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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.

• anarchical^†  (AN10)
• anal  (AN4)
• annal  (AN5)
• aril  (AR4)
• call  (CA4)
• calla  (CA5)
• canal  (CA5)
• carnal  (CA6)
• challah  (CH7)
• chili  (CH5)
• chill  (CH5)
• chinchilla  (CH10)
• cilia  (CI5)
• clan  (CL4)
• clinch  (CL6)
• clinic  (CL6)
• clinical  (CL8)
• clinician  (CL9)
• cranial  (CR7)
• hail  (HA4)
• halal  (HA5)
• hall  (HA4)
• hill  (HI4)
• iliac  (IL5)
• laic  (LA4)
• laical  (LA6)
• lain  (LA4)
• lair  (LA4)
• lanai  (LA5)
• larch  (LA5)
• liar  (LI4)
• lilac  (LI5)
• lira  (LI4)
• nail  (NA4)
• racial  (RA6)
• rail  (RA4)
• railcar  (RA7)
• rial  (RI4)
• rill  (RI4)

Answer Definitions

• anarchical^† (adjective): Anarchic
• anal (adjective): of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
• annal (noun): The record of a single event or item.
• aril (noun): A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.
• call (noun): A telephone conversation; a phone call.
• calla (noun): A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
• canal (noun): An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
• carnal (adjective): Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites.
• challah (noun): A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
• chili (noun): The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
• chill (noun): A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
• chinchilla (noun): Either of two small, crepuscular rodents of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
• cilia (noun): plural of cilium
• clan (noun): A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
• clinch (verb): To clasp; to interlock.
• clinic (noun): A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
• clinical (adjective): Dealing with the practical management of patients, in practice at the point of care; as contrasted with other health care venues (see clinical medicine for more explanation).
• clinician (noun): Any healthcare practitioner working at the point of care, in clinical practice (e.g., physicians in clinical medicine, nurses in nursing practice, or allied health providers in practice).
• cranial (adjective): Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull.
• hail (noun): Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
• halal (adjective): Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
• hall (noun): A corridor; a hallway.
• hill (noun): An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
• iliac (adjective): Relating to the ilium.
• laic (noun): A layperson, as opposed to a member of the clergy.
• laical (adjective): Of or pertaining to a layperson, layman, laywoman, or laypeople (laity).
• lain (verb): past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
• lair (noun): A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
• lanai (noun): A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
• larch (noun): A coniferous tree, of genus Larix, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles.
• liar (noun): One who frequently tells lies.
• lilac (noun): A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.
• lira (noun): The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
• nail (noun): The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
• racial (adjective): Of or relating to a race (or a people).
• rail (noun): A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
• railcar (noun): A self-propelled railway vehicle for passengers, similar to a bus.
• rial (noun): The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
• rill (noun): A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.