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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.

• habitation^†  (HA10)
• inhabitation^†  (IN12)
• abbot  (AB5)
• annatto  (AN7)
• annotation  (AN10)
• anoint  (AN6)
• anti  (AN4)
• attain  (AT6)
• baht  (BA4)
• bait  (BA4)
• bath  (BA4)
• baton  (BA5)
• biota  (BI5)
• biotin  (BI6)
• boat  (BO4)
• bonito  (BO6)
• boot  (BO4)
• booth  (BO5)
• both  (BO4)
• habit  (HA5)
• habitat  (HA7)
• hath  (HA4)
• hatha  (HA5)
• hint  (HI4)
• hobbit  (HO6)
• hoot  (HO4)
• inhabit  (IN7)
• inhabitant  (IN10)
• inhibit  (IN7)
• inhibition  (IN10)
• initiation  (IN10)
• into  (IN4)
• intonation  (IN10)
• iota  (IO4)
• nanobot  (NA7)
• natant  (NA6)
• nation  (NA6)
• ninth  (NI5)
• notation  (NO8)
• notion  (NO6)
• oath  (OA4)
• obit  (OB4)
• obtain  (OB6)
• onto  (ON4)
• taboo  (TA5)
• tahini  (TA6)
• taint  (TA5)
• tannin  (TA6)
• tattoo  (TA6)
• than  (TH4)
• that  (TH4)
• thin  (TH4)
• tibia  (TI5)
• tint  (TI4)
• titan  (TI5)
• toon  (TO4)
• toot  (TO4)
• tooth  (TO5)

Answer Definitions

• habitation^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• inhabitation^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• abbot (noun): The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
• annatto (noun): A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree.
• annotation (noun): A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.
• anoint (verb): To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
• anti (adjective): Opposed to something.
• attain (verb): To gain (an object or desired result).
• baht (noun): The official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang.
• bait (noun): Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
• bath (noun): A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
• baton (noun): A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
• biota (noun): The living organisms of a region.
• biotin (noun): A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex, 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid, found in liver, egg yolk, milk and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems.
• boat (noun): A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
• bonito (noun): Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda, that are related to and resemble the tuna.
• boot (noun): A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
• booth (noun): A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
• both (determiner): Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.
• habit (noun): An action performed on a regular basis.
• habitat (noun): Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.
• hath (verb): third-person singular simple present indicative form of have
• hatha (noun): The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas
• hint (noun): A clue.
• hobbit (noun): A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.
• hoot (noun): A derisive cry or shout.
• inhabit (verb): To live or reside in.
• inhabitant (noun): Someone or thing who lives in a place.
• inhibit (verb): To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
• inhibition (noun): The act of inhibiting.
• initiation (noun): The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced
• into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
• intonation (noun): The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
• iota (noun): The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
• nanobot (noun): A very small autonomous robot, typically the size of a biological cell, designed to work alone or in very large numbers to achieve some task.
• natant (adjective): floating or swimming (in water)
• nation (noun): A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
• ninth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number nine.
• notation (noun): The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
• notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
• oath (noun): A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
• obit (noun): Death of a person.
• obtain (verb): To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
• onto (preposition): Upon; on top of.
• taboo (noun): An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
• tahini (noun): A paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc.
• taint (noun): A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
• tannin (noun): Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.
• tattoo (noun): An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
• than (conjunction): Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
• that (conjunction): Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
• thin (adjective): Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
• tibia (noun): The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone
• tint (noun): A slight coloring.
• titan (noun): Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
• toon (noun): A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
• toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
• tooth (noun): A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.