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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.

• diatomic^†  (DI8)
• idiomatic^†  (ID9)
• admit  (AD5)
• amid  (AM4)
• ammo  (AM4)
• atom  (AT4)
• atomic  (AT6)
• cami  (CA4)
• camo  (CA4)
• coma  (CO4)
• comic  (CO5)
• comma  (CO5)
• commit  (CO6)
• dammit  (DA6)
• diatom  (DI6)
• doom  (DO4)
• idiom  (ID5)
• imam  (IM4)
• macadam  (MA7)
• macadamia  (MA9)
• madam  (MA5)
• maid  (MA4)
• maim  (MA4)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mica  (MI4)
• midi  (MI4)
• mimic  (MI5)
• mitt  (MI4)
• moat  (MO4)
• momma  (MO5)
• mood  (MO4)
• moot  (MO4)
• motto  (MO5)
• omit  (OM4)
• tatami  (TA6)
• timid  (TI5)
• tomato  (TO6)
• tomcat  (TO6)
• tomtit  (TO6)

Answer Definitions

• diatomic^† (adjective): Consisting of two atoms.
• idiomatic^† (adjective): Pertaining or conforming to idiom, the natural mode of expression of a language.
• admit (verb): To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
• amid (preposition): In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by.
• ammo (noun): Ammunition.
• atom (noun): The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
• atomic (adjective): Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
• cami (noun): A camisole.
• camo (noun): A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
• coma (noun): A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
• comic (adjective): Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
• comma (noun): English Wikipedia has an article on:commaWikipedia The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
• commit (verb): To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
• dammit (interjection): Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
• diatom (noun): Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.
• doom (noun): Destiny, especially terrible.
• idiom (noun): A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
• imam (noun): One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
• macadam (noun): The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
• macadamia (noun): An evergreen tree, of the genus Macadamia, native to Australia and cultivated in Hawaii.
• madam (noun): A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
• maid (noun): A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
• maim (verb): To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
• mama (noun): Mother, female parent.
• mamma (noun): The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
• mica (noun): Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
• midi (adjective): Having a hemline at mid-calf length.
• mimic (verb): To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
• mitt (noun): A mitten
• moat (noun): A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
• momma (noun): mother
• mood (noun): A mental or emotional state, composure.
• moot (adjective): Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
• motto (noun): A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
• omit (verb): To leave out or exclude.
• tatami (noun): Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
• timid (adjective): Lacking in courage or confidence.
• tomato (noun): A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
• tomcat (noun): A tom, an intact male cat.
• tomtit (noun): Alternative spelling of tom-tit