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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.

• anticipate^†  (AN10)
• capacitance^†  (CA11)
• incapacitate^†  (IN12)
• patience^†  (PA8)
• picante^†  (PI7)
• pittance^†  (PI8)
• acacia  (AC6)
• acai  (AC4)
• accent  (AC6)
• accept  (AC6)
• acceptance  (AC10)
• acetate  (AC7)
• acetic  (AC6)
• acne  (AC4)
• ancient  (AN7)
• antic  (AN5)
• anticipant  (AN10)
• apace  (AP5)
• apiece  (AP6)
• attic  (AT5)
• cacti  (CA5)
• canape  (CA6)
• cancan  (CA6)
• cane  (CA4)
• canine  (CA6)
• canna  (CA5)
• cant  (CA4)
• cantata  (CA7)
• canteen  (CA7)
• cantina  (CA7)
• cape  (CA4)
• captain  (CA7)
• catnap  (CA6)
• catnip  (CA6)
• cent  (CE4)
• cetacean  (CE8)
• cite  (CI4)
• enact  (EN5)
• entice  (EN6)
• epic  (EP4)
• epicene  (EP7)
• incant  (IN6)
• incipience  (IN10)
• incipient  (IN9)
• incite  (IN6)
• intact  (IN6)
• ipecac  (IP6)
• niacin  (NI6)
• nice  (NI4)
• niece  (NI5)
• pace  (PA4)
• pact  (PA4)
• panacea  (PA7)
• pancetta  (PA8)
• panic  (PA5)
• peace  (PE5)
• pecan  (PE5)
• pectin  (PE6)
• penance  (PE7)
• pence  (PE5)
• penitence  (PE9)
• peptic  (PE6)
• pica  (PI4)
• piccata  (PI7)
• picnic  (PI6)
• piece  (PI5)
• tacet  (TA5)
• tacit  (TA5)
• tact  (TA4)
• tactic  (TA6)
• tactician  (TA9)
• tannic  (TA6)
• tinct  (TI5)
• titanic  (TI7)

Answer Definitions

• anticipate^† (verb): To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
• capacitance^† (noun): The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or circuit (Q/V); SI unit: farad (F).
• incapacitate^† (verb): To make someone or something incapable of doing something; to disable.
• patience^† (noun): The quality of being patient.
• picante^† (n/a): No definition found.
• pittance^† (noun): A small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal.
• 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.
• accent (noun): A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
• accept (verb): To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
• acceptance (noun): The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
• acetate (noun): Any salt or ester of acetic acid.
• acetic (adjective): Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar
• acne (noun): A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.
• ancient (adjective): Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
• antic (adjective): Playful, funny, absurd.
• anticipant (adjective): Expectant.
• apace (adverb): Quickly, rapidly, with speed.
• apiece (adverb): Each by itself; for or to each one
• attic (noun): The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
• cacti (noun): plural of cactus
• canape (noun): Alternative spelling of canapé
• cancan (noun): A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
• cane (noun): A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
• canine (adjective): Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
• canna (noun): Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
• cant (noun): An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
• cantata (noun): A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music.
• canteen (noun): A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.
• cantina (noun): A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America.
• cape (noun): A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
• captain (noun): A chief or leader.
• catnap (noun): A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.
• catnip (noun): Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
• cent (noun): A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
• cetacean (adjective): Pertaining to the zoologic order Cetacea, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.
• cite (verb): to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
• enact (verb): to make (a bill) into law
• entice (verb): To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
• epic (noun): An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
• epicene (adjective): Of or relating to a class of Greek and Latin nouns that may refer to males or females but have a fixed grammatical gender (feminine, masculine, neuter, etc.).
• incant (verb): To state solemnly, to chant.
• incipience (noun): A beginning, or first stage.
• incipient (adjective): In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
• incite (verb): To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
• intact (adjective): Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied or otherwise damaged.
• ipecac (noun): The dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and Cephaelis ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine.
• niacin (noun): A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.
• nice (adjective): Pleasant, satisfactory.
• niece (noun): A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
• 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.
• pact (noun): An agreement; a compact; a covenant.
• panacea (noun): A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.
• pancetta (noun): A cured belly or pork; bacon.
• panic (adjective): Alternative letter-case form of Panic (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”)
• peace (noun): A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
• pecan (noun): A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.
• pectin (noun): A polysaccharide extracted from the cell walls of plants, especially of fruits; under acidic conditions it forms a gel. It is often used in processed foods, especially jellies and jams where it causes thickening (setting).
• penance (noun): A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
• pence (noun): plural of penny (the subunit of the pound sterling or Irish pound).
• penitence (noun): The condition of being penitent; a feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.
• peptic (adjective): Of, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion.
• pica (noun): A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
• piccata (adjective): Sliced, sautéed and served with lemon, parsley and butter sauce.
• picnic (noun): An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
• piece (noun): A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
• tacet (verb): An instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece.
• tacit (adjective): Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
• tact (noun): The sense of touch; feeling.
• tactic (noun): A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
• tactician (noun): A person skilled in the planning and execution of tactics.
• tannic (adjective): Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.
• tinct (noun): A tint or colour.
• titanic (adjective): Alternative letter-case form of Titanic Of or relating to the Titans, a race of giant gods in Greek mythology. Having great size, or great force, power, or strength. Of a conflict or contest: involving equally powerful participants.