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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.

• balletic^†  (BA8)
• celibate^†  (CE8)
• citable^†  (CI7)
• abaci  (AB5)
• abate  (AB5)
• abet  (AB4)
• ablate  (AB6)
• able  (AB4)
• albeit  (AL6)
• alibi  (AL5)
• baba  (BA4)
• babble  (BA6)
• babe  (BA4)
• babel  (BA5)
• bacilli  (BA7)
• bail  (BA4)
• bait  (BA4)
• bale  (BA4)
• ball  (BA4)
• ballet  (BA6)
• bate  (BA4)
• battle  (BA6)
• beat  (BE4)
• beatable  (BE8)
• beet  (BE4)
• beetle  (BE6)
• belie  (BE5)
• belittle  (BE8)
• bell  (BE4)
• belle  (BE5)
• belt  (BE4)
• beta  (BE4)
• betel  (BE5)
• bible  (BI5)
• biblical  (BI8)
• bilabial  (BI8)
• bile  (BI4)
• bill  (BI4)
• billable  (BI8)
• billet  (BI6)
• bite  (BI4)
• blab  (BL4)
• blat  (BL4)
• bleat  (BL5)
• cabal  (CA5)
• cabala  (CA6)
• cabbie  (CA6)
• cable  (CA5)
• callable  (CA8)
• celeb  (CE5)
• ciabatta  (CI8)
• electable  (EL9)
• label  (LA5)
• labia  (LA5)
• labial  (LA6)
• labile  (LA6)
• liable  (LI6)
• libel  (LI5)
• libelee  (LI7)
• tabla  (TA5)
• table  (TA5)
• tablet  (TA6)
• tibia  (TI5)
• tibiae  (TI6)
• tibial  (TI6)

Answer Definitions

• balletic^† (adjective): Pertaining to or suitable for ballet.
• celibate^† (adjective): Not married.
• citable^† (adjective): Capable of being, or appropriate to be, cited.
• abaci (noun): plural form of an ancient bead calculator.
• abate (verb): To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
• abet (verb): To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
• ablate (verb): To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
• able (adjective): Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
• albeit (conjunction): Although, despite (it) being.
• alibi (noun): The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
• baba (noun): A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
• babble (verb): To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
• babe (noun): A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
• babel (noun): Alternative form of Babel
• bacilli (noun): plural of bacillus
• bail (noun): Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
• bait (noun): Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
• bale (noun): Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
• ball (noun): A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
• ballet (noun): A classical form of dance.
• bate (verb): To reduce the force of something; to abate.
• battle (noun): A contest, a struggle.
• beat (noun): A stroke; a blow.
• beatable (adjective): Able to be beaten.
• beet (noun): Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
• beetle (noun): Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
• belie (verb): To lie around; encompass.
• belittle (verb): To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation.
• 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.
• belt (noun): A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
• beta (noun): The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β,  β), preceded by alpha (Α,  α) and followed by gamma, (Γ,  γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
• betel (noun): Either of two plants often used in combination: an evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper the seed of the betel palm, Areca catechu: the betel nut
• bible (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”)
• biblical (adjective): Of or relating to the Bible.
• bilabial (adjective): Articulated with both lips.
• 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.
• billable (adjective): Capable of being billed for.
• billet (noun): A short informal letter.
• bite (verb): To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
• blab (verb): To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
• blat (verb): To cry, as a calf or sheep; bleat.
• bleat (noun): The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.
• cabal (noun): A secret political clique or faction.
• cabala (proper noun): Alternative spelling of Kabballah
• cabbie (noun): A cabdriver, someone who drives a taxi.
• cable (noun): A long object used to make a physical connection. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope. An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes. An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated. A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
• callable (adjective): That can be called.
• celeb (noun): A celebrity; a famous person.
• ciabatta (noun): A broad, flat, white Italian bread.
• electable (adjective): able to be elected to office
• label (noun): A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
• labia (noun): The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.
• labial (adjective): Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
• labile (adjective): Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
• liable (adjective): bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
• libel (noun): A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
• libelee (noun): The party against which a libel (hostile handbill) has been filed by a libelant.
• tabla (noun): A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos.
• table (noun): Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses. An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs. The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts. A flat tray which can be used as a table. A supply of food or entertainment.
• tablet (noun): A slab of clay used for inscription.
• tibia (noun): The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone
• tibiae (noun): plural of tibia
• tibial (adjective): Of or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia.