NYT Spelling Bee Hints
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Note: This page contains hints to help solve Thursday, May 16, 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 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 achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 439 points. Thursday, May 16, 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 × 13: |
G × 16: |
I × 2: |
L × 14: |
N × 5: |
T × 15: |
V × 11: |
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 | 12 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| G | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 16 |
| I | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| L | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 14 |
| N | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| T | 5 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 15 |
| V | 1 | 4 | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Sum | 19 | 14 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 76 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
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|---|---|---|
| ga llivant | (verb)
wander aimlessly in search of pleasure | gad, jazz around |
| ga llivanting | ||
| vi gilant | (adj)
carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger | argus-eyed, open-eyed, wakeful, watchful |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| al it | ||
| an al | (adj)
of or related to the anus | |
(adj)
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| an gling | (noun)
fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole) | |
| an nal | ||
| an vil | (noun)
a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering | |
(noun)
a small bone in the middle ear between the malleus and the stapes | incus | |
| at ilt | (adj)
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal | canted, leaning, tilted, tipped |
| av ail | (noun)
a means of serving | help, service |
(verb)
take advantage of | ||
(verb)
be of use to, be useful to | ||
(verb)
take or use | help | |
| av ailing | ||
| 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 llant | (adj)
unflinching in battle or action | |
(adj)
lively and spirited | dashing | |
(adj)
having or displaying great dignity or nobility | lofty, majestic, proud | |
(adj)
being attentive to women like an ideal knight | chivalrous, knightly | |
(noun)
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, sheik, swell | |
(noun)
a man who attends or escorts a woman | squire | |
| ga lling | (adj)
causing irritation or annoyance | annoying, bothersome, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
| ga nglia | ||
| ga ngling | (adj)
tall and thin and having long slender limbs | gangly, lanky, rangy |
(adj)
tall and thin | gangly, lanky | |
| gi ggling | ||
| gi ll | (noun)
a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters | |
(noun)
a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces | ||
(noun)
any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus | lamella | |
(noun)
respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water | branchia | |
| gi lling | ||
| gi lt | (adj)
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold | aureate, gilded, gold, golden |
(noun)
a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold | gilding | |
| gl ia | (noun)
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| gl int | (noun)
a momentary flash of light | flicker, spark |
(noun)
a spatially localized brightness | ||
(verb)
be shiny, as if wet | gleam, glisten, glitter, shine | |
(verb)
throw a glance at; take a brief look at | glance, peek | |
| gl inting | (adj)
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
| in itial | (adj)
occurring at the beginning | |
(noun)
the first letter of a word (especially a person's name) | ||
(verb)
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| in itialing | ||
| la gging | (noun)
insulation used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat | |
| la in | ||
| la nai | (noun)
a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room | |
| la ntana | (noun)
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| la va | (noun)
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| la ving | ||
| li gating | ||
| li lt | (noun)
a jaunty rhythm in music | swing |
(verb)
articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way | ||
| li lting | (adj)
characterized by a buoyant rhythm | swinging, swingy, tripping |
| li ning | (noun)
a protective covering that protects an inside surface | liner |
(noun)
a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment | liner | |
(noun)
providing something with a surface of a different material | facing | |
(noun)
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| li nt | (noun)
fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers | |
(noun)
cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds | ||
| li tigant | (noun)
(law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation | litigator |
| li tigating | ||
| li ving | (adj)
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(adj)
true to life; lifelike | ||
(adj)
(informal) absolute | ||
(adj)
still in existence | surviving | |
(adj)
still in active use | ||
(adj)
(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried | ||
(noun)
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities | life | |
(noun)
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(noun)
| aliveness, animation, life | |
(noun)
the financial means whereby one lives | bread and butter, keep, livelihood, support, sustenance | |
| 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)
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(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 tal | (adj)
relating to or accompanying birth | |
(adj)
of or relating to the buttocks | ||
| na val | (adj)
connected with or belonging to or used in a navy | |
| ni ggling | (adj)
(informal) small and of little importance | fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial |
| ta il | (noun)
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body | |
(noun)
the time of the last part of something | fag end | |
(noun)
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(noun)
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tooshie, tush | |
(noun)
a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements | shadow, shadower | |
(noun)
(usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head | ||
(noun)
the rear part of an aircraft | empennage | |
(noun)
the rear part of a ship | after part, poop, quarter, stern | |
(verb)
go after with the intent to catch | chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, track, trail | |
(verb)
| bob, dock | |
(verb)
remove the stalk of fruits or berries | ||
| ta ilgating | ||
| ta iling | (noun)
the act of following someone secretly | shadowing |
| ta li | ||
| ta ll | (adj)
great in vertical dimension; high in stature | |
(adj)
lofty in style | grandiloquent, magniloquent | |
(adj)
having a specified height | in height | |
(adj)
impressively difficult | ||
(adj)
too improbable to admit of belief | improbable, marvellous, marvelous | |
(noun)
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| ta llit | ||
| ta ngling | ||
| ta ttling | (adj)
prone to communicate confidential information | blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing |
| ti ling | (noun)
the application of tiles to cover a surface | |
| ti ll | (noun)
unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together | boulder clay |
(noun)
a treasury for government funds | public treasury, trough | |
(noun)
a strongbox for holding cash | cashbox, money box | |
(verb)
work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation | ||
| ti lling | (noun)
cultivation of the land in order to raise crops | |
| ti lt | (noun)
| joust |
(noun)
a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation | |
(noun)
a slight but noticeable partiality | ||
(noun)
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical | inclination, lean, leaning, list | |
(noun)
pitching dangerously to one side | careen, rock, sway | |
(verb)
to incline or bend from a vertical position | angle, lean, slant, tip | |
(verb)
heel over | cant, cant over, pitch, slant | |
(verb)
move sideways or in an unsteady way | careen, shift, wobble | |
(verb)
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| ti lting | ||
| ti ngling | (adj)
exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements | tickling, titillating |
(noun)
a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings | prickling, tingle | |
| ti tillating | (adj)
pleasantly and superficially exciting | |
(adj)
giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing | erotic | |
(adj)
exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements | tickling, tingling | |
| va gal | (adj)
of or relating to the vagus nerve | pneumogastric |
| va ginal | (adj)
of or relating to the vagina | |
| va liant | (adj)
having or showing valor | valorous |
| va nilla | (adj)
| |
(adj)
plain and without any extras or adornments | ||
(noun)
any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers | ||
(noun)
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(noun)
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| va nillin | (noun)
a crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins; used in perfumes and flavorings | |
| vi al | (noun)
a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | ampoule, ampul, ampule, phial |
| vi gil | (noun)
a period of sleeplessness | |
(noun)
the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) | watch | |
(noun)
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe | watch | |
| vi lla | (noun)
detached or semidetached suburban house | |
(noun)
country house in ancient Rome consisting of residential quarters and farm buildings around a courtyard | ||
(noun)
pretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive grounds | ||
| vi llain | (noun)
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately | scoundrel |
(noun)
the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction | baddie | |
| vi tal | (adj)
urgently needed; absolutely necessary | critical |
(adj)
performing an essential function in the living body | life-sustaining | |
(adj)
full of spirit; full of life | lively | |
(adj)
manifesting or characteristic of life |
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Definitions are sourced from the Open English WordNet released under the CC-BY 4.0 license.