Today's NYT Spelling Bee uses center letter D with outer letters A, I, N, O, P, R. The puzzle contains 51 words worth 227 points, including 2 pangrams. The longest word is 8 letters. To reach Genius you need 159 points; Queen Bee requires all 227 points. Today is a bingo — every letter starts at least one word. Compared with the eight-year average of about 184 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.

• paranoid^†  (PA8)
• raindrop^†  (RA8)
• adorn  (AD5)
• airdrop  (AI7)
• andiron  (AN7)
• android  (AN7)
• ardor  (AR5)
• arid  (AR4)
• darn  (DA4)
• dinar  (DI5)
• dino  (DI4)
• dodo  (DO4)
• donor  (DO5)
• doodad  (DO6)
• door  (DO4)
• dorado  (DO6)
• drain  (DR5)
• drip  (DR4)
• droid  (DR5)
• droop  (DR5)
• drop  (DR4)
• indoor  (IN6)
• inroad  (IN6)
• nada  (NA4)
• nadir  (NA5)
• naiad  (NA5)
• nonpaid  (NO7)
• odor  (OD4)
• opioid  (OP6)
• ordain  (OR6)
• paid  (PA4)
• panda  (PA5)
• pandan  (PA6)
• paradrop  (PA8)
• pardon  (PA6)
• podia  (PO5)
• pond  (PO4)
• prod  (PR4)
• radar  (RA5)
• radian  (RA6)
• radii  (RA5)
• radio  (RA5)
• radon  (RA5)
• raid  (RA4)
• rand  (RA4)
• rando  (RA5)
• rapid  (RA5)
• rind  (RI4)
• road  (RO4)
• rondo  (RO5)
• rood  (RO4)

Answer Definitions

• paranoid^† (adjective): Of, related to, or suffering from paranoia
• raindrop^† (noun): A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.
• adorn (verb): To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• airdrop (noun): The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
• andiron (noun): A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side
• android (noun): A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).
• ardor (noun): Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
• arid (adjective): Very dry.
• darn (adjective): Damn.
• dinar (noun): The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, North Macedonia, Serbia and Tunisia.
• dino (noun): dinosaur.
• dodo (noun): A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
• donor (noun): One who makes a donation.
• doodad (noun): Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.
• door (noun): A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
• dorado (noun): Coryphaena hippurus, the mahi-mahi or dolphin, a species of fish with a dorsal fin that runs the length of the body, also known for iridescent coloration.
• drain (noun): A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole
• drip (verb): To fall one drop at a time.
• droid (noun): A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android).
• droop (verb): To hang downward; to sag.
• drop (noun): A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
• indoor (adjective): Situated in, or designed to be used in, or carried on within, the interior of a building.
• inroad (noun): An advance into enemy territory, an attempted invasion; an encroachment, an incursion.
• nada (pronoun): Nothing.
• nadir (noun): The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.
• naiad (noun): A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
• nonpaid (adjective): For which no payment is levied.
• odor (noun): Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
• opioid (noun): A substance that has effects similar to opium.
• ordain (verb): To prearrange unalterably.
• paid (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pay
• panda (noun): The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail.
• pandan (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• paradrop (noun): A delivery of goods or equipment by dropping of a parachute
• pardon (noun): Forgiveness for an offence.
• podia (noun): plural of podium
• pond (noun): An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
• prod (verb): To poke, to push, to touch.
• radar (noun): A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces
• radian (noun): English Wikipedia has an article on:radianWikipedia In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angular measure of angle equal to the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle. Symbol: rad
• radii (noun): plural of radius
• radio (noun): The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
• radon (noun): The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.
• raid (noun): A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
• rand (noun): The border of an area of land, especially marshland.
• rando (adjective): Random; arbitrary.
• rapid (adjective): Very swift or quick.
• rind (noun): tree bark
• road (noun): A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
• rondo (noun): A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
• rood (noun): A crucifix, cross, especially in a church.