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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.

• choirgirl^†  (CH9)
• horologic^†  (HO9)
• chloric  (CH7)
• chocoholic  (CH10)
• choir  (CH5)
• clog  (CL4)
• cocci  (CO5)
• coho  (CO4)
• coil  (CO4)
• coir  (CO4)
• colic  (CO5)
• color  (CO5)
• cool  (CO4)
• corgi  (CO5)
• croc  (CR4)
• croci  (CR5)
• gigolo  (GI6)
• googol  (GO6)
• grog  (GR4)
• hooch  (HO5)
• horror  (HO6)
• ichor  (IC5)
• igloo  (IG5)
• illogic  (IL7)
• loch  (LO4)
• loci  (LO4)
• loco  (LO4)
• logic  (LO5)
• logo  (LO4)
• logroll  (LO7)
• loll  (LO4)
• olio  (OL4)
• rigor  (RI5)
• rococo  (RO6)
• roil  (RO4)
• roll  (RO4)

Answer Definitions

• choirgirl^† (noun): A girl who sings in a choir.
• horologic^† (adjective): Of or relating to horology.
• chloric (adjective): Of a compound, containing chlorine with a higher oxidation number than equivalent chlorous compounds; especially having an oxidation number of 5.
• chocoholic (noun): Someone who has such a liking for chocolate that they appear to be addicted to it.
• choir (noun): A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
• clog (noun): A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
• cocci (noun): plural of coccus
• coho (noun): An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
• coil (noun): Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
• coir (noun): The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.
• colic (noun): Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
• color (noun): The spectral composition of visible light.
• cool (adjective): Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
• corgi (noun): Short for Welsh corgi (“a type of herding dog originating from Wales, having a small body, short legs, and fox-like features such as large ears; two separate breeds are recognized: the Cardigan Welsh Corgi and the Pembroke Welsh Corgi”).
• croc (noun): A crocodile.
• croci (noun): plural of crocus
• gigolo (noun): A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment.
• googol (numeral): The number 10 100 {\displaystyle 10^{100}} , or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sedecilliard (long scale).
• grog (noun): An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
• hooch (noun): Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
• horror (noun): An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
• ichor (noun): The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.
• igloo (noun): A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
• illogic (adjective): Synonym of illogical
• loch (noun): A lake.
• loci (noun): plural of locus
• loco (adverb): A direction in written or printed music to be returning to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.
• logic (adjective): logical
• logo (noun): A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
• logroll (verb): To exchange political favours.
• loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
• olio (noun): A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
• rigor (noun): US spelling of rigour
• rococo (noun): A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
• roil (verb): To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
• 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.