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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.

• chariot^†  (CH7)
• haricot^†  (HA7)
• thoracic^†  (TH8)
• achoo  (AC5)
• arch  (AR4)
• archaic  (AR7)
• arhat  (AR5)
• arthritic  (AR9)
• attach  (AT6)
• catarrh  (CA7)
• catch  (CA5)
• cathartic  (CA9)
• chai  (CH4)
• chair  (CH5)
• chaotic  (CH7)
• char  (CH4)
• chart  (CH5)
• chat  (CH4)
• chia  (CH4)
• chic  (CH4)
• chica  (CH5)
• chichi  (CH6)
• chit  (CH4)
• chitchat  (CH8)
• choir  (CH5)
• coach  (CO5)
• cochair  (CO7)
• coho  (CO4)
• cohort  (CO6)
• crotch  (CR6)
• hair  (HA4)
• hart  (HA4)
• hatch  (HA5)
• hath  (HA4)
• hatha  (HA5)
• hitch  (HI5)
• hoar  (HO4)
• hooch  (HO5)
• hoorah  (HO6)
• hoot  (HO4)
• hora  (HO4)
• horchata  (HO8)
• horror  (HO6)
• ichor  (IC5)
• itch  (IT4)
• oath  (OA4)
• orthotic  (OR8)
• rhotic  (RH6)
• rich  (RI4)
• roach  (RO5)
• tach  (TA4)
• that  (TH4)
• thatch  (TH6)
• throat  (TH6)
• tooth  (TO5)
• torah  (TO5)
• torch  (TO5)
• troth  (TR5)

Answer Definitions

• chariot^† (noun): A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
• haricot^† (noun): A common bean.
• thoracic^† (adjective): Of the thorax.
• achoo (interjection): The sound of a sneeze.
• arch (noun): An inverted U shape.
• archaic (noun): A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
• arhat (noun): One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
• arthritic (adjective): Of, or affected by arthritis.
• attach (verb): To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
• catarrh (noun): Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.
• catch (noun): The act of seizing or capturing.
• cathartic (adjective): Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis.
• chai (noun): A female gypsy.
• chair (noun): An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
• chaotic (adjective): filled with chaos.
• char (verb): To burn something to charcoal.
• chart (noun): A map. A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon. A navigator's map.
• chat (verb): To be engaged in informal conversation.
• chia (noun): A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
• chic (adjective): Elegant, stylish.
• chica (noun): A Latin-American girl; a Latina.
• chichi (adjective): Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way.
• chit (noun): A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
• chitchat (noun): Alternative spelling of chit-chat
• choir (noun): A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
• coach (noun): A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
• cochair (noun): Someone who serves as the chair of a meeting or organization together with one or more other chairs.
• coho (noun): An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
• cohort (noun): A group of people supporting the same thing or person.
• crotch (noun): The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place.
• hair (noun): A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
• hart (noun): A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
• hatch (noun): A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
• hath (verb): third-person singular simple present indicative form of have
• hatha (noun): The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas
• hitch (noun): A sudden pull.
• hoar (noun): A white or greyish-white colour.
• hooch (noun): Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
• hoorah (interjection): Alternative form of hurrah
• hoot (noun): A derisive cry or shout.
• hora (noun): A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.
• horchata (noun): A sweet beverage variously made with rice, chufa or morro seeds (or, historically, barley), water, sugar, and cinnamon, and sometimes with milk.
• horror (noun): An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
• ichor (noun): The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.
• itch (noun): A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
• oath (noun): A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
• orthotic (adjective): Of or pertaining to orthotics.
• rhotic (adjective): That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ even when not followed by a vowel, as in bar (/bɑːɹ/) and bard or barred (/bɑːɹd/); who speaks with such an accent.
• rich (adjective): Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
• roach (noun): Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including: Species in the genus Rutilus, especially: The common roach (Rutilus rutilus) The California roach, of the monotypic genus Hesperoleucus
• tach (noun): Clipping of tachometer.
• that (conjunction): Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
• thatch (noun): Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
• throat (noun): The front part of the neck.
• tooth (noun): A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
• torah (noun): the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
• torch (noun): A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.
• troth (noun): An oath, pledge, or promise. A pledge or promise to marry someone. The state of being thus pledged; betrothal, engagement.