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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.

• elementally^†  (EL11)
• mentally^†  (ME8)
• amen  (AM4)
• amyl  (AM4)
• element  (EL7)
• elemental  (EL9)
• emanate  (EM7)
• enamel  (EN6)
• enema  (EN5)
• enemy  (EN5)
• lama  (LA4)
• lame  (LA4)
• lamely  (LA6)
• lament  (LA6)
• layman  (LA6)
• laymen  (LA6)
• lemma  (LE5)
• llama  (LL5)
• male  (MA4)
• mall  (MA4)
• mallet  (MA6)
• malt  (MA4)
• malty  (MA5)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mammal  (MA6)
• manatee  (MA7)
• mane  (MA4)
• manly  (MA5)
• manna  (MA5)
• manta  (MA5)
• mantel  (MA6)
• mantle  (MA6)
• many  (MA4)
• mate  (MA4)
• matey  (MA5)
• matte  (MA5)
• meal  (ME4)
• mealy  (ME5)
• mean  (ME4)
• meanly  (ME6)
• meant  (ME5)
• meany  (ME5)
• meat  (ME4)
• meaty  (ME5)
• meet  (ME4)
• melee  (ME5)
• melt  (ME4)
• melty  (ME5)
• meme  (ME4)
• mental  (ME6)
• mentee  (ME6)
• meta  (ME4)
• metal  (ME5)
• mete  (ME4)
• mettle  (ME6)
• myna  (MY4)
• name  (NA4)
• namely  (NA6)
• tamale  (TA6)
• tame  (TA4)
• tamely  (TA6)
• team  (TE4)
• teammate  (TE8)
• teem  (TE4)
• tenement  (TE8)

Answer Definitions

• elementally^† (adverb): in an elemental manner
• mentally^† (adverb): In a mental manner; an idea thought out in one's mind, as opposed to an idea spoken orally.
• amen (adverb): At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
• amyl (noun): Synonym of pentyl
• element (noun): One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
• elemental (adjective): Of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound).
• emanate (verb): To come from a source; issue from.
• enamel (noun): An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.
• enema (noun): An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
• enemy (noun): Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
• lama (noun): A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
• lame (adjective): Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
• lamely (adverb): In the manner of one who is lame.
• lament (noun): An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
• layman (noun): Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
• laymen (noun): plural of layman
• lemma (noun): A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
• 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.
• male (adjective): Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
• mall (noun): A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
• mallet (noun): A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.
• malt (noun): Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
• malty (adjective): Of, pertaining to, containing, or characteristic of malt
• 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.
• manatee (noun): Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.
• mane (noun): Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
• manly (adjective): Having the characteristics of a man.
• manna (noun): Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
• manta (noun): A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
• mantel (noun): The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
• mantle (noun): A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops.
• many (determiner): An indefinite large number of.
• mate (noun): A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
• matey (adjective): Sociable or friendly.
• matte (noun): A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
• meal (noun): Correct quotes
• mealy (adjective): Resembling meal .
• mean (verb): To intend. To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
• meanly (adverb): Humbly, of or from low social status; basely.
• meant (verb): simple past tense and past participle of mean
• meany (noun): Alternative spelling of meanie.
• meat (noun): The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
• meaty (adjective): Of, relating to, or containing meat.
• meet (verb): To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
• melee (noun): A battle fought at close range; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
• melt (noun): Molten material, the product of melting.
• melty (adjective): Having a high tendency to melt.
• 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.
• mental (adjective): Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality. Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity.
• mentee (noun): A person who is being mentored
• meta (adjective): Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level.
• metal (noun): Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from. Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity. Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy. An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium. Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road. The ore from which a metal is derived. A mine from which ores are taken.
• mete (verb): To measure.
• mettle (noun): A quality of endurance and courage.
• myna (noun): One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
• name (noun): Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
• namely (adverb): Specifically; that is to say.
• tamale (noun): Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.
• tame (adjective): Not or no longer wild; domesticated.
• tamely (adverb): In a tame manner.
• team (noun): A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
• teammate (noun): One who is on the same team.
• teem (verb): To be stocked to overflowing.
• tenement (noun): A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.