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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.

• applicable^†  (AP10)
• clippable^†  (CL9)
• alpaca  (AL6)
• apace  (AP5)
• apiece  (AP6)
• appall  (AP6)
• appeal  (AP6)
• appealable  (AP10)
• appellee  (AP8)
• apple  (AP5)
• beep  (BE4)
• bicep  (BI5)
• bleep  (BL5)
• blip  (BL4)
• capable  (CA7)
• cape  (CA4)
• clap  (CL4)
• clip  (CL4)
• epee  (EP4)
• epic  (EP4)
• ipecac  (IP6)
• lapel  (LA5)
• leap  (LE4)
• pace  (PA4)
• paella  (PA6)
• pail  (PA4)
• palace  (PA6)
• palapa  (PA6)
• pale  (PA4)
• pall  (PA4)
• palp  (PA4)
• palpable  (PA8)
• papa  (PA4)
• papal  (PA5)
• papilla  (PA7)
• papillae  (PA8)
• peace  (PE5)
• peaceable  (PE9)
• peal  (PE4)
• pebble  (PE6)
• peel  (PE4)
• peelable  (PE8)
• peep  (PE4)
• pellicle  (PE8)
• pica  (PI4)
• piece  (PI5)
• pile  (PI4)
• pill  (PI4)
• pipe  (PI4)
• place  (PL5)
• plea  (PL4)
• pleb  (PL4)
• plebe  (PL5)
• pliable  (PL7)
• plie  (PL4)

Answer Definitions

• applicable^† (adjective): suitable for application, relevant
• clippable^† (adjective): Capable of being clipped.
• alpaca (noun): A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.
• apace (adverb): Quickly, rapidly, with speed.
• apiece (adverb): Each by itself; for or to each one
• appall (verb): To fill with horror; to dismay.
• appeal (noun): An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned. The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued. A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
• appealable (adjective): That may be appealed, or sent to a higher court for judgement.
• appellee (noun): A respondent.
• apple (noun): A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.
• beep (noun): The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.
• bicep (noun): A biceps.
• bleep (noun): A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.
• blip (noun): A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
• capable (adjective): Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
• cape (noun): A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
• clap (noun): The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
• clip (verb): To grip tightly.
• epee (noun): A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
• epic (noun): An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
• ipecac (noun): The dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and Cephaelis ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine.
• lapel (noun): Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.
• leap (verb): To jump.
• pace (noun): Step. A step taken with the foot. The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
• paella (noun): A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked in a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish.
• pail (noun): A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
• palace (noun): Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
• palapa (noun): An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.
• pale (adjective): Light in color.
• pall (noun): Senses relating to cloth. Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes. A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse. A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist. A cloth used for various purposes on the altar in a church, such as a corporal (“cloth on which elements of the Eucharist are placed”) or frontal (“drapery covering the front of an altar”).
• palp (noun): Synonym of pedipalp.
• palpable (adjective): Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
• papa (noun): Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
• papal (adjective): Having to do with the pope or the papacy.
• papilla (noun): A nipple-like protuberance on a part or organ of the body. A vascular process of connective tissue extending into and nourishing the root of a hair, feather, or developing tooth. Any of the vascular protuberances of the dermal layer of the skin extending into the epidermal layer and often containing tactile corpuscles. Any of the small protuberances on the upper surface of the tongue often containing taste buds.
• papillae (noun): plural of papilla
• peace (noun): A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
• peaceable (adjective): Favouring peace rather than conflict; not aggressive, tending to avoid violence (of people, actions etc.).
• peal (noun): A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
• pebble (noun): A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
• peel (verb): To remove the skin or outer covering of.
• peelable (adjective): Capable of being peeled.
• peep (noun): A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
• pellicle (noun): A thin skin or film.
• pica (noun): A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
• piece (noun): A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
• pile (noun): A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
• pill (noun): A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
• pipe (noun): Meanings relating to a wind instrument. A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. A tube used to produce sound in an organ; an organ pipe. The key or sound of the voice. A high-pitched sound, especially of a bird.
• place (noun): An area; somewhere within an area. An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard. A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
• plea (noun): An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
• pleb (noun): A commoner, a member of the lower class of a society.
• plebe (noun): A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens.
• pliable (adjective): Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.
• plie (noun): Alternative spelling of plié