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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.

• dogpile^†  (DO7)
• dodge  (DO5)
• dodged  (DO6)
• doge  (DO4)
• dogged  (DO6)
• doggie  (DO6)
• doggo  (DO5)
• dogie  (DO5)
• dogleg  (DO6)
• doglegged  (DO9)
• edge  (ED4)
• edged  (ED5)
• egged  (EG5)
• epilog  (EP6)
• geld  (GE4)
• gelded  (GE6)
• gelee  (GE5)
• gelid  (GE5)
• gelled  (GE6)
• geode  (GE5)
• geoid  (GE5)
• gigged  (GI6)
• giggle  (GI6)
• giggled  (GI7)
• gigolo  (GI6)
• gild  (GI4)
• gilded  (GI6)
• gill  (GI4)
• gilled  (GI6)
• glee  (GL4)
• glide  (GL5)
• glided  (GL6)
• gloop  (GL5)
• glop  (GL4)
• glopped  (GL7)
• goggle  (GO6)
• goggled  (GO7)
• gold  (GO4)
• good  (GO4)
• goodie  (GO6)
• google  (GO6)
• googled  (GO7)
• googol  (GO6)
• goop  (GO4)
• igloo  (IG5)
• ledge  (LE5)
• legged  (LE6)
• liege  (LI5)
• lodge  (LO5)
• lodged  (LO6)
• loge  (LO4)
• logged  (LO6)
• logo  (LO4)
• ogee  (OG4)
• ogle  (OG4)
• ogled  (OG5)
• pegged  (PE6)
• pigged  (PI6)
• pledge  (PL6)
• pledged  (PL7)
• pogo  (PO4)
• pogoed  (PO6)

Answer Definitions

• dogpile^† (noun): A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim.
• dodge (verb): To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
• dodged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dodge
• doge (noun): The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
• dogged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dog
• doggie (noun): Alternative spelling of doggy
• doggo (adverb): Only used in lie doggo.
• dogie (noun): A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle; a calf separated from its cow.
• dogleg (noun): Something (such as a canyon or road) with a sharp bend or turn in it. A configuration of stairs where a flight ascends to a half-landing before turning 180 degrees and continuing upwards. A sharp bend in the fairway before reaching a hole.
• doglegged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dogleg
• edge (noun): The boundary line of a surface.
• edged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of edge
• egged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of egg
• epilog (noun): Alternative spelling of epilogue
• geld (noun): Money. In particular, (money paid as) a medieval form of land tax.
• gelded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of geld
• gelee (noun): Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes.
• gelid (adjective): Very cold; icy or frosty.
• gelled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of gel
• geode (noun): A nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral or crystal matter on the inside wall.
• geoid (noun): The shape, extending through landmasses (continents, etc.), that the surface of the oceans of the Earth would take under the influence of the Earth's gravity and rotation alone, disregarding other factors such as winds and tides; that is, a surface of constant gravitational potential at zero elevation.
• gigged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of gig
• giggle (verb): To laugh gently in a nervous or affected manner.
• giggled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of giggle
• gigolo (noun): A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment.
• gild (verb): To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
• gilded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of gild
• gill (noun): a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals
• gilled (adjective): Having gills
• glee (noun): Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
• glide (verb): To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.
• glided (verb): simple past tense and past participle of glide
• gloop (noun): Any gooey, viscous substance.
• glop (verb): To stare in amazement.
• glopped (verb): simple past and past participle of glop
• goggle (verb): To stare (at something) with wide eyes.
• goggled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of goggle
• gold (noun): A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
• good (adjective): Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
• goodie (interjection): Expression of pleasure; yippee.
• google (verb): To bowl (a cricket ball) so that it performs a googly (“a ball by a leg-break bowler that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery”).
• googled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of google
• googol (numeral): The number 10 100 {\displaystyle 10^{100}} , or ten to the power of a hundred. Equivalent to ten duotrigintillion (short scale), or ten sedecilliard (long scale).
• goop (noun): A thick, slimy substance; goo.
• igloo (noun): A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
• ledge (noun): A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.
• legged (adjective): Having legs of a certain specified type or number.
• liege (noun): A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
• lodge (noun): A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
• lodged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lodge
• loge (noun): A booth or stall.
• logged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of log
• logo (noun): A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
• ogee (noun): A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
• ogle (verb): To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
• ogled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ogle
• pegged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of peg
• pigged (verb): simple past and past participle of pig
• pledge (verb): To make a solemn promise (to do something).
• pledged (verb): simple past and past participle of pledge
• pogo (verb): To use a pogo stick.
• pogoed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pogo