Get the answer to the NYT Spelling Bee clue “I wish my ____ was longer; it’s barely past my shoulders. I rarely cut it, but it really never grows any longer.”, starting with the letters ha.
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noun
- A slender threadlike outgrowth of the epidermis of an animal
- The hairy covering of an animal or a body part
- Haircloth
- A minute distance or amount
"won by a hair"
- A precise degree
"aligned to a hair"
- Nature, character
- A filamentous structure that resembles hair
"leaf hair"
noun
- A compact mass of hair formed in the stomach especially of a shedding animal (such as a cat) that cleanses its coat by licking
noun
- A cell with hairlike processes
noun
- The tubular epithelial sheath that surrounds the lower part of the hair shaft and encloses at the bottom a vascular papilla supplying the growing basal part of the hair with nourishment see hair
noun
- A gelatinous preparation used in styling hair
"… a tall, thin man named Artie, who manages, with enough hair gel, to slick back a crewcut."
noun
- Thriller
adjective
- Causing terror, excitement, or astonishment
"hair-raising stories"
noun
- Any of a family (Phocidae) of seals having a coarse hairy coat, the hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers, and no external ears
- any of a family (Phocidae) of seals having a coarse hairy coat, the hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers, and no external ears —called also true seal
noun
- A shirt made of rough animal hair worn next to the skin as a penance
- One that irritates like a hair shirt
noun
- A liquid sprayed on the hair to keep it in place after styling
This clue was used on August 14, 2025.