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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.

• ballooning^†  (BA10)
• billabong^†  (BI9)
• aboil  (AB5)
• albino  (AL6)
• alibi  (AL5)
• baaing  (BA6)
• baba  (BA4)
• babbling  (BA8)
• baboon  (BA6)
• bagging  (BA7)
• bail  (BA4)
• bailing  (BA7)
• baling  (BA6)
• ball  (BA4)
• balling  (BA7)
• balloon  (BA7)
• banal  (BA5)
• banana  (BA6)
• bang  (BA4)
• banging  (BA7)
• banning  (BA7)
• baobab  (BA6)
• bilabial  (BI8)
• bill  (BI4)
• billing  (BI7)
• billion  (BI7)
• binging  (BI7)
• bingo  (BI5)
• binning  (BI7)
• blab  (BL4)
• blabbing  (BL8)
• blin  (BL4)
• bling  (BL5)
• blini  (BL5)
• blob  (BL4)
• blobbing  (BL8)
• blog  (BL4)
• blogging  (BL8)
• boba  (BO4)
• bobbin  (BO6)
• bobbing  (BO7)
• bobbling  (BO8)
• bogging  (BO7)
• boggling  (BO8)
• boil  (BO4)
• boiling  (BO7)
• boing  (BO5)
• bola  (BO4)
• boll  (BO4)
• bolo  (BO4)
• bologna  (BO7)
• bonbon  (BO6)
• bong  (BO4)
• bongo  (BO5)
• boning  (BO6)
• bonobo  (BO6)
• boob  (BO4)
• booboo  (BO6)
• boogaloo  (BO8)
• booing  (BO6)
• boon  (BO4)
• gabbing  (GA7)
• gabbling  (GA8)
• gibbon  (GI6)
• gibing  (GI6)
• glib  (GL4)
• glob  (GL4)
• global  (GL6)
• gobbling  (GO8)
• goblin  (GO6)
• labia  (LA5)
• labial  (LA6)
• lobbing  (LO7)
• lobo  (LO4)
• nabbing  (NA7)
• nabob  (NA5)
• nibbling  (NI8)
• noob  (NO4)
• obliging  (OB8)
• oblong  (OB6)

Answer Definitions

• ballooning^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• billabong^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• aboil (adjective): In a boil; boiling.
• albino (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• alibi (noun): The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
• baaing (noun): The bleating of a sheep.
• baba (noun): A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
• babbling (noun): a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words
• baboon (noun): An Old World monkey of the genus Papio, having dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks.
• bagging (verb): present participle of bag
• bail (noun): Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
• bailing (verb): present participle of bail
• baling (verb): present participle of bale
• ball (noun): A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
• balling (verb): present participle of ball
• balloon (noun): An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
• banal (adjective): Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
• banana (noun): An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking.
• bang (noun): A sudden percussive noise.
• banging (verb): present participle of bang
• banning (verb): present participle of ban
• baobab (noun): A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
• bilabial (adjective): Articulated with both lips.
• bill (noun): Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
• billing (verb): present participle of bill
• billion (noun): a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2): 1 followed by nine zeros, 10; a milliard
• binging (verb): present participle of binge
• bingo (noun): A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.
• binning (verb): present participle of bin
• blab (verb): To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
• blabbing (verb): present participle of blab
• blin (verb): To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.
• bling (noun): Alternative form of bling bling
• blini (noun): A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon.
• blob (noun): A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
• blobbing (verb): present participle of blob
• blog (noun): A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)
• blogging (noun): The design and editing of a blog; weblogging.
• boba (noun): Synonym of tapioca pearl.
• bobbin (noun): A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
• bobbing (verb): present participle of bob
• bobbling (verb): present participle of bobble
• bogging (verb): present participle of bog
• boggling (verb): present participle of boggle
• boil (noun): A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
• boiling (verb): present participle of boil
• boing (noun): The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.
• bola (noun): A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of a cord.
• boll (noun): The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
• bolo (noun): A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
• bologna (noun): A seasoned Italian sausage made from beef, pork or veal.
• bonbon (noun): A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
• bong (noun): The clang of a large bell.
• bongo (noun): A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
• boning (verb): present participle of bone
• bonobo (noun): The pygmy chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.
• boob (noun): An idiot; a fool.
• booboo (noun): Alternative spelling of boo-boo
• boogaloo (noun): A genre of music that blends rhythm and blues and soul music with Cuban-style rhythms, originating in the United States in the 1960s.
• booing (noun): A disapproving exclamation by a member of an audience.
• boon (noun): A prayer; petition.
• gabbing (verb): present participle of gab
• gabbling (verb): present participle of gabble
• gibbon (noun): A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which it uses to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.
• gibing (verb): present participle of gibe
• glib (adjective): Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
• glob (noun): A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.
• global (adjective): Concerning all parts of the world.
• gobbling (noun): The act of eating greedily and noisily.
• goblin (noun): One of various hostile supernatural creatures, now especially a malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid, often associated with orcs or trolls.
• labia (noun): The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.
• labial (adjective): Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
• lobbing (verb): present participle of lob
• lobo (noun): A wolf.
• nabbing (verb): present participle of nab
• nabob (noun): An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire.
• nibbling (noun): The act or sound of one who nibbles.
• noob (noun): A newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things.
• obliging (adjective): Happy and ready to do favours for others.
• oblong (adjective): Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.