NYT Spelling Bee Hints
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Note: This page contains hints to help solve Sunday, May 5, 2024's New York Times Spelling Bee. To reveal a hint, click on any blurred area below. To see all pangrams and answers for this puzzle at once, visit the Spelling Bee Answers page.
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.
Sunday, May 5, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) ( 1 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 47 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 171 points. Sunday, May 5, 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.
A × 4: |
E × 2: |
L × 9: |
M × 23: |
P × 9: |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 |
| E | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| L | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| M | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | - | 23 |
| P | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| Sum | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 47 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| ma ypole | (noun)
a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| am mo | (noun)
projectiles to be fired from a gun | ammunition |
| am ple | (adj)
more than enough in size or scope or capacity | |
(adj)
affording an abundant supply | copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich | |
(adj)
fairly large in size | sizable, sizeable | |
| am ply | (adv)
to an ample degree or in an ample manner | richly |
(adv)
sufficiently; more than adequately | fully | |
| am yl | (noun)
a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds | |
| em ploy | (verb)
| apply, use, utilise, utilize |
(verb)
engage or hire for work | engage, hire | |
(noun)
| ||
| em ployee | (noun)
a worker who is hired to perform a job | |
| la ma | (noun)
a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism | |
| la me | (adj)
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness | feeble |
(adj)
disabled in the feet or legs | crippled, game, gimpy, halt, halting | |
(noun)
someone who doesn't understand what is going on | square | |
(noun)
a fabric interwoven with threads of metal | ||
(verb)
deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg | cripple | |
| la mely | (adv)
in a weak and unconvincing manner | |
| la mp | (noun)
an artificial source of visible illumination | |
(noun)
a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs | ||
| le mma | (noun)
a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition | |
(noun)
the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae | flowering glume | |
(noun)
the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry | ||
| ll ama | (noun)
wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump | |
| lo am | (noun)
a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials | |
| lo amy | (adj)
consisting of or having the character of loam | |
| lo om | (noun)
a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile | |
(verb)
come into view indistinctly, often threateningly | ||
(verb)
appear very large or occupy a commanding position | hulk, predominate, tower | |
(verb)
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing | brood, bulk large, hover | |
(verb)
| ||
| ma le | (adj)
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation | |
(adj)
characteristic of a man | manful, manlike, manly, virile | |
(adj)
for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys | ||
(noun)
| ||
(noun)
a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies | ||
| ma ll | (noun)
a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk | promenade |
(noun)
mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace | center, centre, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre | |
| ma ma | (noun)
informal terms for a mother | ma, mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mumma, mummy |
| ma mma | (noun)
informal terms for a mother | ma, mama, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mumma, mummy |
(noun)
| ||
| ma mmal | (noun)
any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk | |
| ma ple | (noun)
| |
(noun)
any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone | ||
| ma yo | (noun)
egg yolks and oil and vinegar | |
| me al | (noun)
the food served and eaten at one time | repast |
(noun)
any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times | ||
(noun)
coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse | ||
| me aly | (adj)
containing meal or made of meal | |
(adj)
composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency | coarse-grained, farinaceous, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty | |
| me lee | (noun)
a noisy riotous fight | battle royal, scrimmage |
| me me | (noun)
a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation) | |
| me mo | (noun)
a written proposal or reminder | |
| mo le | (noun)
| mol |
(noun)
a spy who works against enemy espionage | counterspy | |
(noun)
a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin | ||
(noun)
a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away | breakwater, bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, seawall | |
(noun)
small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet | ||
(noun)
spicy sauce often containing chocolate | ||
| mo ll | (noun)
the girlfriend of a gangster | |
| mo lly | (noun)
popular aquarium fish | mollie |
| mo mma | (noun)
informal terms for a mother | ma, mama, mamma, mammy, mom, mommy, mum, mumma, mummy |
| mo mmy | (noun)
informal terms for a mother | ma, mama, mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mum, mumma, mummy |
| mo ola | ||
| mo pe | (noun)
someone who wastes time | dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger |
(verb)
move around slowly and aimlessly | ||
(verb)
be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed | moon about, moon around | |
| mo pey | ||
| my eloma | (noun)
a tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow | |
| my ope | (noun)
a person with myopia; a nearsighted person | |
| pa lm | (verb)
touch, lift, or hold with the hands | handle |
(noun)
the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers | thenar | |
(noun)
a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand | ||
(noun)
| ||
(noun)
an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event | decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, ribbon | |
| pa lmy | (adj)
very lively and profitable | booming, burgeoning, flourishing, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving |
| pa mpa | ||
| po em | (noun)
a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines | verse form |
| po me | (noun)
a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part | false fruit |
| po melo | (noun)
southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pummelo, shaddock |
(noun)
large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp | shaddock | |
| po mmel | (noun)
| |
(noun)
handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle | saddlebow | |
(noun)
an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger | knob | |
(verb)
strike, usually with the fist | biff, pummel | |
| po mp | (noun)
cheap or pretentious or vain display | gaudery |
(noun)
ceremonial elegance and splendor | eclat | |
| po mpom |
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