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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.

• chariot^†  (CH7)
• haricot^†  (HA7)
• thoracic^†  (TH8)
• acacia  (AC6)
• acai  (AC4)
• aortic  (AO6)
• archaic  (AR7)
• arctic  (AR6)
• aria  (AR4)
• arthritic  (AR9)
• atria  (AT5)
• attic  (AT5)
• cacti  (CA5)
• cathartic  (CA9)
• chai  (CH4)
• chair  (CH5)
• chaotic  (CH7)
• chia  (CH4)
• chic  (CH4)
• chica  (CH5)
• chichi  (CH6)
• chit  (CH4)
• chitchat  (CH8)
• choir  (CH5)
• ciao  (CI4)
• circa  (CI5)
• cirri  (CI5)
• citric  (CI6)
• coati  (CO5)
• cocci  (CO5)
• cochair  (CO7)
• coir  (CO4)
• critic  (CR6)
• croci  (CR5)
• hair  (HA4)
• hitch  (HI5)
• ichor  (IC5)
• iota  (IO4)
• itch  (IT4)
• oratorio  (OR8)
• orthotic  (OR8)
• raita  (RA5)
• ratio  (RA5)
• rhotic  (RH6)
• rich  (RI4)
• ricotta  (RI7)
• riot  (RI4)
• roti  (RO4)
• tacit  (TA5)
• tactic  (TA6)
• tiara  (TI5)
• tori  (TO4)
• toric  (TO5)
• torii  (TO5)
• trait  (TR5)
• traitor  (TR7)
• trattoria  (TR9)
• tricot  (TR6)
• trio  (TR4)

Answer Definitions

• chariot^† (noun): A two-wheeled horse-drawn cart, used in Bronze Age and Early Iron Age warfare.
• haricot^† (noun): A common bean.
• thoracic^† (adjective): Of the thorax.
• acacia (noun): A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
• acai (noun): Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
• aortic (adjective): Of or pertaining to the aorta or the aortic valve.
• archaic (noun): A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
• arctic (adjective): Alternative letter-case form of Arctic
• aria (noun): A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.
• arthritic (adjective): Of, or affected by arthritis.
• atria (noun): plural of atrium
• 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
• cathartic (adjective): Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis.
• chai (noun): A female gypsy.
• chair (noun): An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
• chaotic (adjective): filled with chaos.
• chia (noun): A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
• chic (adjective): Elegant, stylish.
• chica (noun): A Latin-American girl; a Latina.
• chichi (adjective): Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way.
• chit (noun): A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
• chitchat (noun): Alternative spelling of chit-chat
• choir (noun): A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
• ciao (interjection): hello, hi.
• circa (preposition): Approximately, about, around
• cirri (noun): plural of cirrus Tendrils or claspers.
• citric (adjective): Of, pertaining to, or derived from, citrus fruit.
• 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.
• cocci (noun): plural of coccus
• cochair (noun): Someone who serves as the chair of a meeting or organization together with one or more other chairs.
• coir (noun): The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.
• critic (noun): A person who appraises the works of others.
• croci (noun): plural of crocus
• hair (noun): A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
• hitch (noun): A sudden pull.
• ichor (noun): The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.
• iota (noun): The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
• itch (noun): A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
• oratorio (noun): A musical composition, often based on a religious theme; similar to opera but with no costume, scenery or acting.
• orthotic (adjective): Of or pertaining to orthotics.
• raita (noun): A condiment used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia, made from seasoned yogurt.
• ratio (noun): A number representing a comparison between two named things.
• rhotic (adjective): That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ even when not followed by a vowel, as in bar (/bɑːɹ/) and bard or barred (/bɑːɹd/); who speaks with such an accent.
• rich (adjective): Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
• ricotta (noun): A soft Italian unsalted whey cheese resembling cottage cheese.
• riot (noun): A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
• roti (noun): A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.
• tacit (adjective): Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
• tactic (noun): A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
• tiara (noun): The papal crown.
• tori (noun): plural of torus
• toric (adjective): Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.
• torii (noun): A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.
• trait (noun): An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
• traitor (noun): Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to their defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished.
• trattoria (noun): A small, informal Italian-style restaurant.
• tricot (noun): A soft knit fabric.
• trio (noun): A group of three people or things.