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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.

• potable^†  (PO7)
• tabletop^†  (TA8)
• abate  (AB5)
• abbot  (AB5)
• abet  (AB4)
• ablate  (AB6)
• able  (AB4)
• appealable  (AP10)
• baba  (BA4)
• babble  (BA6)
• babe  (BA4)
• babel  (BA5)
• bale  (BA4)
• ball  (BA4)
• ballet  (BA6)
• ballot  (BA6)
• baobab  (BA6)
• bate  (BA4)
• battle  (BA6)
• beat  (BE4)
• beatable  (BE8)
• bebop  (BE5)
• beep  (BE4)
• beet  (BE4)
• beetle  (BE6)
• belate  (BE6)
• bell  (BE4)
• belle  (BE5)
• belt  (BE4)
• beta  (BE4)
• betel  (BE5)
• blab  (BL4)
• blat  (BL4)
• bleat  (BL5)
• bleep  (BL5)
• bloat  (BL5)
• blob  (BL4)
• bloop  (BL5)
• blot  (BL4)
• blotto  (BL6)
• boat  (BO4)
• boatel  (BO6)
• boba  (BO4)
• bobble  (BO6)
• bola  (BO4)
• boll  (BO4)
• bolo  (BO4)
• bolt  (BO4)
• boob  (BO4)
• booboo  (BO6)
• boop  (BO4)
• boot  (BO4)
• bootee  (BO6)
• bottle  (BO6)
• label  (LA5)
• lobe  (LO4)
• lobo  (LO4)
• oblate  (OB6)
• oboe  (OB4)
• palatable  (PA9)
• palpable  (PA8)
• pebble  (PE6)
• peelable  (PE8)
• pleb  (PL4)
• plebe  (PL5)
• tabla  (TA5)
• table  (TA5)
• tablet  (TA6)
• taboo  (TA5)

Answer Definitions

• potable^† (adjective): Good for drinking without fear of disease or poisoning.
• tabletop^† (noun): The flat, horizontal upper surface of a table.
• abate (verb): To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
• abbot (noun): The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
• abet (verb): To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
• ablate (verb): To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
• able (adjective): Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
• appealable (adjective): That may be appealed, or sent to a higher court for judgement.
• 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
• bale (noun): Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
• ball (noun): A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
• ballet (noun): A classical form of dance.
• ballot (noun): Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
• baobab (noun): A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
• bate (verb): To reduce the force of something; to abate.
• battle (noun): A contest, a struggle.
• beat (noun): A stroke; a blow.
• beatable (adjective): Able to be beaten.
• bebop (noun): An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies.
• beep (noun): The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
• beet (noun): Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
• beetle (noun): Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
• belate (verb): To impede; cause something to be late; delay; benight.
• bell (noun): A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
• belle (noun): An attractive woman.
• belt (noun): A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
• beta (noun): The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β,  β), preceded by alpha (Α,  α) and followed by gamma, (Γ,  γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
• betel (noun): Either of two plants often used in combination: an evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper the seed of the betel palm, Areca catechu: the betel nut
• blab (verb): To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
• blat (verb): To cry, as a calf or sheep; bleat.
• bleat (noun): The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.
• bleep (noun): A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.
• bloat (verb): To cause to become distended.
• blob (noun): A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
• bloop (verb): To blow air bubbles or audibly slosh about in water.
• blot (noun): A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
• blotto (adjective): (Very) drunk or intoxicated.
• boat (noun): A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
• boatel (noun): A ship, normally moored alongside a quay, used as a hotel
• boba (noun): Synonym of tapioca pearl.
• bobble (noun): A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
• bola (noun): A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of a cord.
• boll (noun): The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
• bolo (noun): A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
• bolt (noun): A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
• boob (noun): An idiot; a fool.
• booboo (noun): Alternative spelling of boo-boo
• boop (noun): A low-pitched beeping sound.
• boot (noun): A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
• bootee (noun): A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.
• bottle (noun): A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
• label (noun): A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
• lobe (noun): Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
• lobo (noun): A wolf.
• oblate (noun): A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
• oboe (noun): A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.
• palatable (adjective): Pleasing to the taste, tasty.
• palpable (adjective): Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
• pebble (noun): A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
• peelable (adjective): Capable of being peeled.
• pleb (noun): A commoner, a member of the lower class of a society.
• plebe (noun): A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens.
• tabla (noun): A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos.
• table (noun): Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs. The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts. A flat tray which can be used as a table. A supply of food or entertainment.
• tablet (noun): A slab of clay used for inscription.
• taboo (noun): An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.