NYT Spelling Bee Hints
Monday, May 6, 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.
Monday, May 6, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 4 pangram(s) ( 0 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 55 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 309 points. Monday, May 6, 2024's Puzzle was a Bingo.
First One/Two/Three Letters
Click on any two letter prefix to reveal all first three letters combinations of the words.
A × 8: |
C × 19: |
E × 9: |
H × 5: |
M × 6: |
N × 1: |
T × 7: |
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 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 8 |
| C | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 19 |
| E | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 9 |
| H | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 5 |
| M | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| N | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| T | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Sum | 14 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 55 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| at tachment | (noun)
a feeling of affection for a person or an institution | fond regard |
(noun)
a supplementary part or accessory | ||
(noun)
a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding | ||
(noun)
a connection that fastens things together | bond | |
(noun)
faithful support for a cause or political party or religion | adherence, adhesion | |
(noun)
the act of attaching or affixing something | affixation | |
(noun)
the act of fastening things together | fastening | |
| ca tchment | (noun)
a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area) | |
| en chantment | (noun)
a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | captivation, enthrallment, fascination |
(noun)
a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation | spell, trance | |
(noun)
a magical spell | bewitchment | |
| en hancement | (noun)
an improvement that makes something more agreeable | sweetening |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| ac cent | (noun)
distinctive manner of oral expression | speech pattern |
(noun)
special importance or significance | emphasis | |
(noun)
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people | dialect, idiom | |
(noun)
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) | emphasis, stress | |
(noun)
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation | ||
(verb)
to stress, single out as important | emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress | |
(verb)
| stress | |
| ac etate | (noun)
a salt or ester of acetic acid | ethanoate |
(noun)
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| ac he | (verb)
feel physical pain | hurt, suffer |
(verb)
have a desire for something or someone who is not present | languish, pine, yearn, yen | |
(verb)
be the source of pain | hurt, smart | |
(noun)
a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain | aching | |
| ac me | (noun)
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top |
(noun)
the highest point (of something) | apex, peak, vertex | |
| ac ne | (noun)
an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones | |
| at tach | (verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
create social or emotional ties | bind, bond, tie | |
(verb)
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | confiscate, impound, seize, sequester | |
| at tache | (noun)
a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission | |
(noun)
a shallow and rectangular briefcase | ||
| ca che | (noun)
a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons) | |
(noun)
a secret store of valuables or money | hoard, stash | |
(noun)
(computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics | ||
(verb)
save up as for future use | hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash | |
| ca chet | (noun)
an indication of approved or superior status | seal, seal of approval |
(noun)
a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal | ||
(noun)
a seal on a letter | ||
| ca me | ||
| ca ncan | (noun)
a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line | |
| ca ne | (noun)
a stick that people can lean on to help them walk | |
(noun)
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(noun)
a stiff switch, used to hit (usually students) as punishment | ||
(verb)
| flog, lambast, lambaste | |
| ca nna | (noun)
any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers | |
| ca nt | (noun)
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition | buzzword |
(noun)
a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force | bank, camber | |
(noun)
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | argot, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular | |
(noun)
insincere talk about religion or morals | pious platitude | |
(noun)
two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees | bevel, chamfer | |
(verb)
heel over | pitch, slant, tilt | |
| ca ntata | (noun)
a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text | oratorio |
| ca nteen | (noun)
a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers | |
(noun)
sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc. | ||
(noun)
a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen | ||
(noun)
a recreation room in an institution | ||
(noun)
restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat | ||
| ca tch | (noun)
a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident | gimmick |
(noun)
the quantity that was caught | haul | |
(noun)
a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect | match | |
(noun)
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(noun)
a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion) | ||
(noun)
a restraint that checks the motion of something | stop | |
(noun)
a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window | ||
(noun)
a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth | ||
(noun)
| grab, snap, snatch | |
(noun)
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | apprehension, arrest, collar, pinch, taking into custody | |
(verb)
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(verb)
perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily | pick up | |
(verb)
reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot | get | |
(verb)
take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of | grab | |
(verb)
| capture, get | |
(verb)
to hook or entangle | hitch | |
(verb)
attract and fix | arrest, get | |
(verb)
capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping | capture | |
(verb)
reach in time | ||
(verb)
get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly | ||
(verb)
| overtake | |
(verb)
be struck or affected by | ||
(verb)
check oneself during an action | ||
(verb)
hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | overhear, take in | |
(verb)
see or watch | see, take in, view, watch | |
(verb)
cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled | ||
(verb)
detect a blunder or misstep | trip up | |
(verb)
grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of | get | |
(verb)
come down with | ||
(verb)
start burning | ||
(verb)
perceive by hearing | get | |
(verb)
suffer from the receipt of | get | |
(verb)
attract; cause to be enamored | becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance | |
(verb)
apprehend and reproduce accurately | get | |
(verb)
take in and retain | ||
(verb)
spread or be communicated | ||
(verb)
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(verb)
become aware of | ||
(verb)
delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned | ||
| ce ment | (verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
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(noun)
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(noun)
a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar | ||
(noun)
something that hardens to act as adhesive material | ||
