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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.

• apricot^†  (AP7)
• capacitor^†  (CA9)
• patriotic^†  (PA9)
• airport  (AI7)
• apart  (AP5)
• apparat  (AP7)
• atop  (AT4)
• capo  (CA4)
• capri  (CA5)
• captor  (CA6)
• carp  (CA4)
• carpaccio  (CA9)
• carpi  (CA5)
• carport  (CA7)
• coop  (CO4)
• coopt  (CO5)
• corpora  (CO7)
• crap  (CR4)
• crop  (CR4)
• octopi  (OC6)
• optic  (OP5)
• pact  (PA4)
• pair  (PA4)
• papa  (PA4)
• paratroop  (PA9)
• parrot  (PA6)
• part  (PA4)
• partita  (PA7)
• patio  (PA5)
• patriot  (PA7)
• pica  (PI4)
• piccata  (PI7)
• picot  (PI5)
• pipit  (PI5)
• piratic  (PI7)
• pita  (PI4)
• pitapat  (PI7)
• poop  (PO4)
• poor  (PO4)
• poppa  (PO5)
• port  (PO4)
• portico  (PO7)
• portrait  (PO8)
• potato  (PO6)
• prat  (PR4)
• priapic  (PR7)
• prior  (PR5)
• proctor  (PR7)
• prop  (PR4)
• protract  (PR8)
• protractor  (PR10)
• rapport  (RA7)
• rapt  (RA4)
• raptor  (RA6)
• rattrap  (RA7)
• tapa  (TA4)
• tapioca  (TA7)
• tapir  (TA5)
• taproot  (TA7)
• tarp  (TA4)
• tipi  (TI4)
• tiptop  (TI6)
• topcoat  (TO7)
• topic  (TO5)
• torpor  (TO6)
• trap  (TR4)
• trip  (TR4)
• troop  (TR5)
• tropic  (TR6)

Answer Definitions

• apricot^† (noun): A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
• capacitor^† (noun): An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.
• patriotic^† (adjective): Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country
• airport (noun): An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.
• apart (adverb): Placed separately (in regard to space or time).
• apparat (noun): The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure.
• atop (preposition): On the top of.
• capo (noun): A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.
• capri (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• captor (noun): One who is holding a captive or captives.
• carp (noun): Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
• carpaccio (noun): Thinly sliced raw beef or tuna, usually served as an appetizer.
• carpi (noun): plural of carpus
• carport (noun): A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors.
• coop (noun): A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
• coopt (verb): Alternative spelling of co-opt
• corpora (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• crap (noun): The husk of grain; chaff.
• crop (noun): A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
• octopi (noun): plural of octopus
• optic (adjective): Of, or relating to the eye or to vision.
• pact (noun): An agreement; a compact; a covenant.
• pair (noun): Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
• papa (noun): Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
• paratroop (noun): A company of paratroopers.
• parrot (noun): A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
• part (noun): A portion; a component. A fraction of a whole.
• partita (noun): A type of instrumental suite popular in the 18th century
• patio (noun): A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.
• patriot (noun): A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.
• pica (noun): A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
• piccata (adjective): Sliced, sautéed and served with lemon, parsley and butter sauce.
• picot (noun): An embroidery trim made of a series of small loops.
• pipit (noun): Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.
• piratic (adjective): Alternative form of piratical
• pita (noun): A flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.
• pitapat (verb): Alternative spelling of pit-a-pat
• poop (verb): To make a short blast on a horn.
• poor (adjective): With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
• poppa (noun): father, papa.
• port (noun): A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
• portico (noun): A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.
• portrait (noun): A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
• potato (noun): The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.
• prat (noun): A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.
• priapic (adjective): Phallic.
• prior (adjective): Advance; previous; coming before.
• proctor (noun): A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.
• prop (noun): An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
• protract (verb): To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
• protractor (noun): One who, or that which, protracts, or causes protraction.
• rapport (noun): A relationship of mutual trust and respect. A close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.
• rapt (adjective): Snatched, taken away; abducted.
• raptor (noun): A bird of prey.
• rattrap (noun): A device (trap) used to catch rats.
• tapa (noun): A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.
• tapioca (noun): A starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings.
• tapir (noun): Any one of the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus.
• taproot (noun): A long, tapering root possessed by many plants (such as carrots and dandelions).
• tarp (noun): A tarpaulin.
• tipi (noun): Alternative form of teepee
• tiptop (noun): The very topmost point.
• topcoat (noun): A light overcoat.
• topic (adjective): topical
• torpor (noun): A state of being inactive or stuporous.
• trap (noun): A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
• trip (noun): A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
• troop (noun): A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
• tropic (noun): Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°27′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics.