Today's NYT Spelling Bee uses center letter I with outer letters A, L, M, P, R, T. The puzzle contains 70 words worth 284 points, including 1 pangram. The longest word is 9 letters. To reach Genius you need 199 points; Queen Bee requires all 284 points. Today is a bingo — every letter starts at least one word. Compared with the eight-year average of about 183 points per puzzle, this is a larger-than-average day.

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Table of Contents

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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.

• impartial^†  (IM9)
• airmail  (AI7)
• alit  (AL4)
• aria  (AR4)
• aril  (AR4)
• armpit  (AR6)
• atilt  (AT5)
• atria  (AT5)
• atrial  (AT6)
• imam  (IM4)
• impair  (IM6)
• impala  (IM6)
• impart  (IM6)
• lair  (LA4)
• lariat  (LA6)
• liar  (LI4)
• lilt  (LI4)
• lima  (LI4)
• limit  (LI5)
• limp  (LI4)
• lira  (LI4)
• mail  (MA4)
• maim  (MA4)
• malaria  (MA7)
• malarial  (MA8)
• marital  (MA7)
• martial  (MA7)
• militia  (MI7)
• mill  (MI4)
• mitral  (MI6)
• mitt  (MI4)
• pail  (PA4)
• pair  (PA4)
• palatial  (PA8)
• papilla  (PA7)
• partial  (PA7)
• partita  (PA7)
• pill  (PI4)
• pillar  (PI6)
• pimp  (PI4)
• pipit  (PI5)
• pita  (PI4)
• pitapat  (PI7)
• plait  (PL5)
• prim  (PR4)
• primal  (PR6)
• primp  (PR5)
• rail  (RA4)
• raita  (RA5)
• rattail  (RA7)
• rial  (RI4)
• rill  (RI4)
• tail  (TA4)
• taillamp  (TA8)
• tali  (TA4)
• tallit  (TA6)
• tamari  (TA6)
• tapir  (TA5)
• tatami  (TA6)
• tiara  (TI5)
• tilapia  (TI7)
• till  (TI4)
• tilt  (TI4)
• tipi  (TI4)
• trail  (TR5)
• trait  (TR5)
• trial  (TR5)
• trill  (TR5)
• trim  (TR4)
• trip  (TR4)

Answer Definitions

• impartial^† (adjective): treating all parties, rivals, or disputants equally; not partial; not biased
• airmail (noun): The system of conveying mail using aircraft.
• alit (verb): simple past tense and past participle of alight
• aria (noun): A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.
• aril (noun): A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.
• armpit (noun): The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
• atilt (adjective): At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.
• atria (noun): plural of atrium
• atrial (adjective): Of or pertaining to an atrium, especially the atrium of the heart.
• imam (noun): One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
• impair (verb): To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
• impala (noun): An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns.
• impart (verb): To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).
• lair (noun): A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
• lariat (noun): A lasso.
• liar (noun): One who frequently tells lies.
• lilt (verb): To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
• lima (noun): lima bean
• limit (noun): A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
• limp (verb): To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
• lira (noun): The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
• mail (noun): A bag or wallet.
• maim (verb): To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
• malaria (noun): A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
• malarial (adjective): Of, relating to, or infected by malaria.
• marital (adjective): Pertaining to marriage.
• martial (adjective): Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
• militia (noun): An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
• mill (noun): A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
• mitral (adjective): Pertaining to a mitre; resembling a mitre.
• mitt (noun): A mitten
• pail (noun): A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
• pair (noun): Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
• palatial (adjective): Of or relating to a palace.
• papilla (noun): A nipple-like protuberance on a part or organ of the body. A vascular process of connective tissue extending into and nourishing the root of a hair, feather, or developing tooth. Any of the vascular protuberances of the dermal layer of the skin extending into the epidermal layer and often containing tactile corpuscles. Any of the small protuberances on the upper surface of the tongue often containing taste buds.
• partial (adjective): existing as a part or portion; incomplete
• partita (noun): A type of instrumental suite popular in the 18th century
• pill (noun): A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
• pillar (noun): A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
• pimp (noun): Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.
• pipit (noun): Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.
• pita (noun): A flat bread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.
• pitapat (verb): Alternative spelling of pit-a-pat
• plait (noun): A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
• prim (adjective): prudish, straight-laced
• primal (adjective): Being the first in time or in history.
• primp (verb): To spend time improving one's appearance, often in front of a mirror.
• rail (noun): A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
• raita (noun): A condiment used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia, made from seasoned yogurt.
• rattail (noun): Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.
• rial (noun): The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
• rill (noun): A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
• tail (noun): The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
• taillamp (noun): A taillight.
• tali (noun): plural of talus
• tallit (noun): A traditional Jewish prayer shawl with tassels which covers the chest and upper part of the back.
• tamari (noun): A type of soy sauce made without wheat, having a rich flavor.
• tapir (noun): Any one of the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus Tapirus.
• tatami (noun): Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
• tiara (noun): The papal crown.
• tilapia (noun): Any of various edible fish, formerly species of the genus Tilapia, but now placed in other cichlid genera (such as Oreochromis), native to Africa and the Middle East but cultivated worldwide.
• till (preposition): Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
• tilt (verb): To slope or incline (something); to slant.
• tipi (noun): Alternative form of teepee
• trail (verb): To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
• trait (noun): An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
• trial (noun): An opportunity to test something out; a test.
• trill (noun): A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it, in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
• trim (verb): To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
• trip (noun): A journey; an excursion or jaunt.