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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.

• unjamming^†  (UN9)
• again  (AG5)
• aging  (AG5)
• aiming  (AI6)
• angina  (AN6)
• anima  (AN5)
• gaga  (GA4)
• gagging  (GA7)
• gain  (GA4)
• gaining  (GA7)
• gamin  (GA5)
• gaming  (GA6)
• gamma  (GA5)
• gang  (GA4)
• ganging  (GA7)
• ganja  (GA5)
• gauging  (GA7)
• gunman  (GU6)
• iguana  (IG6)
• imaging  (IM7)
• imagining  (IM9)
• imam  (IM4)
• jagging  (JA7)
• jamming  (JA7)
• magi  (MA4)
• magma  (MA5)
• magnum  (MA6)
• maim  (MA4)
• maiming  (MA7)
• main  (MA4)
• mama  (MA4)
• mamma  (MA5)
• managing  (MA8)
• manga  (MA5)
• mania  (MA5)
• manna  (MA5)
• manning  (MA7)
• minima  (MI6)
• naan  (NA4)
• nagging  (NA7)
• naming  (NA6)
• nana  (NA4)
• ninja  (NI5)
• umami  (UM5)
• unjam  (UN5)
• unman  (UN5)
• unmanning  (UN9)

Answer Definitions

• unjamming^† (verb): present participle of unjam
• again (adverb): Another time; once more.
• aging (verb): present participle of age
• aiming (verb): present participle of aim
• angina (noun): An inflammatory infection of the throat, particularly quinsy.
• anima (noun): The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus.
• gaga (adjective): Mentally senile.
• gagging (verb): present participle of gag
• gain (verb): To acquire possession of.
• gaining (verb): present participle of gain
• gamin (noun): A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also , a cheeky, street-smart boy.
• 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).
• gang (verb): To go; walk; proceed.
• ganging (noun): a leader used to attach a fishhook to the main line, especially in commercial fishing
• ganja (noun): Marijuana, as used for smoking.
• gauging (verb): present participle of gauge
• gunman (noun): A criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer.
• iguana (noun): A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet
• 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.
• jagging (verb): present participle and gerund of jag
• jamming (verb): present participle of jam
• 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.
• magnum (noun): A bottle containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard wine bottle.
• 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.
• 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.
• managing (verb): present participle of manage
• manga (noun): A comic originating in Japan.
• 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
• minima (noun): plural of minimum
• naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
• nagging (verb): present participle of nag
• naming (noun): The process of giving names to things.
• nana (noun): A banana.
• ninja (noun): A person trained in ninjutsu, especially one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.
• umami (noun): One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.
• unjam (verb): To remove a blockage from; to release from being jammed.
• unman (verb): To castrate; to remove the manhood of.
• unmanning (verb): present participle of unman