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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.

• cocktail^†  (CO8)
• alit  (AL4)
• allot  (AL5)
• alto  (AL4)
• atilt  (AT5)
• atoll  (AT5)
• attack  (AT6)
• attic  (AT5)
• cacti  (CA5)
• catcall  (CA7)
• cattail  (CA7)
• clot  (CL4)
• coat  (CO4)
• coati  (CO5)
• coattail  (CO8)
• cockatoo  (CO8)
• coital  (CO6)
• colt  (CO4)
• coot  (CO4)
• illicit  (IL7)
• iota  (IO4)
• italic  (IT6)
• kilt  (KI4)
• lactic  (LA6)
• licit  (LI5)
• lilt  (LI4)
• loot  (LO4)
• lotto  (LO5)
• octal  (OC5)
• tacit  (TA5)
• tack  (TA4)
• taco  (TA4)
• tact  (TA4)
• tactic  (TA6)
• tactical  (TA8)
• tail  (TA4)
• tailcoat  (TA8)
• talc  (TA4)
• tali  (TA4)
• talk  (TA4)
• tall  (TA4)
• tallit  (TA6)
• tattoo  (TA6)
• tick  (TI4)
• ticktock  (TI8)
• tiki  (TI4)
• tikka  (TI5)
• till  (TI4)
• tilt  (TI4)
• toccata  (TO7)
• tock  (TO4)
• toil  (TO4)
• toll  (TO4)
• took  (TO4)
• tool  (TO4)
• toolkit  (TO7)
• toot  (TO4)
• total  (TO5)

Answer Definitions

• cocktail^† (noun): A mixed alcoholic beverage.
• alit (verb): simple past tense and past participle of alight
• allot (verb): To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
• alto (noun): A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.
• atilt (adjective): At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.
• atoll (noun): a type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls
• attack (noun): An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
• attic (noun): The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
• cacti (noun): plural of cactus
• catcall (noun): A shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo.
• cattail (noun): Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
• clot (noun): A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
• coat (noun): An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
• coati (noun): Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua or Nasuella, in order Carnivora, that live in the range from southern United States to northern Argentina.
• coattail (noun): The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the waist.
• cockatoo (noun): A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot.
• coital (adjective): of or relating to the sex act or coitus
• colt (noun): A young male horse.
• coot (noun): Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
• illicit (adjective): Not approved by law, but not invalid.
• iota (noun): The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
• italic (adjective): Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.
• kilt (verb): To gather up (skirts) around the body.
• lactic (adjective): Of, relating to, or derived from milk.
• licit (adjective): Not forbidden by formal or informal rules.
• lilt (verb): To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
• loot (noun): A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
• lotto (noun): a game of chance similar to bingo
• octal (noun): The number system that uses the eight digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
• tacit (adjective): Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
• tack (noun): A small nail with a flat head.
• 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.
• tact (noun): The sense of touch; feeling.
• tactic (noun): A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
• tactical (adjective): of or relating to tactics
• tail (noun): The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
• tailcoat (noun): A formal evening jacket with an extended back panel; a dress coat.
• talc (noun): Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic.
• tali (noun): plural of talus
• talk (verb): To communicate, usually by means of speech.
• tall (adjective): Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
• tallit (noun): A traditional Jewish prayer shawl with tassels which covers the chest and upper part of the back.
• tattoo (noun): An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
• tick (noun): A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
• ticktock (interjection): Alternative form of tick tock
• tiki (noun): Carved talisman in humanoid form, common to the cultures of the Pacific Ocean.
• tikka (noun): A marinade made from various aromatic spices usually with a yoghurt base; often used in Indian cuisine prior to grilling in a tandoor.
• till (preposition): Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
• tilt (verb): To slope or incline (something); to slant.
• toccata (noun): A piece of music (usually for a keyboard instrument) designed to emphasise the dexterity of the performer.
• tock (noun): A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.
• toil (noun): Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
• toll (noun): Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
• took (verb): simple past tense of take
• tool (noun): A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
• toolkit (noun): A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.
• toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
• total (noun): An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.