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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.

• implant^†  (IM7)
• anal  (AN4)
• anima  (AN5)
• animal  (AN6)
• annal  (AN5)
• anti  (AN4)
• apian  (AP5)
• attain  (AT6)
• inapt  (IN5)
• initial  (IN7)
• lain  (LA4)
• lamina  (LA6)
• laminal  (LA7)
• lanai  (LA5)
• lantana  (LA7)
• liminal  (LI7)
• limn  (LI4)
• lint  (LI4)
• mailman  (MA7)
• main  (MA4)
• maintain  (MA8)
• mammalian  (MA9)
• mania  (MA5)
• manila  (MA6)
• manna  (MA5)
• manta  (MA5)
• militant  (MI8)
• militiaman  (MI10)
• mini  (MI4)
• minim  (MI5)
• minima  (MI6)
• minimal  (MI7)
• mint  (MI4)
• naan  (NA4)
• nail  (NA4)
• nana  (NA4)
• napalm  (NA6)
• natal  (NA5)
• natant  (NA6)
• pain  (PA4)
• paint  (PA5)
• panama  (PA6)
• panini  (PA6)
• pant  (PA4)
• patina  (PA6)
• pinata  (PI6)
• pint  (PI4)
• pintail  (PI7)
• pippin  (PI6)
• plain  (PL5)
• plaint  (PL6)
• plan  (PL4)
• plant  (PL5)
• plantain  (PL8)
• pliant  (PL6)
• taint  (TA5)
• tannin  (TA6)
• timpani  (TI7)
• tint  (TI4)
• titan  (TI5)

Answer Definitions

• implant^† (verb): To fix firmly or set securely or deeply.
• anal (adjective): of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
• anima (noun): The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
• animal (noun): A eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
• annal (noun): The record of a single event or item.
• anti (adjective): Opposed to something.
• apian (adjective): Relating to bees.
• attain (verb): To gain (an object or desired result).
• inapt (adjective): Unapt
• initial (adjective): Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
• lain (verb): past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
• lamina (noun): a thin layer, plate, or scale of material
• laminal (adjective): laminar
• lanai (noun): A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
• lantana (noun): Any member of the genus Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters.
• liminal (adjective): Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold.
• limn (verb): To draw or paint; to delineate.
• lint (noun): Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
• mailman (noun): someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes
• main (adjective): Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
• maintain (verb): To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
• mammalian (adjective): of, or pertaining to, mammals
• mania (noun): Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
• manila (adjective): Made of manila paper or material like it.
• manna (noun): Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
• manta (noun): A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
• militant (adjective): Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike.
• militiaman (noun): A member of a militia.
• mini (adjective): Miniature, tiny, small.
• minim (noun): A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
• minima (noun): plural of minimum
• minimal (adjective): The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
• mint (noun): A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
• naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
• nail (noun): The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
• nana (noun): A banana.
• napalm (noun): A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas.
• natal (adjective): Of or relating to birth.
• natant (adjective): floating or swimming (in water)
• pain (noun): An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
• paint (noun): A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
• panama (noun): a lightweight hat of natural-colored straw hand-plaited of narrow strips from the young leaves of the jipijapa
• panini (noun): A type of grilled sandwich made of a small loaf of bread, cut horizontally, filled with meat such as salami or ham, cheese or other food.
• pant (noun): A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
• patina (noun): A paten, flat type of dish.
• pinata (noun): Alternative form of piñata
• pint (noun): A unit of volume, equivalent to: one eighth of a gallon, specifically: 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint) : one half quart 16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or approximately 18.62 fluid ounces [551 millilitres] for dry goods (a US dry pint). 1.696 liters 12 fluid ounces
• pintail (noun): A pintail duck, a type of dabbling duck with a characteristic pointed tail. A northern pintail, Anas acuta, a dabbling duck of the northern hemisphere that has a long pointed tail.
• pippin (noun): A seed
• plain (adjective): Flat, level.
• plaint (noun): A lament or woeful cry.
• 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.
• plant (noun): An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
• plantain (noun): A plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.
• pliant (adjective): Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking
• taint (noun): A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
• tannin (noun): Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.
• timpani (noun): The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra.
• tint (noun): A slight coloring.
• titan (noun): Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.