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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.

• mathematic^†  (MA10)
• thematic^†  (TH8)
• acme  (AC4)
• ahem  (AH4)
• came  (CA4)
• cami  (CA4)
• chime  (CH5)
• emaciate  (EM8)
• emcee  (EM5)
• emetic  (EM6)
• emit  (EM4)
• hamachi  (HA7)
• hamate  (HA6)
• hematite  (HE8)
• heme  (HE4)
• imam  (IM4)
• imitate  (IM7)
• item  (IT4)
• mace  (MA4)
• machete  (MA7)
• mahatma  (MA7)
• mahimahi  (MA8)
• maim  (MA4)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• match  (MA5)
• matcha  (MA6)
• mate  (MA4)
• math  (MA4)
• matte  (MA5)
• meat  (ME4)
• mecca  (ME5)
• meet  (ME4)
• meme  (ME4)
• memetic  (ME7)
• meta  (ME4)
• mete  (ME4)
• meth  (ME4)
• mica  (MI4)
• mice  (MI4)
• mime  (MI4)
• mimetic  (MI7)
• mimic  (MI5)
• mite  (MI4)
• mitt  (MI4)
• tame  (TA4)
• tatami  (TA6)
• team  (TE4)
• teammate  (TE8)
• teatime  (TE7)
• teem  (TE4)
• them  (TH4)
• theme  (TH5)
• time  (TI4)
• titmice  (TI7)

Answer Definitions

• mathematic^† (adjective): mathematical
• thematic^† (adjective): Relating to, or having a theme (“subject”) or a topic.
• acme (noun): A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.
• ahem (interjection): the sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat
• came (verb): simple past tense of come
• cami (noun): A camisole.
• chime (noun): A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
• emaciate (verb): To make extremely thin or wasted.
• emcee (noun): Alternative form of MC in its senses as Master of ceremonies. A rapper.
• emetic (adjective): Causing nausea and vomiting.
• emit (verb): to send out or give off
• hamachi (noun): Japanese amberjack, Pacific yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata).
• hamate (adjective): Hooked at the end.
• hematite (noun): An iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe2O3.
• heme (noun): The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
• imam (noun): One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
• imitate (verb): To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
• item (noun): A distinct physical object.
• mace (noun): A heavy fighting club.
• machete (noun): A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.
• mahatma (noun): An epithet granted in India and Tibet to people thought to have great knowledge and love of humanity
• mahimahi (noun): Alternative spelling of mahi-mahi
• maim (verb): To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
• mama (noun): Mother, female parent.
• mamma (noun): The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
• match (noun): A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
• matcha (noun): A type of powdered green tea, traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies.
• mate (noun): A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
• math (noun): Clipping of mathematics.
• matte (noun): A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
• meat (noun): The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
• mecca (noun): Alternative form of Mecca; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.
• meet (verb): To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
• meme (noun): Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
• memetic (adjective): Of, being, containing, or pertaining to memes; pertaining to replication of concepts.
• meta (adjective): Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level.
• mete (verb): To measure.
• meth (noun): Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride.
• mica (noun): Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
• mice (noun): plural of mouse
• mime (noun): A form of acting without words; pantomime.
• mimetic (adjective): Exhibiting mimesis.
• mimic (verb): To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
• mite (noun): Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
• mitt (noun): A mitten
• tame (adjective): Not or no longer wild; domesticated.
• tatami (noun): Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
• team (noun): A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
• teammate (noun): One who is on the same team.
• teatime (noun): The traditional time, in the late afternoon, for serving tea (the meal).
• teem (verb): To be stocked to overflowing.
• them (pronoun): Those ones. Used as the direct object of a verb.
• theme (noun): A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
• time (noun): The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
• titmice (noun): plural of titmouse