NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 17, 2026
Game Summary
| Center Letter | R |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, b, c, k, l, o |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 42 words |
| Total Points | 170 points |
| Genius Level | 119 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
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- Spelling Bee Grid
- Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
- Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
- Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
- Today's Complete Solution
- 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.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| B | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| C | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | 16 |
| K | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| O | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| R | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | Σ | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 42 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AR×2 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×5 BO×3 BR×1 |
| C | CA×3 CO×7 CR×6 |
| K | |
| L | LA×2 |
| O | OA×1 OK×1 OR×2 |
| R | RA×1 RO×8 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ARB×1 ARC×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BAR×5 BOA×1 BOO×2 BRO×1 |
| C | CAR×3 COB×1 COL×2 COR×4 CRA×2 CRO×4 |
| K | |
| L | LAB×1 LAR×1 |
| O | OAR×1 OKR×1 ORA×1 ORC×1 |
| R | RAC×1 ROA×1 ROB×1 ROC×2 ROL×3 ROO×1 |
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 (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| ro...... † | RO8 | A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes. |
| ar... | AR5 | A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation. |
| ar.. | AR4 | A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato. |
| ba.. | BA4 | The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. |
| ba..... | BA7 | An assistant to a bartender |
| ba...... | BA8 | Meat slow-cooked over an open fire, characteristic of Latin American cuisine. |
| ba.. | BA4 | To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs). |
| ba..... | BA7 | A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. |
| bo...... | BO8 | A rack for books; a bookshelf. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A peasant. |
| br... | BR5 | To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object). |
| ca.. | CA4 | Clipping of carbohydrate. |
| ca... | CA5 | An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region. |
| ca... | CA5 | A round dance accompanied by singing. |
| co... | CO5 | Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae. |
| co.... | CO6 | Clothes that encircle the neck. The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric. A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline. A chain worn around the neck. A similar detachable item. A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal. A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it. |
| co... | CO5 | The spectral composition of visible light. |
| co... | CO5 | Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species. |
| co.. | CO4 | The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material. |
| co..... | CO7 | An outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused. |
| co.... | CO6 | An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one. |
| cr.. | CR4 | A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace. |
| cr... | CR5 | To form cracks. |
| cr... | CR5 | A faint, harsh sound made in the throat. |
| cr.. | CR4 | A crocodile. |
| cr... | CR5 | A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container. |
| cr... | CR5 | A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure. |
| la... | LA5 | Alternative spelling of labour |
| la.. | LA4 | Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. |
| oa..... | OA7 | A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing. |
| ok.. | OK4 | The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus. |
| or.. | OR4 | Relating to the mouth. |
| or.. | OR4 | A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale. |
| ra.. | RA4 | A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other |
| ro.. | RO4 | To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion. |
| ro...... | RO8 | An automated phone call, commonly for telemarketing purposes, that uses both an autodialer and a recorded message. |
| ro.. | RO4 | A formation of minerals, specifically: The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust. |
| ro.... | RO6 | A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation. |
| ro.. | RO4 | To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface. |
| ro..... | RO7 | Alternative form of roll bar (“an anti-roll bar”) |
| ro.. | RO4 | A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family. |
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.
- rollback† (RO8)
- arbor (AR5)
- arco (AR4)
- barb (BA4)
- barback (BA7)
- barbacoa (BA8)
- bark (BA4)
- barrack (BA7)
- boar (BO4)
- bookrack (BO8)
- boor (BO4)
- brook (BR5)
- carb (CA4)
- carob (CA5)
- carol (CA5)
- cobra (CO5)
- collar (CO6)
- color (CO5)
- coral (CO5)
- cork (CO4)
- corolla (CO7)
- corral (CO6)
- crab (CR4)
- crack (CR5)
- croak (CR5)
- croc (CR4)
- crock (CR5)
- crook (CR5)
- labor (LA5)
- lark (LA4)
- oarlock (OA7)
- okra (OK4)
- oral (OR4)
- orca (OR4)
- rack (RA4)
- roar (RO4)
- robocall (RO8)
- rock (RO4)
- rococo (RO6)
- roll (RO4)
- rollbar (RO7)
- rook (RO4)
Answer Definitions
- rollback† (noun): A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
- arbor (noun): A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
- arco (adverb): A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.
- barb (noun): The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
- barback (noun): An assistant to a bartender
- barbacoa (noun): Meat slow-cooked over an open fire, characteristic of Latin American cuisine.
- bark (verb): To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
- barrack (noun): A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
- boar (noun): A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
- bookrack (noun): A rack for books; a bookshelf.
- boor (noun): A peasant.
- brook (verb): To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract noun as object).
- carb (noun): Clipping of carbohydrate.
- carob (noun): An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
- carol (noun): A round dance accompanied by singing.
- cobra (noun): Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.
- collar (noun): Clothes that encircle the neck. The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric. A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline. A chain worn around the neck. A similar detachable item. A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal. A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
- color (noun): The spectral composition of visible light.
- coral (noun): Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.
- cork (noun): The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
- corolla (noun): An outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.
- corral (noun): An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
- crab (noun): A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- crack (verb): To form cracks.
- croak (noun): A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
- croc (noun): A crocodile.
- crock (noun): A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
- crook (noun): A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- labor (noun): Alternative spelling of labour
- lark (noun): Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
- oarlock (noun): A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.
- okra (noun): The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.
- oral (adjective): Relating to the mouth.
- orca (noun): A sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.
- rack (noun): A series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other
- roar (verb): To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
- robocall (noun): An automated phone call, commonly for telemarketing purposes, that uses both an autodialer and a recorded message.
- rock (noun): A formation of minerals, specifically: The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
- rococo (noun): A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
- roll (verb): To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
- rollbar (noun): Alternative form of roll bar (“an anti-roll bar”)
- rook (noun): A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.