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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.

• carotid^†  (CA7)
• dictator^†  (DI8)
• accord  (AC6)
• acid  (AC4)
• acidic  (AC6)
• acrid  (AC5)
• addict  (AD6)
• adroit  (AD6)
• arcadia  (AR7)
• ardor  (AR5)
• arid  (AR4)
• card  (CA4)
• cardiac  (CA7)
• cardio  (CA6)
• cardioid  (CA8)
• cicada  (CI6)
• coda  (CO4)
• cord  (CO4)
• corrida  (CO7)
• corridor  (CO8)
• dart  (DA4)
• data  (DA4)
• diacritic  (DI9)
• dicta  (DI5)
• didact  (DI6)
• didactic  (DI8)
• dirt  (DI4)
• ditto  (DI5)
• doctor  (DO6)
• dodo  (DO4)
• doodad  (DO6)
• door  (DO4)
• dorado  (DO6)
• dotard  (DO6)
• drat  (DR4)
• droid  (DR5)
• idiot  (ID5)
• idiotic  (ID7)
• octad  (OC5)
• odor  (OD4)
• radar  (RA5)
• radiator  (RA8)
• radii  (RA5)
• radio  (RA5)
• raid  (RA4)
• road  (RO4)
• rood  (RO4)
• toad  (TO4)
• toroid  (TO6)
• torrid  (TO6)
• triad  (TR5)
• trod  (TR4)

Answer Definitions

• carotid^† (noun): Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.
• dictator^† (noun): A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government.
• accord (noun): Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action.
• acid (adjective): Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
• acidic (adjective): Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
• acrid (adjective): Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
• addict (noun): A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
• adroit (adjective): Deft, dexterous, or skillful.
• arcadia (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Arcadia
• ardor (noun): Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
• arid (adjective): Very dry.
• card (symbol): cardinality
• cardiac (adjective): Pertaining to the heart.
• cardio (adjective): Cardiovascular; pertaining to the health of the circulatory and respiratory systems.
• cardioid (noun): An epicycloid with exactly one cusp; the plane curve with polar equation ρ = 1 + cos θ {\displaystyle \rho =1+\cos \,\theta } - approximately heart-shaped
• cicada (noun): Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. The periodical cicada.
• coda (noun): A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
• cord (noun): A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
• corrida (noun): a bullfight
• corridor (noun): A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
• dart (noun): A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
• data (noun): plural of datum
• diacritic (adjective): distinguishing
• dicta (noun): plural of dictum
• didact (noun): a didactic person
• didactic (adjective): Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.
• dirt (noun): Soil or earth.
• ditto (noun): That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
• doctor (noun): A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are D.O., DPM, M.D., DMD, DDS, in the US or MBBS in the UK.
• dodo (noun): A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
• doodad (noun): Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.
• door (noun): A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
• dorado (noun): Coryphaena hippurus, the mahi-mahi or dolphin, a species of fish with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
• dotard (noun): An old person with impaired intellect; one in his or her dotage.
• drat (verb): To damn or curse.
• droid (noun): A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android).
• idiot (noun): A person of low general intelligence.
• idiotic (adjective): Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.
• octad (noun): A group of eight things.
• odor (noun): Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
• radar (noun): A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces
• radiator (noun): Anything which radiates or emits rays.
• radii (noun): plural of radius
• radio (noun): The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
• raid (noun): A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
• road (noun): A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
• rood (noun): A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.
• toad (noun): An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
• toroid (noun): A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.
• torrid (adjective): Very hot and dry.
• triad (noun): A grouping of three.
• trod (verb): simple past tense of tread