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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.

• itemizing^†  (IT9)
• eminent  (EM7)
• emit  (EM4)
• emitting  (EM8)
• entente  (EN7)
• gent  (GE4)
• getting  (GE7)
• ignite  (IG6)
• igniting  (IG8)
• imminent  (IM8)
• intent  (IN6)
• item  (IT4)
• itemize  (IT7)
• meet  (ME4)
• meeting  (ME7)
• mentee  (ME6)
• mete  (ME4)
• meting  (ME6)
• mint  (MI4)
• minting  (MI7)
• mite  (MI4)
• mitt  (MI4)
• mitten  (MI6)
• netizen  (NE7)
• netting  (NE7)
• nineteen  (NI8)
• nite  (NI4)
• teeing  (TE6)
• teem  (TE4)
• teeming  (TE7)
• teen  (TE4)
• tenement  (TE8)
• tenet  (TE5)
• tent  (TE4)
• tenting  (TE7)
• time  (TI4)
• timing  (TI6)
• tine  (TI4)
• tinge  (TI5)
• tingeing  (TI8)
• tinging  (TI7)
• tint  (TI4)
• tinting  (TI7)
• ziti  (ZI4)

Answer Definitions

• itemizing^† (verb): present participle of itemize
• eminent (adjective): Noteworthy, remarkable, great.
• emit (verb): to send out or give off
• emitting (verb): present participle of emit
• entente (noun): An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
• gent (noun): A gentleman.
• getting (verb): present participle of get
• ignite (verb): to set fire to (something), to light (something)
• igniting (verb): present participle of ignite
• imminent (adjective): about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
• intent (noun): Something that is intended.
• item (noun): A distinct physical object.
• itemize (verb): To state in items, or by particulars
• meet (verb): To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
• meeting (noun): The act of persons or things that meet.
• mentee (noun): A person who is being mentored
• mete (verb): To measure.
• meting (verb): present participle of mete
• mint (noun): A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
• minting (verb): present participle of mint
• mite (noun): Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
• mitt (noun): A mitten
• mitten (noun): A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.
• netizen (noun): A member of the community of Internet users.
• netting (noun): Something that acts as, or looks like, a net.
• nineteen (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
• nite (noun): Informal spelling of night.
• teeing (verb): present participle of tee
• teem (verb): To be stocked to overflowing.
• teeming (verb): present participle of teem
• teen (noun): Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old.
• tenement (noun): A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.
• tenet (noun): An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
• tent (noun): A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
• tenting (verb): present participle of tent
• time (noun): The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
• timing (noun): An occurrence or event.
• tine (noun): A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
• tinge (noun): A small added amount of colour; a small added amount of some other thing.
• tingeing (verb): present participle of tinge
• tinging (verb): present participle of tinge
• tint (noun): A slight coloring.
• tinting (verb): present participle of tint
• ziti (noun): A type of macaroni pasta in the form of long smooth hollow tubes.