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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.

• albumen^†  (AL7)
• album  (AL5)
• alum  (AL4)
• alumna  (AL6)
• alumnae  (AL7)
• annual  (AN6)
• annul  (AN5)
• bauble  (BA6)
• beau  (BE4)
• benumb  (BE6)
• blue  (BL4)
• bluebell  (BL8)
• bubba  (BU5)
• bubble  (BU6)
• bulb  (BU4)
• bull  (BU4)
• bumble  (BU6)
• bumblebee  (BU9)
• luau  (LU4)
• lube  (LU4)
• lull  (LU4)
• lulu  (LU4)
• lumen  (LU5)
• luna  (LU4)
• lune  (LU4)
• lunula  (LU6)
• lunulae  (LU7)
• manual  (MA6)
• maul  (MA4)
• menu  (ME4)
• mule  (MU4)
• mull  (MU4)
• mumble  (MU6)
• muumuu  (MU6)
• nebula  (NE6)
• nebulae  (NE7)
• nubble  (NU6)
• null  (NU4)
• numb  (NU4)
• ulna  (UL4)
• ulnae  (UL5)
• unable  (UN6)
• unban  (UN5)
• unman  (UN5)

Answer Definitions

• albumen^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• album (noun): In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
• 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).
• alumna (noun): A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
• alumnae (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• annual (adjective): Happening once every year.
• annul (verb): To formally revoke the validity of.
• bauble (noun): A cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
• beau (noun): A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
• benumb (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• blue (adjective): Having blue as its color.
• bluebell (noun): Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers. In genus Hyacinthoides common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica) Italian bluebell (Hyacinthoides italica) In other genera genus Muscari, the grape hyacinth) Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica) Scottish bluebell (harebell) (Campanula rotundifolia) Australian royal bluebell (Wahlenbergia gloriosa) Texas bluebell (Eustoma russellianum) desert bluebell or California bluebell (Phacelia campanularia)
• bubba (noun): Brother; used as term of familiar address.
• bubble (noun): A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
• bulb (noun): Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
• bull (noun): An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen. Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
• bumble (noun): A confusion; a jumble.
• bumblebee (noun): Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus
• luau (noun): An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.
• lube (noun): Lubricant.
• lull (noun): A period of rest or soothing.
• lulu (noun): A remarkable person, object or idea.
• lumen (noun): In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.
• luna (noun): A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
• lune (noun): A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
• lunula (noun): Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.
• lunulae (noun): plural of lunula
• manual (noun): A handbook.
• maul (noun): A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
• menu (noun): The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
• mule (noun): The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
• mull (verb): (usually with over) To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate.
• mumble (verb): To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
• muumuu (noun): A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches).
• nebula (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• nebulae (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• nubble (noun): A small knob or lump.
• null (noun): A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
• numb (adjective): Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
• ulna (noun): The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.
• ulnae (noun): plural of ulna
• unable (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• unban (verb): To lift a ban against.
• unman (verb): To castrate; to remove the manhood of.