NYT Spelling Bee Hints
Tuesday, May 21, 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.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 2 pangram(s) ( 1 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 53 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 210 points. Tuesday, May 21, 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.
B × 18: |
E × 2: |
F × 15: |
I × 1: |
L × 12: |
N × 4: |
U × 1: |
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 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| E | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| F | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 15 |
| I | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| L | 8 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| N | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| U | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Sum | 25 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 53 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| bl uefin | (noun)
flesh of very large tuna | |
(noun)
largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics | Thunnus thynnus, horse mackerel | |
| un belief | (noun)
a rejection of belief | disbelief |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| be eline | (noun)
the most direct route | |
| be fell | ||
| be lie | (verb)
be in contradiction with | contradict, negate |
(verb)
represent falsely | misrepresent | |
| be lief | (noun)
any cognitive content held as true | |
(noun)
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed | feeling, impression, notion, opinion | |
| be ll | (noun)
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck | |
(noun)
a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed | buzzer | |
(noun)
| toll | |
(noun)
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(noun)
| campana | |
(noun)
| chime, gong | |
(noun)
the flared opening of a tubular device | ||
(verb)
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| be lle | (noun)
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals | |
| bi ble | (noun)
a book regarded as authoritative in its field | |
| bi le | (noun)
a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats | gall |
| bi ll | (noun)
a statute in draft before it becomes law | measure |
(noun)
an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered | account, invoice | |
(noun)
a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | Federal Reserve note, bank note, banknote, government note, greenback, note | |
(noun)
the entertainment offered at a public presentation | ||
(noun)
an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, throwaway | |
(noun)
a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement | card, notice, placard, poster, posting | |
(noun)
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(noun)
a cutting tool with a sharp edge | ||
(noun)
a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes | eyeshade, peak, visor, vizor | |
(noun)
horny projecting mouth of a bird | beak, neb, nib, pecker | |
(verb)
demand payment | charge | |
(verb)
advertise especially by posters or placards | ||
(verb)
publicize or announce by placards | placard | |
| bl in | ||
| bl ini | (noun)
Russian pancake of buckwheat flour and yeast; usually served with caviar and sour cream | bliny |
| bl ue | (adj)
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky | bluish |
(adj)
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(adj)
filled with melancholy and despondency | depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited | |
(adj)
characterized by profanity or cursing | blasphemous, profane | |
(adj)
suggestive of sexual impropriety | gamey, gamy, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy | |
(adj)
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy | aristocratic, aristocratical, gentle, patrician | |
(adj)
morally rigorous and strict | puritanic, puritanical | |
(adj)
causing dejection | dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry | |
(noun)
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(noun)
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(noun)
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(noun)
the sky as viewed during daylight | ||
(noun)
used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge | bluing | |
(noun)
the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic | Amytal, amobarbital sodium | |
(noun)
any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae | ||
(verb)
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| bl uebell | (noun)
sometimes placed in genus Scilla | Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta, harebell, wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth |
(noun)
one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas | Eustoma grandiflorum, prairie gentian, tulip gentian | |
(noun)
perennial of Northern Hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers | Campanula rotundifolia, harebell | |
| bl uff | (adj)
very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front | bold, sheer |
(adj)
bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured | ||
(noun)
a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion) | ||
(noun)
pretense that your position is stronger than it really is | ||
(noun)
| four flush | |
(verb)
deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand | ||
(verb)
frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is | ||
| bu bble | (noun)
a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) | |
(noun)
a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control | house of cards | |
(noun)
an impracticable and illusory idea | ||
(noun)
a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic | ||
(verb)
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(verb)
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | babble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple | |
(verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
expel gas from the stomach | belch, burp, eruct | |
| bu lb | (noun)
a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure | |
(noun)
electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity | electric light, incandescent lamp | |
(noun)
