NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 6, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | L |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, b, g, i, n, z |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 50 words |
| Total Points | 271 points |
| Genius Level | 190 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
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- Spelling Bee Grid
- Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
- Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
- Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
- Today's Complete Solution
- 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.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 9 |
| B | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | 16 |
| G | 5 | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 13 |
| I | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 8 |
| N | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Z | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 14 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 10 | - | - | 1 | 50 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AI×1 AL×5 AN×3 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×7 BI×3 BL×6 |
| G | GA×7 GI×3 GL×3 |
| I | |
| L | LA×7 LI×1 |
| N | NA×2 NI×2 |
| Z |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AIL×1 ALG×2 ALI×3 ANA×1 ANG×1 ANN×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BAB×1 BAI×2 BAL×3 BAN×1 BIL×3 BLA×3 BLI×3 |
| G | GAB×1 GAL×4 GAN×2 GIG×1 GIL×2 GLA×1 GLI×2 |
| I | |
| L | LAB×3 LAG×1 LAI×1 LAN×1 LAZ×1 LIN×1 |
| N | NAI×2 NIB×1 NIG×1 |
| Z |
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 (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| bl..... † | BL7 | present participle and gerund of blaze |
| la......... † | LA11 | present participle and gerund of labialize |
| ai.... | AI6 | An ailment. |
| al.. | AL4 | 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. |
| al... | AL5 | Pertaining to, or like, algae. |
| al... | AL5 | The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed. |
| al... | AL5 | To form a line; to fall into line. |
| al...... | AL8 | present participle of align |
| an.. | AN4 | of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. |
| an..... | AN7 | present participle of angle |
| an... | AN5 | The record of a single event or item. |
| ba...... | BA8 | a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words |
| ba.. | BA4 | Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial. |
| ba..... | BA7 | present participle of bail |
| ba.... | BA6 | present participle of bale |
| ba.. | BA4 | A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass. |
| ba..... | BA7 | present participle of ball |
| ba... | BA5 | Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh. |
| bi...... | BI8 | Articulated with both lips. |
| bi.. | BI4 | Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff. |
| bi..... | BI7 | present participle of bill |
| bl.. | BL4 | To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion. |
| bl...... | BL8 | present participle of blab |
| bl.. | BL4 | To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up. |
| bl... | BL5 | Alternative form of bling bling |
| bl... | BL5 | A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon. |
| ga...... | GA8 | present participle of gabble |
| ga.. | GA4 | Celebratory; festive. |
| ga...... | GA8 | Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga. |
| ga.. | GA4 | Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver. |
| ga..... | GA7 | Vexing, humiliating; eliciting indignation or bitterness. |
| ga..... | GA7 | plural of ganglion – clusters of nerves |
| ga...... | GA8 | Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful. |
| gi...... | GI8 | present participle of giggle |
| gi.. | GI4 | a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals |
| gi..... | GI7 | present participle of gill |
| gl..... | GL7 | present participle of glaze |
| gl.. | GL4 | The network of glial cells that supports nervous system tissue. |
| gl.. | GL4 | Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow. |
| la... | LA5 | The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina. |
| la.... | LA6 | Of or pertaining to the lips or labia. |
| la..... | LA7 | falling behind, not keeping up the pace |
| la.. | LA4 | past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”) |
| la... | LA5 | A Hawaiian-style roofed patio. |
| la.... | LA6 | present participle of laze |
| li.... | LI6 | A covering for the inside surface of something. |
| na.. | NA4 | The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals. |
| na..... | NA7 | present participle of nail |
| ni...... | NI8 | The act or sound of one who nibbles. |
| ni...... | NI8 | present participle of niggle |
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.
- blazing† (BL7)
- labializing† (LA11)
- ailing (AI6)
- alga (AL4)
- algal (AL5)
- alibi (AL5)
- align (AL5)
- aligning (AL8)
- anal (AN4)
- angling (AN7)
- annal (AN5)
- babbling (BA8)
- bail (BA4)
- bailing (BA7)
- baling (BA6)
- ball (BA4)
- balling (BA7)
- banal (BA5)
- bilabial (BI8)
- bill (BI4)
- billing (BI7)
- blab (BL4)
- blabbing (BL8)
- blin (BL4)
- bling (BL5)
- blini (BL5)
- gabbling (GA8)
- gala (GA4)
- galangal (GA8)
- gall (GA4)
- galling (GA7)
- ganglia (GA7)
- gangling (GA8)
- giggling (GI8)
- gill (GI4)
- gilling (GI7)
- glazing (GL7)
- glia (GL4)
- glib (GL4)
- labia (LA5)
- labial (LA6)
- lagging (LA7)
- lain (LA4)
- lanai (LA5)
- lazing (LA6)
- lining (LI6)
- nail (NA4)
- nailing (NA7)
- nibbling (NI8)
- niggling (NI8)
Answer Definitions
- blazing† (verb): present participle and gerund of blaze
- labializing† (verb): present participle and gerund of labialize
- ailing (noun): An ailment.
- 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.
- alibi (noun): The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
- align (verb): To form a line; to fall into line.
- aligning (verb): present participle of align
- anal (adjective): of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
- angling (verb): present participle of angle
- annal (noun): The record of a single event or item.
- babbling (noun): a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words
- bail (noun): Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- bailing (verb): present participle of bail
- baling (verb): present participle of bale
- ball (noun): A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- balling (verb): present participle of ball
- banal (adjective): Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
- bilabial (adjective): Articulated with both lips.
- bill (noun): Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
- billing (verb): present participle of bill
- blab (verb): To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
- blabbing (verb): present participle of blab
- blin (verb): To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.
- bling (noun): Alternative form of bling bling
- blini (noun): A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon.
- gabbling (verb): present participle of gabble
- gala (adjective): Celebratory; festive.
- galangal (noun): Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga.
- 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.
- galling (adjective): Vexing, humiliating; eliciting indignation or bitterness.
- ganglia (noun): plural of ganglion – clusters of nerves
- gangling (adjective): Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.
- giggling (verb): present participle of giggle
- gill (noun): a breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals
- gilling (verb): present participle of gill
- glazing (verb): present participle of glaze
- glia (noun): The network of glial cells that supports nervous system tissue.
- glib (adjective): Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
- labia (noun): The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.
- labial (adjective): Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
- lagging (adjective): falling behind, not keeping up the pace
- lain (verb): past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
- lanai (noun): A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
- lazing (verb): present participle of laze
- lining (noun): A covering for the inside surface of something.
- nail (noun): The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
- nailing (verb): present participle of nail
- nibbling (noun): The act or sound of one who nibbles.
- niggling (verb): present participle of niggle