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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.

• laughed^†  (LA7)
• ague  (AG4)
• allude  (AL6)
• alluded  (AL7)
• delude  (DE6)
• deluded  (DE7)
• deluge  (DE6)
• deluged  (DE7)
• dual  (DU4)
• dude  (DU4)
• duel  (DU4)
• dueled  (DU6)
• dull  (DU4)
• dulled  (DU6)
• elude  (EL5)
• eluded  (EL6)
• gauge  (GA5)
• gauged  (GA6)
• glue  (GL4)
• glued  (GL5)
• glug  (GL4)
• glugged  (GL7)
• gulag  (GU5)
• gull  (GU4)
• gulled  (GU6)
• haul  (HA4)
• haulage  (HA7)
• hauled  (HA6)
• huddle  (HU6)
• huddled  (HU7)
• hued  (HU4)
• huge  (HU4)
• hugged  (HU6)
• hula  (HU4)
• hull  (HU4)
• hulled  (HU6)
• laud  (LA4)
• lauded  (LA6)
• laugh  (LA5)
• league  (LE6)
• luau  (LU4)
• luge  (LU4)
• luged  (LU5)
• luggage  (LU7)
• lugged  (LU6)
• lull  (LU4)
• lulled  (LU6)
• lulu  (LU4)

Answer Definitions

• laughed^† (verb): simple past tense and past participle of laugh
• ague (noun): An acute fever.
• allude (verb): To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion.
• alluded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of allude
• delude (verb): To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
• deluded (adjective): Being affected by delusions.
• deluge (noun): A great flood or rain.
• deluged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deluge
• dual (adjective): Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
• dude (noun): A man, generally a younger man.
• duel (noun): Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
• dueled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of duel
• dull (adjective): Lacking the ability to cut easily; not sharp.
• dulled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dull
• elude (verb): To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
• eluded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of elude
• gauge (noun): A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
• gauged (verb): simple past and past participle of gauge
• glue (noun): A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
• glued (verb): simple past tense and past participle of glue
• glug (noun): The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured suddenly out of something, such as a jug or bottle.
• glugged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of glug
• gulag (noun): Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s).
• gull (noun): A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.
• gulled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of gull
• haul (verb): To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
• haulage (noun): The act of hauling.
• hauled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of haul
• huddle (noun): A dense and disorderly crowd.
• huddled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of huddle
• hued (adjective): coloured; having a hue.
• huge (adjective): Very large.
• hugged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hug
• hula (noun): A form of chant and dance, which was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there.
• hull (noun): The outer covering of a fruit or seed.
• hulled (adjective): Deprived of the hulls.
• laud (noun): Praise or glorification.
• lauded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of laud
• laugh (noun): An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
• league (noun): A group or association of cooperating members.
• luau (noun): An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.
• luge (noun): A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
• luged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of luge
• luggage (noun): The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
• lugged (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lug
• lull (noun): A period of rest or soothing.
• lulled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lull
• lulu (noun): A remarkable person, object or idea.