a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end) | ||
(noun)
anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop | ||
(noun)
| medulla, medulla oblongata | |
(noun)
a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ | ||
| bu ll | (noun)
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle | |
(noun)
a large and strong and heavyset man | Samson, bruiser, strapper | |
(noun)
Obscene word for unacceptable behavior | crap, dogshit, horseshit, shit | |
(noun)
a serious and ludicrous blunder | ||
(noun)
uncomplimentary terms for a policeman | cop, copper, fuzz, pig | |
(noun)
an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later | ||
(noun)
the center of a target | ||
(noun)
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(noun)
mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle | ||
(verb)
push or force | ||
(verb)
try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying | ||
(verb)
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths | fake, talk through one's hat | |
(verb)
advance in price | ||
| el fin | (adj)
suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness | fey |
(adj)
small and delicate | elflike | |
(adj)
relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf | ||
(adj)
usually good-naturedly mischievous | elfish, elvish | |
| en feeble | (verb)
make weak | debilitate, drain |
| fe eble | (adj)
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness | lame |
(adj)
lacking strength or vigor | faint | |
(adj)
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | debile, decrepit, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly | |
(adj)
lacking strength | nerveless | |
| fe el | (noun)
an intuitive awareness | |
(noun)
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone | |
(noun)
a property perceived by touch | tactile property | |
(noun)
manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure | ||
(verb)
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind | experience | |
(verb)
come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds | find | |
(verb)
perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles | sense | |
(verb)
be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state | ||
(verb)
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(verb)
undergo passive experience of | ||
(verb)
be felt or perceived in a certain way | ||
(verb)
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(verb)
examine by touch | finger | |
(verb)
examine (a body part) by palpation | palpate | |
(verb)
find by testing or cautious exploration | ||
(verb)
produce a certain impression | ||
(verb)
pass one's hands over the sexual organs of | ||
| fe line | (noun)
any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws | felid |
(adj)
of or relating to cats | ||
| fe ll | (adj)
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | barbarous, brutal, cruel, roughshod, savage, vicious |
(noun)
the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) | hide | |
(noun)
seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges | ||
(noun)
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(verb)
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow | cut down, drop, strike down | |
(verb)
pass away rapidly | fly, vanish | |
(verb)
sew a seam by folding the edges | ||
| fe nnel | (noun)
any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems | |
(noun)
aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads | finocchio | |
(noun)
leaves used for seasoning | ||
(noun)
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| fi le | (noun)
a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together | |
(noun)
a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other | ||
(noun)
office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order | filing cabinet | |
(noun)
a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal | ||
(verb)
record in a public office or in a court of law | register | |
(verb)
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(verb)
proceed in line | ||
(verb)
| charge, lodge | |
(verb)
place in a container for keeping records | ||
| fi ll | (verb)
make full, also in a metaphorical sense | make full |
(verb)
become full | ||
(verb)
occupy the whole of | occupy | |
(verb)
assume, as of positions or roles | occupy, take | |
(verb)
| conform to, fit, fulfil, meet, satisfy | |
(verb)
appoint someone to (a position or a job) | ||
(verb)
eat until one is sated | ||
(verb)
| replete, sate, satiate | |
(verb)
plug with a substance | ||
(noun)
a quantity sufficient to satisfy | ||
(noun)
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| fl ee | (verb)
run away quickly | fly, take flight |
| fl ub | (noun)
an embarrassing mistake | bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall |
(verb)
make a mess of, destroy or ruin | ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil | |
| fl ue | (noun)
flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor | fluke |
(noun)
organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip | labial pipe | |
(noun)
a conduit to carry off smoke | ||
| fl uff | (noun)
any light downy material | |
(noun)
something of little value or significance | bagatelle, frippery, frivolity | |
(noun)
a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) | ||
(verb)
make a mess of, destroy or ruin | ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil | |
(verb)
| ruffle | |
(verb)
ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect | tease | |
| fu el | (noun)
a substance that can be consumed to produce energy | |
(verb)
provide with a combustible substance that provides energy | ||
(verb)
| fire | |
(verb)
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(verb)
stimulate | ||
| fu lfill | (verb)
put in effect | accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil |
(verb)
meet the requirements or expectations of | fulfil, live up to, satisfy | |
(verb)
fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction | conform to, fill, fit, fulfil, meet, satisfy | |
| fu ll | (adj)
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal | |
(adj)
| entire, total | |
(adj)
complete in extent or degree and in every particular | total | |
(adj)
