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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.

• angrily^†  (AN7)
• glaringly^†  (GL9)
• rallying^†  (RA8)
• agar  (AG4)
• agrarian  (AG8)
• airily  (AI6)
• airing  (AI6)
• airy  (AI4)
• angry  (AN5)
• aria  (AR4)
• aril  (AR4)
• arraign  (AR7)
• arraigning  (AR10)
• arranging  (AR9)
• array  (AR5)
• arraying  (AR8)
• garaging  (GA8)
• gargling  (GA8)
• girl  (GI4)
• girly  (GI5)
• glaring  (GL7)
• gnarl  (GN5)
• gnarling  (GN8)
• gnarly  (GN6)
• grail  (GR5)
• grain  (GR5)
• graining  (GR8)
• grainy  (GR6)
• gran  (GR4)
• granary  (GR7)
• granny  (GR6)
• gray  (GR4)
• graying  (GR7)
• grill  (GR5)
• grilling  (GR8)
• grin  (GR4)
• grinning  (GR8)
• grinningly  (GR10)
• ingrain  (IN7)
• ingraining  (IN10)
• lair  (LA4)
• liar  (LI4)
• lira  (LI4)
• nary  (NA4)
• nigiri  (NI6)
• raga  (RA4)
• ragging  (RA7)
• raging  (RA6)
• raglan  (RA6)
• rail  (RA4)
• railing  (RA7)
• rain  (RA4)
• raining  (RA7)
• rainy  (RA5)
• rally  (RA5)
• rang  (RA4)
• ranging  (RA7)
• rangy  (RA5)
• rani  (RA4)
• raring  (RA6)
• raying  (RA6)
• rial  (RI4)
• rigging  (RI7)
• riling  (RI6)
• rill  (RI4)
• ring  (RI4)
• ringing  (RI7)
• riyal  (RI5)
• yarn  (YA4)

Answer Definitions

• angrily^† (adverb): In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.
• glaringly^† (adverb): In a glaring manner: With intense light. So as to be highly visible or obvious; so as to attract notice or attention.
• rallying^† (verb): present participle and gerund of rally
• agar (noun): A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
• agrarian (adjective): Of, or relating to, the ownership, tenure and cultivation of land.
• airily (adverb): In an airy manner.
• airing (verb): present participle and gerund of air
• airy (adjective): (of a room or building) spacious, well lit, and well ventilated.
• angry (adjective): Displaying or feeling anger.
• aria (noun): A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.
• aril (noun): A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.
• arraign (verb): To officially charge someone in a court of law.
• arraigning (verb): present participle and gerund of arraign
• arranging (verb): present participle and gerund of arrange
• array (noun): an ordered series or arrangement.
• arraying (verb): present participle of array
• garaging (verb): present participle and gerund of garage
• gargling (verb): present participle and gerund of gargle
• girl (noun): A female child, adolescent, or a young woman.
• girly (adjective): Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, sweet; unmasculine.
• glaring (adjective): Reflecting with glare.
• gnarl (noun): A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
• gnarling (verb): present participle and gerund of gnarl
• gnarly (adjective): Having or characterized by gnarls; gnarled.
• grail (noun): The Holy Grail.
• grain (noun): The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
• graining (verb): present participle and gerund of grain
• grainy (adjective): Resembling grains; granular.
• gran (noun): A grandmother.
• granary (noun): A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.
• granny (noun): A grandmother.
• gray (adjective): Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
• graying (verb): present participle of gray
• grill (noun): A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
• grilling (verb): present participle of grill
• grin (noun): A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
• grinning (verb): present participle of grin
• grinningly (adverb): With a grin.
• ingrain (verb): To dye with a fast or lasting colour.
• ingraining (verb): present participle and gerund of ingrain
• lair (noun): A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
• liar (noun): One who frequently tells lies.
• lira (noun): The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
• nary (adverb): Not, never.
• nigiri (noun): Regular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice.
• raga (noun): Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form.
• ragging (verb): present participle and gerund of rag
• raging (verb): present participle and gerund of rage
• raglan (adjective): Being or having a kind of sleeve that continues in one piece up to the neck of a garment, without a shoulder seam.
• rail (noun): A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
• railing (adjective): That rails; engaged in or given to violent complaining.
• rain (noun): Condensed water falling from a cloud.
• raining (verb): present participle and gerund of rain
• rainy (adjective): marked by bringing precipitation in the form of showers
• rally (noun): A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
• rang (verb): simple past tense of ring
• ranging (verb): present participle and gerund of range
• rangy (adjective): Slender and long of limb; lanky
• rani (noun): The wife of a rajah.
• raring (adjective): Eager.
• raying (verb): present participle of ray
• rial (noun): The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
• rigging (noun): Dress; tackle; especially , the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.
• riling (verb): present participle of rile
• rill (noun): A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
• ring (noun): A solid object in the shape of a circle. A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
• ringing (noun): The sound of something that rings.
• riyal (noun): The official currency of Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
• yarn (noun): A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.