NYT Spelling Bee Hints
Sunday, May 26, 2024
Note: This page contains hints to help solve Sunday, May 26, 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.
Sunday, May 26, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) ( 0 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 41 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 196 points. Sunday, May 26, 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: |
B × 6: |
C × 18: |
I × 2: |
K × 3: |
L × 7: |
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 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| B | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| C | 3 | 8 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| I | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| K | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| L | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
| Sum | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 41 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
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|---|---|---|
| cl ickable |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
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|---|---|---|
| ab aci | ||
| ab ack | (adv)
having the wind against the forward side of the sails | |
(adv)
by surprise | ||
| ac acia | (noun)
any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia | |
| ac ai | ||
| al ack | ||
| ba cilli | ||
| ba ck | (adj)
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(adj)
| hind, hinder | |
(adj)
of an earlier date | ||
(noun)
the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine | dorsum | |
(noun)
the side that goes last or is not normally seen | rear | |
(noun)
the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer | rear | |
(noun)
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(noun)
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord | rachis, spinal column, spine, vertebral column | |
(noun)
| binding, book binding, cover | |
(noun)
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(noun)
a support that you can lean against while sitting | ||
(noun)
(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage | ||
(verb)
be behind; approve of | endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support | |
(verb)
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(verb)
give support or one's approval to | endorse, indorse, second | |
(verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
place a bet on | bet on, gage, game, punt, stake | |
(verb)
shift to a counterclockwise direction | ||
(verb)
establish as valid or genuine | ||
(verb)
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(adv)
in or to or toward a former location | ||
(adv)
| rearward, rearwards | |
(adv)
in or to or toward an original condition | ||
(adv)
in or to or toward a past time | ||
(adv)
in reply | ||
(adv)
in repayment or retaliation | ||
| be ck | (noun)
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| bi blical | (adj)
of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible | scriptural |
(adj)
in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people | ||
| bl ack | (adj)
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light | |
(adj)
of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin | ||
(adj)
marked by anger or resentment or hostility | ||
(adj)
offering little or no hope | bleak, dim | |
(adj)
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable | dark, sinister | |
(adj)
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful | |
(adj)
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(adj)
extremely dark | pitch-dark | |
(adj)
harshly ironic or sinister | grim, mordant | |
(adj)
(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading | ||
(adj)
distributed or sold illicitly | bootleg, contraband, smuggled | |
(adj)
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful | |
(adj)
(of coffee) without cream or sugar | ||
(adj)
soiled with dirt or soot | smutty | |
(noun)
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) | inkiness | |
(noun)
total absence of light | lightlessness, total darkness | |
(noun)
(board games) the darker pieces | ||
(noun)
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(verb)
| melanise, melanize | |
| bl ackball | (noun)
the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto | barring |
(verb)
expel from a community or group | ban, banish, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun | |
(verb)
vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent | negative, veto | |
| ca bal | (verb)
engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together | complot, conjure, conspire, machinate |
(noun)
a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | camarilla, faction, junto | |
(noun)
a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) | conspiracy | |
| ca bala | (noun)
an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah |
| ca bbie | ||
| ca ble | (noun)
a telegram sent abroad | overseas telegram |
(noun)
a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power | line, transmission line | |
(noun)
a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire | ||
(noun)
a nautical unit of depth | ||
(noun)
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(noun)
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(verb)
| telegraph, wire | |
(verb)
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| ca ckle | (noun)
the sound made by a hen after laying an egg | |
(noun)
noisy talk | chatter, yack, yak, yakety-yak | |
(noun)
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(verb)
talk or utter in a cackling manner | ||
(verb)
squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens | ||
(verb)
make a noise characteristic of a goose | gaggle | |
(verb)
emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing | ||
| ca ke | (noun)
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) | bar |
(noun)
small flat mass of chopped or ground food | patty | |
(noun)
baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat | ||
(verb)
form a coat over | coat | |
| ca ll | (noun)
a method of contacting a person by phone | |
(noun)
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition | cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell | |
(noun)
a demand | claim | |
(noun)
the characteristic sound produced by a bird | birdsong, song | |
(noun)
a brief social visit | ||
(noun)
a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement | ||
(noun)
a demand for a show of hands in a card game | ||
(noun)
a request | ||
(noun)
