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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.

• cement  (CE6)
• cent  (CE4)
• cite  (CI4)
• cocci  (CO5)
• cocoon  (CO6)
• coin  (CO4)
• come  (CO4)
• comet  (CO5)
• comic  (CO5)
• commence  (CO8)
• commencement  (CO12)
• comment  (CO7)
• commit  (CO6)
• commitment^†  (CO10)
• committee  (CO9)
• committeemen^†  (CO12)
• common  (CO6)
• commotion  (CO9)
• conceit  (CO7)
• concoct  (CO7)
• concoction  (CO10)
• cone  (CO4)
• conic  (CO5)
• connect  (CO7)
• connection  (CO10)
• connote  (CO7)
• content  (CO7)
• contention  (CO10)
• contentment  (CO11)
• continence  (CO10)
• continent  (CO9)
• coot  (CO4)
• cootie  (CO6)
• cote  (CO4)
• cotton  (CO6)
• economic  (EC8)
• ecotone  (EC7)
• emcee  (EM5)
• emetic  (EM6)
• eminence  (EM8)
• emoticon^†  (EM8)
• entice  (EN6)
• enticement  (EN10)
• icemen  (IC6)
• icon  (IC4)
• iconic  (IC6)
• imminence  (IM9)
• incite  (IN6)
• incitement  (IN10)
• income  (IN6)
• incontinence  (IN12)
• incontinent  (IN11)
• innocence  (IN9)
• innocent  (IN8)
• ionic  (IO5)
• mice  (MI4)
• mimetic  (MI7)
• mimic  (MI5)
• mince  (MI5)
• mnemonic  (MN8)
• monotonic  (MO9)
• neocon  (NE6)
• nice  (NI4)
• nicotine  (NI8)
• niece  (NI5)
• nonce  (NO5)
• noncom  (NO6)
• notice  (NO6)
• octet  (OC5)
• once  (ON4)
• tectonic  (TE8)
• tinct  (TI5)
• titmice  (TI7)
• tonic  (TO5)

Answer Definitions

• cement (noun): A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
• cent (noun): A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
• cite (verb): to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
• cocci (noun): plural of coccus
• cocoon (noun): The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
• coin (noun): A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
• come (verb): To move from further away to nearer to.
• comet (noun): A small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and particles of rock whose very eccentric solar orbit periodically brings it close enough to the Sun that the ice vaporises to form an atmosphere, or coma, which may be blown by the solar wind to produce a visible tail.
• comic (adjective): Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
• commence (verb): To begin, start.
• commencement (noun): The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning.
• comment (noun): A spoken or written remark.
• commit (verb): To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
• commitment^† (noun): The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially: The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review. Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
• committee (noun): A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.
• committeemen^† (noun): plural of committeeman
• common (adjective): Mutual; shared by more than one.
• commotion (noun): A state of turbulent motion.
• conceit (noun): Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought.
• concoct (verb): To prepare something by mixing various ingredients, especially to prepare food for cooking.
• concoction (noun): The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
• cone (noun): A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
• conic (adjective): Synonym of conical
• connect (verb): To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
• connection (noun): The act of connecting.
• connote (verb): To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.
• content (adjective): Satisfied, pleased, contented.
• contention (noun): Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
• contentment (noun): The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.
• continence (noun): The voluntary control of urination and defecation.
• continent (noun): Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelves etc.
• coot (noun): Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
• cootie (noun): A louse (Pediculus humanus).
• cote (noun): A cottage or hut.
• cotton (noun): Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
• economic (adjective): Pertaining to an economy.
• ecotone (noun): a transition area between two adjacent ecological communities (ecosystems).
• emcee (noun): Alternative form of MC in its senses as Master of ceremonies. A rapper.
• emetic (adjective): Causing nausea and vomiting.
• eminence (noun): Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
• emoticon^† (noun): A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication. A graphic made up of text characters to represent such emotion; a smiley. An image or graphic icon used to represent such emotions; an emoji.
• entice (verb): To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
• enticement (noun): The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting
• icemen (noun): plural of iceman
• icon (noun): An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
• iconic (adjective): Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
• imminence (noun): The state or condition of being about to happen; imminent quality.
• incite (verb): To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
• incitement (noun): A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion.
• income (noun): Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
• incontinence (noun): Lack of self-restraint, an inability to control oneself; unchastity.
• incontinent (adjective): Unable to contain or retain.
• innocence (noun): Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc.
• innocent (adjective): Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
• ionic (adjective): of, relating to, or containing ions
• mice (noun): plural of mouse
• mimetic (adjective): Exhibiting mimesis.
• mimic (verb): To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
• mince (noun): Finely chopped meat; minced meat.
• mnemonic (adjective): Of or relating to mnemonics: the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily.
• monotonic (adjective): of or using the Greek system of diacritics which discards the breathings and employs a single accent to indicate stress. It replaced polytonic system in 1982.
• neocon (noun): A neoconservative.
• nice (adjective): Pleasant, satisfactory.
• nicotine (noun): An alkaloid (C10H14N2), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant. In small doses it is a habit-forming stimulant; in larger doses it is toxic and is often used in insecticides.
• niece (noun): A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
• nonce (noun): The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce).
• noncom (noun): A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy).
• notice (noun): The act of observing; perception.
• octet (noun): A group or set of eight of something.
• once (adverb): One and only one time.
• tectonic (adjective): Of or relating to construction or to architecture
• tinct (noun): A tint or colour.
• titmice (noun): plural of titmouse
• tonic (adjective): Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.