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Table of Contents

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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.

• beaming^†  (BE7)
• aiming  (AI6)
• ameba  (AM5)
• amebae  (AM6)
• amen  (AM4)
• anemia  (AN6)
• anima  (AN5)
• anime  (AN5)
• bagman  (BA6)
• bagmen  (BA6)
• beam  (BE4)
• begem  (BE5)
• begemming  (BE9)
• enema  (EN5)
• enigma  (EN6)
• game  (GA4)
• gamin  (GA5)
• gamine  (GA6)
• gaming  (GA6)
• gamma  (GA5)
• gimme  (GI5)
• iamb  (IA4)
• iambi  (IA5)
• image  (IM5)
• imagine  (IM7)
• imaging  (IM7)
• imagining  (IM9)
• imam  (IM4)
• imbibe  (IM6)
• imbibing  (IM8)
• mage  (MA4)
• magi  (MA4)
• magma  (MA5)
• maim  (MA4)
• maiming  (MA7)
• main  (MA4)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamba  (MA5)
• mamma  (MA5)
• manage  (MA6)
• managing  (MA8)
• mane  (MA4)
• manga  (MA5)
• mange  (MA5)
• mania  (MA5)
• manna  (MA5)
• manning  (MA7)
• mean  (ME4)
• meanie  (ME6)
• meaning  (ME7)
• mega  (ME4)
• meme  (ME4)
• meming  (ME6)
• mien  (MI4)
• mime  (MI4)
• miming  (MI6)
• mine  (MI4)
• mini  (MI4)
• minim  (MI5)
• minima  (MI6)
• mining  (MI6)
• name  (NA4)
• naming  (NA6)
• nimbi  (NI5)

Answer Definitions

• beaming^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• aiming (verb): present participle of aim
• ameba (noun): Alternative form of amoeba
• amebae (noun): plural of ameba, a variant of amoeba.
• amen (adverb): At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
• anemia (noun): A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue.
• anima (noun): The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
• anime (noun): An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.
• bagman (noun): A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments.
• bagmen (noun): plural of bagman
• beam (noun): Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
• begem (verb): To adorn (as if) with gems.
• begemming (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• enema (noun): An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
• enigma (noun): Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.
• game (noun): A playful or competitive activity. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
• gamin (noun): A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also , a cheeky, street-smart boy.
• gamine (noun): A (usually female) street urchin; a homeless girl.
• gaming (verb): present participle of game
• gamma (noun): The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).
• gimme (contraction): Give me.
• iamb (noun): A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
• iambi (noun): plural of iambus
• image (noun): An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.
• imagine (verb): To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
• imaging (verb): present participle of image
• imagining (noun): Something imagined; a figment of the imagination.
• imam (noun): One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
• imbibe (verb): To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
• imbibing (verb): present participle and gerund of imbibe
• mage (noun): A magician, wizard or sorcerer.
• magi (noun): plural of mage
• magma (noun): The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.
• maim (verb): To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
• maiming (verb): present participle of maim
• main (adjective): Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
• mama (noun): Mother, female parent.
• mamba (noun): Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.
• mamma (noun): The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
• manage (verb): To direct or be in charge of.
• managing (verb): present participle of manage
• mane (noun): Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
• manga (noun): A comic originating in Japan.
• mange (noun): A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).
• mania (noun): Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
• manna (noun): Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
• manning (verb): present participle of man
• mean (verb): To intend. To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
• meanie (noun): A mean (unkind or miserly) person; a killjoy.
• meaning (noun): The denotation, referent, or idea connected with a word, expression, or symbol. The connotation associated with a word, expression, or symbol.
• mega (adjective): Very large.
• meme (noun): Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
• meming (verb): present participle of meme
• mien (noun): Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
• mime (noun): A form of acting without words; pantomime.
• miming (verb): present participle of mime
• mine (pronoun): That which belongs to me. Used predicatively.
• mini (adjective): Miniature, tiny, small.
• minim (noun): A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
• minima (noun): plural of minimum
• mining (noun): The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.
• name (noun): Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
• naming (noun): The process of giving names to things.
• nimbi (noun): plural of nimbus