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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.

• cyanide^†  (CY7)
• acacia  (AC6)
• acai  (AC4)
• accede  (AC6)
• acceded  (AC7)
• aced  (AC4)
• acid  (AC4)
• acidic  (AC6)
• acidy  (AC5)
• acne  (AC4)
• added  (AD5)
• addend  (AD6)
• addenda  (AD7)
• adenine  (AD7)
• aide  (AI4)
• aided  (AI5)
• caddie  (CA6)
• caddied  (CA7)
• caddy  (CA5)
• cadence  (CA7)
• cancan  (CA6)
• candid  (CA6)
• candidacy  (CA9)
• candied  (CA7)
• candy  (CA5)
• cane  (CA4)
• caned  (CA5)
• canid  (CA5)
• canine  (CA6)
• canna  (CA5)
• canned  (CA6)
• canny  (CA5)
• cayenne  (CA7)
• cicada  (CI6)
• cyan  (CY4)
• daddy  (DA5)
• dance  (DA5)
• danced  (DA6)
• dandy  (DA5)
• dead  (DE4)
• deaden  (DE6)
• deadened  (DE8)
• deadeye  (DE7)
• dean  (DE4)
• decade  (DE6)
• decadence  (DE9)
• decay  (DE5)
• decayed  (DE7)
• dyad  (DY4)
• ennead  (EN6)
• idea  (ID4)
• inane  (IN5)
• indica  (IN6)
• indicia  (IN7)
• naan  (NA4)
• nada  (NA4)
• naiad  (NA5)
• nana  (NA4)
• nannied  (NA7)
• nanny  (NA5)
• niacin  (NI6)

Answer Definitions

• cyanide^† (noun): Any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN anion.
• 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.
• accede (verb): To approach; to arrive, to come forward.
• acceded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of accede
• aced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ace
• acid (adjective): Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.
• acidic (adjective): Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
• acidy (adjective): Like an acid, somewhat acid.
• acne (noun): A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.
• added (verb): simple past tense and past participle of add
• addend (noun): Addendum, any one of two or more numbers or other terms that are to be added together.
• addenda (noun): plural of addendum
• adenine (noun): A base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.
• aide (noun): An assistant.
• aided (verb): simple past tense and past participle of aid
• caddie (noun): A golfer's assistant and adviser.
• caddied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of caddie
• caddy (noun): One hired to assist another in playing the game of golf.
• cadence (noun): The act or state of declining or sinking.
• cancan (noun): A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
• candid (adjective): Impartial and free from prejudice.
• candidacy (noun): The state of being a candidate; candidateship.
• candied (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• candy (noun): Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
• cane (noun): A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
• caned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cane
• canid (noun): Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals.
• canine (adjective): Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
• canna (noun): Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
• canned (adjective): Preserved in cans.
• canny (adjective): Careful, prudent, cautious.
• cayenne (noun): Ellipsis of cayenne pepper.
• cicada (noun): Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings. The periodical cicada.
• cyan (noun): A vibrant pale greenish-blue colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained by subtracting red from white light.
• daddy (noun): Father.
• dance (noun): A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
• danced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dance
• dandy (noun): A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
• dead (adjective): No longer living.
• deaden (verb): To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
• deadened (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deaden
• deadeye (adjective): Very accurate in shooting or throwing.
• dean (noun): A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
• decade (noun): A group, set, or series of ten , particularly:
• decadence (noun): A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
• decay (noun): The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
• decayed (adjective): Having undergone decay, rotted.
• dyad (noun): A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.
• ennead (noun): The number nine.
• idea (noun): An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
• inane (adjective): Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance)
• indica (noun): Any of the indica subspecies of the rice, Oryza sativa, which (unlike the japonica or sinica subspecies) are non-sticky and long-grained.
• indicia (noun): plural of indicium
• naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
• nada (pronoun): Nothing.
• naiad (noun): A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
• nana (noun): A banana.
• nannied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of nanny
• nanny (noun): A child's nurse.
• niacin (noun): A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.