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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.

• aflame  (AF6)
• ammo  (AM4)
• atom  (AT4)
• emote  (EM5)
• fame  (FA4)
• female  (FE6)
• femme  (FE5)
• flame  (FL5)
• flatmate  (FL8)
• foam  (FO4)
• lama  (LA4)
• lame  (LA4)
• lemma  (LE5)
• llama  (LL5)
• loam  (LO4)
• loom  (LO4)
• male  (MA4)
• mall  (MA4)
• mallet  (MA6)
• malt  (MA4)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mammal  (MA6)
• mate  (MA4)
• matte  (MA5)
• meal  (ME4)
• meat  (ME4)
• meatloaf^†  (ME8)
• meet  (ME4)
• melee  (ME5)
• melt  (ME4)
• meme  (ME4)
• memo  (ME4)
• meta  (ME4)
• metal  (ME5)
• mete  (ME4)
• mettle  (ME6)
• moat  (MO4)
• mole  (MO4)
• moll  (MO4)
• molt  (MO4)
• momma  (MO5)
• moola  (MO5)
• moot  (MO4)
• mote  (MO4)
• motel  (MO5)
• motet  (MO5)
• mottle  (MO6)
• motto  (MO5)
• oatmeal  (OA7)
• omelet  (OM6)
• omelette  (OM8)
• tamale  (TA6)
• tame  (TA4)
• team  (TE4)
• teammate  (TE8)
• teem  (TE4)
• tomato  (TO6)
• tome  (TO4)
• totem  (TO5)

Answer Definitions

• aflame (adjective): in flames, on fire, flaming, with flames coming from it
• ammo (noun): Ammunition.
• atom (noun): The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
• 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.
• fame (noun): What is said or reported; gossip, rumour.
• female (adjective): Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
• femme (noun): A woman, a wife; a young woman or girl.
• flame (noun): The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
• flatmate (noun): A person with whom one shares a flat.
• foam (noun): A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
• lama (noun): A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
• lame (adjective): Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
• lemma (noun): A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
• llama (noun): A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
• loam (noun): A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
• loom (noun): A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
• male (adjective): Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
• mall (noun): A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
• mallet (noun): A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.
• malt (noun): Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
• mama (noun): Mother, female parent.
• mamma (noun): The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
• mammal (noun): An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.
• mate (noun): A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
• matte (noun): A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
• meal (noun): Correct quotes
• meat (noun): The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
• meatloaf^† (noun): A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.
• meet (verb): To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
• melee (noun): A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
• melt (noun): Molten material, the product of melting.
• meme (noun): Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
• memo (noun): A short note; a memorandum.
• meta (adjective): Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level.
• metal (noun): Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from. Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity. Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy. An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium. Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road. The ore from which a metal is derived. A mine from which ores are taken.
• mete (verb): To measure.
• mettle (noun): A quality of endurance and courage.
• moat (noun): A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
• mole (noun): A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
• moll (noun): A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
• molt (verb): US standard spelling of moult.
• momma (noun): mother
• moola (noun): Money, cash.
• 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.
• oatmeal (noun): Meal made from rolled or round oats.
• 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.
• tamale (noun): Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.
• tame (adjective): Not or no longer wild; domesticated.
• team (noun): A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
• teammate (noun): One who is on the same team.
• teem (verb): To be stocked to overflowing.
• tomato (noun): A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
• tome (noun): One in a series of volumes.
• totem (noun): Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family.