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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.

• billionth^†  (BI9)
• billion  (BI7)
• biotin  (BI6)
• blob  (BL4)
• blot  (BL4)
• blotto  (BL6)
• bobbin  (BO6)
• boho  (BO4)
• boil  (BO4)
• boll  (BO4)
• bolo  (BO4)
• bolt  (BO4)
• bonbon  (BO6)
• bonito  (BO6)
• bonobo  (BO6)
• boob  (BO4)
• booboo  (BO6)
• boohoo  (BO6)
• boon  (BO4)
• boot  (BO4)
• booth  (BO5)
• both  (BO4)
• hobbit  (HO6)
• hobnob  (HO6)
• hobo  (HO4)
• holt  (HO4)
• hoot  (HO4)
• inhibition  (IN10)
• into  (IN4)
• lion  (LI4)
• litho  (LI5)
• lobo  (LO4)
• loin  (LO4)
• loll  (LO4)
• loon  (LO4)
• loot  (LO4)
• lotion  (LO6)
• lotto  (LO5)
• nonillion  (NO9)
• noob  (NO4)
• noon  (NO4)
• notion  (NO6)
• obit  (OB4)
• olio  (OL4)
• onion  (ON5)
• onto  (ON4)
• toil  (TO4)
• toll  (TO4)
• tollbooth  (TO9)
• tool  (TO4)
• toon  (TO4)
• toot  (TO4)
• tooth  (TO5)

Answer Definitions

• billionth^† (adjective): The ordinal form of the number one billion.
• billion (noun): a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2): 1 followed by nine zeros, 10; a milliard
• biotin (noun): A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex, 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid, found in liver, egg yolk, milk and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems.
• 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.
• blot (noun): A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
• blotto (adjective): (Very) drunk or intoxicated.
• bobbin (noun): A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
• boho (noun): A bohemian.
• boil (noun): A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
• 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.
• bonbon (noun): A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
• bonito (noun): Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda, that are related to and resemble the tuna.
• bonobo (noun): The pygmy chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.
• boob (noun): An idiot; a fool.
• booboo (noun): Alternative spelling of boo-boo
• boohoo (verb): To cry, weep.
• boon (noun): A prayer; petition.
• 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.
• booth (noun): A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
• both (determiner): Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.
• hobbit (noun): A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.
• hobnob (noun): A toast made while touching glasses together.
• hobo (noun): A wandering homeless person, especially one illegally travelling by rail or a penniless, unemployed bum.
• holt (noun): A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse.
• hoot (noun): A derisive cry or shout.
• inhibition (noun): The act of inhibiting.
• into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
• lion (noun): A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
• litho (adjective): Clipping of lithographic.
• lobo (noun): A wolf.
• loin (noun): The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
• loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
• loon (noun): An idler, a lout.
• loot (noun): A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
• lotion (noun): A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
• lotto (noun): a game of chance similar to bingo
• nonillion (numeral): 10.
• noob (noun): A newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things.
• noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
• notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
• obit (noun): Death of a person.
• olio (noun): A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
• onion (noun): A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
• onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
• toil (noun): Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
• toll (noun): Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
• tollbooth (noun): (In this sense usually spelt tolbooth) The traditional municipal building of a Scottish town or burgh, usually including a meeting-hall, court, prison and (eponymically) a place for the receipt of taxes, duties and fines.
• tool (noun): A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
• toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
• toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
• tooth (noun): A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.