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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.

• arthropod^†  (AR9)
• hardtop^†  (HA7)
• arhat  (AR5)
• doth  (DO4)
• hard  (HA4)
• hardhat  (HA7)
• harp  (HA4)
• hart  (HA4)
• hath  (HA4)
• hatha  (HA5)
• hoar  (HO4)
• hoard  (HO5)
• hood  (HO4)
• hoodoo  (HO6)
• hoop  (HO4)
• hoorah  (HO6)
• hoot  (HO4)
• hora  (HO4)
• horror  (HO6)
• hotpot  (HO6)
• hotrod  (HO6)
• oath  (OA4)
• paratha  (PA7)
• path  (PA4)
• pharaoh  (PH7)
• phat  (PH4)
• photo  (PH5)
• pooh  (PO4)
• that  (TH4)
• throat  (TH6)
• tooth  (TO5)
• torah  (TO5)
• troth  (TR5)

Answer Definitions

• arthropod^† (noun): An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.
• hardtop^† (noun): The removable rigid roof of a convertible or sports car.
• arhat (noun): One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
• doth (verb): third-person singular simple present indicative form of do
• hard (adjective): Having a severe property; presenting difficulty. Resistant to pressure.
• hardhat (noun): Alternative spelling of hard hat
• harp (noun): A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body Any instrument of the same musicological type.
• hart (noun): A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year.
• hath (verb): third-person singular simple present indicative form of have
• hatha (noun): The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas
• hoar (noun): A white or greyish-white colour.
• hoard (noun): A hidden supply or fund.
• hood (noun): A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
• hoodoo (noun): A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.
• hoop (noun): A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
• hoorah (interjection): Alternative form of hurrah
• hoot (noun): A derisive cry or shout.
• hora (noun): A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.
• horror (noun): An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
• hotpot (noun): Alternative spelling of hot pot.
• hotrod (noun): Alternative spelling of hot rod
• oath (noun): A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
• paratha (noun): an Indian bread with a texture somewhat resembling puff pastry; sometimes stuffed with vegetables etc.
• path (noun): A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
• pharaoh (noun): The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty
• phat (adjective): Excellent; cool; very good.
• photo (noun): A photograph.
• pooh (interjection): Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
• that (conjunction): Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
• throat (noun): The front part of the neck.
• tooth (noun): A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
• torah (noun): the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
• troth (noun): An oath, pledge, or promise. A pledge or promise to marry someone. The state of being thus pledged; betrothal, engagement.