NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 23, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | K |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | c, h, i, o, r, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 24 words |
| Total Points | 81 points |
| Genius Level | 57 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!
- Spelling Bee Grid
- Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
- Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
- Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
- Today's Complete Solution
- 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.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 3 | 7 | - | - | 10 |
| H | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| I | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| K | 2 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - |
| R | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 12 | 11 | - | 1 | 24 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| C | CH×2 CO×5 CR×3 |
|---|---|
| H | HI×2 HO×3 |
| I | IC×1 |
| K | KI×2 KO×2 |
| O | |
| R | RI×1 RO×3 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| C | CHI×1 CHO×1 COC×2 COO×1 COR×2 CRI×1 CRO×2 |
|---|---|
| H | HIC×2 HOC×1 HOO×2 |
| I | ICK×1 |
| K | KIC×2 KOO×2 |
| O | |
| R | RIC×1 ROC×2 ROO×1 |
| Y |
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 (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| hi..... † | HI7 | Of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood. |
| ch... | CH5 | A young bird. |
| ch... | CH5 | Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling. |
| co.. | CO4 | A male bird, especially: A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). A cock pigeon. |
| co... | CO5 | Overly confident; arrogant and boastful. |
| co.. | CO4 | A person who prepares food. |
| co.. | CO4 | The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material. |
| co... | CO5 | Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork. |
| cr... | CR5 | A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. (Compare catch.) |
| cr... | CR5 | A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container. |
| cr... | CR5 | A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure. |
| hi.. | HI4 | An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment. |
| ho... | HO5 | Absence from school or work; truancy. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| ic.. | IC4 | Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting. |
| ki.. | KI4 | To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg. |
| ki... | KI5 | Lively, exciting, thrilling. |
| ko.. | KO4 | An eccentric, strange or crazy person. |
| ko... | KO5 | Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish. |
| ri.. | RI4 | Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch. |
| ro.. | RO4 | A formation of minerals, specifically: The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust. |
| ro... | RO5 | Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks. |
| ro.. | RO4 | A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family. |
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.
- hickory† (HI7)
- chick (CH5)
- chock (CH5)
- cock (CO4)
- cocky (CO5)
- cook (CO4)
- cork (CO4)
- corky (CO5)
- crick (CR5)
- crock (CR5)
- crook (CR5)
- hick (HI4)
- hock (HO4)
- hook (HO4)
- hooky (HO5)
- icky (IC4)
- kick (KI4)
- kicky (KI5)
- kook (KO4)
- kooky (KO5)
- rick (RI4)
- rock (RO4)
- rocky (RO5)
- rook (RO4)
Answer Definitions
- hickory† (adjective): Of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood.
- chick (noun): A young bird.
- chock (noun): Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
- cock (noun): A male bird, especially: A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). A cock pigeon.
- cocky (adjective): Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.
- cook (noun): A person who prepares food.
- cork (noun): The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
- corky (adjective): Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
- crick (noun): A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. (Compare catch.)
- crock (noun): A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
- crook (noun): A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- hick (noun): An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
- hock (noun): A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
- hook (noun): A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
- hooky (noun): Absence from school or work; truancy. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- icky (adjective): Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.
- kick (verb): To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
- kicky (adjective): Lively, exciting, thrilling.
- kook (noun): An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
- kooky (adjective): Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.
- rick (noun): Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
- rock (noun): A formation of minerals, specifically: The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
- rocky (adjective): Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
- rook (noun): A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.