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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.

• ahem  (AH4)
• ammo  (AM4)
• game  (GA4)
• gamma  (GA5)
• heme  (HE4)
• hemp  (HE4)
• homage  (HO6)
• home  (HO4)
• homepage^†  (HO8)
• mage  (MA4)
• magma  (MA5)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mega  (ME4)
• meme  (ME4)
• memo  (ME4)
• momma  (MO5)
• mope  (MO4)
• omega  (OM5)
• oompah  (OO6)
• oomph  (OO5)
• pampa  (PA5)
• poem  (PO4)
• pome  (PO4)
• pomp  (PO4)
• pompom  (PO6)

Answer Definitions

• ahem (interjection): the sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat
• ammo (noun): Ammunition.
• game (noun): A playful or competitive activity. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
• gamma (noun): The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
• heme (noun): The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
• hemp (noun): A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
• homage (noun): A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death
• home (noun): A dwelling. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family; also, one’s birthplace. The place where a person was raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. A house that has been made home-like, to suit the comfort of those who live there.
• homepage^† (noun): Alternative form of home page
• mage (noun): A magician, wizard or sorcerer.
• magma (noun): The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
• 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.
• mega (adjective): Very large.
• meme (noun): Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
• memo (noun): A short note; a memorandum.
• momma (noun): mother
• mope (verb): To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.
• omega (noun): The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω.
• oompah (noun): Alternative spelling of oom-pah
• oomph (noun): Strength, power, passion or effectiveness; clout.
• pampa (noun): singular of pampas
• poem (noun): A literary piece written in verse.
• pome (noun): A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels.
• pomp (noun): Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
• pompom (noun): A decorative ball made of pieces of soft fabric bound at the centre, most notably used in cheerleading.