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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.

• comically^†  (CO9)
• acclaim  (AC7)
• ammo  (AM4)
• amyl  (AM4)
• calm  (CA4)
• calmly  (CA6)
• cami  (CA4)
• camo  (CA4)
• claim  (CL5)
• clam  (CL4)
• clammy  (CL6)
• coma  (CO4)
• comic  (CO5)
• comical  (CO7)
• comma  (CO5)
• imam  (IM4)
• lama  (LA4)
• lima  (LI4)
• limo  (LI4)
• llama  (LL5)
• loam  (LO4)
• loamy  (LO5)
• loom  (LO4)
• mail  (MA4)
• maim  (MA4)
• malic  (MA5)
• mall  (MA4)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mammal  (MA6)
• mayo  (MA4)
• mica  (MI4)
• mill  (MI4)
• mimic  (MI5)
• moil  (MO4)
• moll  (MO4)
• molly  (MO5)
• momma  (MO5)
• mommy  (MO5)
• moola  (MO5)

Answer Definitions

• comically^† (adverb): in a comical manner
• acclaim (verb): To shout; to call out.
• ammo (noun): Ammunition.
• amyl (noun): Synonym of pentyl
• calm (adjective): Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
• calmly (adverb): In a calm manner.
• 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.
• claim (noun): A demand of ownership made for something.
• clam (noun): A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
• clammy (adjective): Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
• 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.
• comical (adjective): Originally, relating to comedy.
• 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.
• imam (noun): One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
• lama (noun): A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
• lima (noun): lima bean
• limo (noun): Clipping of limousine.
• llama (noun): A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
• loam (noun): A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
• loamy (adjective): Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.
• loom (noun): A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
• mail (noun): A bag or wallet.
• maim (verb): To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
• malic (adjective): Pertaining to apples.
• mall (noun): A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
• 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.
• mammal (noun): An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.
• mayo (noun): Clipping of mayonnaise.
• 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.
• mill (noun): A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
• mimic (verb): To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
• moil (verb): To toil, to work hard.
• moll (noun): A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
• molly (noun): A woman or girl, especially of low status.
• momma (noun): mother
• mommy (noun): Mother.
• moola (noun): Money, cash.