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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.

• maypole^†  (MA7)
• allay  (AL5)
• alley  (AL5)
• alloy  (AL5)
• ally  (AL4)
• amply  (AM5)
• amyl  (AM4)
• apply  (AP5)
• eely  (EE4)
• employ  (EM6)
• employee  (EM8)
• lamely  (LA6)
• laypeople  (LA9)
• loamy  (LO5)
• loopy  (LO5)
• loyal  (LO5)
• loyally  (LO7)
• mayo  (MA4)
• mealy  (ME5)
• molly  (MO5)
• mommy  (MO5)
• mopey  (MO5)
• myeloma  (MY7)
• myope  (MY5)
• palely  (PA6)
• palmy  (PA5)
• papally  (PA7)
• papaya  (PA6)
• pappy  (PA5)
• payee  (PA5)
• payola  (PA6)
• peppy  (PE5)
• play  (PL4)
• ploy  (PL4)
• polyp  (PO5)
• poppy  (PO5)
• yappy  (YA5)
• yell  (YE4)
• yelp  (YE4)

Answer Definitions

• maypole^† (noun): A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.
• allay (verb): To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
• alley (noun): A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
• alloy (noun): A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
• ally (verb): To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
• amply (adverb): In an ample manner.
• amyl (noun): Synonym of pentyl
• apply (verb): To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
• eely (adjective): Resembling an eel: long, thin and slippery.
• employ (noun): The state of being an employee; employment.
• employee (noun): An individual who provides labor to a company or another person.
• lamely (adverb): In the manner of one who is lame.
• laypeople (noun): plural of layperson
• loamy (adjective): Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.
• loopy (adjective): Having loops.
• loyal (adjective): Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something.
• loyally (adverb): In a loyal manner, faithfully.
• mayo (noun): Clipping of mayonnaise.
• mealy (adjective): Resembling meal .
• molly (noun): A woman or girl, especially of low status.
• mommy (noun): Mother.
• mopey (adjective): Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
• myeloma (noun): A malignant tumour arising from cells of the bone marrow, specifically plasma cells.
• myope (noun): One who has myopia.
• palely (adverb): In a light manner; lightly.
• palmy (adjective): Made out of palm leaves or palm sap.
• papally (adverb): in papal fashion
• papaya (noun): A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit
• pappy (adjective): Like pap; soft; mushy.
• payee (noun): one to whom money is paid.
• payola (noun): A bribe given in exchange for a favor, such as one given in exchange for the promotion of goods or services (originally one given to a disk jockey to play a record).
• peppy (adjective): Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy
• play (verb): To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
• ploy (noun): A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
• polyp (noun): An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.
• poppy (noun): Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
• yappy (adjective): Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner.
• yell (verb): shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
• yelp (noun): An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.