NYT Spelling Bee Hints
Monday, May 27, 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.
Monday, May 27, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) ( 1 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 37 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 146 points. Monday, May 27, 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: |
D × 10: |
H × 7: |
I × 3: |
L × 6: |
N × 6: |
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 | 10 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| D | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 10 |
| H | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| I | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| L | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 6 |
| N | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Sum | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 37 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| ha ndily | (adv)
in a convenient manner | conveniently |
(adv)
with no difficulty | hands down |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| al lay | (verb)
lessen the intensity of or calm | ease, relieve, still |
(verb)
satisfy (thirst) | assuage, quench, slake | |
| al ly | (noun)
a friendly nation | |
(noun)
an associate who provides cooperation or assistance | friend | |
(verb)
| ||
| an al | (adj)
of or related to the anus | |
(adj)
| ||
| an ally | ||
| an nal | ||
| da ddy | (noun)
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk | dad, dada, pa, papa, pappa, pop |
| da hlia | (noun)
any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia | Dahlia pinnata |
| da ily | (adj)
of or belonging to or occurring every day | day-after-day, day-by-day, day-to-day |
(adj)
appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions | casual, everyday | |
(noun)
a newspaper that is published every day | ||
(adv)
every day; without missing a day | ||
(adv)
gradually and progressively | day by day | |
| da lly | (verb)
behave carelessly or indifferently | flirt, play, toy |
(verb)
waste time | dawdle | |
(verb)
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, flirt, mash, philander, romance | |
(verb)
consider not very seriously | play, trifle | |
| da ndily | (adv)
in a dandy manner | |
| da ndy | (adj)
excellent | bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell |
(noun)
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | beau, clotheshorse, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell | |
(noun)
a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost | yawl | |
| da ylily | (noun)
any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day | day lily |
| di al | (noun)
the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours | |
(noun)
the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning | ||
(noun)
the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments | ||
(noun)
a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called | ||
(verb)
| ||
(verb)
| ||
| di llydally | (verb)
postpone doing what one should be doing | dilly-dally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall |
| dy ad | (noun)
two items of the same kind | brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
| ha il | (verb)
praise vociferously | acclaim, herald |
(verb)
be a native of | come | |
(verb)
call for | ||
(verb)
greet enthusiastically or joyfully | herald | |
(verb)
precipitate as small ice particles | ||
(noun)
precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents | ||
(noun)
many objects thrown forcefully through the air | ||
(noun)
enthusiastic greeting | ||
| ha lal | (adj)
proper or legitimate according to Muslim law | |
(adj)
conforming to Muslim dietary laws | ||
(noun)
(Islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah | ||
| ha ll | (noun)
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open | |
(noun)
a large entrance or reception room or area | antechamber, anteroom, foyer, lobby, vestibule | |
(noun)
a large room for gatherings, receiving guests, or entertainment | ||
(noun)
a college or university building containing living quarters for students | dorm, dormitory, student residence | |
(noun)
the large room of a manor or castle | ||
(noun)
a large and imposing house | manse, mansion, mansion house, residence | |
(noun)
a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research | ||
(noun)
a large building for meetings or entertainment | ||
| ha nd | (noun)
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | manus, mitt, paw |
(noun)
a hired laborer on a farm or ranch | hired man | |
(noun)
| script | |
(noun)
ability | ||
(noun)
a position given by its location to the side of an object | ||
(noun)
the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time | deal | |
(noun)
one of two sides of an issue | ||
(noun)
a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece | ||
(noun)
a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses | ||
(noun)
a member of the crew of a ship | ||
(noun)
a card player in a game of bridge | bridge player | |
(noun)
a round of applause to signify approval | ||
(noun)
terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos) | ||
(noun)
physical assistance | ||
(verb)
| give, pass, pass on, reach, turn over | |
(verb)
guide or conduct or usher somewhere | ||
| ha ndy | (adj)
easy to reach | ready to hand |
(adj)
useful and convenient | ||
(adj)
skillful with the hands | ||
| hi ya | ||
| in laid | (adj)
adorned by inlays | |
| in land | (adj)
situated away from an area's coast or border | |
(adv)
towards or into the interior of a region | ||
| in lay | (noun)
(dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place | |
(noun)
a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface | ||
(verb)
decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal | ||
| la dy | (noun)
a polite name for any woman | |
(noun)
a woman of refinement | dame, gentlewoman, ma'am, madam | |
| la id | (adj)
set down according to a plan | set |
| la in | ||
| la nai | (noun)
a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room | |
| la nd | (noun)
| |
(noun)
material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) | ground, soil | |
(noun)
territory over which rule or control is exercised | demesne, domain | |
(noun)
the solid part of the earth's surface | earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma | |
(noun)
the territory occupied by a nation | country, state | |
(noun)
a domain in which something is dominant | kingdom, realm | |
(noun)
| acres, demesne, estate | |
(noun)
the people who live in a nation or country | country, nation | |
(noun)
a politically organized body of people under a single government | body politic, commonwealth, country, nation, res publica, state | |
(noun)
agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life | farming | |
(verb)
reach or come to rest | set down | |
(verb)
cause to come to the ground | bring down, put down | |
(verb)
bring into a different state | bring | |
(verb)
bring ashore | ||
(verb)
deliver (a blow) | ||
(verb)
arrive on shore | set ashore, shore | |
(verb)
shoot at and force to come down | down, shoot down | |
| la ndlady | (noun)
a landlord who is a woman | |
| na an | (noun)
leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop | nan |
| na da | (noun)
a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo |
| na iad | (noun)
submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water | water nymph |
(noun)
(Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains | ||
| 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 na | ||
| na nny | (noun)
a woman who is the custodian of children | nurse, nursemaid |
(noun)
female goat | she-goat |
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Definitions are sourced from the Open English WordNet released under the CC-BY 4.0 license.