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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.

• celibacy^†  (CE8)
• abaci  (AB5)
• abbacy  (AB6)
• abbey  (AB5)
• able  (AB4)
• ably  (AB4)
• alibi  (AL5)
• baba  (BA4)
• babble  (BA6)
• babe  (BA4)
• babel  (BA5)
• baby  (BA4)
• bacilli  (BA7)
• bail  (BA4)
• bale  (BA4)
• ball  (BA4)
• belay  (BE5)
• belie  (BE5)
• bell  (BE4)
• belle  (BE5)
• belly  (BE5)
• bialy  (BI5)
• bible  (BI5)
• biblical  (BI8)
• biblically  (BI10)
• bicycle  (BI7)
• bilabial  (BI8)
• bile  (BI4)
• bill  (BI4)
• billable  (BI8)
• billy  (BI5)
• blab  (BL4)
• blabby  (BL6)
• cabal  (CA5)
• cabala  (CA6)
• cabbie  (CA6)
• cabby  (CA5)
• cable  (CA5)
• callable  (CA8)
• celeb  (CE5)
• eyeball  (EY7)
• label  (LA5)
• labia  (LA5)
• labial  (LA6)
• labile  (LA6)
• liable  (LI6)
• libel  (LI5)
• libelee  (LI7)

Answer Definitions

• celibacy^† (noun): Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
• abaci (noun): plural form of an ancient bead calculator.
• abbacy (noun): The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess.
• abbey (noun): the building or buildings occupied by a community of monks or nuns.
• able (adjective): Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
• ably (adverb): In an able manner; with great ability.
• alibi (noun): The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
• 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
• baby (noun): A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
• bacilli (noun): plural of bacillus
• bail (noun): Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
• bale (noun): Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
• ball (noun): A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
• belay (verb): To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.
• belie (verb): To lie around; encompass.
• bell (noun): A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
• belle (noun): An attractive woman.
• belly (noun): The abdomen, especially a fat one.
• bialy (noun): A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle.
• bible (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”)
• biblical (adjective): Of or relating to the Bible.
• biblically (adverb): In a biblical manner.
• bicycle (noun): A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.
• bilabial (adjective): Articulated with both lips.
• bile (noun): A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.
• bill (noun): Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
• billable (adjective): Capable of being billed for.
• billy (noun): A billy club.
• blab (verb): To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
• blabby (adjective): Tending to blab or gossip a lot.
• cabal (noun): A secret political clique or faction.
• cabala (proper noun): Alternative spelling of Kabballah
• cabbie (noun): A cabdriver, someone who drives a taxi.
• cabby (noun): A cabdriver; someone who drives a taxi.
• 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.
• callable (adjective): That can be called.
• celeb (noun): A celebrity; a famous person.
• eyeball (noun): The ball of the eye.
• label (noun): A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
• labia (noun): The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.
• labial (adjective): Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
• labile (adjective): Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
• liable (adjective): bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
• libel (noun): A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
• libelee (noun): The party against which a libel (hostile handbill) has been filed by a libelant.