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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.

• cloaked^†  (CL7)
• deadlock^†  (DE8)
• deadlocked^†  (DE10)
• accede  (AC6)
• acceded  (AC7)
• accolade  (AC8)
• aced  (AC4)
• added  (AD5)
• addle  (AD5)
• addled  (AD6)
• alack  (AL5)
• allele  (AL6)
• aloe  (AL4)
• cacao  (CA5)
• cackle  (CA6)
• cackled  (CA7)
• cake  (CA4)
• caked  (CA5)
• call  (CA4)
• calla  (CA5)
• callaloo  (CA8)
• called  (CA6)
• clack  (CL5)
• clacked  (CL7)
• clad  (CL4)
• clade  (CL5)
• cloaca  (CL6)
• cloak  (CL5)
• coal  (CO4)
• coca  (CO4)
• cockade  (CO7)
• cocoa  (CO5)
• coda  (CO4)
• cola  (CO4)
• dale  (DA4)
• dead  (DE4)
• deal  (DE4)
• decade  (DE6)
• decal  (DE5)
• doodad  (DO6)
• kale  (KA4)
• koala  (KO5)
• kola  (KO4)
• lace  (LA4)
• laced  (LA5)
• lack  (LA4)
• lacked  (LA6)
• lade  (LA4)
• laded  (LA5)
• ladle  (LA5)
• ladled  (LA6)
• lake  (LA4)
• lead  (LE4)
• leaded  (LE6)
• leak  (LE4)
• leaked  (LE6)
• load  (LO4)
• loaded  (LO6)
• local  (LO5)
• locale  (LO6)

Answer Definitions

• cloaked^† (adjective): Wearing a cloak.
• deadlock^† (noun): A standstill resulting from the opposition of two evenly matched forces; a stalemate or impasse.
• deadlocked^† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deadlock
• accede (verb): To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
• acceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of accede
• accolade (noun): An expression of approval; praise.
• aced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ace
• added (verb): simple past tense and past participle of add
• addle (verb): To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living.
• addled (verb): simple past and past participle of addle
• alack (interjection): An expression of sorrow or mourning.
• allele (noun): One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.
• aloe (noun): The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica.
• cacao (noun): A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
• cackle (noun): The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
• cackled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cackle
• cake (noun): A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
• caked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cake
• 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.
• callaloo (noun): Any of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genera Amaranthus and Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves.
• called (verb): simple past tense and past participle of call
• clack (noun): An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
• clacked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of clack
• clad (verb): simple past tense and past participle of clothe
• clade (noun): A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.
• cloaca (noun): A sewer.
• cloak (noun): A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
• coal (noun): A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
• coca (noun): Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
• cockade (noun): A rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat, especially as an office or party badge.
• cocoa (noun): The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
• coda (noun): A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
• cola (noun): The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
• dale (noun): A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
• dead (adjective): No longer living.
• deal (noun): A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece.
• decade (noun): A group, set, or series of ten , particularly:
• decal (noun): A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
• doodad (noun): Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.
• kale (noun): An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
• koala (noun): A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.
• kola (noun): A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract.
• lace (noun): A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
• laced (adjective): Fastened or adorned with lace.
• lack (noun): A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
• lacked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lack
• lade (verb): To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
• laded (verb): simple past and past participle of lade
• ladle (noun): A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.
• ladled (verb): simple past and past participle of ladle
• lake (noun): A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
• lead (noun): A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
• leaded (adjective): Held in place by strips of lead.
• leak (noun): A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
• leaked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of leak
• load (noun): A burden; a weight to be carried.
• loaded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of load
• local (adjective): From or in a nearby location.
• locale (noun): The place where something happens.