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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.

• autocracy^†  (AU9)
• carryout^†  (CA8)
• actor  (AC5)
• actuator  (AC8)
• aorta  (AO5)
• arco  (AR4)
• arroyo  (AR6)
• attractor  (AT9)
• aurora  (AU6)
• auto  (AU4)
• autocrat  (AU8)
• cacao  (CA5)
• carrot  (CA6)
• coat  (CO4)
• coca  (CO4)
• cocoa  (CO5)
• coot  (CO4)
• court  (CO5)
• croc  (CR4)
• curacao  (CU7)
• curator  (CU7)
• cutout  (CU6)
• oaty  (OA4)
• occur  (OC5)
• orator  (OR6)
• oratory  (OR7)
• orca  (OR4)
• outcry  (OU6)
• outro  (OU5)
• roar  (RO4)
• rococo  (RO6)
• root  (RO4)
• rotary  (RO6)
• rotator  (RO7)
• rotatory  (RO8)
• rotor  (RO5)
• rout  (RO4)
• taco  (TA4)
• taro  (TA4)
• tarot  (TA5)
• tattoo  (TA6)
• toccata  (TO7)
• toot  (TO4)
• toro  (TO4)
• tort  (TO4)
• torta  (TO5)
• tour  (TO4)
• tout  (TO4)
• tractor  (TR7)
• trot  (TR4)
• trout  (TR5)
• troy  (TR4)
• tryout  (TR6)
• tutor  (TU5)
• tyro  (TY4)
• your  (YO4)

Answer Definitions

• autocracy^† (noun): A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.
• carryout^† (noun): Food that is intended to be eaten outside the establishment from which it is bought.
• actor (noun): Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.
• actuator (noun): Something that actuates something else.
• aorta (noun): The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
• arco (adverb): A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.
• arroyo (noun): A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).
• attractor (noun): Something which attracts.
• aurora (noun): An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.
• auto (adjective): Clipping of automatic.
• autocrat (noun): An absolute ruler with infinite power.
• cacao (noun): A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
• carrot (noun): A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae.
• coat (noun): An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
• coca (noun): Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
• cocoa (noun): The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
• coot (noun): Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
• court (noun): An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
• croc (noun): A crocodile.
• curacao (noun): Alternative spelling of curaçao
• curator (noun): A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
• cutout (noun): Alternative form of cut-out
• oaty (adjective): Containing oats.
• occur (verb): To happen or take place.
• orator (noun): Someone who orates or delivers an oration.
• oratory (noun): A private chapel or prayer room.
• orca (noun): A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.
• outcry (noun): A loud cry or uproar.
• outro (noun): A portion of music at the end of a song; like an intro, but at the end instead of the beginning.
• roar (verb): To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
• rococo (noun): A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
• root (noun): The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
• rotary (adjective): Capable of rotation.
• rotator (noun): One who or that which rotates.
• rotatory (adjective): of, pertaining to, or causing rotation; rotational
• rotor (noun): A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.
• rout (noun): A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular , a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
• taco (noun): A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft or hard shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables and salsa.
• taro (noun): Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
• tarot (noun): A card game played in various different variations.
• tattoo (noun): An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
• toccata (noun): A piece of music (usually for a keyboard instrument) designed to emphasise the dexterity of the performer.
• toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
• toro (noun): A traditional Japanese lantern.
• tort (noun): An injury or wrong.
• torta (noun): A sandwich, served either hot or cold, on an oblong white sandwich roll, derived from Mexican cuisine.
• tour (noun): A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
• tout (noun): Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
• tractor (noun): A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
• trot (noun): An ugly old woman, a hag.
• trout (noun): Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.
• troy (adjective): Of, or relating to, troy weight.
• tryout (noun): A test of the suitability or effectiveness of a person or thing, especially an audition for a performer or athlete, or the advance staging of a play at a small theatre.
• tutor (noun): One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
• tyro (noun): A beginner; a novice.
• your (determiner): Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).