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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.

• motivation^†  (MO10)
• amino  (AM5)
• ammo  (AM4)
• ammonia  (AM7)
• amnio  (AM5)
• anima  (AN5)
• animation  (AN9)
• atom  (AT4)
• imam  (IM4)
• imitation  (IM9)
• intimation  (IN10)
• maim  (MA4)
• main  (MA4)
• maintain  (MA8)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mammon  (MA6)
• mania  (MA5)
• manna  (MA5)
• manta  (MA5)
• mini  (MI4)
• minim  (MI5)
• minima  (MI6)
• minion  (MI6)
• minivan  (MI7)
• mint  (MI4)
• mitt  (MI4)
• moan  (MO4)
• moat  (MO4)
• momma  (MO5)
• mono  (MO4)
• monomania  (MO9)
• moon  (MO4)
• moot  (MO4)
• motion  (MO6)
• motto  (MO5)
• nomination  (NO10)
• omit  (OM4)
• ottoman  (OT7)
• tatami  (TA6)
• tomato  (TO6)
• tomtit  (TO6)
• vitamin  (VI7)
• vomit  (VO5)

Answer Definitions

• motivation^† (noun): Willingness of action especially in behavior.
• amino (adjective): Relating to an amine.
• ammo (noun): Ammunition.
• ammonia (noun): A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste.
• amnio (noun): amniocentesis
• anima (noun): The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
• animation (noun): The act of animating, or giving life or spirit.
• atom (noun): The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
• imam (noun): One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
• imitation (noun): The act of imitating.
• intimation (noun): The act of intimating.
• maim (verb): To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
• main (adjective): Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
• maintain (verb): To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
• mama (noun): Mother, female parent.
• mamma (noun): The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
• mammon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Mammon (wealth, material avarice).
• mania (noun): Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
• manna (noun): Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
• manta (noun): A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
• mini (adjective): Miniature, tiny, small.
• minim (noun): A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
• minima (noun): plural of minimum
• minion (noun): A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
• minivan (noun): A small van.
• mint (noun): A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
• mitt (noun): A mitten
• moan (noun): a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
• moat (noun): A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
• momma (noun): mother
• mono (noun): Clipping of mononucleosis.
• monomania (noun): Excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject.
• moon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
• moot (adjective): Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
• motion (noun): A state of progression from one place to another.
• motto (noun): A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
• nomination (noun): An act or instance of nominating.
• omit (verb): To leave out or exclude.
• ottoman (noun): An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.
• tatami (noun): Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
• tomato (noun): A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
• tomtit (noun): Alternative spelling of tom-tit
• vitamin (noun): Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.
• vomit (verb): To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.