(noun)
any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth | ||
(noun)
a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth | ||
| ce nt | (noun)
a fractional monetary unit of several countries | |
(noun)
a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit | penny | |
| ce tacean | (noun)
large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales, dolphins, porpoises, narwhals | blower |
(adj)
of or relating to whales and dolphins etc | cetaceous | |
| ch ance | (adj)
| casual |
(noun)
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances | opportunity | |
(noun)
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another | fortune, hazard, luck | |
(noun)
a risk involving danger | ||
(noun)
a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible | probability | |
(noun)
the possibility of future success | prospect | |
(verb)
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(verb)
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | adventure, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk | |
(verb)
come upon, as if by accident; meet with | bump, encounter, find, happen | |
| ch ant | (noun)
a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone | |
(verb)
| cantillate, intonate, intone | |
(verb)
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically | intone, tone | |
| ch at | (noun)
an informal conversation | confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze |
(noun)
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(noun)
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(verb)
talk socially without exchanging too much information | chaffer, chew the fat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit | |
| ch eat | (noun)
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous | Lolium temulentum, bearded darnel, darnel, tare |
(noun)
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat | Bromus secalinus, chess | |
(noun)
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | beguiler, deceiver, slicker, trickster | |
(noun)
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | fraud, rig, swindle | |
(noun)
a deception for profit to yourself | ||
(verb)
deprive somebody of something by deceit | chisel, rip off | |
(verb)
defeat someone through trickery or deceit | chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft | |
(verb)
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud | chisel | |
(verb)
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | betray, cuckold, wander | |
| ch eetah | (noun)
long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game | Acinonyx jubatus, chetah |
| ea ch | (adj)
(used of count nouns) every one considered individually; quantifier, singular, universal pronoun; quantifier, singular, universal | |
(adv)
to or from every one of two or more (considered individually) | apiece | |
| em cee | (noun)
a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) | host, master of ceremonies |
(verb)
act as a master of ceremonies | compere | |
| en act | (verb)
order by virtue of superior authority; decree | ordain |
(verb)
act out; represent or perform as if in a play | act out | |
| en actment | (noun)
the passing of a law by a legislative body | passage |
(noun)
a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body | act | |
(noun)
acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture | characterization, personation, portrayal | |
| en chant | (verb)
hold spellbound | delight, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport |
(verb)
attract; cause to be enamored | becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, entrance, fascinate, trance | |
(verb)
cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | bewitch, glamour, hex, jinx, witch | |
| en hance | (verb)
increase the level of | heighten, raise |
(verb)
make better or more attractive | ||
| et ch | (verb)
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(verb)
cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible | ||
(verb)
carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block | engrave | |
(verb)
carve or cut a design or letters into | engrave | |
(verb)
selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons | ||
| ha tch | (noun)
the production of young from an egg | |
(noun)
shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | hachure | |
(noun)
a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open | liftgate | |
(noun)
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(verb)
emerge from the eggs | ||
(verb)
devise or invent | concoct, dream up, think of, think up | |
(verb)
inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating | ||
(verb)
draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper | ||
(verb)
sit on (eggs) | brood, cover, incubate | |
| ha tchet | (noun)
weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians | tomahawk |
(noun)
a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood) | ||
| he nce | (adv)
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result | so, therefore, thus |
(adv)
from this place | ||
(adv)
from this time | ||
| he nchman | (noun)
someone who assists in a plot | collaborator, confederate, partner in crime |
| he nchmen | ||
| ma ce | (noun)
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(noun)
spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed | ||
(noun)
a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority | ||
| ma chete | (noun)
a large heavy knife used as a weapon or for cutting vegetation | matchet, panga |
| ma tch | (noun)
lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction | lucifer |
(noun)
a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete | ||
(noun)
a burning piece of wood or cardboard | ||
(noun)
an exact duplicate | mate | |
(noun)
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(noun)
a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect | catch | |
(noun)
a person who is of equal standing with another in a group | compeer, equal, peer | |
(noun)
a pair of people who live together | couple, mates | |
(noun)
something that resembles or harmonizes with | ||
(verb)
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, tally | |
(verb)
provide funds complementary to | ||
(verb)
bring two objects, ideas, or people together | couple, mate, pair, twin | |
(verb)
be equal to in quality or ability | equal, rival, touch | |
(verb)
make correspond or harmonize | fit | |
(verb)
give or join in marriage | ||
(verb)
set into opposition or rivalry | oppose, pit, play off | |
(verb)
be equal or harmonize | ||
(verb)
| equal, equalise, equalize, equate | |
| ma tcha | ||
| me cca | (noun)
a place that attracts many visitors | |
| me nace | (verb)
pose a threat to; present a danger to | endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, peril, threaten |
(verb)
express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture | ||
(verb)
act in a threatening manner | ||
(noun)
something that is a source of danger | threat | |
(noun)
a threat or the act of threatening | ||
| na tch | ||
| ta cet | ||
| ta ch | (noun)
measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation | |
| ta ct | (noun)
consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense | |
| te ach | (verb)
impart skills or knowledge to | instruct, learn |
(verb)
accustom gradually to some action or attitude | ||
| te ch | (noun)
a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences | |
| th atch | (noun)
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(noun)
plant stalks used as roofing material | ||
(noun)
a house roof made with a plant material (as straw) | ||
(verb)
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| th ence | (adv)
from that place or from there | therefrom |
(adv)
from that circumstance or source | therefrom, thereof | |
(adv)
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result | hence, so, therefore, thus |
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