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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.

• gauntlet^†  (GA8)
• ungulate^†  (UN8)
• untangle^†  (UN8)
• ague  (AG4)
• annual  (AN6)
• annul  (AN5)
• attenuate  (AT9)
• attune  (AT6)
• aunt  (AU4)
• gateau  (GA6)
• gauge  (GA5)
• gaunt  (GA5)
• glue  (GL4)
• glug  (GL4)
• glut  (GL4)
• glute  (GL5)
• gluteal  (GL7)
• gluten  (GL6)
• gulag  (GU5)
• gull  (GU4)
• gullet  (GU6)
• language  (LA8)
• league  (LE6)
• luau  (LU4)
• luge  (LU4)
• luggage  (LU7)
• lull  (LU4)
• lulu  (LU4)
• luna  (LU4)
• lunate  (LU6)
• lune  (LU4)
• lunette  (LU7)
• lung  (LU4)
• lunge  (LU5)
• lunula  (LU6)
• lunulae  (LU7)
• lute  (LU4)
• luteal  (LU6)
• nugget  (NU6)
• null  (NU4)
• taunt  (TA5)
• taut  (TA4)
• tauten  (TA6)
• tulle  (TU5)
• tuna  (TU4)
• tune  (TU4)
• tunnel  (TU6)
• tutee  (TU5)
• tutelage  (TU8)
• tutu  (TU4)
• ulna  (UL4)
• ulnae  (UL5)
• ululate  (UL7)
• uneaten  (UN7)
• ungentle  (UN8)
• unglue  (UN6)
• unguent  (UN7)
• unlet  (UN5)
• untag  (UN5)
• untune  (UN6)

Answer Definitions

• gauntlet^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• ungulate^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• untangle^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• ague (noun): An acute fever.
• annual (adjective): Happening once every year.
• annul (verb): To formally revoke the validity of.
• attenuate (verb): To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
• attune (verb): To bring into musical accord.
• aunt (noun): The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
• gateau (noun): A rich, usually iced, cake.
• gauge (noun): A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
• gaunt (adjective): Lean, angular, and bony.
• glue (noun): A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
• glug (noun): The sound made when a significant amount of liquid is poured suddenly out of something, such as a jug or bottle.
• glut (noun): An excess, too much.
• glute (noun): A gluteal muscle.
• gluteal (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• gluten (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• 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.
• gullet (noun): The throat or esophagus.
• language (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• 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.
• luggage (noun): The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
• lull (noun): A period of rest or soothing.
• lulu (noun): A remarkable person, object or idea.
• luna (noun): A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
• lunate (adjective): Shaped like a crescent.
• lune (noun): A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
• lunette (noun): A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape.
• lung (noun): A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
• lunge (noun): A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
• lunula (noun): Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.
• lunulae (noun): plural of lunula
• lute (noun): A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
• luteal (adjective): Of or pertaining to the corpus luteum
• nugget (noun): A small, compact chunk or clump.
• null (noun): A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
• taunt (verb): to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
• taut (adjective): Under tension, like a stretched bowstring, rope, or sail; tight.
• tauten (verb): To make taut; to taut.
• tulle (noun): A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.
• tuna (noun): Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
• tune (noun): A melody.
• tunnel (noun): An underground or underwater passage.
• tutee (noun): A student of a tutor.
• tutelage (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• tutu (noun): A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
• ulna (noun): The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.
• ulnae (noun): plural of ulna
• ululate (verb): to howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy
• uneaten (adjective): Not eaten
• ungentle (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• unglue (verb): to separate that which was held by glue
• unguent (noun): Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.
• unlet (adjective): Not let (not in temporary possession in return for rent)
• untag (verb): To remove a tag from.
• untune (verb): To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action.