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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.

• blockable^†  (BL9)
• cookable^†  (CO8)
• lockable^†  (LO8)
• allocable  (AL9)
• aloe  (AL4)
• ballcock  (BA8)
• baobab  (BA6)
• blob  (BL4)
• bloc  (BL4)
• block  (BL5)
• bloke  (BL5)
• boba  (BO4)
• bobble  (BO6)
• bocce  (BO5)
• bock  (BO4)
• bola  (BO4)
• boll  (BO4)
• bolo  (BO4)
• boob  (BO4)
• booboo  (BO6)
• book  (BO4)
• bookable  (BO8)
• cacao  (CA5)
• callaloo  (CA8)
• cellblock  (CE9)
• cello  (CE5)
• cloaca  (CL6)
• cloak  (CL5)
• clock  (CL5)
• coal  (CO4)
• cobble  (CO6)
• coca  (CO4)
• cock  (CO4)
• cockle  (CO6)
• cocoa  (CO5)
• coke  (CO4)
• cola  (CO4)
• cook  (CO4)
• cookbook  (CO8)
• cool  (CO4)
• kabob  (KA5)
• koala  (KO5)
• kola  (KO4)
• kook  (KO4)
• lobe  (LO4)
• lobo  (LO4)
• local  (LO5)
• locale  (LO6)
• lock  (LO4)
• loco  (LO4)
• loll  (LO4)
• look  (LO4)
• oboe  (OB4)
• oleo  (OL4)

Answer Definitions

• blockable^† (adjective): Able to be blocked.
• cookable^† (adjective): That can be cooked; suitable for cooking.
• lockable^† (adjective): Capable of being locked.
• allocable (adjective): Able to be allocated.
• 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.
• ballcock (noun): A floating sphere, attached to a lever, that controls the level of liquid in a cistern.
• baobab (noun): A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
• blob (noun): A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
• bloc (noun): A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
• block (noun): A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
• bloke (noun): An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.
• boba (noun): Synonym of tapioca pearl.
• bobble (noun): A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
• bocce (noun): A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court
• bock (noun): A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.
• bola (noun): A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of a cord.
• boll (noun): The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
• bolo (noun): A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
• boob (noun): An idiot; a fool.
• booboo (noun): Alternative spelling of boo-boo
• book (noun): A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
• bookable (adjective): Able to be booked or reserved.
• cacao (noun): A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
• callaloo (noun): Any of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genera Amaranthus and Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves.
• cellblock (noun): A wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates.
• cello (noun): A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.
• cloaca (noun): A sewer.
• cloak (noun): A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
• clock (noun): An instrument that measures or keeps track of time; a non-wearable timepiece.
• coal (noun): A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
• cobble (noun): A cobblestone.
• coca (noun): Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
• cock (noun): A male bird, especially: A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). A cock pigeon.
• cockle (noun): Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
• cocoa (noun): The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
• coke (noun): Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
• cola (noun): The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
• cook (noun): A person who prepares food.
• cookbook (noun): A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.
• cool (adjective): Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
• kabob (noun): US spelling of kebab
• koala (noun): A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.
• kola (noun): A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract.
• kook (noun): An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
• lobe (noun): Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
• lobo (noun): A wolf.
• local (adjective): From or in a nearby location.
• locale (noun): The place where something happens.
• lock (noun): Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
• loco (adverb): A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
• loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
• look (verb): To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
• oboe (noun): A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.
• 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.