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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.

• tomahawk^†  (TO8)
• ammo  (AM4)
• amok  (AM4)
• atom  (AT4)
• haka  (HA4)
• hath  (HA4)
• hatha  (HA5)
• hawk  (HA4)
• hookah  (HO6)
• mahatma  (MA7)
• mako  (MA4)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• mammoth  (MA7)
• math  (MA4)
• moat  (MO4)
• mohawk  (MO6)
• momma  (MO5)
• oath  (OA4)
• tattoo  (TA6)
• that  (TH4)
• thaw  (TH4)
• tomato  (TO6)
• wahoo  (WA5)
• watt  (WA4)
• wham  (WH4)
• whammo  (WH6)
• what  (WH4)
• whoa  (WH4)

Answer Definitions

• tomahawk^† (noun): An ax used by Native American warriors.
• ammo (noun): Ammunition.
• amok (adverb): Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.
• atom (noun): The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.
• haka (noun): A group dance of New Zealand's Maori people featuring rhythmic chanting, vigorous facial and arm movements, and foot stamping. Traditionally a war dance, today it is also performed to welcome guests, as a mark of respect at occasions such as commemorations and funerals, as a challenge to opposing teams at sports events, and for artistic purposes.
• hath (verb): third-person singular simple present indicative form of have
• hatha (noun): The fundamental form of yoga that focuses on asanas
• hawk (noun): A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
• hookah (noun): A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.
• mahatma (noun): An epithet granted in India and Tibet to people thought to have great knowledge and love of humanity
• mako (noun): mako shark
• 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.
• mammoth (noun): Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.
• math (noun): Clipping of mathematics.
• moat (noun): A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
• mohawk (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Mohawk
• momma (noun): mother
• oath (noun): A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
• tattoo (noun): An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
• that (conjunction): Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
• thaw (verb): To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen
• tomato (noun): A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
• wahoo (noun): Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.
• watt (noun): In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W
• wham (noun): a forceful blow
• whammo (interjection): Used to emphasize the suddenness of an event.
• what (determiner): Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.
• whoa (interjection): Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.