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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.

• channeled^†  (CH9)
• dancehall^†  (DA9)
• acne  (AC4)
• addend  (AD6)
• addenda  (AD7)
• anal  (AN4)
• annal  (AN5)
• anneal  (AN6)
• annealed  (AN8)
• cadence  (CA7)
• canal  (CA5)
• cancan  (CA6)
• cancel  (CA6)
• canceled  (CA8)
• cancelled  (CA9)
• candela  (CA7)
• candle  (CA6)
• cane  (CA4)
• caned  (CA5)
• canna  (CA5)
• canned  (CA6)
• chance  (CH6)
• chanced  (CH7)
• chancel  (CH7)
• channel  (CH7)
• clan  (CL4)
• clean  (CL5)
• cleaned  (CL7)
• clench  (CL6)
• clenched  (CL8)
• dance  (DA5)
• danced  (DA6)
• dandle  (DA6)
• dandled  (DA7)
• deaden  (DE6)
• deadened  (DE8)
• dean  (DE4)
• decadence  (DE9)
• elan  (EL4)
• eland  (EL5)
• ended  (EN5)
• enhance  (EN7)
• enhanced  (EN8)
• enlace  (EN6)
• enlaced  (EN7)
• ennead  (EN6)
• hand  (HA4)
• handed  (HA6)
• handheld  (HA8)
• handle  (HA6)
• handled  (HA7)
• headland  (HE8)
• hence  (HE5)
• henna  (HE5)
• hennaed  (HE7)
• laden  (LA5)
• lance  (LA5)
• lanced  (LA6)
• land  (LA4)
• landed  (LA6)
• lane  (LA4)
• leaden  (LE6)
• lean  (LE4)
• leaned  (LE6)
• lend  (LE4)
• naan  (NA4)
• nacelle  (NA7)
• nada  (NA4)
• nana  (NA4)
• need  (NE4)
• needed  (NE6)
• needle  (NE6)
• needled  (NE7)
• nene  (NE4)

Answer Definitions

• channeled^† (adjective): Having a vehicle's height reduced by lowering the body with respect to the frame rails.
• dancehall^† (noun): A public hall for dancing.
• 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.
• addend (noun): Addendum, any one of two or more numbers or other terms that are to be added together.
• addenda (noun): plural of addendum
• anal (adjective): of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
• annal (noun): The record of a single event or item.
• anneal (verb): To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
• annealed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of anneal
• cadence (noun): The act or state of declining or sinking.
• 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.
• cancel (verb): To cross out something with lines etc.
• canceled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cancel
• cancelled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of cancel
• candela (noun): In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd
• candle (noun): A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
• 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
• canna (noun): Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
• canned (adjective): Preserved in cans.
• chance (noun): An opportunity or possibility.
• chanced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of chance
• chancel (noun): The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.
• channel (noun): The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
• clan (noun): A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
• clean (adjective): Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances. Not dirty.
• cleaned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of clean
• clench (verb): To grip or hold fast.
• clenched (adjective): Closed tightly.
• 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
• dandle (verb): To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, usually said of a child.
• dandled (verb): simple past and past participle of dandle
• deaden (verb): To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
• deadened (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deaden
• 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).
• decadence (noun): A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
• elan (noun): Uncommon spelling of élan.
• eland (noun): A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh.
• ended (verb): simple past tense and past participle of end
• enhance (verb): To lift, raise up.
• enhanced (adjective): In a version or form that has been improved or made better than some other standard form.
• enlace (verb): To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace
• enlaced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of enlace
• ennead (noun): The number nine.
• hand (noun): The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
• handed (adjective): Having a certain kind or number of hands.
• handheld (adjective): Alternative spelling of hand-held
• handle (noun): The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
• handled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of handle
• headland (noun): Coastal land that juts into the sea.
• hence (adverb): from here, from this place, away
• henna (noun): A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers
• hennaed (adjective): Dyed with henna.
• laden (adjective): Weighed down with a load, burdened.
• lance (noun): A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
• lanced (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lance
• land (noun): The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
• landed (adjective): In possession of land.
• lane (noun): A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
• leaden (adjective): Made of lead.
• lean (verb): To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
• leaned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lean
• lend (verb): To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
• naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
• nacelle (noun): A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house an engine, cargo, or crew.
• nada (pronoun): Nothing.
• nana (noun): A banana.
• need (noun): A requirement for something; something needed.
• needed (adjective): Necessary; being required.
• needle (noun): A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
• needled (adjective): Covered or armored with needles.
• nene (noun): The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.