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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.

• alga  (AL4)
• algae  (AL5)
• algal  (AL5)
• allay  (AL5)
• allege  (AL6)
• allele  (AL6)
• alley  (AL5)
• ally  (AL4)
• anal  (AN4)
• anally  (AN6)
• angel  (AN5)
• angle  (AN5)
• anneal  (AN6)
• call  (CA4)
• calla  (CA5)
• canal  (CA5)
• cancel  (CA6)
• cell  (CE4)
• clan  (CL4)
• clang  (CL5)
• clay  (CL4)
• clayey  (CL6)
• clean  (CL5)
• cleanly  (CL7)
• cycle  (CY5)
• eagle  (EA5)
• eely  (EE4)
• elan  (EL4)
• elegance  (EL8)
• elegancy^†  (EL8)
• elegy  (EL5)
• enlace  (EN6)
• gaggle  (GA6)
• gala  (GA4)
• gale  (GA4)
• gall  (GA4)
• galley  (GA6)
• gangly  (GA6)
• gayly  (GA5)
• gelee  (GE5)
• glace  (GL5)
• glance  (GL6)
• glean  (GL5)
• glee  (GL4)
• glen  (GL4)
• lace  (LA4)
• lacy  (LA4)
• lallygag  (LA8)
• lance  (LA5)
• lane  (LA4)
• lean  (LE4)
• leanly  (LE6)
• legacy  (LE6)
• legal  (LE5)
• legally  (LE7)
• leggy  (LE5)
• yell  (YE4)

Answer Definitions

• alga (noun): Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
• algae (noun): plural of alga
• algal (adjective): Pertaining to, or like, algae.
• allay (verb): To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
• allege (verb): To state under oath, to plead.
• allele (noun): One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.
• alley (noun): A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
• ally (verb): To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
• anal (adjective): of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
• anally (adverb): Involving the anus.
• angel (noun): An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.
• angle (noun): A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
• 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.
• call (noun): A telephone conversation; a phone call.
• calla (noun): A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
• canal (noun): An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
• cancel (verb): To cross out something with lines etc.
• cell (noun): A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
• clan (noun): A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
• clang (noun): A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
• clay (noun): A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
• clayey (adjective): Composed of clay or containing (much) clay; clayish.
• clean (adjective): Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances. Not dirty.
• cleanly (adjective): Being habitually clean, practising good hygiene.
• cycle (noun): An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
• eagle (noun): Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
• eely (adjective): Resembling an eel: long, thin and slippery.
• elan (noun): Uncommon spelling of élan.
• elegance (noun): Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.
• elegancy^† (noun): Alternative form of elegance
• elegy (noun): A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
• enlace (verb): To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace
• gaggle (noun): A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
• gala (adjective): Celebratory; festive.
• gale (verb): To sing; charm; enchant.
• gall (noun): Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
• galley (noun): A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
• gangly (adjective): Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
• gayly (adverb): Cheerfully; in a gay manner.
• gelee (noun): Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes.
• glace (adjective): made or finished so as to have a smooth glossy surface
• glance (verb): To look briefly (at something).
• glean (verb): To collect (grain, grapes, etc.) left behind after the main harvest or gathering.
• glee (noun): Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
• glen (noun): A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.
• lace (noun): A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
• lacy (adjective): Made of lace or decorated with it.
• lallygag (noun): Horseplay, fooling around.
• lance (noun): A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
• lane (noun): A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
• lean (verb): To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
• leanly (adverb): In a lean way.
• legacy (noun): Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
• legal (adjective): Relating to the law or to lawyers.
• legally (adverb): As permitted by law; not contrary to law.
• leggy (adjective): Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.
• yell (verb): shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.