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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.

• afar  (AF4)
• affair  (AF6)
• afro  (AF4)
• airfoil  (AI7)
• alfalfa  (AL7)
• aloof  (AL5)
• calf  (CA4)
• calorific^†  (CA9)
• cliff  (CL5)
• coif  (CO4)
• colorific  (CO9)
• facial  (FA6)
• fail  (FA4)
• fair  (FA4)
• fall  (FA4)
• falloff  (FA7)
• farcical  (FA8)
• farro  (FA5)
• filial  (FI6)
• fill  (FI4)
• flail  (FL5)
• flair  (FL5)
• floor  (FL5)
• flora  (FL5)
• floral  (FL6)
• foal  (FO4)
• focaccia  (FO8)
• focal  (FO5)
• foci  (FO4)
• foil  (FO4)
• folic  (FO5)
• folio  (FO5)
• fool  (FO4)
• fora  (FO4)
• frail  (FR5)
• friar  (FR5)
• frill  (FR5)
• frolic  (FR6)
• loaf  (LO4)
• loofa  (LO5)
• offal  (OF5)
• official  (OF8)
• raffia  (RA6)
• riff  (RI4)
• riffraff  (RI8)
• roof  (RO4)

Answer Definitions

• afar (adverb): At, to, or from a great distance; far away.
• affair (noun): Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
• afro (noun): hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.
• airfoil (noun): A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.
• alfalfa (noun): A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
• aloof (adverb): At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
• calf (noun): A young cow or bull.
• calorific^† (adjective): Relating to calories.
• cliff (noun): A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
• coif (noun): A hairdo.
• colorific (adjective): That produces coloured precipitates
• facial (adjective): Of or affecting the face.
• fail (verb): To be unsuccessful.
• fair (adjective): Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
• fall (verb): To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
• falloff (noun): A reduction or decline.
• farcical (adjective): Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.
• farro (noun): Emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum).
• filial (adjective): Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
• fill (verb): To occupy fully, to take up all of.
• flail (noun): A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
• flair (noun): A natural or innate talent or aptitude.
• floor (noun): The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
• flora (noun): Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
• floral (adjective): Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers.
• foal (noun): A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
• focaccia (noun): A flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists of high-gluten flour, oil, water, sugar, salt and yeast.
• focal (adjective): Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus.
• foci (noun): plural of focus
• foil (noun): A very thin sheet of metal.
• folic (adjective): Of or relating to foliage; pteroylglutamic, as in folic acid.
• folio (noun): a leaf of a book or manuscript
• fool (noun): A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
• fora (noun): plural of forum (alternative form of forums).
• frail (adjective): Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
• friar (noun): A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites, Franciscans, or the Dominicans.
• frill (noun): A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
• frolic (adjective): Merry, joyous, full of mirth; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
• loaf (noun): (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
• loofa (noun): Alternative form of loofah
• offal (noun): The internal organs of an animal, used as animal food.
• official (adjective): Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
• raffia (noun): A fibrous material used for tying plants, originating from the leaves of the raffia palm tree (genus Raphia).
• riff (noun): A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.
• riffraff (noun): The rabble; crowds; the common people.
• roof (noun): The external covering at the top of a building.