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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.

• violator^†  (VI8)
• aioli  (AI5)
• allot  (AL5)
• alto  (AL4)
• aorta  (AO5)
• aortal  (AO6)
• atoll  (AT5)
• aviator  (AV7)
• iota  (IO4)
• littoral  (LI8)
• loll  (LO4)
• loot  (LO4)
• lotto  (LO5)
• olio  (OL4)
• oral  (OR4)
• orator  (OR6)
• oratorio  (OR8)
• oval  (OV4)
• ratio  (RA5)
• ravioli  (RA7)
• riot  (RI4)
• roar  (RO4)
• roil  (RO4)
• roll  (RO4)
• root  (RO4)
• rotator  (RO7)
• roti  (RO4)
• rotor  (RO5)
• rototill  (RO8)
• tailor  (TA6)
• taro  (TA4)
• tarot  (TA5)
• tattoo  (TA6)
• toil  (TO4)
• toll  (TO4)
• tool  (TO4)
• toot  (TO4)
• tori  (TO4)
• torii  (TO5)
• toro  (TO4)
• tort  (TO4)
• torta  (TO5)
• tortilla  (TO8)
• total  (TO5)
• traitor  (TR7)
• trattoria  (TR9)
• trio  (TR4)
• troll  (TR5)
• trot  (TR4)
• valor  (VA5)
• viol  (VI4)
• viola  (VI5)
• vitriol  (VI7)
• voila  (VO5)
• volt  (VO4)

Answer Definitions

• violator^† (noun): One who violates (a rule, a boundary, another person's body, etc.); offender One who violates another person's body as through forced sexual activity
• aioli (noun): A type of sauce, similar to mayonnaise, made from garlic, egg, lemon juice and olive oil.
• allot (verb): To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
• alto (noun): A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.
• aorta (noun): The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
• aortal (adjective): Of or relating to the aorta.
• atoll (noun): a type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls
• aviator (noun): An aircraft pilot, especially a military pilot. The use of the word may imply claims of superior airmanship, as in navy aviator vs. air force pilot.
• iota (noun): The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
• littoral (adjective): Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore.
• loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
• loot (noun): A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
• lotto (noun): a game of chance similar to bingo
• olio (noun): A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
• oral (adjective): Relating to the mouth.
• orator (noun): Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
• oratorio (noun): A musical composition, often based on a religious theme; similar to opera but with no costume, scenery or acting.
• oval (noun): An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
• ratio (noun): A number representing a comparison between two named things.
• ravioli (noun): plural of raviolo
• riot (noun): A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
• roar (verb): To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
• roil (verb): To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
• roll (verb): To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
• root (noun): The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
• rotator (noun): One who or that which rotates.
• roti (noun): A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.
• rotor (noun): A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
• rototill (verb): To break up and turn soil using a rototiller.
• tailor (noun): A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
• taro (noun): Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
• tarot (noun): A card game played in various different variations.
• tattoo (noun): An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
• toil (noun): Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
• toll (noun): Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
• tool (noun): A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
• toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
• tori (noun): plural of torus
• torii (noun): A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.
• toro (noun): A traditional Japanese lantern.
• tort (noun): An injury or wrong.
• torta (noun): A sandwich, served either hot or cold, on an oblong white sandwich roll, derived from Mexican cuisine.
• tortilla (noun): A flat round bread made out of cornmeal or flour.
• total (noun): An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
• traitor (noun): Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to their defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished.
• trattoria (noun): A small, informal Italian-style restaurant.
• trio (noun): A group of three people or things.
• troll (noun): A supernatural being of varying size, now especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
• trot (noun): An ugly old woman, a hag.
• valor (noun): Value; worth.
• viol (noun): A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold
• viola (noun): A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.
• vitriol (noun): any of various metal sulphates.
• voila (interjection): Alternative spelling of voilà
• volt (noun): In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V