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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.

• ineptly^†  (IN7)
• penitently^†  (PE10)
• eely  (EE4)
• elite  (EL5)
• entitle  (EN7)
• eyelet  (EY6)
• illy  (IL4)
• inlet  (IN5)
• intel  (IN5)
• intently  (IN8)
• lenient  (LE7)
• leniently  (LE9)
• lenity  (LE6)
• lent  (LE4)
• lentil  (LE6)
• lien  (LI4)
• lilt  (LI4)
• lily  (LI4)
• line  (LI4)
• linen  (LI5)
• linnet  (LI6)
• lint  (LI4)
• lintel  (LI6)
• linty  (LI5)
• lippy  (LI5)
• lite  (LI4)
• little  (LI6)
• nettle  (NE6)
• nipple  (NI6)
• peel  (PE4)
• pellet  (PE6)
• pelt  (PE4)
• penile  (PE6)
• pettily  (PE7)
• pile  (PI4)
• pill  (PI4)
• pipeline  (PI8)
• plenty  (PL6)
• plie  (PL4)
• teletype  (TE8)
• tell  (TE4)
• tile  (TI4)
• till  (TI4)
• tilt  (TI4)
• tinily  (TI6)
• tipple  (TI6)
• title  (TI5)
• tittle  (TI6)
• yell  (YE4)
• yelp  (YE4)

Answer Definitions

• ineptly^† (adverb): In an inept or incompetent manner.
• penitently^† (adverb): In a penitent manner.
• eely (adjective): Resembling an eel: long, thin and slippery.
• elite (adjective): Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
• entitle (verb): To give a title to. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• eyelet (noun): An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc.
• illy (adverb): Badly; poorly.
• inlet (verb): To let in; admit.
• intel (noun): intelligence (secret information)
• intently (adverb): In an intent or focused manner.
• lenient (adjective): Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation
• leniently (adverb): In a lenient manner.
• lenity (noun): leniency, mercy, forgiveness
• lent (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Lent
• lentil (noun): Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
• lien (noun): A tendon.
• lilt (verb): To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
• lily (noun): Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
• line (noun): A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
• linen (noun): Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
• linnet (noun): A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
• lint (noun): Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
• lintel (noun): A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
• linty (adjective): Covered with lint.
• lippy (adjective): Having prominent lips.
• lite (adjective): Abridged; refers to a simpler or unpaid version of a product.
• little (adjective): Small in size.
• nettle (noun): Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, the stinging nettles: Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle), Urtica incisa (Australian nettle); Wood nettle (Laportea canadensis); Bull nettles and spurge nettles of genus Cnidoscolus: Cnidoscolus stimulosus, bull nettle, spurge nettle, Cnidoscolus texanus, Texas bull nettle, Cnidoscolus urens, bull nettle, Nettle trees or tree nettles: Various species of the genus Dendrocnide: Urera baccifera (scratchbush), Urtica ferox (tree nettle); rock nettle (Eucnide); small-leaved nettle (Dendrocnide photinophylla).
• nipple (noun): The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
• peel (verb): To remove the skin or outer covering of.
• pellet (noun): A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
• pelt (noun): The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it.
• penile (adjective): Pertaining to the penis.
• pettily (adverb): In a petty manner.
• 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.
• pipeline (noun): A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum etc.
• plenty (noun): A more-than-adequate amount.
• plie (noun): Alternative spelling of plié
• teletype (noun): A telegraph that automatically prints transmited messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols, typically resembling a typewriter in appearance.
• tell (verb): To count, reckon, or enumerate.
• tile (noun): A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile etc.
• till (preposition): Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
• tilt (verb): To slope or incline (something); to slant.
• tinily (adverb): In a tiny way.
• tipple (noun): An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.
• title (noun): An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification. See also Category:Titles
• tittle (noun): Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or if a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j.
• yell (verb): shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
• yelp (noun): An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.