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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.

• deputize^†  (DE8)
• deputized^†  (DE9)
• died  (DI4)
• diet  (DI4)
• dieted  (DI6)
• dipped  (DI6)
• ditz  (DI4)
• dizzied  (DI7)
• eddied  (ED6)
• edit  (ED4)
• edited  (ED6)
• peptide  (PE7)
• petit  (PE5)
• petite  (PE6)
• pied  (PI4)
• pipe  (PI4)
• piped  (PI5)
• pipet  (PI5)
• pipette  (PI7)
• pipit  (PI5)
• pitied  (PI6)
• pitted  (PI6)
• puttied  (PU7)
• tepid  (TE5)
• tide  (TI4)
• tided  (TI5)
• tidied  (TI6)
• tied  (TI4)
• tipi  (TI4)
• tipped  (TI6)
• tippet  (TI6)
• tutti  (TU5)
• zipped  (ZI6)
• ziti  (ZI4)

Answer Definitions

• deputize^† (verb): To officially empower, authorize, pronounce, and establish (someone) to be a deputy.
• deputized^† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deputize
• died (verb): simple past tense and past participle of die
• diet (noun): The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
• dieted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of diet
• dipped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dip
• ditz (noun): A scatterbrained person, especially a woman.
• dizzied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dizzy
• eddied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of eddy
• edit (noun): A change to the text of a document.
• edited (verb): simple past tense and past participle of edit
• peptide (noun): Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond.
• petit (adjective): Petite: small, little.
• petite (adjective): fairly short and of slim build.
• pied (adjective): Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
• pipe (noun): Meanings relating to a wind instrument. A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe. The key or sound of the voice. A high-pitched sound, especially of a bird.
• piped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pipe
• pipet (noun): Alternative form of pipette
• pipette (noun): A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid.
• pipit (noun): Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.
• pitied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pity
• pitted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pit
• puttied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of putty
• tepid (adjective): Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
• tide (noun): The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
• tided (adjective): Affected by the tide; having a tide.
• tidied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tidy
• tied (adjective): Closely connected or associated.
• tipi (noun): Alternative form of teepee
• tipped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tip
• tippet (noun): A shoulder covering, typically the fur of a fox, with long ends that dangle in front.
• tutti (adverb): All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.
• zipped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of zip
• ziti (noun): A type of macaroni pasta in the form of long smooth hollow tubes.