filled to satisfaction with food or drink | replete | |
(adj)
(of sound) having marked deepness and body | ||
(adj)
having the normally expected amount | good | |
(adj)
being at a peak or culminating point | broad | |
(adj)
having ample fabric | wide, wide-cut | |
(verb)
beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening | ||
(verb)
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(verb)
increase in phase | wax | |
(noun)
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(adv)
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| fu nnel | (noun)
a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends | |
(noun)
a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth | ||
(noun)
(nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship) | ||
(verb)
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| in fill | ||
| li bel | (noun)
a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person | |
(noun)
the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks | ||
(verb)
print slanderous statements against | ||
| li belee | ||
| li en | (noun)
a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses | spleen |
(noun)
the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged | ||
| li eu | (noun)
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another | place, position, stead |
| li fe | (noun)
a characteristic state or mode of living | |
(noun)
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities | living | |
(noun)
the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living | ||
(noun)
the condition of living or the state of being alive | aliveness, animation, living | |
(noun)
the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | ||
(noun)
the period between birth and the present time | ||
(noun)
the period from the present until death | ||
(noun)
a living person | ||
(noun)
animation and energy in action or expression | liveliness, spirit, sprightliness | |
(noun)
living things collectively | ||
(noun)
the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones | ||
(noun)
| biography | |
(noun)
a motive for living | ||
(noun)
a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives | ||
| li feline | (noun)
a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live | life line, line of life |
(noun)
support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection) | ||
(noun)
line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver | ||
(noun)
line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning | ||
| li ne | (noun)
a formation of people or things one beside another | |
(noun)
a mark that is long relative to its width | ||
(noun)
a formation of people or things one behind another | ||
(noun)
a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point | ||
(noun)
text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen | ||
(noun)
a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum | ||
(noun)
a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops) | ||
(noun)
a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning | argument, argumentation, logical argument | |
(noun)
a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power | cable | |
(noun)
a connected series of events or actions or developments | course | |
(noun)
a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent | ||
(noun)
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | crease, crinkle, furrow, seam, wrinkle | |
(noun)
a pipe used to transport liquids or gases | ||
(noun)
the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed | ||
(noun)
a telephone connection | telephone circuit | |
(noun)
acting in conformity | ||
(noun)
the hereditary derivation of an individual | ancestry, blood, descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock | |
(noun)
something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible | ||
(noun)
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | business, job, occupation | |
(noun)
in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area | ||
(noun)
(often plural) a means of communication or access | channel, communication channel | |
(noun)
a particular kind of product or merchandise | ||
(noun)
a commercial organization serving as a common carrier | ||
(noun)
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(noun)
the maximum credit that a customer is allowed | ||
(noun)
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence | air, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune | |
(noun)
persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress | ||
(noun)
a short personal letter | billet, note, short letter | |
(noun)
a conceptual separation or distinction | contrast, demarcation | |
(noun)
mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it | ||
(verb)
| run along | |
(verb)
cover the interior of | ||
(verb)
| describe, draw, trace | |
(verb)
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(verb)
fill plentifully | ||
(verb)
reinforce with fabric | ||
| li nen | (noun)
a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant | |
(noun)
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(noun)
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| lu be | (verb)
apply a lubricant to | lubricate |
(noun)
a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery | lubricant, lubricating substance, lubricator | |
| lu ll | (verb)
calm by deception | |
(verb)
become quiet or less intensive | calm down | |
(verb)
make calm or still | calm, calm down, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize | |
(noun)
a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished | letup | |
(noun)
a period of calm weather | quiet | |
| lu lu | (noun)
a very attractive or seductive looking woman | beauty, dish, knockout, looker, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| lu ne | ||
| ni bble | (noun)
a small byte | nybble |
(noun)
gentle biting | ||
(verb)
bite off very small pieces | ||
(verb)
bite gently | ||
(verb)
eat intermittently; take small bites of | pick, piece | |
| nu bble | (noun)
a small lump or protuberance | nub |
| nu bile | (adj)
of girls or women who are eligible to marry | marriageable |
| 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 |
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