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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.

• nomadic^†  (NO7)
• amino  (AM5)
• ammo  (AM4)
• ammonia  (AM7)
• amnio  (AM5)
• anaconda  (AN8)
• anion  (AN5)
• anon  (AN4)
• cacao  (CA5)
• camo  (CA4)
• cannon  (CA6)
• canon  (CA5)
• canonic  (CA7)
• ciao  (CI4)
• cinnamon  (CI8)
• coca  (CO4)
• cocci  (CO5)
• cocoa  (CO5)
• cocoon  (CO6)
• coda  (CO4)
• codon  (CO5)
• coin  (CO4)
• coma  (CO4)
• comic  (CO5)
• comma  (CO5)
• command  (CO7)
• commando  (CO8)
• common  (CO6)
• condo  (CO5)
• condom  (CO6)
• conic  (CO5)
• diamond  (DI7)
• dino  (DI4)
• dodo  (DO4)
• domain  (DO6)
• dominion  (DO8)
• domino  (DO6)
• doodad  (DO6)
• doom  (DO4)
• icon  (IC4)
• iconic  (IC6)
• idiom  (ID5)
• ionic  (IO5)
• mammon  (MA6)
• minion  (MI6)
• moan  (MO4)
• momma  (MO5)
• monad  (MO5)
• mondo  (MO5)
• mono  (MO4)
• monomania  (MO9)
• monomaniac  (MO10)
• mood  (MO4)
• moon  (MO4)
• nomad  (NO5)
• noncom  (NO6)
• noon  (NO4)
• onion  (ON5)

Answer Definitions

• nomadic^† (adjective): Of or relating to nomads. Of or related to itinerant herdsmen. Of or related to any habitually wandering person or animal.
• 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
• anaconda (noun): Any of various large nonvenomous snakes of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. Their length can grow to as much as 5 m (15 ft).
• anion (noun): A negatively charged ion.
• anon (adverb): Straight away; at once.
• cacao (noun): A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
• camo (noun): A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces.
• cannon (noun): A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
• canon (noun): A generally accepted principle; a rule.
• canonic (adjective): canonical
• ciao (interjection): hello, hi.
• cinnamon (noun): A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae.
• coca (noun): Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
• cocci (noun): plural of coccus
• cocoa (noun): The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
• cocoon (noun): The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
• coda (noun): A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
• codon (noun): A handbell used for summoning monks.
• coin (noun): A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
• coma (noun): A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.
• comic (adjective): Pertaining to comedy, as a literary genre.
• comma (noun): English Wikipedia has an article on:commaWikipedia The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
• command (noun): An order to do something.
• commando (noun): A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.
• common (adjective): Mutual; shared by more than one.
• condo (noun): Clipping of condominium.
• condom (noun): A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STDs.
• conic (adjective): Synonym of conical
• diamond (noun): A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
• dino (noun): dinosaur.
• dodo (noun): A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
• domain (noun): A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
• dominion (noun): Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
• domino (noun): A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes.
• doodad (noun): Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.
• doom (noun): Destiny, especially terrible.
• icon (noun): An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
• iconic (adjective): Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
• idiom (noun): A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
• ionic (adjective): of, relating to, or containing ions
• mammon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Mammon (wealth, material avarice).
• minion (noun): A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
• moan (noun): a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
• momma (noun): mother
• monad (noun): An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
• mondo (noun): A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.
• mono (noun): Clipping of mononucleosis.
• monomania (noun): Excessive interest or concentration on a singular object or subject.
• monomaniac (noun): A person who is obsessed with a single thing, to the exclusion of other concerns.
• mood (noun): A mental or emotional state, composure.
• moon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
• nomad (noun): A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
• noncom (noun): A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy).
• noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
• onion (noun): A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.