Today's NYT Spelling Bee uses center letter I with outer letters D, E, J, N, O, T. The puzzle contains 59 words worth 300 points, including 1 pangram. The longest word is 11 letters. To reach Genius you need 210 points; Queen Bee requires all 300 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.

• jointed^†  (JO7)
• denied  (DE6)
• dentin  (DE6)
• dentition  (DE9)
• detention  (DE9)
• died  (DI4)
• diet  (DI4)
• dieted  (DI6)
• dine  (DI4)
• dined  (DI5)
• dinette  (DI7)
• dino  (DI4)
• dint  (DI4)
• diode  (DI5)
• ditto  (DI5)
• djinn  (DJ5)
• djinni  (DJ6)
• eddied  (ED6)
• edit  (ED4)
• edited  (ED6)
• edition  (ED7)
• enjoin  (EN6)
• enjoined  (EN8)
• idiot  (ID5)
• indeed  (IN6)
• indent  (IN6)
• indented  (IN8)
• indie  (IN5)
• innie  (IN5)
• intend  (IN6)
• intended  (IN8)
• intent  (IN6)
• intention  (IN9)
• intentioned  (IN11)
• into  (IN4)
• intone  (IN6)
• intoned  (IN7)
• iodide  (IO6)
• iodine  (IO6)
• jinn  (JI4)
• jinni  (JI5)
• join  (JO4)
• joined  (JO6)
• joint  (JO5)
• nine  (NI4)
• nineteen  (NI8)
• nite  (NI4)
• notion  (NO6)
• onion  (ON5)
• tide  (TI4)
• tided  (TI5)
• tidied  (TI6)
• tied  (TI4)
• tine  (TI4)
• tined  (TI5)
• tinned  (TI6)
• tint  (TI4)
• tinted  (TI6)
• toonie  (TO6)

Answer Definitions

• jointed^† (adjective): Having joints.
• denied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deny
• dentin (noun): The hard, dense calcareous material that makes up the bulk of a tooth
• dentition (noun): The set of natural teeth of an individual
• detention (noun): The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
• died (verb): simple past tense and past participle of die
• diet (noun): The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
• dieted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of diet
• dine (verb): To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
• dined (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dine
• dinette (noun): A small space within a dwelling, usually alongside a kitchen, used for informal dining; a dining alcove or nook.
• dino (noun): dinosaur.
• dint (noun): A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
• diode (noun): An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.
• ditto (noun): That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
• djinn (noun): Alternative spelling of jinn
• djinni (noun): Alternative spelling of djinn
• eddied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of eddy
• edit (noun): A change to the text of a document.
• edited (verb): simple past tense and past participle of edit
• edition (noun): A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.
• enjoin (verb): To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
• enjoined (verb): simple past tense and past participle of enjoin
• idiot (noun): A person of low general intelligence.
• indeed (adverb): Truly; in fact; actually.
• indent (noun): A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
• indented (adjective): Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.
• indie (adjective): Independent; from outside the mainstream.
• innie (noun): A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
• intend (verb): To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
• intended (adjective): Planned.
• intent (noun): Something that is intended.
• intention (noun): A course of action that a person intends to follow.
• intentioned (adjective): Having a certain intention
• into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
• intone (verb): To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
• intoned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of intone
• iodide (noun): A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.
• iodine (noun): A chemical element (symbol: I) with an atomic number of 53; one of the halogens.
• jinn (noun): A genie and descendant of the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form, equivalent to demons in Jewish demonology.
• jinni (noun): Alternative form of jinn
• join (noun): An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
• joined (verb): simple past tense and past participle of join
• joint (adjective): Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
• nine (numeral): NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 9.
• nineteen (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
• nite (noun): Informal spelling of night.
• notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
• onion (noun): A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
• tide (noun): The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
• tided (adjective): Affected by the tide; having a tide.
• tidied (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tidy
• tied (adjective): Closely connected or associated.
• tine (noun): A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
• tined (adjective): Furnished with tines.
• tinned (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tin
• tint (noun): A slight coloring.
• tinted (adjective): Slightly colored, having tint.
• toonie (noun): A Canadian two-dollar coin.