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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.

• radicchio^†  (RA9)
• achoo  (AC5)
• arch  (AR4)
• archaic  (AR7)
• chad  (CH4)
• chador  (CH6)
• chai  (CH4)
• chair  (CH5)
• char  (CH4)
• chard  (CH5)
• chia  (CH4)
• chic  (CH4)
• chica  (CH5)
• chichi  (CH6)
• choir  (CH5)
• chord  (CH5)
• coach  (CO5)
• cochair  (CO7)
• coho  (CO4)
• dacha  (DA5)
• hair  (HA4)
• hairdo  (HA6)
• hard  (HA4)
• hoar  (HO4)
• hoard  (HO5)
• hooch  (HO5)
• hood  (HO4)
• hoodoo  (HO6)
• hoorah  (HO6)
• hora  (HO4)
• horrid  (HO6)
• horror  (HO6)
• ichor  (IC5)
• orchard  (OR7)
• orchid  (OR6)
• rich  (RI4)
• roach  (RO5)

Answer Definitions

• radicchio^† (noun): A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.
• achoo (interjection): The sound of a sneeze.
• arch (noun): An inverted U shape.
• archaic (noun): A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
• chad (noun): Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.
• chador (noun): A loose robe made from a single cloth, worn as a combination head covering, veil and shawl by chiefly Muslim women (and occasionally by those of other faiths) in Iran and South Asia.
• chai (noun): A female gypsy.
• chair (noun): An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
• char (verb): To burn something to charcoal.
• chard (noun): An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.
• chia (noun): A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
• chic (adjective): Elegant, stylish.
• chica (noun): A Latin-American girl; a Latina.
• chichi (adjective): Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way.
• choir (noun): A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
• chord (noun): A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
• coach (noun): A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
• cochair (noun): Someone who serves as the chair of a meeting or organization together with one or more other chairs.
• coho (noun): An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
• dacha (noun): A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.
• hair (noun): A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
• hairdo (noun): A hairstyle.
• hard (adjective): Having a severe property; presenting difficulty. Resistant to pressure.
• hoar (noun): A white or greyish-white colour.
• hoard (noun): A hidden supply or fund.
• hooch (noun): Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
• hood (noun): A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
• hoodoo (noun): A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.
• hoorah (interjection): Alternative form of hurrah
• hora (noun): A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.
• horrid (adjective): Bristling, rough, rugged.
• horror (noun): An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
• ichor (noun): The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.
• orchard (noun): A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
• orchid (noun): A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours.
• rich (adjective): Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
• roach (noun): Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including: Species in the genus Rutilus, especially: The common roach (Rutilus rutilus) The California roach, of the monotypic genus Hesperoleucus