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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.

• anarchical^†  (AN10)
• acacia  (AC6)
• acai  (AC4)
• anarchic  (AN8)
• arcana  (AR6)
• arch  (AR4)
• archaic  (AR7)
• arnica  (AR6)
• cairn  (CA5)
• call  (CA4)
• calla  (CA5)
• canal  (CA5)
• cancan  (CA6)
• canna  (CA5)
• carnal  (CA6)
• chai  (CH4)
• chain  (CH5)
• chair  (CH5)
• challah  (CH7)
• char  (CH4)
• chia  (CH4)
• chic  (CH4)
• chica  (CH5)
• chichi  (CH6)
• chili  (CH5)
• chill  (CH5)
• chin  (CH4)
• china  (CH5)
• chinchilla  (CH10)
• cilia  (CI5)
• cinch  (CI5)
• circa  (CI5)
• cirri  (CI5)
• clan  (CL4)
• clinch  (CL6)
• clinic  (CL6)
• clinical  (CL8)
• clinician  (CL9)
• crania  (CR6)
• cranial  (CR7)
• iliac  (IL5)
• inch  (IN4)
• laic  (LA4)
• laical  (LA6)
• larch  (LA5)
• lilac  (LI5)
• narc  (NA4)
• niacin  (NI6)
• racial  (RA6)
• railcar  (RA7)
• ranch  (RA5)
• rich  (RI4)
• ricin  (RI5)

Answer Definitions

• anarchical^† (adjective): Anarchic
• acacia (noun): A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
• acai (noun): Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
• anarchic (adjective): Relating to, supporting, or likely to cause anarchy.
• arcana (noun): Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated.
• arch (noun): An inverted U shape.
• archaic (noun): A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
• arnica (noun): Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana.
• cairn (noun): A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
• call (noun): A telephone conversation; a phone call.
• calla (noun): A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
• canal (noun): An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
• cancan (noun): A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
• canna (noun): Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
• carnal (adjective): Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites.
• chai (noun): A female gypsy.
• chain (noun): A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
• chair (noun): An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
• challah (noun): A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
• char (verb): To burn something to charcoal.
• chia (noun): A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
• chic (adjective): Elegant, stylish.
• chica (noun): A Latin-American girl; a Latina.
• chichi (adjective): Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way.
• chili (noun): The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
• chill (noun): A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
• chin (noun): The bottom of a face, the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
• china (noun): Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
• chinchilla (noun): Either of two small, crepuscular rodents of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
• cilia (noun): plural of cilium
• cinch (noun): A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
• circa (preposition): Approximately, about, around
• cirri (noun): plural of cirrus Tendrils or claspers.
• clan (noun): A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
• clinch (verb): To clasp; to interlock.
• clinic (noun): A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
• clinical (adjective): Dealing with the practical management of patients, in practice at the point of care; as contrasted with other health care venues (see clinical medicine for more explanation).
• clinician (noun): Any healthcare practitioner working at the point of care, in clinical practice (e.g., physicians in clinical medicine, nurses in nursing practice, or allied health providers in practice).
• crania (noun): plural of cranium
• cranial (adjective): Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull.
• iliac (adjective): Relating to the ilium.
• inch (noun): A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
• laic (noun): A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.
• laical (adjective): Of or pertaining to a layperson, layman, laywoman, or laypeople (laity).
• larch (noun): A coniferous tree, of genus Larix, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles.
• lilac (noun): A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.
• narc (noun): A police officer assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control.
• niacin (noun): A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.
• racial (adjective): Of or relating to a race (or a people).
• railcar (noun): A self-propelled railway vehicle for passengers, similar to a bus.
• ranch (noun): A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
• rich (adjective): Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
• ricin (noun): An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.