NYT Spelling Bee Hints
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Note: This page contains hints to help solve Wednesday, May 29, 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.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) ( 1 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 62 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 297 points. Wednesday, May 29, 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.
D × 10: |
E × 4: |
G × 30: |
I × 1: |
L × 8: |
O × 3: |
P × 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 | 9 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| G | 8 | 6 | 12 | 4 | - | 30 |
| I | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| L | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 8 |
| O | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| P | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Sum | 15 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 62 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| do gpile |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| do dge | (noun)
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade | contrivance, stratagem |
(noun)
a quick evasive movement | ||
(noun)
a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery | dodging, scheme | |
(verb)
make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid | ||
(verb)
move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course | ||
(verb)
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | circumvent, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt | |
| do dged | ||
| do ge | (noun)
formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa | |
| do gged | (adj)
stubbornly unyielding | dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding |
| do ggie | (noun)
informal terms for dogs | barker, bow-wow, doggy, pooch |
| do ggo | (adv)
quietly in concealment | in hiding, out of sight |
| do gie | (noun)
motherless calf in a range herd of cattle | dogy, leppy |
| do gleg | (noun)
angle that resembles the hind leg of a dog | |
(noun)
a golf hole with a sharp angle in the fairway | ||
| do glegged | ||
| ed ge | (noun)
the boundary of a surface | border |
(noun)
a line determining the limits of an area | bound, boundary | |
(noun)
a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object | ||
(noun)
the attribute of urgency in tone of voice | sharpness | |
(noun)
a slight competitive advantage | ||
(noun)
the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something | ||
(verb)
advance slowly, as if by inches | inch | |
(verb)
| border | |
(verb)
lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, march | |
(verb)
| ||
| ed ged | (adj)
having a specified kind of border or edge | |
(adj)
(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character | cutting, stinging | |
(adj)
having a cutting edge or especially an edge or edges as specified; often used in combination | ||
| eg ged | ||
| ep ilog | (noun)
a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play | |
(noun)
a short passage added at the end of a literary work | ||
| ge ld | (verb)
cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses) | cut |
| ge lded | (adj)
(of a male animal) having the testicles removed | cut, emasculated |
| ge lee | ||
| ge lid | (adj)
extremely cold | arctic, frigid, glacial, icy, polar |
| ge lled | ||
| ge ode | (noun)
(mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals | |
| ge oid | ||
| gi gged | ||
| gi ggle | (noun)
a foolish or nervous laugh | |
(verb)
laugh nervously | titter | |
| gi ggled | ||
| gi golo | (noun)
a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman | |
| gi ld | (verb)
decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold | |
(noun)
a formal association of people with similar interests | club, guild, lodge, order, social club, society | |
| gi lded | (adj)
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold | aureate, gilt, gold, golden |
(adj)
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing | glossy, meretricious, specious | |
(adj)
ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | deluxe, grand, lush, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous | |
(adj)
made from or covered with gold | gold, golden | |
| 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 lled | (adj)
provided with gills | branchiate |
| gl ee | (noun)
great merriment | hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness |
(noun)
malicious satisfaction | gloat, gloating | |
| gl ide | (noun)
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant | semivowel |
(noun)
the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it | coast, slide | |
(noun)
| gliding, sailing, sailplaning, soaring | |
(verb)
move smoothly and effortlessly | ||
(verb)
| ||
(verb)
cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly | ||
| gl ided | ||
| gl oop | ||
| gl op | (noun)
any gummy shapeless matter; usually unpleasant | |
(noun)
writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental | mush, slop, treacle | |
| gl opped | ||
| go ggle | (verb)
look with amazement; look stupidly | gape, gawk, gawp |
| go ggled | ||
| go ld | (adj)
| gilded |
(adj)
| aureate, gilded, gilt | |
(noun)
| ||
(noun)
a deep yellow color | amber | |
(noun)
a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia | Au, atomic number 79 | |
(noun)
great wealth | ||
(noun)
something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc. | ||
| go od | (adj)
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified | |
(adj)
having the normally expected amount | full | |
(adj)
morally admirable | ||
(adj)
deserving of esteem and respect | admirable, estimable, honorable, respectable | |
(adj)
promoting or enhancing well-being | beneficial | |
(adj)
agreeable or pleasing | ||
(adj)
of moral excellence | just, upright | |
(adj)
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | adept, expert, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful | |
(adj)
thorough | ||
(adj)
with or in a close or intimate relationship | dear, near | |
(adj)
financially safe | dependable, safe, secure | |
(adj)
most suitable or right for a particular purpose | right, ripe | |
(adj)
resulting favorably | well | |
(adj)
exerting force or influence | effective, in effect, in force | |
(adj)
capable of pleasing | ||
(adj)
appealing to the mind | serious | |
(adj)
in excellent physical condition | sound | |
(adj)
tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health | salutary | |
(adj)
not forged | honest | |
(adj)
not left to spoil | unspoiled, unspoilt | |
(adj)
generally admired | ||
(noun)
benefit | ||
(noun)
moral excellence or admirableness | ||
(noun)
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful | ||
(noun)
a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes | commodity | |
(adv)
| well | |
(adv)
| soundly, thoroughly | |
| go odie | ||
| go ogle | (verb)
search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine | |
| go ogled | ||
| go ogol | (noun)
a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred) | |
| go op | (noun)
any thick, viscous matter | goo, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze, slime, sludge |
(noun)
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate | Georgia home boy, easy lay, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, scoop, soap | |
| ig loo | (noun)
an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome | iglu |
| le dge | (noun)
a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water | shelf |
| le gged | (adj)
having legs of a specified kind or number | |
| li ege | (adj)
owing or owed feudal allegiance and service | |
(noun)
a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord | feudatory, vassal | |
(noun)
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service | ||
| lo dge | (noun)
a formal association of people with similar interests | club, gild, guild, order, social club, society |
(noun)
small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener | ||
(noun)
a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter | ||
(noun)
any of various Native American dwellings | ||
(noun)
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers | auberge, hostel, hostelry, inn | |
(verb)
| ||
(verb)
put, fix, force, or implant | deposit, stick, wedge | |
(verb)
file a formal charge against | charge, file | |
(verb)
provide housing for | accommodate | |
| lo dged | ||
| lo ge | (noun)
balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine | |
(noun)
private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance | box | |
| lo gged | ||
| lo go | (noun)
a company emblem or device | |
| og ee | (noun)
a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below | cyma reversa |
| og le | (verb)
look at with amorous intentions | perv, perve |
| og led | ||
| pe gged | ||
| pi gged | ||
| pl edge | (noun)
a deposit of personal property as security for a debt | |
(noun)
someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group | ||
(noun)
a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event | toast | |
(noun)
a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something | assurance | |
(verb)
promise solemnly and formally | plight | |
(verb)
pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals | subscribe | |
(verb)
propose a toast to | drink, salute, toast, wassail | |
(verb)
give as a guarantee | ||
(verb)
| ||
| pl edged | (adj)
bound by or as if by an oath | sworn |
| po go | ||
| po goed |
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