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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.

• polygamy^†  (PO8)
• agog  (AG4)
• alga  (AL4)
• algal  (AL5)
• amalgam  (AM7)
• apology  (AP7)
• gaga  (GA4)
• gala  (GA4)
• gall  (GA4)
• gallop  (GA6)
• galop  (GA5)
• gamma  (GA5)
• gamy  (GA4)
• gayly  (GA5)
• glam  (GL4)
• glom  (GL4)
• gloom  (GL5)
• gloomy  (GL6)
• gloop  (GL5)
• gloopy  (GL6)
• glop  (GL4)
• gloppy  (GL6)
• goal  (GO4)
• goggly  (GO6)
• golly  (GO5)
• googly  (GO6)
• googol  (GO6)
• goop  (GO4)
• goopy  (GO5)
• laggy  (LA5)
• lallygag  (LA8)
• logo  (LO4)
• logy  (LO4)
• lollygag  (LO8)
• magma  (MA5)
• mammalogy  (MA9)
• pogo  (PO4)
• pygmy  (PY5)
• yoga  (YO4)

Answer Definitions

• polygamy^† (noun): The condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.
• agog (adjective): In eager desire, eager, astir.
• 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.
• amalgam (noun): An alloy containing mercury.
• apology (noun): An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).
• 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.
• gallop (noun): The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
• galop (noun): A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time.
• gamma (noun): The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
• gamy (adjective): Alternative spelling of gamey
• gayly (adverb): Cheerfully; in a gay manner.
• glam (noun): Glamour.
• glom (verb): To steal, to grab.
• gloom (noun): Darkness, dimness, or obscurity.
• gloomy (adjective): Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening.
• gloop (noun): Any gooey, viscous substance.
• gloopy (adjective): Having a glutinous, sloppy consistency; gloppy.
• glop (verb): To stare in amazement.
• gloppy (adjective): gooey and viscous
• goal (noun): A result that one is attempting to achieve.
• goggly (adjective): Resembling goggles, used mostly in relation to eyes.
• golly (interjection): God!
• googly (noun): A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery.
• 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.
• goopy (adjective): Having the consistency of goop.
• laggy (adjective): Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.
• lallygag (noun): Horseplay, fooling around.
• logo (noun): A visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of a company or organization.
• logy (adjective): Slow to respond or react; lethargic.
• lollygag (verb): To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
• magma (noun): The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
• mammalogy (noun): The study of mammals.
• pogo (verb): To use a pogo stick.
• pygmy (noun): A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature.
• yoga (noun): Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.