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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.

• agate  (AG5)
• aglet  (AG5)
• allot  (AL5)
• alto  (AL4)
• atoll  (AT5)
• eaglet  (EA6)
• elate  (EL5)
• elevate  (EL7)
• galette  (GA7)
• galoot  (GA6)
• gate  (GA4)
• gavotte  (GA7)
• gelato  (GE6)
• gelt  (GE4)
• geotag  (GE6)
• gloat  (GL5)
• glottal  (GL7)
• goat  (GO4)
• goatee  (GO6)
• gotta  (GO5)
• late  (LA4)
• latte  (LA5)
• legate  (LE6)
• legato  (LE6)
• loot  (LO4)
• lotto  (LO5)
• ovate  (OV5)
• tale  (TA4)
• tall  (TA4)
• tattle  (TA6)
• tattletale  (TA10)
• tattoo  (TA6)
• teal  (TE4)
• teat  (TE4)
• teetotal  (TE8)
• tell  (TE4)
• telltale  (TE8)
• toga  (TO4)
• toggle  (TO6)
• toll  (TO4)
• tollgate  (TO8)
• tool  (TO4)
• toot  (TO4)
• tootle  (TO6)
• total  (TO5)
• tote  (TO4)
• valet  (VA5)
• vegetal  (VE7)
• vegetate  (VE8)
• velvet  (VE6)
• veto  (VE4)
• volt  (VO4)
• voltage^†  (VO7)
• vote  (VO4)

Answer Definitions

• agate (noun): A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
• aglet (noun): Alternative spelling of aiglet.
• allot (verb): To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
• alto (noun): A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.
• atoll (noun): a type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls
• eaglet (noun): The immature young of an eagle; an eagle chick.
• elate (verb): To make joyful or proud.
• elevate (verb): To raise (something) to a higher position.
• galette (noun): A type of flat, round cake from France.
• galoot (noun): A clumsy or uncouth person.
• gate (noun): A doorlike structure outside a house.
• gavotte (noun): A French dance, in either 4/4 or 2/2 time.
• gelato (noun): An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form.
• gelt (noun): A lunatic.
• geotag (verb): To augment (photographs or other items) with metadata indicating a geographic location.
• gloat (verb): To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
• glottal (adjective): Of or relating to the glottis.
• goat (noun): A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra. The meat of the aforementioned animal.
• goatee (noun): A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.
• gotta (contraction): Contraction of have got to (“have to; must”).
• late (adjective): Near the end of a period of time.
• latte (noun): A drink of coffee made from espresso and steamed milk, generally topped with foam.
• legate (noun): A deputy representing the pope, specifically a papal ambassador sent on special ecclesiastical missions.
• legato (adverb): Smoothly, in a connected manner.
• loot (noun): A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
• lotto (noun): a game of chance similar to bingo
• ovate (adjective): Shaped like an egg.
• tale (noun): An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
• 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.
• tattle (verb): To chatter; to gossip.
• tattletale (adjective): telltale; giveaway
• tattoo (noun): An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
• teal (noun): Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.
• teat (noun): The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
• teetotal (adjective): Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol.
• tell (verb): To count, reckon, or enumerate.
• telltale (noun): One who divulges private information with intent to hurt others.
• toga (noun): A loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome.
• toggle (noun): A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
• toll (noun): Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
• tollgate (noun): A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid
• tool (noun): A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
• toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
• tootle (verb): To make a soft toot sound.
• total (noun): An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
• tote (noun): A tote bag.
• valet (noun): A man's personal male attendant, responsible for his clothes and appearance.
• vegetal (adjective): Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational).
• vegetate (verb): To grow or sprout.
• velvet (noun): A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
• veto (noun): A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
• volt (noun): In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V
• voltage^† (noun): The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.
• vote (noun): a formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.