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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.

• adult  (AD5)
• alit  (AL4)
• appall  (AP6)
• applaud  (AP7)
• atilt  (AT5)
• dial  (DI4)
• dill  (DI4)
• dual  (DU4)
• dull  (DU4)
• laid  (LA4)
• laud  (LA4)
• lilt  (LI4)
• lipid  (LI5)
• luau  (LU4)
• lull  (LU4)
• lulu  (LU4)
• pail  (PA4)
• palapa  (PA6)
• palatal  (PA7)
• palatial  (PA8)
• pall  (PA4)
• pallid  (PA6)
• palp  (PA4)
• papal  (PA5)
• papilla  (PA7)
• pill  (PI4)
• plaid  (PL5)
• plait  (PL5)
• plat  (PL4)
• plaudit^†  (PL7)
• puli  (PU4)
• pull  (PU4)
• pulp  (PU4)
• pulpit  (PU6)
• pupal  (PU5)
• pupil  (PU5)
• tail  (TA4)
• tali  (TA4)
• tall  (TA4)
• tallit  (TA6)
• tidal  (TI5)
• tilapia  (TI7)
• till  (TI4)
• tilt  (TI4)
• tulip  (TU5)
• uplit  (UP5)
• uptilt  (UP6)

Answer Definitions

• adult (noun): A fully grown human or animal.
• alit (verb): simple past tense and past participle of alight
• appall (verb): To fill with horror; to dismay.
• applaud (noun): Applause; applauding.
• atilt (adjective): At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.
• dial (noun): A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
• dill (noun): Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
• dual (adjective): Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
• dull (adjective): Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
• laid (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lay
• laud (noun): Praise or glorification.
• lilt (verb): To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
• lipid (noun): Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body.
• luau (noun): An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.
• lull (noun): A period of rest or soothing.
• lulu (noun): A remarkable person, object or idea.
• 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).
• palapa (noun): An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.
• palatal (adjective): Pertaining to the palate.
• palatial (adjective): Of or relating to a palace.
• 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”).
• pallid (adjective): Appearing weak, pale, or wan.
• palp (noun): Synonym of pedipalp.
• 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.
• pill (noun): A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
• plaid (noun): A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.
• plait (noun): A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
• plat (noun): A plot of land; a lot.
• plaudit^† (noun): A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed.
• puli (noun): One of a breed of Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat.
• pull (verb): To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
• pulp (noun): A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper. A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose). A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation. The soft center of a fruit.
• pulpit (noun): A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.
• pupal (adjective): Of or pertaining to the pupa stage of insect metamorphosis.
• pupil (noun): A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.
• tail (noun): The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
• tali (noun): plural of talus
• tall (adjective): Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
• tallit (noun): A traditional Jewish prayer shawl with tassels which covers the chest and upper part of the back.
• tidal (adjective): Relating to tides.
• tilapia (noun): Any of various edible fish, formerly species of the genus Tilapia, but now placed in other cichlid genera (such as Oreochromis), native to Africa and the Middle East but cultivated worldwide.
• till (preposition): Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
• tilt (verb): To slope or incline (something); to slant.
• tulip (noun): A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa.
• uplit (verb): simple past tense and past participle of uplight
• uptilt (verb): To tilt upward.