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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.

• glamour^†  (GL7)
• agar  (AG4)
• agog  (AG4)
• agora  (AG5)
• alarm  (AL5)
• alga  (AL4)
• algal  (AL5)
• alum  (AL4)
• amalgam  (AM7)
• ammo  (AM4)
• amoral  (AM6)
• amour  (AM5)
• armor  (AR5)
• aroma  (AR5)
• arugula  (AR7)
• arum  (AR4)
• augur  (AU5)
• aura  (AU4)
• aural  (AU5)
• aurora  (AU6)
• auroral  (AU7)
• gaga  (GA4)
• gala  (GA4)
• gall  (GA4)
• gamma  (GA5)
• glam  (GL4)
• glamor  (GL6)
• goal  (GO4)
• gram  (GR4)
• gramma  (GR6)
• grammar  (GR7)
• guar  (GU4)
• gulag  (GU5)
• lama  (LA4)
• largo  (LA5)
• llama  (LL5)
• loam  (LO4)
• logogram  (LO8)
• luau  (LU4)
• magma  (MA5)
• mall  (MA4)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mammal  (MA6)
• mammogram  (MA9)
• marm  (MA4)
• maul  (MA4)
• molar  (MO5)
• momma  (MO5)
• moola  (MO5)
• moral  (MO5)
• mural  (MU5)
• oral  (OR4)
• raga  (RA4)
• roam  (RO4)
• roar  (RO4)
• rural  (RU5)

Answer Definitions

• glamour^† (noun): Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially, the effect of a spell that causes one to see objects in a form that differs from reality, typically to make filthy, ugly, or repulsive things seems beauteous.
• agar (noun): A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
• agog (adjective): In eager desire, eager, astir.
• agora (noun): A place for gathering.
• alarm (noun): A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
• 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.
• alum (noun): An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O).
• amalgam (noun): An alloy containing mercury.
• ammo (noun): Ammunition.
• amoral (adjective): Neither moral nor immoral.
• amour (noun): Love, affection.
• armor (noun): A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.
• aroma (noun): A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.
• arugula (noun): One of three yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herbs of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads. Has a distinct, peppery flavor: Eruca sativa, sometimes Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa Eruca vesicaria Diplotaxis tenuifolia
• arum (noun): A flower or plant in the genus Arum
• augur (noun): A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
• aura (noun): Distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something.
• aural (adjective): Of or pertaining to the ear.
• aurora (noun): An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.
• auroral (adjective): Pertaining to the dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning.
• 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.
• gamma (noun): The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
• glam (noun): Glamour.
• glamor (noun): Alternative spelling of glamour
• goal (noun): A result that one is attempting to achieve.
• gram (noun): A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.
• gramma (noun): grandmother
• grammar (noun): A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.
• guar (noun): An annual legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), used as a food for cattle and humans.
• gulag (noun): Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).
• lama (noun): A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
• largo (noun): a very slow tempo
• 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.
• logogram (noun): A character or symbol that represents a word or phrase.
• luau (noun): An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.
• 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.
• mammogram (noun): An X-ray picture of the breasts (mammaries), used to screen for breast cancer.
• marm (noun): madam; a polite term of address for a lady.
• maul (noun): A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
• molar (noun): A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.
• momma (noun): mother
• moola (noun): Money, cash.
• moral (adjective): Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
• mural (noun): A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.
• oral (adjective): Relating to the mouth.
• raga (noun): Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form.
• roam (verb): To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
• roar (verb): To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
• rural (adjective): Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.