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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.

• lifeblood^†  (LI9)
• bedded  (BE6)
• beef  (BE4)
• beefed  (BE6)
• befell  (BE6)
• belie  (BE5)
• belied  (BE6)
• belief  (BE6)
• bell  (BE4)
• belle  (BE5)
• belled  (BE6)
• bellied  (BE7)
• bible  (BI5)
• bide  (BI4)
• bided  (BI5)
• biff  (BI4)
• biffed  (BI6)
• bifold  (BI6)
• bile  (BI4)
• bill  (BI4)
• billed  (BI6)
• billfold  (BI8)
• bled  (BL4)
• bleed  (BL5)
• blob  (BL4)
• blobbed  (BL7)
• blood  (BL5)
• blooded  (BL7)
• bloodied  (BL8)
• bobbed  (BO6)
• bobble  (BO6)
• bobbled  (BO7)
• bode  (BO4)
• boded  (BO5)
• bodied  (BO6)
• boffo  (BO5)
• boil  (BO4)
• boiled  (BO6)
• bold  (BO4)
• bolded  (BO6)
• boll  (BO4)
• bolo  (BO4)
• boob  (BO4)
• booboo  (BO6)
• boodle  (BO6)
• booed  (BO5)
• doobie  (DO6)
• ebbed  (EB5)
• edible  (ED6)
• feeble  (FE6)
• fibbed  (FI6)
• fobbed  (FO6)
• foible  (FO6)
• libel  (LI5)
• libeled  (LI7)
• libelee  (LI7)
• libido  (LI6)
• lobbed  (LO6)
• lobbied  (LO7)
• lobe  (LO4)
• lobed  (LO5)
• lobo  (LO4)
• oboe  (OB4)

Answer Definitions

• lifeblood^† (noun): Blood that is needed for continued life; blood regarded as the seat of life.
• bedded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of bed
• beef (noun): The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine.
• beefed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of beef
• befell (verb): simple past tense of befall
• belie (verb): To lie around; encompass.
• belied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of belie
• belief (noun): Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
• bell (noun): A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
• belle (noun): An attractive woman.
• belled (adjective): Having a bell attached.
• bellied (adjective): Having a large or prominent belly.
• bible (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”)
• bide (verb): To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
• bided (verb): simple past tense and past participle of bide
• biff (noun): A sudden, sharp blow or punch.
• biffed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of biff
• bifold (adjective): Twofold, double.
• bile (noun): A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
• bill (noun): Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
• billed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of bill
• billfold (noun): A small, folding sleeve or case designed to hold paper currency, as well as credit cards, pictures, etc.
• bled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of bleed
• bleed (verb): To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
• blob (noun): A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
• blobbed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of blob
• blood (noun): A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
• blooded (adjective): Experienced .
• bloodied (adjective): Covered or stained with blood
• bobbed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of bob
• bobble (noun): A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
• bobbled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of bobble
• bode (verb): To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
• boded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of bode
• bodied (adjective): Having a specified form of body.
• boffo (adjective): Outstanding; very good or successful.
• boil (noun): A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
• boiled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of boil
• bold (noun): A dwelling; habitation; building.
• bolded (verb): simple past and past participle of bold
• boll (noun): The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
• bolo (noun): A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
• boob (noun): An idiot; a fool.
• booboo (noun): Alternative spelling of boo-boo
• boodle (noun): Money, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.
• booed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of boo
• doobie (noun): A marijuana cigarette.
• ebbed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ebb
• edible (adjective): Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans.
• feeble (adjective): Deficient in physical strength.
• fibbed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fib
• fobbed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of fob
• foible (noun): A quirk, idiosyncrasy, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.
• libel (noun): A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
• libeled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of libel
• libelee (noun): The party against which a libel (hostile handbill) has been filed by a libelant.
• libido (noun): Sexual urges or drives.
• lobbed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lob
• lobbied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lobby
• lobe (noun): Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
• lobed (adjective): Having lobes.
• lobo (noun): A wolf.
• oboe (noun): A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.