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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.

• applicant^†  (AP9)
• anal  (AN4)
• annal  (AN5)
• anti  (AN4)
• antic  (AN5)
• anticipant  (AN10)
• apian  (AP5)
• attain  (AT6)
• canal  (CA5)
• cancan  (CA6)
• canna  (CA5)
• cant  (CA4)
• cantata  (CA7)
• cantina  (CA7)
• captain  (CA7)
• catnap  (CA6)
• catnip  (CA6)
• clan  (CL4)
• clinic  (CL6)
• clinical  (CL8)
• clinician  (CL9)
• inapt  (IN5)
• incant  (IN6)
• initial  (IN7)
• intact  (IN6)
• lain  (LA4)
• lanai  (LA5)
• lantana  (LA7)
• lint  (LI4)
• naan  (NA4)
• nail  (NA4)
• nana  (NA4)
• natal  (NA5)
• natant  (NA6)
• niacin  (NI6)
• pain  (PA4)
• paint  (PA5)
• panic  (PA5)
• panini  (PA6)
• pant  (PA4)
• patina  (PA6)
• picnic  (PI6)
• pinata  (PI6)
• pint  (PI4)
• pintail  (PI7)
• pippin  (PI6)
• plain  (PL5)
• plaint  (PL6)
• plan  (PL4)
• plant  (PL5)
• plantain  (PL8)
• pliant  (PL6)
• tactician  (TA9)
• taint  (TA5)
• tannic  (TA6)
• tannin  (TA6)
• tinct  (TI5)
• tint  (TI4)
• titan  (TI5)
• titanic  (TI7)

Answer Definitions

• applicant^† (noun): One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.
• anal (adjective): of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
• annal (noun): The record of a single event or item.
• anti (adjective): Opposed to something.
• antic (adjective): Playful, funny, absurd.
• anticipant (adjective): Expectant.
• apian (adjective): Relating to bees.
• attain (verb): To gain (an object or desired result).
• canal (noun): An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
• cancan (noun): A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
• canna (noun): Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
• cant (noun): An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
• cantata (noun): A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music.
• cantina (noun): A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America.
• captain (noun): A chief or leader.
• catnap (noun): A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.
• catnip (noun): Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
• clan (noun): A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
• clinic (noun): A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
• clinical (adjective): Dealing with the practical management of patients, in practice at the point of care; as contrasted with other health care venues (see clinical medicine for more explanation).
• clinician (noun): Any healthcare practitioner working at the point of care, in clinical practice (e.g., physicians in clinical medicine, nurses in nursing practice, or allied health providers in practice).
• inapt (adjective): Unapt
• incant (verb): To state solemnly, to chant.
• initial (adjective): Chronologically first, early; of or pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin.
• intact (adjective): Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied or otherwise damaged.
• lain (verb): past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
• lanai (noun): A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
• lantana (noun): Any member of the genus Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters.
• lint (noun): Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
• naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
• nail (noun): The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
• nana (noun): A banana.
• natal (adjective): Of or relating to birth.
• natant (adjective): floating or swimming (in water)
• niacin (noun): A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.
• pain (noun): An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
• paint (noun): A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds color/colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
• panic (adjective): Alternative letter-case form of Panic (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”)
• panini (noun): A type of grilled sandwich made of a small loaf of bread, cut horizontally, filled with meat such as salami or ham, cheese or other food.
• pant (noun): A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
• patina (noun): A paten, flat type of dish.
• picnic (noun): An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
• pinata (noun): Alternative form of piñata
• pint (noun): A unit of volume, equivalent to: one eighth of a gallon, specifically: 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint) : one half quart 16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or approximately 18.62 fluid ounces [551 millilitres] for dry goods (a US dry pint). 1.696 liters 12 fluid ounces
• pintail (noun): A pintail duck, a type of dabbling duck with a characteristic pointed tail. A northern pintail, Anas acuta, a dabbling duck of the northern hemisphere that has a long pointed tail.
• pippin (noun): A seed
• plain (adjective): Flat, level.
• plaint (noun): A lament or woeful cry.
• plan (noun): A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
• plant (noun): An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
• plantain (noun): A plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.
• pliant (adjective): Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking
• tactician (noun): A person skilled in the planning and execution of tactics.
• taint (noun): A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
• tannic (adjective): Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.
• tannin (noun): Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.
• tinct (noun): A tint or colour.
• tint (noun): A slight coloring.
• titan (noun): Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.
• titanic (adjective): Alternative letter-case form of Titanic Of or relating to the Titans, a race of giant gods in Greek mythology. Having great size, or great force, power, or strength. Of a conflict or contest: involving equally powerful participants.