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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.

• agog  (AG4)
• agony  (AG5)
• ahoy  (AH4)
• ammo  (AM4)
• among  (AM5)
• annoy  (AN5)
• anon  (AN4)
• anonym  (AN6)
• anyhoo  (AN6)
• gaga  (GA4)
• gagman  (GA6)
• gamma  (GA5)
• gammon  (GA6)
• gamy  (GA4)
• gang  (GA4)
• gonna  (GO5)
• hammy  (HA5)
• hang  (HA4)
• hangman  (HA7)
• hoagy  (HO5)
• hogan  (HO5)
• homogamy  (HO8)
• magma  (MA5)
• mahogany^†  (MA8)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mammon  (MA6)
• manga  (MA5)
• mango  (MA5)
• mangy  (MA5)
• manna  (MA5)
• many  (MA4)
• mayo  (MA4)
• moan  (MO4)
• momma  (MO5)
• monogamy  (MO8)
• myna  (MY4)
• mynah  (MY5)
• naan  (NA4)
• naggy  (NA5)
• nana  (NA4)
• nanny  (NA5)
• nonagon  (NO7)
• yahoo  (YA5)
• yang  (YA4)
• yoga  (YO4)

Answer Definitions

• agog (adjective): In eager desire, eager, astir.
• agony (noun): Extreme pain.
• ahoy (interjection): Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
• ammo (noun): Ammunition.
• among (preposition): Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)
• annoy (verb): To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
• anon (adverb): Straight away; at once.
• anonym (noun): An anonymous person.
• anyhoo (adverb): anyhow
• gaga (adjective): Mentally senile.
• gagman (noun): A writer or performer of gags.
• gamma (noun): The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
• gammon (noun): A cut of quick-cured pork leg.
• gamy (adjective): Alternative spelling of gamey
• gang (verb): To go; walk; proceed.
• gonna (contraction): Contraction of going to when followed by an infinitive verb: used to express a future action.
• hammy (adjective): Resembling or characteristic of ham.
• hang (verb): To be or remain suspended.
• hangman (noun): An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
• hoagy (noun): Alternative form of hoagie
• hogan (noun): A one-room Navajo dwelling or ceremonial lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud.
• homogamy (noun): Fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same plant.
• magma (noun): The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
• mahogany^† (noun): The wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture.
• mama (noun): Mother, female parent.
• mamma (noun): The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
• mammon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Mammon (wealth, material avarice).
• manga (noun): A comic originating in Japan.
• mango (noun): A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.
• mangy (adjective): Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.
• manna (noun): Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
• many (determiner): An indefinite large number of.
• mayo (noun): Clipping of mayonnaise.
• moan (noun): a low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure
• momma (noun): mother
• monogamy (noun): A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings.
• myna (noun): One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
• mynah (noun): Alternative spelling of myna
• naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
• naggy (adjective): Prone to nag, irritable.
• nana (noun): A banana.
• nanny (noun): A child's nurse.
• nonagon (noun): A polygon with nine sides and nine angles; an enneagon.
• yahoo (noun): A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth person
• yang (noun): A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world.
• yoga (noun): Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.