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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.

• legalizing^†  (LE10)
• agaze  (AG5)
• ageing  (AG6)
• agile  (AG5)
• algae  (AL5)
• alien  (AL5)
• allege  (AL6)
• alleging  (AL8)
• allele  (AL6)
• angel  (AN5)
• angle  (AN5)
• anneal  (AN6)
• annealing  (AN9)
• azalea  (AZ6)
• eagle  (EA5)
• egging  (EG6)
• elan  (EL4)
• elegize  (EL7)
• elegizing  (EL9)
• engage  (EN6)
• engaging  (EN8)
• engine  (EN6)
• gage  (GA4)
• gaggle  (GA6)
• gale  (GA4)
• gaze  (GA4)
• gazelle  (GA7)
• geez  (GE4)
• gelee  (GE5)
• gelling  (GE7)
• gene  (GE4)
• genial  (GE6)
• genie  (GE5)
• genii  (GE5)
• giggle  (GI6)
• glaze  (GL5)
• glean  (GL5)
• gleaning  (GL8)
• glee  (GL4)
• glen  (GL4)
• illegal  (IL7)
• inane  (IN5)
• innie  (IN5)
• lane  (LA4)
• laze  (LA4)
• lean  (LE4)
• leaning  (LE7)
• legal  (LE5)
• legalize  (LE8)
• legging  (LE7)
• liege  (LI5)
• lien  (LI4)
• linage  (LI6)
• line  (LI4)
• lineage  (LI7)
• lineal  (LI6)
• linen  (LI5)
• negligee  (NE8)
• nene  (NE4)
• niggle  (NI6)
• nine  (NI4)
• zeal  (ZE4)
• zine  (ZI4)

Answer Definitions

• legalizing^† (verb): present participle and gerund of legalize
• agaze (adjective): Gazing.
• ageing (verb): present participle of age
• agile (adjective): Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move
• algae (noun): plural of alga
• alien (noun): Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
• allege (verb): To state under oath, to plead.
• alleging (verb): present participle and gerund of allege
• allele (noun): One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.
• angel (noun): An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.
• angle (noun): A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
• anneal (verb): To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
• annealing (noun): The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice to remove residual stress.
• azalea (noun): A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.
• eagle (noun): Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
• egging (verb): present participle of egg
• elan (noun): Uncommon spelling of élan.
• elegize (verb): To compose an elegy for.
• elegizing (verb): present participle and gerund of elegize
• engage (verb): To interact socially. To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied. To draw into conversation. To attract, to please; to fascinate or win over (someone).
• engaging (adjective): That engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
• engine (noun): A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
• 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.
• gale (verb): To sing; charm; enchant.
• gaze (verb): To stare intently or earnestly.
• gazelle (noun): An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa) or Procapra (native to Asia), capable of running at high speeds for long periods.
• geez (interjection): An exclamation denoting surprise or frustration.
• gelee (noun): Any gelled suspension made for culinary purposes.
• gelling (verb): present participle of gel
• gene (noun): A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.
• genial (adjective): Friendly and cheerful.
• genie (noun): A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form.
• genii (noun): plural of genius; guardian spirits
• giggle (verb): To laugh gently in a nervous or affected manner.
• glaze (noun): The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing. See glaze (transitive verb).
• glean (verb): To collect (grain, grapes, etc.) left behind after the main harvest or gathering.
• gleaning (noun): Something learned by gleaning.
• glee (noun): Joy; happiness great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
• glen (noun): A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a dale; a depression between hills.
• illegal (adjective): Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.
• inane (adjective): Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance)
• innie (noun): A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
• lane (noun): A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
• laze (verb): To be lazy, waste time.
• lean (verb): To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
• leaning (noun): A tendency or propensity.
• legal (adjective): Relating to the law or to lawyers.
• legalize (verb): To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.
• legging (noun): A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle.
• liege (noun): A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
• lien (noun): A tendon.
• linage (noun): Alternative spelling of lineage
• line (noun): A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
• lineage (noun): Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
• lineal (adjective): Having an ancestral relationship to mothers, fathers, grandparents, (etc.) and having a descendant relationship to sons, daughters, grandchildren (etc.), exclusive of collateral siblings.
• linen (noun): Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
• negligee (noun): Alternative form of négligée
• nene (noun): The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
• niggle (noun): A minor complaint or problem.
• nine (numeral): NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 9.
• zeal (noun): The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
• zine (noun): A low-circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images, especially one of minority interest.