Thursday, May 16, 2024

Spoiler Alert: This page contains all pangrams and answers for Thursday, May 16, 2024's New York Times Spelling Bee Puzzle. To see spoiler-aware hints for Thursday, May 16, 2024's Puzzle, visit the hints page.

The New York Times Spelling Bee is a word game where players form words from seven unique letters, arranged in a honeycomb pattern. Each word must include the highlighted center letter and be at least four letters long.

Thursday, May 16, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 3 pangram(s) (0 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 76 answers. The highest possible score, required to win the Queen Bee crown, was 439 points. Thursday, May 16, 2024's Puzzle was a Bingo.

Thursday, May 16, 2024's NYT Spelling Bee Pangrams

• gallivant
• gallivanting
• vigilant

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Thursday, May 16, 2024's NYT Spelling Bee Answers

4 Letters

• alga
• alit
• anal
• gala
• gall
• gill
• gilt
• glia
• lain
• lava
• lilt
• lint
• nail
• tail
• tali
• tall
• till
• tilt
• vial

5 Letters

• algal
• align
• annal
• anvil
• atilt
• avail
• glint
• lanai
• natal
• naval
• vagal
• vigil
• villa
• vital

6 Letters

• ailing
• laving
• lining
• living
• tallit
• tiling

7 Letters

• angling
• gallant
• galling
• ganglia
• gilling
• initial
• lagging
• lantana
• lilting
• nailing
• tailing
• tilling
• tilting
• vaginal
• valiant
• vanilla
• villain

8 Letters

• aligning
• availing
• galangal
• gangling
• giggling
• glinting
• ligating
• litigant
• niggling
• tangling
• tattling
• tingling
• vanillin
• vigilant

9 Letters

• gallivant

10 Letters

• initialing
• litigating
• tailgating

11 Letters

• titillating

12 Letters

• gallivanting

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