Today's NYT Spelling Bee uses center letter B with outer letters G, I, L, N, O, T. The puzzle contains 58 words worth 309 points, including 4 pangrams. The longest word is 8 letters. To reach Genius you need 216 points; Queen Bee requires all 309 points. Today is not a bingo — at least one letter starts no words. Compared with the eight-year average of about 183 points per puzzle, this is a larger-than-average day.

Game Summary

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.

• biltong^†  (BI7)
• blotting^†  (BL8)
• bolting^†  (BO7)
• bottling^†  (BO8)
• bigot  (BI5)
• bill  (BI4)
• billing  (BI7)
• billion  (BI7)
• binging  (BI7)
• bingo  (BI5)
• binning  (BI7)
• biotin  (BI6)
• biting  (BI6)
• blin  (BL4)
• bling  (BL5)
• blini  (BL5)
• blob  (BL4)
• blobbing  (BL8)
• blog  (BL4)
• blogging  (BL8)
• blot  (BL4)
• blotto  (BL6)
• bobbin  (BO6)
• bobbing  (BO7)
• bobbling  (BO8)
• bogging  (BO7)
• boggling  (BO8)
• boil  (BO4)
• boiling  (BO7)
• boing  (BO5)
• boll  (BO4)
• bolo  (BO4)
• bolt  (BO4)
• bonbon  (BO6)
• bong  (BO4)
• bongo  (BO5)
• boning  (BO6)
• bonito  (BO6)
• bonobo  (BO6)
• boob  (BO4)
• booboo  (BO6)
• booing  (BO6)
• boon  (BO4)
• boot  (BO4)
• booting  (BO7)
• gibbon  (GI6)
• gibing  (GI6)
• glib  (GL4)
• glob  (GL4)
• gobbling  (GO8)
• goblin  (GO6)
• lobbing  (LO7)
• lobo  (LO4)
• nibbling  (NI8)
• noob  (NO4)
• obit  (OB4)
• obliging  (OB8)
• oblong  (OB6)

Answer Definitions

• biltong^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• blotting^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• bolting^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• bottling^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• bigot (noun): One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.
• bill (noun): Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
• billing (verb): present participle of bill
• billion (noun): a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2): 1 followed by nine zeros, 10; a milliard
• binging (verb): present participle of binge
• bingo (noun): A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.
• binning (verb): present participle of bin
• biotin (noun): A sulfur-containing member of the vitamin B complex, 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid, found in liver, egg yolk, milk and yeast, essential to the activity of multiple enzyme systems.
• biting (verb): present participle of bite
• blin (verb): To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.
• bling (noun): Alternative form of bling bling
• blini (noun): A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon.
• blob (noun): A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
• blobbing (verb): present participle of blob
• blog (noun): A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)
• blogging (noun): The design and editing of a blog; weblogging.
• blot (noun): A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
• blotto (adjective): (Very) drunk or intoxicated.
• bobbin (noun): A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
• bobbing (verb): present participle of bob
• bobbling (verb): present participle of bobble
• bogging (verb): present participle of bog
• boggling (verb): present participle of boggle
• boil (noun): A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
• boiling (verb): present participle of boil
• boing (noun): The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.
• boll (noun): The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
• bolo (noun): A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
• bolt (noun): A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
• bonbon (noun): A sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
• bong (noun): The clang of a large bell.
• bongo (noun): A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
• boning (verb): present participle of bone
• bonito (noun): Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda, that are related to and resemble the tuna.
• bonobo (noun): The pygmy chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.
• boob (noun): An idiot; a fool.
• booboo (noun): Alternative spelling of boo-boo
• booing (noun): A disapproving exclamation by a member of an audience.
• boon (noun): A prayer; petition.
• boot (noun): A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
• booting (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• gibbon (noun): A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which it uses to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.
• gibing (verb): present participle of gibe
• glib (adjective): Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
• glob (noun): A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.
• gobbling (noun): The act of eating greedily and noisily.
• goblin (noun): One of various hostile supernatural creatures, now especially a malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid, often associated with orcs or trolls.
• lobbing (verb): present participle of lob
• lobo (noun): A wolf.
• nibbling (noun): The act or sound of one who nibbles.
• noob (noun): A newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things.
• obit (noun): Death of a person.
• obliging (adjective): Happy and ready to do favours for others.
• oblong (adjective): Having a length and width that are different; not square or circular.