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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.

• illuminati^†  (IL10)
• matutinal^†  (MA9)
• allium  (AL6)
• alum  (AL4)
• alumina  (AL7)
• aluminum  (AL8)
• alumna  (AL6)
• alumni  (AL6)
• anima  (AN5)
• animal  (AN6)
• autumn  (AU6)
• autumnal  (AU8)
• ilium  (IL5)
• imam  (IM4)
• lama  (LA4)
• lamina  (LA6)
• laminal  (LA7)
• lima  (LI4)
• liminal  (LI7)
• limit  (LI5)
• limn  (LI4)
• llama  (LL5)
• mail  (MA4)
• mailman  (MA7)
• maim  (MA4)
• main  (MA4)
• maintain  (MA8)
• mall  (MA4)
• malt  (MA4)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mammal  (MA6)
• mammalian  (MA9)
• mania  (MA5)
• manila  (MA6)
• manna  (MA5)
• manta  (MA5)
• mantilla  (MA8)
• manual  (MA6)
• manumit  (MA7)
• maul  (MA4)
• militant  (MI8)
• militia  (MI7)
• militiaman  (MI10)
• mill  (MI4)
• mini  (MI4)
• minim  (MI5)
• minima  (MI6)
• minimal  (MI7)
• minimum  (MI7)
• mint  (MI4)
• minutia  (MI7)
• mitt  (MI4)
• mull  (MU4)
• mutant  (MU6)
• mutt  (MU4)
• mutual  (MU6)
• muumuu  (MU6)
• tantalum  (TA8)
• tatami  (TA6)
• titanium  (TI8)
• tumult  (TU6)
• ultima  (UL6)
• ultimata  (UL8)
• ultimatum  (UL9)
• umami  (UM5)
• umlaut  (UM6)
• unman  (UN5)

Answer Definitions

• illuminati^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• matutinal^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• allium (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• alum (noun): An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O).
• alumina (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• aluminum (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• alumna (noun): A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
• alumni (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• anima (noun): The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
• animal (noun): A eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
• autumn (noun): Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.
• autumnal (adjective): Of or relating to autumn.
• ilium (noun): The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone and pelvis.
• imam (noun): One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
• lama (noun): A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
• lamina (noun): a thin layer, plate, or scale of material
• laminal (adjective): laminar
• lima (noun): lima bean
• liminal (adjective): Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold.
• limit (noun): A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
• limn (verb): To draw or paint; to delineate.
• llama (noun): A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
• mail (noun): A bag or wallet.
• mailman (noun): someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes
• maim (verb): To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
• main (adjective): Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
• maintain (verb): To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
• mall (noun): A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
• malt (noun): Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
• mama (noun): Mother, female parent.
• mamma (noun): The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
• mammal (noun): An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.
• mammalian (adjective): of, or pertaining to, mammals
• mania (noun): Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
• manila (adjective): Made of manila paper or material like it.
• manna (noun): Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
• manta (noun): A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
• mantilla (noun): A lace veil of Spanish origin worn over a woman's hair and shoulders.
• manual (noun): A handbook.
• manumit (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• maul (noun): A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
• militant (adjective): Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike.
• militia (noun): An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
• militiaman (noun): A member of a militia.
• mill (noun): A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
• mini (adjective): Miniature, tiny, small.
• minim (noun): A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
• minima (noun): plural of minimum
• minimal (adjective): The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
• minimum (noun): The lowest limit.
• mint (noun): A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
• minutia (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• mitt (noun): A mitten
• mull (verb): (usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
• mutant (noun): That has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.
• mutt (noun): A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
• mutual (adjective): Having the same relationship, each to each other.
• muumuu (noun): A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches).
• tantalum (noun): A chemical element (symbol Ta) with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.
• tatami (noun): Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
• titanium (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• tumult (noun): Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
• ultima (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• ultimata (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• ultimatum (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• umami (noun): One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.
• umlaut (noun): An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.
• unman (verb): To castrate; to remove the manhood of.