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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.

• gladhanding^†  (GL11)
• handling^†  (HA8)
• highland^†  (HI8)
• adding  (AD6)
• addling  (AD7)
• again  (AG5)
• aging  (AG5)
• aiding  (AI6)
• ailing  (AI6)
• alga  (AL4)
• algal  (AL5)
• align  (AL5)
• aligning  (AL8)
• anal  (AN4)
• angina  (AN6)
• angling  (AN7)
• annal  (AN5)
• dahlia  (DA6)
• dandling  (DA8)
• dang  (DA4)
• dangling  (DA8)
• dial  (DI4)
• dialing  (DI7)
• gadding  (GA7)
• gaga  (GA4)
• gagging  (GA7)
• gain  (GA4)
• gaining  (GA7)
• gala  (GA4)
• galangal  (GA8)
• gall  (GA4)
• galling  (GA7)
• gang  (GA4)
• ganging  (GA7)
• gangland  (GA8)
• ganglia  (GA7)
• gangling  (GA8)
• glad  (GL4)
• gladhand  (GL8)
• gland  (GL5)
• glia  (GL4)
• haggling  (HA8)
• hail  (HA4)
• hailing  (HA7)
• halal  (HA5)
• hall  (HA4)
• hand  (HA4)
• handing  (HA7)
• hang  (HA4)
• hanging  (HA7)
• hangnail  (HA8)
• inhaling  (IN8)
• inlaid  (IN6)
• inland  (IN6)
• lading  (LA6)
• ladling  (LA7)
• lagging  (LA7)
• laid  (LA4)
• lain  (LA4)
• lanai  (LA5)
• land  (LA4)
• landing  (LA7)
• naan  (NA4)
• nada  (NA4)
• nagging  (NA7)
• naiad  (NA5)
• nail  (NA4)
• nailing  (NA7)
• nana  (NA4)

Answer Definitions

• gladhanding^† (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• handling^† (noun): A touching, controlling, managing, using, take care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
• highland^† (noun): A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas.
• adding (verb): present participle of add
• addling (noun): Alternative form of addlings (earnings).
• again (adverb): Another time; once more.
• aging (verb): present participle of age
• aiding (verb): present participle of aid
• 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.
• 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.
• angina (noun): An inflammatory infection of the throat, particularly quinsy.
• angling (verb): present participle of angle
• annal (noun): The record of a single event or item.
• dahlia (noun): Any plant of the genus Dahlia, tuberous perennial flowering plants native to Mexico.
• dandling (verb): present participle and gerund of dandle
• dang (verb): Damn.
• dangling (adjective): Suspended from above.
• dial (noun): A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
• dialing (verb): present participle of dial
• gadding (verb): present participle of gad
• gaga (adjective): Mentally senile.
• gagging (verb): present participle of gag
• gain (verb): To acquire possession of.
• gaining (verb): present participle of gain
• 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.
• gang (verb): To go; walk; proceed.
• ganging (noun): a leader used to attach a fishhook to the main line, especially in commercial fishing
• gangland (noun): The underworld of organized crime.
• ganglia (noun): plural of ganglion – clusters of nerves
• gangling (adjective): Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.
• glad (adjective): Pleased, happy, gratified.
• gladhand (n/a): No definition found; request failed
• gland (noun): A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
• glia (noun): The network of glial cells that supports nervous system tissue.
• haggling (verb): present participle of haggle
• hail (noun): Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
• hailing (verb): present participle of hail
• halal (adjective): Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
• hall (noun): A corridor; a hallway.
• hand (noun): The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
• handing (verb): present participle of hand
• hang (verb): To be or remain suspended.
• hanging (verb): present participle of hang
• hangnail (noun): A loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail.
• inhaling (verb): present participle of inhale
• inlaid (verb): simple past tense and past participle of inlay
• inland (adjective): Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.
• lading (noun): The action of loading.
• ladling (verb): present participle of ladle
• lagging (adjective): falling behind, not keeping up the pace
• laid (verb): simple past tense and past participle of lay
• lain (verb): past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
• lanai (noun): A Hawaiian-style roofed patio.
• land (noun): The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
• landing (noun): An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
• naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
• nada (pronoun): Nothing.
• nagging (verb): present participle of nag
• naiad (noun): A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
• 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
• nana (noun): A banana.