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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.

• nonapology^†  (NO10)
• polygonal^†  (PO9)
• agog  (AG4)
• agony  (AG5)
• alloy  (AL5)
• along  (AL5)
• analog  (AN6)
• analogy  (AN7)
• annoy  (AN5)
• anon  (AN4)
• apology  (AP7)
• gallon  (GA6)
• gallop  (GA6)
• galop  (GA5)
• gloop  (GL5)
• gloopy  (GL6)
• glop  (GL4)
• gloppy  (GL6)
• goal  (GO4)
• goggly  (GO6)
• golly  (GO5)
• gong  (GO4)
• gonna  (GO5)
• googly  (GO6)
• googol  (GO6)
• goon  (GO4)
• goony  (GO5)
• goop  (GO4)
• goopy  (GO5)
• lagoon  (LA6)
• llano  (LL5)
• loan  (LO4)
• logo  (LO4)
• logy  (LO4)
• loll  (LO4)
• lollop  (LO6)
• lollygag  (LO8)
• long  (LO4)
• longan  (LO6)
• loon  (LO4)
• loony  (LO5)
• loop  (LO4)
• loopy  (LO5)
• loyal  (LO5)
• loyally  (LO7)
• nonagon  (NO7)
• nonagonal  (NO9)
• noon  (NO4)
• nylon  (NY5)
• onlay  (ON5)
• only  (ON4)
• oolong  (OO6)
• opal  (OP4)
• panoply  (PA7)
• payola  (PA6)
• plop  (PL4)
• ploy  (PL4)
• pogo  (PO4)
• poll  (PO4)
• polo  (PO4)
• polygon  (PO7)
• polyp  (PO5)
• pong  (PO4)
• pony  (PO4)
• pool  (PO4)
• poop  (PO4)
• poppa  (PO5)
• poppy  (PO5)
• pylon  (PY5)
• yoga  (YO4)

Answer Definitions

• nonapology^† (noun): Alternative form of non-apology
• polygonal^† (adjective): Having many angles; hence characteristic of a polygon.
• agog (adjective): In eager desire, eager, astir.
• agony (noun): Extreme pain.
• alloy (noun): A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
• along (preposition): By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
• analog (adjective): In which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial).
• analogy (noun): A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
• annoy (verb): To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
• anon (adverb): Straight away; at once.
• 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).
• gallon (noun): A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
• 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.
• 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!
• gong (noun): A percussion instrument consisting of a metal disk that emits a sonorous sound when struck with a soft hammer.
• gonna (contraction): Contraction of going to when followed by an infinitive verb: used to express a future action.
• 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).
• goon (noun): A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
• goony (adjective): Of or like a goon; thuggish; brutal.
• goop (noun): A thick, slimy substance; goo.
• goopy (adjective): Having the consistency of goop.
• lagoon (noun): A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.
• llano (noun): A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.
• loan (noun): An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
• 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.
• loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
• lollop (verb): To walk or move with a bouncing or undulating motion and at an unhurried pace.
• lollygag (verb): To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
• long (adjective): Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point .
• longan (noun): An evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China.
• loon (noun): An idler, a lout.
• loony (adjective): Insane.
• loop (noun): A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
• loopy (adjective): Having loops.
• loyal (adjective): Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something.
• loyally (adverb): In a loyal manner, faithfully.
• nonagon (noun): A polygon with nine sides and nine angles; an enneagon.
• nonagonal (adjective): Having nine sides and nine angles
• noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
• nylon (noun): Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
• onlay (verb): To lay or place something on a surface.
• only (adjective): Alone in a category.
• oolong (noun): A partially fermented tea, often roasted, which combines the characteristics of green tea and black tea.
• opal (noun): A mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity, of the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O. A precious gem, an iridescent gemstone found in the opal-silica mineral substrate (potch)
• panoply (noun): A splendid display of something.
• payola (noun): A bribe given in exchange for a favor, such as one given in exchange for the promotion of goods or services (originally one given to a disk jockey to play a record).
• plop (noun): A sound or action like liquid hitting a hard surface, or an object falling into a body of water.
• ploy (noun): A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
• pogo (verb): To use a pogo stick.
• poll (noun): A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
• polo (noun): A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
• polygon (noun): A plane figure bounded by edges that are all straight lines.
• polyp (noun): An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.
• pong (noun): A stench, a bad smell.
• pony (noun): A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.
• pool (noun): A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
• poop (verb): To make a short blast on a horn.
• poppa (noun): father, papa.
• poppy (noun): Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
• pylon (noun): A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
• 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.