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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.

• enjoinment^†  (EN10)
• eminent  (EM7)
• emit  (EM4)
• emote  (EM5)
• emotion  (EM7)
• entente  (EN7)
• imminent  (IM8)
• intent  (IN6)
• intention  (IN9)
• into  (IN4)
• intone  (IN6)
• item  (IT4)
• jete  (JE4)
• joint  (JO5)
• meet  (ME4)
• memento  (ME7)
• mentee  (ME6)
• mention  (ME7)
• mete  (ME4)
• mint  (MI4)
• mite  (MI4)
• mitt  (MI4)
• mitten  (MI6)
• moment  (MO6)
• monotone  (MO8)
• monte  (MO5)
• moot  (MO4)
• mote  (MO4)
• motet  (MO5)
• motion  (MO6)
• motto  (MO5)
• nineteen  (NI8)
• nite  (NI4)
• nonet  (NO5)
• note  (NO4)
• notion  (NO6)
• ointment  (OI8)
• omit  (OM4)
• onetime  (ON7)
• onto  (ON4)
• teem  (TE4)
• teen  (TE4)
• tenement  (TE8)
• tenet  (TE5)
• tenon  (TE5)
• tent  (TE4)
• time  (TI4)
• tine  (TI4)
• tint  (TI4)
• tome  (TO4)
• tomtit  (TO6)
• tone  (TO4)
• tonne  (TO5)
• toon  (TO4)
• toonie  (TO6)
• toot  (TO4)
• tote  (TO4)
• totem  (TO5)

Answer Definitions

• enjoinment^† (noun): A command; an authoritative admonition.
• eminent (adjective): Noteworthy, remarkable, great.
• emit (verb): to send out or give off
• emote (verb): To display or express (emotions, mental states, etc.) openly, particularly while acting, and especially in an excessive manner. To deliver (a speech), say (lines of a play, words), etc., in a dramatic or emotional manner, especially if overly so.
• emotion (noun): Movement; agitation.
• entente (noun): An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
• imminent (adjective): about to happen, occur, or take place very soon, especially of something which won't last long.
• intent (noun): Something that is intended.
• intention (noun): A course of action that a person intends to follow.
• into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
• intone (verb): To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
• item (noun): A distinct physical object.
• jete (noun): A leap from one foot to the other in which one leg appears to be "thrown" in the direction of the movement.
• joint (adjective): Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
• meet (verb): To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
• memento (noun): A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event.
• mentee (noun): A person who is being mentored
• mention (noun): A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase make mention of.
• mete (verb): To measure.
• mint (noun): A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
• mite (noun): Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
• mitt (noun): A mitten
• mitten (noun): A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.
• moment (noun): A brief, unspecified amount of time.
• monotone (adjective): Having a single unvaried pitch.
• monte (noun): A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.
• moot (adjective): Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
• mote (noun): A small particle; a speck.
• motet (noun): A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
• motion (noun): A state of progression from one place to another.
• motto (noun): A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
• nineteen (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
• nite (noun): Informal spelling of night.
• nonet (noun): A composition for nine instruments or nine voices.
• note (noun): A symbol or annotation. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
• notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
• ointment (noun): A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
• omit (verb): To leave out or exclude.
• onetime (adjective): Alternative form of one-time (“former; past”)
• onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
• teem (verb): To be stocked to overflowing.
• teen (noun): Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old.
• tenement (noun): A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.
• tenet (noun): An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
• tenon (noun): A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame.
• tent (noun): A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
• time (noun): The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
• tine (noun): A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
• tint (noun): A slight coloring.
• tome (noun): One in a series of volumes.
• tomtit (noun): Alternative spelling of tom-tit
• tone (noun): A specific pitch.
• tonne (noun): A metric unit of mass equal to a thousand kilograms. Symbol: t
• toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
• toonie (noun): A Canadian two-dollar coin.
• toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
• tote (noun): A tote bag.
• totem (noun): Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family.