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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.

• beanpole^†  (BE8)
• openable^†  (OP8)
• apnea  (AP5)
• appall  (AP6)
• appeal  (AP6)
• appealable  (AP10)
• appellee  (AP8)
• apple  (AP5)
• bebop  (BE5)
• beep  (BE4)
• bleep  (BL5)
• bloop  (BL5)
• elope  (EL5)
• epee  (EP4)
• lapel  (LA5)
• leap  (LE4)
• lollop  (LO6)
• loop  (LO4)
• lope  (LO4)
• nape  (NA4)
• napoleon  (NA8)
• neap  (NE4)
• nope  (NO4)
• opal  (OP4)
• open  (OP4)
• paean  (PA5)
• paella  (PA6)
• palapa  (PA6)
• pale  (PA4)
• paleo  (PA5)
• pall  (PA4)
• palp  (PA4)
• palpable  (PA8)
• pane  (PA4)
• panel  (PA5)
• papa  (PA4)
• papal  (PA5)
• peal  (PE4)
• pebble  (PE6)
• peel  (PE4)
• peelable  (PE8)
• peen  (PE4)
• peep  (PE4)
• penal  (PE5)
• penne  (PE5)
• peon  (PE4)
• people  (PE6)
• plan  (PL4)
• plane  (PL5)
• plea  (PL4)
• pleb  (PL4)
• plebe  (PL5)
• plena  (PL5)
• plop  (PL4)
• poblano  (PO7)
• pole  (PO4)
• poll  (PO4)
• pollen  (PO6)
• polo  (PO4)
• pone  (PO4)
• pool  (PO4)
• poop  (PO4)
• pope  (PO4)
• poppa  (PO5)

Answer Definitions

• beanpole^† (noun): A thin pole for supporting bean vines.
• openable^† (adjective): Capable of being opened.
• apnea (noun): The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
• 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.
• 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.
• nape (noun): The back part of the neck.
• napoleon (noun): The franc germinal: a 20-franc gold coin issued under Napoleon I of France.
• neap (noun): The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
• nope (particle): No.
• 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)
• open (adjective): Not closed. Able to be accessed. Able to have something pass through or along it.
• paean (noun): A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle.
• paella (noun): A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked in a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish.
• 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.
• pane (noun): An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc.
• panel (noun): A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
• 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.
• 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.
• peen (noun): The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
• peep (noun): A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
• penal (adjective): Of or relating to punishment.
• penne (noun): A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
• peon (noun): A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
• people (noun): Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
• plan (noun): A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
• plane (adjective): Of a surface: flat or level.
• 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.
• plena (noun): A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics
• plop (noun): A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
• poblano (noun): A mild green chile pepper native to Mexico; when dried, the chilis are called anchos or chiles anchos (“wide chilis”).
• 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.
• pollen (noun): A fine granular substance produced in flowers. Technically a collective term for pollen grains (microspores) produced in the anthers of flowering plants. (This specific usage dating from mid 18th century.)
• 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.
• pone (noun): A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
• 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.