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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.

• fixable^†  (FI7)
• able  (AB4)
• affable  (AF7)
• affix  (AF5)
• alexia  (AL6)
• alfalfa  (AL7)
• alibi  (AL5)
• allele  (AL6)
• axel  (AX4)
• axial  (AX5)
• axilla  (AX6)
• axillae  (AX7)
• axle  (AX4)
• baba  (BA4)
• babble  (BA6)
• babe  (BA4)
• babel  (BA5)
• baffle  (BA6)
• bail  (BA4)
• bailee  (BA6)
• bailiff  (BA7)
• bale  (BA4)
• ball  (BA4)
• befall  (BE6)
• biaxial  (BI7)
• bilabial  (BI8)
• billable  (BI8)
• blab  (BL4)
• fable  (FA5)
• fail  (FA4)
• falafel  (FA7)
• fall  (FA4)
• fallible  (FA8)
• fella  (FE5)
• filial  (FI6)
• fillable  (FI8)
• flab  (FL4)
• flail  (FL5)
• flax  (FL4)
• flea  (FL4)
• label  (LA5)
• labia  (LA5)
• labial  (LA6)
• labile  (LA6)
• leaf  (LE4)
• liable  (LI6)

Answer Definitions

• fixable^† (adjective): Capable of being fixed, repairable.
• able (adjective): Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
• affable (adjective): Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
• affix (noun): That which is affixed; an appendage.
• alexia (noun): Word blindness, the inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing.
• alfalfa (noun): A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.
• alibi (noun): The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
• allele (noun): One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.
• axel (noun): A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.
• axial (adjective): Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis
• axilla (noun): The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
• axillae (noun): plural of axilla
• axle (noun): Shoulder.
• baba (noun): A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
• babble (verb): To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
• babe (noun): A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
• babel (noun): Alternative form of Babel
• baffle (verb): To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.
• bail (noun): Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
• bailee (noun): One who holds bailed property; one who takes possession of the property of another (called a bailor) in order to keep that property safe for the other.
• bailiff (noun): An officer of the court, particularly: A reeve, the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period. A high bailiff: an officer of the county courts responsible for executing warrants and court orders, appointed by the judge and removable by the Lord Chancellor. A bound bailiff: a deputy bailiff charged with debt collection. Any law enforcement officer charged with courtroom security and order. A huissier de justice or other foreign officer of the court acting as either a process server or as courtroom security.
• bale (noun): Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
• ball (noun): A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
• befall (verb): To fall upon; fall all over; overtake
• biaxial (adjective): Having two axes
• bilabial (adjective): Articulated with both lips.
• billable (adjective): Capable of being billed for.
• blab (verb): To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
• fable (noun): A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
• fail (verb): To be unsuccessful.
• falafel (noun): A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients. Often served in a pita.
• fall (verb): To be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
• fallible (adjective): Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.
• fella (noun): Pronunciation spelling of fellow.
• filial (adjective): Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
• fillable (adjective): able to be filled
• flab (noun): Soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat.
• flail (noun): A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
• flax (noun): A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds.
• flea (noun): A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
• label (noun): A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
• labia (noun): The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.
• labial (adjective): Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
• labile (adjective): Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
• leaf (noun): The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
• liable (adjective): bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.