an instruction that interrupts the program being executed | ||
(noun)
a visit in an official or professional capacity | ||
(noun)
(sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee | ||
(noun)
the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date | ||
(verb)
assign a specified (usually proper) name to | be known as, know as, name | |
(verb)
ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality | ||
(verb)
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone | phone, ring, telephone | |
(verb)
utter a sudden loud cry | cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell | |
(verb)
order, request, or command to come | send for | |
(verb)
pay a brief visit | visit | |
(verb)
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(verb)
read aloud to check for omissions or absentees | ||
(verb)
send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message | ||
(verb)
utter a characteristic note or cry | ||
(verb)
stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather | ||
(verb)
greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name | address | |
(verb)
make a stop in a harbour | ||
(verb)
demand payment of (a loan) | ||
(verb)
make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands | bid | |
(verb)
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(verb)
indicate a decision in regard to | ||
(verb)
make a prediction about; tell in advance | anticipate, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise | |
(verb)
present for redemption before maturation | ||
(verb)
challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense | ||
(verb)
declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee | ||
(verb)
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(verb)
order or request or give a command for | ||
(verb)
order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role | ||
(verb)
utter in a loud voice or announce | ||
(verb)
challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of | ||
(verb)
consider or regard as being | ||
(verb)
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| ca lla | (noun)
South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix | Zantedeschia aethiopica, arum lily |
| ca llable | (adj)
subject to a demand for payment before due date | |
| ca llback | (noun)
a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) | recall |
| ce leb | ||
| ce liac | (adj)
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(adj)
of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen | coeliac | |
| ce ll | (noun)
any small compartment | |
(noun)
(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals | ||
(noun)
a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction | ||
(noun)
a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement | cadre | |
(noun)
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver | mobile phone | |
(noun)
small room in which a monk or nun lives | cubicle | |
(noun)
a room where a prisoner is kept | ||
| ce lli | ||
| ci lia | ||
| cl ack | (noun)
a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated | clap |
(noun)
a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction | clapper valve | |
(verb)
make a rattling sound | brattle, clatter | |
(verb)
make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens | click, cluck | |
(verb)
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | blab, blabber, chatter, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle | |
| cl ick | (noun)
a short light metallic sound | chink, clink |
(noun)
a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) | suction stop | |
(noun)
a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | detent, dog, pawl | |
(noun)
depression of a button on a computer mouse | ||
(verb)
move or strike with a noise | snap | |
(verb)
| tick | |
(verb)
| chatter | |
(verb)
cause to make a snapping sound | flick, snap | |
(verb)
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(verb)
make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens | clack, cluck | |
(verb)
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions | come home, dawn, fall into place, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in | |
| ic icle | (noun)
ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water | |
| il iac | (adj)
of or relating to the ilium | |
| ki ck | (noun)
the act of delivering a blow with the foot | boot |
(noun)
the swift release of a store of affective force | bang, boot, charge, flush, rush, thrill | |
(noun)
the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired | recoil | |
(noun)
informal terms for objecting | beef, bitch, gripe, squawk | |
(noun)
the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs) | ||
(noun)
a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics | ||
(verb)
drive or propel with the foot | ||
(verb)
thrash about or strike out with the feet | ||
(verb)
strike with the foot | ||
(verb)
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(verb)
spring back, as from a forceful thrust | recoil | |
(verb)
stop consuming | give up | |
(verb)
make a goal | ||
(verb)
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off | |
| ki ckback | (noun)
a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction | |
| ki ckball | ||
| la ce | (noun)
a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) | lacing |
(noun)
a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns | ||
(verb)
spin, wind, or twist together | entwine, intertwine, twine | |
(verb)
make by braiding or interlacing | braid, plait | |
(verb)
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(verb)
draw through eyes or holes | ||
(verb)
add alcohol to (beverages) | fortify, spike | |
| la ck | (verb)
be without | miss |
(verb)
To be insufficiently prepared | ||
(noun)
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | deficiency, want | |
| la ic | (adj)
characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy | lay, secular |
| la ical | ||
| li ce | ||
| li ck | (noun)
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(noun)
touching with the tongue | lap | |
(noun)
(boxing) a blow with the fist | biff, clout, poke, punch, slug | |
(verb)
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight | bat, clobber, cream, drub, thrash | |
(verb)
pass the tongue over | lap | |
(verb)
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of | figure out, puzzle out, solve, work, work out | |
(verb)
take up with the tongue | lap, lap up | |
| li lac | (adj)
of a pale purple color | lavender |
(noun)
any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers |
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