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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.

• megaplex^†  (ME8)
• agape  (AG5)
• agleam  (AG6)
• alga  (AL4)
• algae  (AL5)
• algal  (AL5)
• allege  (AL6)
• allele  (AL6)
• amalgam  (AM7)
• ample  (AM5)
• apex  (AP4)
• appall  (AP6)
• appeal  (AP6)
• appellee  (AP8)
• apple  (AP5)
• axel  (AX4)
• axle  (AX4)
• eagle  (EA5)
• exam  (EX4)
• example  (EX7)
• gaga  (GA4)
• gage  (GA4)
• gaggle  (GA6)
• gala  (GA4)
• gale  (GA4)
• gall  (GA4)
• game  (GA4)
• gamma  (GA5)
• gape  (GA4)
• glam  (GL4)
• gleam  (GL5)
• lama  (LA4)
• lame  (LA4)
• lamp  (LA4)
• lapel  (LA5)
• leap  (LE4)
• legal  (LE5)
• lemma  (LE5)
• llama  (LL5)
• mage  (MA4)
• magma  (MA5)
• male  (MA4)
• mall  (MA4)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mammal  (MA6)
• maple  (MA5)
• meal  (ME4)
• mega  (ME4)
• paella  (PA6)
• page  (PA4)
• palapa  (PA6)
• pale  (PA4)
• pall  (PA4)
• palm  (PA4)
• palp  (PA4)
• pampa  (PA5)
• papa  (PA4)
• papal  (PA5)
• peal  (PE4)
• plea  (PL4)

Answer Definitions

• megaplex^† (noun): A large, multi-screen cinema
• agape (adjective): In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.
• agleam (adjective): Glowing with subdued light.
• 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.
• algae (noun): plural of alga
• algal (adjective): Pertaining to, or like, algae.
• allege (verb): To state under oath, to plead.
• allele (noun): One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.
• amalgam (noun): An alloy containing mercury.
• ample (determiner): A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough.
• apex (noun): The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
• appall (verb): To fill with horror; to dismay.
• appeal (noun): An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned. The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued. A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
• appellee (noun): A respondent.
• apple (noun): A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.
• axel (noun): A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.
• axle (noun): Shoulder.
• eagle (noun): Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
• exam (noun): Clipping of examination, especially when meaning test or in compound terms.
• example (noun): Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
• gaga (adjective): Mentally senile.
• gage (verb): To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
• gaggle (noun): A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
• gala (adjective): Celebratory; festive.
• gale (verb): To sing; charm; enchant.
• 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.
• 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).
• gape (verb): To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
• glam (noun): Glamour.
• gleam (noun): A small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.
• lama (noun): A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
• lame (adjective): Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
• lamp (noun): A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
• lapel (noun): Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.
• leap (verb): To jump.
• legal (adjective): Relating to the law or to lawyers.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• maple (noun): A tree of the genus Acer, characterised by its usually palmate leaves and winged seeds.
• meal (noun): Correct quotes
• mega (adjective): Very large.
• paella (noun): A savory Valencian dish made of rice, cooked in a frying pan with vegetables and meat or shellfish.
• page (noun): One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
• palapa (noun): An open-sided dwelling with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves.
• pale (adjective): Light in color.
• 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.
• 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.
• peal (noun): A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
• plea (noun): An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.