NYT Spelling Bee Hints
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Note: This page contains hints to help solve Thursday, May 9, 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.
Thursday, May 9, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) ( 0 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 62 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 315 points. Thursday, May 9, 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 × 14: |
D × 7: |
G × 19: |
I × 2: |
L × 9: |
N × 7: |
Z × 4: |
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 | 10 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 14 |
| D | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 7 |
| G | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | - | 19 |
| I | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| L | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| N | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| Z | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 |
| Sum | 18 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 62 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| da zzling | (adj)
amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning | eye-popping, fulgurant, fulgurous |
(adj)
shining intensely | blazing, blinding, fulgent, glaring, glary |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| ad ding | ||
| ad dling | ||
| ag ain | (adv)
anew | once more |
| ag ing | (adj)
growing old | ageing, senescent |
(noun)
acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time | ageing, ripening | |
(noun)
the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age | ageing, senescence | |
| ai ding | ||
| ai ling | (adj)
somewhat ill or prone to illness | indisposed, peaked, poorly, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell |
| al ga | (noun)
primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves | |
| al gal | (adj)
of or relating to alga | |
| al ign | (verb)
place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | adjust, aline, line up |
(verb)
be or come into adjustment with | ||
(verb)
| array | |
(verb)
bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation | coordinate, ordinate | |
| al igning | (adj)
causing to fall into line or into position | positioning |
| an al | (adj)
of or related to the anus | |
(adj)
| ||
| an gina | (noun)
any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain | |
(noun)
a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart | ||
| an gling | (noun)
fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole) | |
| an nal | ||
| da ndling | ||
| da ng | ||
| da ngling | (noun)
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) | hanging, suspension |
| da zing | ||
| di al | (noun)
the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours | |
(noun)
the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning | ||
(noun)
the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments | ||
(noun)
a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called | ||
(verb)
| ||
(verb)
| ||
| di aling | ||
| ga dding | ||
| ga ga | (adj)
mentally or physically infirm with age | doddering, doddery, senile |
(adj)
intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with | crazy, dotty, wild | |
| ga gging | ||
| ga in | (noun)
a quantity that is added | addition, increase |
(noun)
the advantageous quality of being beneficial | profit | |
(noun)
the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input | amplification | |
(noun)
the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating | ||
(verb)
obtain | derive | |
(verb)
win something through one's efforts | acquire, win | |
(verb)
derive a benefit from | benefit, profit | |
(verb)
reach a destination, either real or abstract | arrive at, attain, hit, make, reach | |
(verb)
obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | advance, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win | |
(verb)
rise in rate or price | advance | |
(verb)
increase or develop | gather | |
(verb)
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | bring in, clear, earn, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in | |
(verb)
increase (one's body weight) | put on | |
| ga ining | ||
| ga la | (noun)
a gay festivity | blowout, jamboree |
| ga langal | (noun)
southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots | Alpinia galanga |
(noun)
European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots | Cyperus longus, galingale | |
| ga ll | (noun)
an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle | saddle sore |
(noun)
a skin sore caused by chafing | ||
(noun)
abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury | ||
(noun)
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will | bitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment | |
(noun)
| bile | |
(noun)
the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties | cheekiness, crust, freshness, impertinence, impudence, insolence | |
(verb)
become or make sore by or as if by rubbing | chafe, fret | |
(verb)
irritate or vex | irk | |
| ga lling | (adj)
causing irritation or annoyance | annoying, bothersome, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
| ga ng | (noun)
an association of criminals | mob, pack, ring |
(noun)
an informal body of friends | bunch, crew, crowd | |
(noun)
an organized group of workmen | crew, work party | |
(noun)
tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together | ||
(verb)
act as an organized group | ||
| ga nging | ||
| ga ngland | (noun)
underworld organizations | gangdom, organized crime |
| ga nglia | ||
| ga ngling | (adj)
tall and thin and having long slender limbs | gangly, lanky, rangy |
(adj)
tall and thin | gangly, lanky | |
| ga zing | ||
| gl ad | (adj)
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy | |
(adj)
eagerly disposed to act or to be of service | happy | |
(adj)
feeling happy appreciation | ||
(adj)
cheerful and bright | beaming | |
(noun)
any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | sword lily | |
| gl and | (noun)
any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream | secreter, secretor, secretory organ |
| gl azing | ||
| gl ia | (noun)
| |
| in laid | (adj)
adorned by inlays | |
| in land | (adj)
situated away from an area's coast or border | |
(adv)
towards or into the interior of a region | ||
| la ding | (noun)
goods carried by a large vehicle | cargo, consignment, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment |
| la dling | ||
| la gging | (noun)
insulation used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat | |
| la id | (adj)
set down according to a plan | set |
| la in | ||
| la nai | (noun)
a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room | |
| la nd | (noun)
| |
(noun)
material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) | ground, soil | |
(noun)
territory over which rule or control is exercised | demesne, domain | |
(noun)
the solid part of the earth's surface | earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma | |
(noun)
the territory occupied by a nation | country, state | |
(noun)
a domain in which something is dominant | kingdom, realm | |
(noun)
| acres, demesne, estate | |
(noun)
the people who live in a nation or country | country, nation | |
(noun)
a politically organized body of people under a single government | body politic, commonwealth, country, nation, res publica, state | |
(noun)
agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life | farming | |
(verb)
reach or come to rest | set down | |
(verb)
cause to come to the ground | bring down, put down | |
(verb)
bring into a different state | bring | |
(verb)
bring ashore | ||
(verb)
deliver (a blow) | ||
(verb)
arrive on shore | set ashore, shore | |
(verb)
shoot at and force to come down | down, shoot down | |
| la nding | (noun)
an intermediate platform in a staircase | |
(noun)
structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods | ||
(noun)
the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface) | ||
(noun)
the act of coming to land after a voyage | ||
| la zing | ||
| na an | (noun)
leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop | nan |
| na da | (noun)
a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo |
| na gging | (adj)
continually complaining or faultfinding | shrewish |
| na iad | (noun)
submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water | water nymph |
(noun)
(Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains | ||
| na il | (noun)
horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits | |
(noun)
a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener | ||
(noun)
a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard | ||
(verb)
| ||
(verb)
take into custody | apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, pick up | |
(verb)
hit with great force | blast, boom, smash | |
(verb)
succeed in obtaining a position | peg | |
(verb)
succeed at easily | ace, breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through | |
(verb)
locate exactly | pinpoint | |
(verb)
complete a pass | complete | |
| na iling | ||
| na na | ||
| za gging | ||
| zi gzag | (noun)
an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions | zag, zig |
(adj)
having short sharp turns or angles | zig-zag | |
(verb)
| crank | |
(adv)
| ||
| zi gzagging | ||
| zi nnia | (noun)
any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads | old maid, old maid flower |
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