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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.

• cornball^†  (CO8)
• acorn  (AC5)
• arcana  (AR6)
• arco  (AR4)
• bacon  (BA5)
• banc  (BA4)
• barbacoa  (BA8)
• bloc  (BL4)
• bronc  (BR5)
• bronco  (BR6)
• cabal  (CA5)
• cabala  (CA6)
• cabana  (CA6)
• cacao  (CA5)
• call  (CA4)
• calla  (CA5)
• callaloo  (CA8)
• canal  (CA5)
• cancan  (CA6)
• canna  (CA5)
• cannon  (CA6)
• cannonball  (CA10)
• canola  (CA6)
• canon  (CA5)
• carb  (CA4)
• carbon  (CA6)
• carbonara  (CA9)
• carnal  (CA6)
• carob  (CA5)
• carol  (CA5)
• clan  (CL4)
• cloaca  (CL6)
• coal  (CO4)
• cobra  (CO5)
• coca  (CO4)
• cocoa  (CO5)
• cocoon  (CO6)
• cola  (CO4)
• colcannon  (CO9)
• collab  (CO6)
• collar  (CO6)
• colon  (CO5)
• color  (CO5)
• cool  (CO4)
• coral  (CO5)
• corn  (CO4)
• corncob  (CO7)
• corolla  (CO7)
• corona  (CO6)
• coronal  (CO7)
• corral  (CO6)
• crab  (CR4)
• croc  (CR4)
• croon  (CR5)
• local  (LO5)
• loco  (LO4)
• narc  (NA4)
• narco  (NA5)
• nonlocal  (NO8)
• orca  (OR4)
• raccoon  (RA7)
• rancor  (RA6)
• robocall  (RO8)
• rococo  (RO6)

Answer Definitions

• cornball^† (noun): A ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar.
• acorn (noun): The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
• arcana (noun): Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated.
• arco (adverb): A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.
• bacon (noun): Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
• banc (noun): A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment.
• barbacoa (noun): Meat slow-cooked over an open fire, characteristic of Latin American cuisine.
• bloc (noun): A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.
• bronc (noun): A bronco.
• bronco (noun): A horse of western North America that is wild or not fully broken.
• cabal (noun): A secret political clique or faction.
• cabala (proper noun): Alternative spelling of Kabballah
• cabana (noun): A cabin or hut for relaxing.
• cacao (noun): A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
• 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.
• callaloo (noun): Any of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genera Amaranthus and Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves.
• 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.
• cannon (noun): A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
• cannonball (noun): A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.
• canola (noun): Any of a number of cultivars of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and closely related field mustard (Brassica rapa), which have a lower erucic acid and glucosinolate content than traditional rapeseed.
• canon (noun): A generally accepted principle; a rule.
• carb (noun): Clipping of carbohydrate.
• carbon (noun): The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.
• carbonara (noun): A thick Italian pasta sauce, made with guanciale, grated cheese, beaten egg yolks and pepper.
• carnal (adjective): Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites.
• carob (noun): An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
• carol (noun): A round dance accompanied by singing.
• clan (noun): A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
• cloaca (noun): A sewer.
• coal (noun): A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
• cobra (noun): Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.
• coca (noun): Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
• cocoa (noun): The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
• cocoon (noun): The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
• cola (noun): The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
• colcannon (noun): A traditional Irish dish made from mashed potatoes and cabbage or kale, with scallions, butter, salt and pepper added.
• collab (noun): A collaboration, especially a work produced by several musicians who do not usually work together.
• collar (noun): Clothes that encircle the neck. The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric. A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline. A chain worn around the neck. A similar detachable item. A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal. A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
• colon (noun): The punctuation mark ":".
• color (noun): The spectral composition of visible light.
• cool (adjective): Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
• coral (noun): Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.
• corn (noun): Any cereal plant grown for its grain, or the grain thereof.
• corncob (noun): The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.
• corolla (noun): An outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.
• corona (noun): A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.
• coronal (adjective): Relating to a crown or coronation.
• corral (noun): An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
• crab (noun): A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
• croc (noun): A crocodile.
• croon (verb): To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner.
• local (adjective): From or in a nearby location.
• loco (adverb): A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
• narc (noun): A police officer assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control.
• narco (noun): Narcotics.
• nonlocal (adjective): Not local; not specific to a location
• orca (noun): A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.
• raccoon (noun): A nocturnal omnivore native to North America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail; Procyon lotor.
• rancor (noun): A feeling of long-lasting ire for another, sometimes to the point of hatred, over a perceived wrongdoing; bitterness.
• robocall (noun): An automated phone call, commonly for telemarketing purposes, that uses both an autodialer and a recorded message.
• rococo (noun): A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.