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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.

• polygamy^†  (PO8)
• agog  (AG4)
• alga  (AL4)
• algal  (AL5)
• allay  (AL5)
• alloy  (AL5)
• ally  (AL4)
• amalgam  (AM7)
• ammo  (AM4)
• amply  (AM5)
• amyl  (AM4)
• apology  (AP7)
• appall  (AP6)
• apply  (AP5)
• gaga  (GA4)
• gala  (GA4)
• gall  (GA4)
• gallop  (GA6)
• galop  (GA5)
• gamma  (GA5)
• gamy  (GA4)
• gayly  (GA5)
• glam  (GL4)
• goal  (GO4)
• laggy  (LA5)
• lallygag  (LA8)
• lama  (LA4)
• lamp  (LA4)
• llama  (LL5)
• loam  (LO4)
• loamy  (LO5)
• lollygag  (LO8)
• loyal  (LO5)
• loyally  (LO7)
• magma  (MA5)
• mall  (MA4)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mammal  (MA6)
• mammalogy  (MA9)
• mayo  (MA4)
• momma  (MO5)
• moola  (MO5)
• opal  (OP4)
• palapa  (PA6)
• pall  (PA4)
• palm  (PA4)
• palmy  (PA5)
• palp  (PA4)
• pampa  (PA5)
• papa  (PA4)
• papal  (PA5)
• papally  (PA7)
• papaya  (PA6)
• pappy  (PA5)
• payola  (PA6)
• play  (PL4)
• poppa  (PO5)
• yappy  (YA5)
• yoga  (YO4)

Answer Definitions

• polygamy^† (noun): The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.
• agog (adjective): In eager desire, eager, astir.
• 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.
• algal (adjective): Pertaining to, or like, algae.
• allay (verb): To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
• alloy (noun): A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
• 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.
• amalgam (noun): An alloy containing mercury.
• ammo (noun): Ammunition.
• amply (adverb): In an ample manner.
• amyl (noun): Synonym of pentyl
• apology (noun): An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).
• appall (verb): To fill with horror; to dismay.
• apply (verb): To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
• gaga (adjective): Mentally senile.
• gala (adjective): Celebratory; festive.
• 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.
• gallop (noun): The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
• galop (noun): A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time.
• gamma (noun): The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
• gamy (adjective): Alternative spelling of gamey
• gayly (adverb): Cheerfully; in a gay manner.
• glam (noun): Glamour.
• goal (noun): A result that one is attempting to achieve.
• laggy (adjective): Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.
• lallygag (noun): Horseplay, fooling around.
• lama (noun): A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
• lamp (noun): A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
• llama (noun): A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
• loam (noun): A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
• loamy (adjective): Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.
• lollygag (verb): To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
• loyal (adjective): Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something.
• loyally (adverb): In a loyal manner, faithfully.
• magma (noun): The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
• mall (noun): A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
• 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.
• mammal (noun): An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.
• mammalogy (noun): The study of mammals.
• mayo (noun): Clipping of mayonnaise.
• momma (noun): mother
• moola (noun): Money, cash.
• opal (noun): A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O. A precious gem, an iridescent gemstone found in the opal-silica mineral substrate (potch)
• palapa (noun): An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.
• pall (noun): Senses relating to cloth. Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes. A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse. A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist. A cloth used for various purposes on the altar in a church, such as a corporal (“cloth on which elements of the Eucharist are placed”) or frontal (“drapery covering the front of an altar”).
• palm (noun): Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
• palmy (adjective): Made out of palm leaves or palm sap.
• palp (noun): Synonym of pedipalp.
• pampa (noun): singular of pampas
• papa (noun): Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
• papal (adjective): Having to do with the pope or the papacy.
• papally (adverb): in papal fashion
• papaya (noun): A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit
• pappy (adjective): Like pap; soft; mushy.
• payola (noun): A bribe given in exchange for a favor, such as one given in exchange for the promotion of goods or services (originally one given to a disk jockey to play a record).
• play (verb): To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
• poppa (noun): father, papa.
• yappy (adjective): Of a dog, yapping in an annoying manner.
• 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.