NYT Spelling Bee Hints
Friday, May 10, 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.
Friday, May 10, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) ( 1 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 45 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 181 points. Friday, May 10, 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 × 5: |
C × 15: |
K × 4: |
L × 8: |
N × 8: |
U × 5: |
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 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| C | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 15 |
| K | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| L | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 8 |
| N | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 8 |
| U | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Sum | 18 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 45 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| un cloak | (verb)
reveal the true nature of | unmask |
(verb)
remove a cloak from |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| an al | (adj)
of or related to the anus | |
(adj)
| ||
| an nal | ||
| an nual | (adj)
completing its life cycle within a year | one-year |
(adj)
occurring or payable every year | yearly | |
(noun)
(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year | ||
(noun)
a reference book that is published regularly once every year | yearbook, yearly | |
| an nul | (verb)
declare invalid | avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, void |
(verb)
cancel officially | countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate | |
| an on | (adv)
at another time | |
(adv)
(old-fashioned or informal) in a little while | ||
| ca nal | (noun)
(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion | |
(noun)
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance | channel, duct, epithelial duct | |
(noun)
long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation | ||
(verb)
| ||
| ca ncan | (noun)
a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line | |
| ca nna | (noun)
any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers | |
| ca nnon | (noun)
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels | |
(noun)
heavy gun fired from a tank | ||
(noun)
(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm | ||
(noun)
heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane | ||
(noun)
lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals | shank | |
(noun)
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other | carom | |
(verb)
| ||
(verb)
| ||
| ca nnula | (noun)
a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication | |
| ca nola | (noun)
vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids | |
| ca non | (noun)
a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy | |
(noun)
a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter | ||
(noun)
a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall | canyon | |
(noun)
a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts | ||
(noun)
a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church | ||
(noun)
a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired | ||
| cl an | (noun)
group of people related by blood or marriage | kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe |
| cl ank | (verb)
| |
(noun)
a loud resonant repeating noise | clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clash, crash | |
| cl onk | ||
| cl unk | (verb)
make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground | clop, clump, plunk |
(noun)
a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) | clump, thud, thump, thumping | |
| co coon | (verb)
| |
(verb)
| ||
(noun)
silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs | ||
| co lcannon | ||
| co lon | (noun)
the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted | |
(noun)
the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos | ||
(noun)
the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos | ||
(noun)
a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter) | ||
| co nk | (verb)
come to a stop | stall |
(verb)
hit, especially on the head | ||
(verb)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it | |
(verb)
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain | faint, pass out, swoon | |
(noun)
informal term for the nose | ||
| kn ack | (noun)
a special way of doing something | bent, hang |
| kn ock | (noun)
| |
(noun)
negative criticism | roast | |
(noun)
a vigorous blow | bang, bash, belt, smash | |
(noun)
a bad experience | ||
(noun)
the act of hitting vigorously | belt, rap, whack, whang | |
(verb)
deliver a sharp blow or push | strike hard | |
(verb)
rap with the knuckles | ||
(verb)
| bump | |
(verb)
make light, repeated taps on a surface | pink, rap, tap | |
(verb)
sound like a car engine that is firing too early | ping, pink | |
(verb)
find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | criticise, criticize, pick apart | |
| kn oll | (noun)
a small natural hill | hammock, hillock, hummock, mound |
| ko an | (noun)
a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning | |
| la cuna | (noun)
a blank gap or missing part | blank |
| la nk | (adj)
long and thin and often limp | |
(adj)
long and lean | spindly | |
| ll ano | (noun)
an extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America) | |
| lo an | (noun)
the temporary provision of money (usually at interest) | |
(noun)
a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English | ||
(verb)
give temporarily; let have for a limited time | lend | |
| lo on | (noun)
a worthless lazy fellow | |
(noun)
large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the Northern Hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes | diver | |
(noun)
a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought | addle-head, addlehead, birdbrain | |
| lu na | ||
| lu nk | ||
| lu nula | (noun)
the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail | half-moon, lunule |
(noun)
a crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age | ||
| na an | (noun)
leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop | nan |
| na na | ||
| no ck | (verb)
make small marks into the surface of | mark, score |
| no nlocal | ||
| no ok | (noun)
a sheltered and secluded place | |
(noun)
an interior angle formed by two meeting walls | corner | |
| no on | (noun)
the middle of the day | midday |
| no un | (noun)
a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action | |
(noun)
the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition | ||
| nu ll | (adj)
lacking any legal or binding force | void |
(noun)
a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, zero, zilch, zip, zippo | |
| ul na | (noun)
the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm | elbow bone |
| un cock | ||
| un cool | (adj)
(spoken slang) unfashionable and boring | |
| un lock | (verb)
open the lock of | |
(verb)
set free or release | ||
(verb)
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