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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.

• calculator^†  (CA10)
• coloratura^†  (CO10)
• accrual  (AC7)
• actor  (AC5)
• actuator  (AC8)
• allocator  (AL9)
• altar  (AL5)
• aorta  (AO5)
• aortal  (AO6)
• arco  (AR4)
• attar  (AT5)
• attract  (AT7)
• attractor  (AT9)
• aura  (AU4)
• aural  (AU5)
• aurora  (AU6)
• auroral  (AU7)
• autocrat  (AU8)
• carat  (CA5)
• carol  (CA5)
• carrot  (CA6)
• cart  (CA4)
• cataract  (CA8)
• collar  (CO6)
• color  (CO5)
• coral  (CO5)
• corolla  (CO7)
• corral  (CO6)
• court  (CO5)
• croc  (CR4)
• cultural  (CU8)
• curacao  (CU7)
• curator  (CU7)
• curl  (CU4)
• curt  (CU4)
• locator  (LO7)
• occur  (OC5)
• ocular  (OC6)
• oracular  (OR8)
• oral  (OR4)
• orator  (OR6)
• orca  (OR4)
• outro  (OU5)
• ratatat  (RA7)
• roar  (RO4)
• rococo  (RO6)
• roll  (RO4)
• rollout  (RO7)
• root  (RO4)
• rotator  (RO7)
• rotor  (RO5)
• rout  (RO4)
• rural  (RU5)
• taro  (TA4)
• tarot  (TA5)
• tart  (TA4)
• tartar  (TA6)
• toro  (TO4)
• tort  (TO4)
• torta  (TO5)
• tour  (TO4)
• tract  (TR5)
• tractor  (TR7)
• troll  (TR5)
• trot  (TR4)
• trout  (TR5)
• tutor  (TU5)
• ultra  (UL5)

Answer Definitions

• calculator^† (noun): A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations.
• coloratura^† (noun): Florid or fancy passages in vocal music.
• accrual (noun): An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose
• actor (noun): Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.
• actuator (noun): Something that actuates something else.
• allocator (noun): One who, or that which, allocates.
• altar (noun): A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
• 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.
• arco (adverb): A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.
• attar (noun): An essential oil extracted from flowers.
• attract (verb): To pull toward without touching.
• attractor (noun): Something which attracts.
• aura (noun): Distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something.
• aural (adjective): Of or pertaining to the ear.
• aurora (noun): An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.
• auroral (adjective): Pertaining to the dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning.
• autocrat (noun): An absolute ruler with infinite power.
• carat (noun): A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams.
• carol (noun): A round dance accompanied by singing.
• carrot (noun): A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae.
• cart (noun): A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.
• cataract (noun): A waterspout.
• collar (noun): Clothes that encircle the neck. The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric. A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline. A chain worn around the neck. A similar detachable item. A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal. A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
• color (noun): The spectral composition of visible light.
• coral (noun): Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.
• corolla (noun): An outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.
• corral (noun): An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
• court (noun): An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
• croc (noun): A crocodile.
• cultural (adjective): Pertaining to culture.
• curacao (noun): Alternative spelling of curaçao
• curator (noun): A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
• curl (noun): A piece or lock of curling hair; a ringlet.
• curt (adjective): Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.
• locator (noun): One who, or that which, locates.
• occur (verb): To happen or take place.
• ocular (adjective): Of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight
• oracular (adjective): Of or relating to an oracle.
• oral (adjective): Relating to the mouth.
• orator (noun): Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
• orca (noun): A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.
• outro (noun): A portion of music at the end of a song; like an intro, but at the end instead of the beginning.
• ratatat (noun): A swiftly repeated knocking sound.
• roar (verb): To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
• rococo (noun): A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
• 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.
• rollout (noun): An act of rolling out; gradual deployment.
• 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.
• rotor (noun): A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
• rout (noun): A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular , a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
• rural (adjective): Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.
• 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.
• tart (adjective): Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
• tartar (noun): A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate — a source of cream of tartar.
• 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.
• tour (noun): A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
• tract (noun): An area or expanse.
• tractor (noun): A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
• 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.
• trout (noun): Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.
• tutor (noun): One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
• ultra (adjective): Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.