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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.

• alloy  (AL5)
• aloe  (AL4)
• ammo  (AM4)
• elope  (EL5)
• employ  (EM6)
• employee  (EM8)
• laypeople  (LA9)
• loam  (LO4)
• loamy  (LO5)
• loll  (LO4)
• lollop  (LO6)
• loom  (LO4)
• loop  (LO4)
• loopy  (LO5)
• lope  (LO4)
• loyal  (LO5)
• loyally  (LO7)
• mayo  (MA4)
• maypole^†  (MA7)
• memo  (ME4)
• mole  (MO4)
• moll  (MO4)
• molly  (MO5)
• momma  (MO5)
• mommy  (MO5)
• moola  (MO5)
• mope  (MO4)
• mopey  (MO5)
• myeloma  (MY7)
• myope  (MY5)
• oleo  (OL4)
• opal  (OP4)
• paleo  (PA5)
• payola  (PA6)
• people  (PE6)
• plop  (PL4)
• ploy  (PL4)
• poem  (PO4)
• pole  (PO4)
• poll  (PO4)
• polo  (PO4)
• polyp  (PO5)
• pome  (PO4)
• pomelo  (PO6)
• pommel  (PO6)
• pomp  (PO4)
• pompom  (PO6)
• pool  (PO4)
• poop  (PO4)
• pope  (PO4)
• poppa  (PO5)
• poppy  (PO5)

Answer Definitions

• alloy (noun): A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
• aloe (noun): The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica.
• ammo (noun): Ammunition.
• elope (verb): To run away from home with a paramour.
• employ (noun): The state of being an employee; employment.
• employee (noun): An individual who provides labor to a company or another person.
• laypeople (noun): plural of layperson
• loam (noun): A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
• loamy (adjective): Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.
• loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
• lollop (verb): To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace.
• loom (noun): A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
• loop (noun): A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
• loopy (adjective): Having loops.
• lope (verb): To travel an easy pace with long strides.
• loyal (adjective): Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something.
• loyally (adverb): In a loyal manner, faithfully.
• mayo (noun): Clipping of mayonnaise.
• maypole^† (noun): A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.
• memo (noun): A short note; a memorandum.
• 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.
• molly (noun): A woman or girl, especially of low status.
• momma (noun): mother
• mommy (noun): Mother.
• moola (noun): Money, cash.
• mope (verb): To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.
• mopey (adjective): Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
• myeloma (noun): A malignant tumour arising from cells of the bone marrow, specifically plasma cells.
• myope (noun): One who has myopia.
• oleo (noun): A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects.
• opal (noun): A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O. A precious gem, an iridescent gemstone found in the opal-silica mineral substrate (potch)
• paleo (noun): Clipping of paleodiet.
• payola (noun): A bribe given in exchange for a favor, such as one given in exchange for the promotion of goods or services (originally one given to a disk jockey to play a record).
• people (noun): Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
• plop (noun): A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
• ploy (noun): A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
• poem (noun): A literary piece written in verse.
• pole (noun): Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
• poll (noun): A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
• polo (noun): A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
• polyp (noun): An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.
• pome (noun): A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.
• pomelo (noun): The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or yellow rind, a thick white pith, and semi-sweet translucent pale flesh.
• pommel (noun): The upper front brow of a saddle.
• pomp (noun): Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
• pompom (noun): A decorative ball made of pieces of soft fabric bound at the centre, most notably used in cheerleading.
• pool (noun): A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
• poop (verb): To make a short blast on a horn.
• pope (noun): An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state. Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority. Any similar head of a religion. A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses. An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times. Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day.
• poppa (noun): father, papa.
• poppy (noun): Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.