Thursday, April 25, 2024
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The New York Times Spelling Bee is a word puzzle that challenges players to form words from seven letters arranged in a honeycomb, with the center letter required in each word. Points are earned based on word length, and there's a bonus for using all seven letters in a word.
Thursday, April 25, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) ( 0 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 40 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 163 points. Thursday, April 25, 2024's Puzzle wasn't a Bingo.
First One/Two/Three Letters
Click on any two letter prefix to reveal all first three letters combinations of the words.
B × 16: |
E × 5: |
H × 2: |
L × 6: |
T × 9: |
Y × 2: |
Letter Distribution
The number of answers that start with a specific letter and of a specific length.
Group by first
Letters
| Starting With | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 6 | 5 | 3 | - | 2 | 16 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| H | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| L | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 6 |
| T | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 9 |
| Y | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Sum | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 40 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| bl ithely | (adv)
in a joyous manner | gayly, happily, jubilantly, merrily, mirthfully |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| be et | (noun)
biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop | Beta vulgaris |
(noun)
round red root vegetable | ||
| be etle | (adj)
jutting or overhanging | beetling |
(noun)
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings | ||
(noun)
a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing | mallet | |
(verb)
be suspended over or hang over | overhang | |
(verb)
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(verb)
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| be lie | (verb)
be in contradiction with | contradict, negate |
(verb)
represent falsely | misrepresent | |
| be little | (verb)
cause to seem less serious; play down | denigrate, derogate, minimize |
(verb)
express a negative opinion of | disparage, pick at | |
(verb)
lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of | diminish | |
| be ll | (noun)
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck | |
(noun)
a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | buzzer | |
(noun)
| toll | |
(noun)
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(noun)
| campana | |
(noun)
| chime, gong | |
(noun)
the flared opening of a tubular device | ||
(verb)
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| be lle | (noun)
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals | |
| be lly | (noun)
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis | abdomen, stomach, venter |
(noun)
a protruding abdomen | paunch | |
(noun)
a part that bulges deeply | ||
(noun)
the hollow inside of something | ||
(noun)
the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish | ||
(verb)
swell out or bulge out | ||
| be lt | (noun)
endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys | |
(noun)
a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist) | ||
(noun)
an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found | ||
(noun)
a vigorous blow | bang, bash, knock, smash | |
(noun)
a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) | swath | |
(noun)
ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun | ||
(noun)
the act of hitting vigorously | knock, rap, whack, whang | |
(verb)
sing loudly and forcefully | ||
(verb)
deliver a blow to | ||
(verb)
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| be tel | (noun)
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(noun)
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| bi ble | (noun)
a book regarded as authoritative in its field | |
| bi le | (noun)
a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats | gall |
| bi llet | (noun)
a short personal letter | line, note, short letter |
(noun)
lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home) | ||
(verb)
provide housing for (military personnel) | canton, quarter | |
| bi te | (noun)
a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person | |
(noun)
a small amount of solid food; a mouthful | bit, morsel | |
(noun)
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin | sting | |
(noun)
a light informal meal | collation, snack | |
(noun)
(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait | ||
(noun)
wit having a sharp and caustic quality | pungency | |
(noun)
a strong odor or taste property | pungency, raciness, sharpness | |
(noun)
the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws | chomp | |
(noun)
a portion removed from the whole | ||
(verb)
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws | seize with teeth | |
(verb)
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort | burn, sting | |
(verb)
penetrate or cut, as with a knife | ||
(verb)
deliver a sting to | prick, sting | |
| bl ithe | (adj)
lacking or showing a lack of due concern | |
(adj)
carefree and happy and lighthearted | light-hearted, lighthearted, lightsome | |
| by te | (noun)
a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information | |
| ee ly | ||
| el ite | (adj)
selected as the best | elect |
(noun)
a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status | ||
| et hyl | (noun)
the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom | |
| ey elet | (noun)
a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar | eyehole |
(noun)
fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines | cringle, grommet, grummet, loop | |
(noun)
fabric decorated with small holes with finely stitched edges that form an ornamental pattern. | ||
| ey eteeth | ||
| he el | (noun)
the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation | |
(noun)
the back part of the human foot | ||
(noun)
someone who is morally reprehensible | blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, hound | |
(noun)
one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread | ||
(noun)
the lower end of a ship's mast | ||
(noun)
(golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft | ||
(verb)
tilt to one side | list | |
(verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
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| he ll | (noun)
any place of pain and turmoil | inferno, snake pit, the pits |
(noun)
a cause of difficulty and suffering | blaze | |
(noun)
noisy and unrestrained mischief | blaze | |
| li bel | (noun)
a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person | |
(noun)
the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks | ||
(verb)
print slanderous statements against | ||
| li belee | ||
| li te | (adj)
having relatively few calories | calorie-free, light, low-cal |
| li the | (adj)
gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | lissom, lissome, sinuous, supple |
| li thely | ||
| li ttle | (adj)
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent | small |
(adj)
(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some | slight | |
(adj)
(of children and animals) young, immature | small | |
(adj)
| fiddling, footling, lilliputian, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial | |
(adj)
(of a voice) faint | small | |
(adj)
low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal | short | |
(adj)
lowercase | minuscule, small | |
(adj)
small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context) | ||
(noun)
a small amount or duration | ||
(adv)
not much | ||
| te eth | (noun)
| dentition |
| te ethe | (verb)
grow teeth; cut the baby teeth | |
| te ll | (verb)
express in words | say, state |
(verb)
let something be known | ||
(verb)
narrate or give a detailed account of | narrate, recite, recount | |
(verb)
give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority | enjoin, order, say | |
(verb)
discern or comprehend | ||
(verb)
inform positively and with certainty and confidence | assure | |
(verb)
give evidence | evidence | |
(verb)
mark as different | differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize | |
| th ee | ||
| th ey | ||
| ti le | (noun)
a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces | |
(noun)
a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing | ||
(noun)
game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc. | ||
(verb)
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| ti the | (verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
pay a tenth of one's income; pay one tenth of, especially to the church | ||
(noun)
a levy of one tenth of something | ||
(noun)
an offering of a tenth part of some personal income | ||
| ti tle | (noun)
a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with | rubric |
(noun)
the name of a work of art or literary composition etc. | ||
(noun)
a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work | ||
(noun)
the status of being a champion | championship | |
(noun)
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it | deed, deed of conveyance | |
(noun)
an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General' | form of address | |
(noun)
an established or recognized right | claim | |
(noun)
(usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action | ||
(noun)
an appellation signifying nobility | ||
(noun)
an informal right to something | claim | |
(verb)
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(verb)
designate by an identifying term | style | |
| ti ttle | (noun)
a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, whit |
| ye ll | (noun)
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition | call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation |
(noun)
a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate) | cry | |
(verb)
utter a sudden loud cry | call, cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall | |
(verb)
utter or declare in a very loud voice | scream | |
| ye ti | (noun)
a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas | abominable snowman |
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