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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.

• blockable^†  (BL9)
• cookable^†  (CO8)
• lockable^†  (LO8)
• aback  (AB5)
• able  (AB4)
• alack  (AL5)
• allele  (AL6)
• allocable  (AL9)
• aloe  (AL4)
• baba  (BA4)
• babble  (BA6)
• babe  (BA4)
• babel  (BA5)
• babka  (BA5)
• back  (BA4)
• bake  (BA4)
• bale  (BA4)
• balk  (BA4)
• ball  (BA4)
• ballcock  (BA8)
• baobab  (BA6)
• beak  (BE4)
• blab  (BL4)
• black  (BL5)
• blackball  (BL9)
• bleak  (BL5)
• boba  (BO4)
• bola  (BO4)
• bookable  (BO8)
• cabal  (CA5)
• cabala  (CA6)
• cable  (CA5)
• cacao  (CA5)
• cackle  (CA6)
• cake  (CA4)
• call  (CA4)
• calla  (CA5)
• callable  (CA8)
• callaloo  (CA8)
• callback  (CA8)
• clack  (CL5)
• cloaca  (CL6)
• cloak  (CL5)
• coal  (CO4)
• coca  (CO4)
• cocoa  (CO5)
• cola  (CO4)
• collab  (CO6)
• kabob  (KA5)
• kale  (KA4)
• kebab  (KE5)
• koala  (KO5)
• kola  (KO4)
• label  (LA5)
• lace  (LA4)
• lack  (LA4)
• lake  (LA4)
• leak  (LE4)
• local  (LO5)
• locale  (LO6)

Answer Definitions

• blockable^† (adjective): Able to be blocked.
• cookable^† (adjective): That can be cooked; suitable for cooking.
• lockable^† (adjective): Capable of being locked.
• aback (adverb): Toward the rear; Phrase: 'to be taken ____', meaning 'surprised'.
• able (adjective): Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
• alack (interjection): An expression of sorrow or mourning.
• allele (noun): One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.
• allocable (adjective): Able to be allocated.
• aloe (noun): The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica.
• baba (noun): A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
• babble (verb): To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
• babe (noun): A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
• babel (noun): Alternative form of Babel
• babka (noun): A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins.
• back (adjective): At or near the rear.
• bake (verb): To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
• bale (noun): Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
• balk (noun): An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
• ball (noun): A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
• ballcock (noun): A floating sphere, attached to a lever, that controls the level of liquid in a cistern.
• baobab (noun): A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
• beak (noun): Anatomical uses. A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc. A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc. The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal. Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
• blab (verb): To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
• black (adjective): Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
• blackball (noun): A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
• bleak (adjective): Without color; pale; pallid.
• boba (noun): Synonym of tapioca pearl.
• bola (noun): A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of a cord.
• bookable (adjective): Able to be booked or reserved.
• cabal (noun): A secret political clique or faction.
• cabala (proper noun): Alternative spelling of Kabballah
• cable (noun): A long object used to make a physical connection. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope. An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes. An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated. A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
• cacao (noun): A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
• cackle (noun): The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
• cake (noun): A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
• call (noun): A telephone conversation; a phone call.
• calla (noun): A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
• callable (adjective): That can be called.
• callaloo (noun): Any of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genera Amaranthus and Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves.
• callback (noun): The return of a situation to a previous position or state.
• clack (noun): An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk.
• cloaca (noun): A sewer.
• cloak (noun): A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
• coal (noun): A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
• coca (noun): Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
• cocoa (noun): The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.
• cola (noun): The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
• collab (noun): A collaboration, especially a work produced by several musicians who do not usually work together.
• kabob (noun): US spelling of kebab
• kale (noun): An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
• kebab (noun): A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
• koala (noun): A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.
• kola (noun): A tree, genus Cola, bearing large brown seeds ("nuts") that are the source of cola extract.
• label (noun): A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
• lace (noun): A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
• lack (noun): A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
• lake (noun): A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
• leak (noun): A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
• local (adjective): From or in a nearby location.
• locale (noun): The place where something happens.