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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.

• placebo^†  (PL7)
• alcopop  (AL7)
• alpaca  (AL6)
• apace  (AP5)
• appall  (AP6)
• appeal  (AP6)
• appealable  (AP10)
• appellee  (AP8)
• apple  (AP5)
• bebop  (BE5)
• beep  (BE4)
• bleep  (BL5)
• bloop  (BL5)
• capable  (CA7)
• cape  (CA4)
• capo  (CA4)
• clap  (CL4)
• clop  (CL4)
• coop  (CO4)
• cope  (CO4)
• elope  (EL5)
• epee  (EP4)
• lapel  (LA5)
• leap  (LE4)
• lollop  (LO6)
• loop  (LO4)
• lope  (LO4)
• opal  (OP4)
• pace  (PA4)
• paella  (PA6)
• palace  (PA6)
• palapa  (PA6)
• pale  (PA4)
• paleo  (PA5)
• pall  (PA4)
• palp  (PA4)
• palpable  (PA8)
• papa  (PA4)
• papal  (PA5)
• peace  (PE5)
• peaceable  (PE9)
• peal  (PE4)
• pebble  (PE6)
• peel  (PE4)
• peelable  (PE8)
• peep  (PE4)
• people  (PE6)
• place  (PL5)
• plea  (PL4)
• pleb  (PL4)
• plebe  (PL5)
• plop  (PL4)
• pole  (PO4)
• poll  (PO4)
• polo  (PO4)
• pool  (PO4)
• poop  (PO4)
• pope  (PO4)
• poppa  (PO5)

Answer Definitions

• placebo^† (noun): A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment.
• alcopop (noun): An alcoholic drink that looks and tastes like a soft drink.
• alpaca (noun): A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
• apace (adverb): Quickly, rapidly, with speed.
• appall (verb): To fill with horror; to dismay.
• appeal (noun): An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned. The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued. A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
• appealable (adjective): That may be appealed, or sent to a higher court for judgement.
• appellee (noun): A respondent.
• apple (noun): A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.
• bebop (noun): An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies.
• beep (noun): The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
• bleep (noun): A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.
• bloop (verb): To blow air bubbles or audibly slosh about in water.
• capable (adjective): Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
• cape (noun): A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
• capo (noun): A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.
• clap (noun): The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
• clop (noun): The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.
• coop (noun): A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
• cope (verb): To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
• elope (verb): To run away from home with a paramour.
• epee (noun): A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
• lapel (noun): Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.
• leap (verb): To jump.
• lollop (verb): To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace.
• loop (noun): A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
• lope (verb): To travel an easy pace with long strides.
• 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)
• pace (noun): Step. A step taken with the foot. The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
• paella (noun): A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked in a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish.
• palace (noun): Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
• palapa (noun): An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.
• pale (adjective): Light in color.
• paleo (noun): Clipping of paleodiet.
• pall (noun): Senses relating to cloth. Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes. A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse. A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist. A cloth used for various purposes on the altar in a church, such as a corporal (“cloth on which elements of the Eucharist are placed”) or frontal (“drapery covering the front of an altar”).
• palp (noun): Synonym of pedipalp.
• palpable (adjective): Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
• papa (noun): Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
• papal (adjective): Having to do with the pope or the papacy.
• peace (noun): A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
• peaceable (adjective): Favouring peace rather than conflict; not aggressive, tending to avoid violence (of people, actions etc.).
• peal (noun): A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
• pebble (noun): A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
• peel (verb): To remove the skin or outer covering of.
• peelable (adjective): Capable of being peeled.
• peep (noun): A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
• people (noun): Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
• place (noun): An area; somewhere within an area. An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard. A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
• plea (noun): An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
• pleb (noun): A commoner, a member of the lower class of a society.
• plebe (noun): A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens.
• plop (noun): A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
• 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.
• 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.