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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.

• accordion^†  (AC9)
• draconian^†  (DR9)
• draconic^†  (DR8)
• accord  (AC6)
• acid  (AC4)
• acidic  (AC6)
• acrid  (AC5)
• adorn  (AD5)
• anaconda  (AN8)
• andiron  (AN7)
• android  (AN7)
• arcadia  (AR7)
• arcadian  (AR8)
• ardor  (AR5)
• arid  (AR4)
• canard  (CA6)
• candid  (CA6)
• candor  (CA6)
• canid  (CA5)
• card  (CA4)
• cardiac  (CA7)
• cardio  (CA6)
• cardioid  (CA8)
• cicada  (CI6)
• circadian  (CI9)
• coda  (CO4)
• codon  (CO5)
• concord  (CO7)
• condo  (CO5)
• condor  (CO6)
• cord  (CO4)
• cordon  (CO6)
• corrida  (CO7)
• corridor  (CO8)
• darn  (DA4)
• dinar  (DI5)
• dino  (DI4)
• dodo  (DO4)
• donor  (DO5)
• doodad  (DO6)
• door  (DO4)
• dorado  (DO6)
• drain  (DR5)
• droid  (DR5)
• indica  (IN6)
• indicia  (IN7)
• indoor  (IN6)
• inroad  (IN6)
• nada  (NA4)
• nadir  (NA5)
• naiad  (NA5)
• odor  (OD4)
• ordain  (OR6)
• radar  (RA5)
• radian  (RA6)
• radii  (RA5)
• radio  (RA5)
• radon  (RA5)
• raid  (RA4)
• rancid  (RA6)
• rand  (RA4)
• rando  (RA5)
• rind  (RI4)
• road  (RO4)
• rondo  (RO5)
• rood  (RO4)

Answer Definitions

• accordion^† (noun): A box-shaped musical instrument with means of keys and buttons, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.
• draconian^† (adjective): Very severe or strict.
• draconic^† (adjective): Draconian.
• 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.
• adorn (verb): To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• anaconda (noun): Any of various large nonvenomous snakes of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. Their length can grow to as much as 5 m (15 ft).
• andiron (noun): A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side
• android (noun): A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).
• arcadia (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Arcadia
• arcadian (adjective): Pertaining to an arcade.
• ardor (noun): Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
• arid (adjective): Very dry.
• canard (noun): A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.
• candid (adjective): Impartial and free from prejudice.
• candor (noun): Whiteness; brilliance; purity.
• canid (noun): Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals.
• 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.
• circadian (adjective): of, relating to, or showing rhythmic behaviour with a period of 24 hours; especially of a biological process
• coda (noun): A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
• codon (noun): A handbell used for summoning monks.
• concord (noun): A state of agreement; harmony; union.
• condo (noun): Clipping of condominium.
• condor (noun): Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California.
• 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.
• cordon (noun): A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
• 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.
• darn (adjective): Damn.
• dinar (noun): The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, North Macedonia, Serbia and Tunisia.
• dino (noun): dinosaur.
• dodo (noun): A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
• donor (noun): One who makes a donation.
• 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.
• drain (noun): A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole
• droid (noun): A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android).
• indica (noun): Any of the indica subspecies of the rice, Oryza sativa, which (unlike the japonica or sinica subspecies) are non-sticky and long-grained.
• indicia (noun): plural of indicium
• indoor (adjective): Situated in, or designed to be used in, or carried on within, the interior of a building.
• inroad (noun): An advance into enemy territory, an attempted invasion; an encroachment, an incursion.
• nada (pronoun): Nothing.
• nadir (noun): The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.
• naiad (noun): A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
• odor (noun): Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
• ordain (verb): To prearrange unalterably.
• 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
• radian (noun): English Wikipedia has an article on:radianWikipedia In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angular measure of angle equal to the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle. Symbol: rad
• radii (noun): plural of radius
• radio (noun): The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
• radon (noun): The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.
• raid (noun): A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
• rancid (adjective): Rank in taste or smell.
• rand (noun): The border of an area of land, especially marshland.
• rando (adjective): Random; arbitrary.
• rind (noun): tree bark
• 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.
• rondo (noun): A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
• rood (noun): A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.