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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.

• weighting^†  (WE9)
• whetting^†  (WH8)
• whitening^†  (WH9)
• eight  (EI5)
• eighteen  (EI8)
• eighteenth  (EI10)
• eighth  (EI6)
• eightieth  (EI9)
• ghee  (GH4)
• height  (HE6)
• heighten  (HE8)
• heightening  (HE11)
• heinie  (HE6)
• henge  (HE5)
• hewing  (HE6)
• hewn  (HE4)
• high  (HI4)
• hinge  (HI5)
• hinging  (HI7)
• hint  (HI4)
• hinting  (HI7)
• hitting  (HI7)
• neigh  (NE5)
• neighing  (NE8)
• nigh  (NI4)
• night  (NI5)
• nightie  (NI7)
• nineteenth  (NI10)
• ninetieth  (NI9)
• ninth  (NI5)
• teeth  (TE5)
• teethe  (TE6)
• teething  (TE8)
• tenth  (TE5)
• thee  (TH4)
• then  (TH4)
• thigh  (TH5)
• thin  (TH4)
• thine  (TH5)
• thing  (TH5)
• thinning  (TH8)
• tight  (TI5)
• tighten  (TI7)
• tightening  (TI10)
• tithe  (TI5)
• tithing  (TI7)
• twentieth  (TW9)
• weigh  (WE5)
• weighing  (WE8)
• weight  (WE6)
• whee  (WH4)
• when  (WH4)
• whet  (WH4)
• whew  (WH4)
• whine  (WH5)
• whinge  (WH6)
• whingeing  (WH9)
• whinging  (WH8)
• whining  (WH7)
• whit  (WH4)
• white  (WH5)
• whiten  (WH6)
• whiting  (WH7)
• wight  (WI5)
• with  (WI4)
• within  (WI6)

Answer Definitions

• weighting^† (verb): present participle and gerund of weight
• whetting^† (verb): present participle and gerund of whet
• whitening^† (verb): present participle and gerund of whiten
• eight (numeral): NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 8.
• eighteen (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.
• eighteenth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number eighteen.
• eighth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number eight.
• eightieth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number eighty.
• ghee (noun): A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.
• height (noun): The distance from the base of something to the top.
• heighten (verb): To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
• heightening (verb): present participle of heighten
• heinie (noun): The buttocks.
• henge (noun): A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space.
• hewing (verb): present participle of hew
• hewn (adjective): Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down.
• high (adjective): Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level: Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
• hinge (noun): A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
• hinging (verb): present participle of hinge
• hint (noun): A clue.
• hinting (noun): The act of giving a hint or suggestion.
• hitting (noun): A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.
• neigh (noun): The cry of a horse.
• neighing (verb): present participle of neigh
• nigh (adjective): near, close by
• night (noun): The period between sunset and sunrise, when a location faces far away from the sun, thus when the sky is dark.
• nightie (noun): A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed.
• nineteenth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number nineteen.
• ninetieth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number ninety.
• ninth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number nine.
• teeth (noun): plural of tooth
• teethe (verb): To grow teeth.
• teething (noun): The eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.
• tenth (adjective): The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.
• thee (pronoun): Objective and reflexive case of thou.
• then (adverb): At that time.
• thigh (noun): The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
• thin (adjective): Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
• thine (determiner): Singular second person prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
• thing (noun): That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
• thinning (verb): present participle of thin
• tight (adjective): Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
• tighten (verb): To make tighter.
• tightening (verb): present participle of tighten
• tithe (noun): A tenth.
• tithing (noun): A tithe or tenth in its various senses, : The tithe given as an offering to the church. The payment of tithes. The collection of tithes.
• twentieth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number twenty.
• weigh (verb): To determine the weight of an object.
• weighing (verb): present participle of weigh
• weight (noun): The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
• whee (interjection): An expression of pleasure or enjoyment, mostly from rapid physical motion.
• when (adverb): At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.
• whet (verb): To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
• whew (interjection): An expressive sound made indicating the release of one's inner tension; the release of breath; an expression of relief.
• whine (noun): A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
• whinge (verb): To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.
• whingeing (verb): present participle and gerund of whinge
• whinging (verb): present participle and gerund of whing
• whining (verb): present participle of whine
• whit (noun): The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
• white (adjective): Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
• whiten (verb): (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
• whiting (noun): A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.
• wight (noun): A living creature, especially a human being.
• with (preposition): Against.
• within (preposition): In the inner part, spatially; physically inside.