cheese or other food.
• papa (noun): Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
• papal (adjective): Having to do with the pope or the papacy.
• papilla (noun): A nipple-like protuberance on a part or organ of the body. A vascular process of connective tissue extending into and nourishing the root of a hair, feather, or developing tooth. Any of the vascular protuberances of the dermal layer of the skin extending into the epidermal layer and often containing tactile corpuscles. Any of the small protuberances on the upper surface of the tongue often containing taste buds.
• papillae (noun): plural of papilla
• peal (noun): A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
• pebble (noun): A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
• peel (verb): To remove the skin or outer covering of.
• peelable (adjective): Capable of being peeled.
• peen (noun): The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
• peep (noun): A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
• penal (adjective): Of or relating to punishment.
• penile (adjective): Pertaining to the penis.
• penne (noun): A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
• 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.
• pinball (noun): A game, played on a device with a sloping base, in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.
• pine (noun): Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
• pineapple (noun): A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
• pipe (noun): Meanings relating to a wind instrument. A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe. The key or sound of the voice. A high-pitched sound, especially of a bird.
• pipeline (noun): A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc.
• pippin (noun): A seed
• plain (adjective): Flat, level.
• plan (noun): A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
• plane (adjective): Of a surface: flat or level.
• plea (noun): An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
• pleb (noun): A commoner, a member of the lower class of a society.
• plebe (noun): A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens.
• plebeian^† (noun): A member of the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.
• plena (noun): A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics
• pliable (adjective): Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.
• plie (noun): Alternative spelling of plié