NYT Spelling Bee Hints
Friday, May 31, 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.
Friday, May 31, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 2 pangram(s) ( 1 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 50 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 253 points. Friday, May 31, 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 × 12: |
B × 13: |
I × 1: |
O × 2: |
R × 7: |
T × 13: |
V × 2: |
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 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 12 |
| B | 7 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| I | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| O | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| R | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 |
| T | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 13 |
| V | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Sum | 12 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| vi brato | (noun)
(music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch | |
| vi brator | (noun)
a mechanical device that vibrates | |
(noun)
|
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| ab bot | (noun)
the superior of an abbey of monks | archimandrite |
| ab ort | (noun)
the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed | |
(verb)
terminate before completion | ||
(verb)
| ||
(verb)
| ||
| ai rboat | ||
| ao rta | (noun)
the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries | |
| ar bitrator | (noun)
someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue | arbiter, umpire |
| ar bor | (noun)
tree (as opposed to shrub) | |
(noun)
any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts | mandrel, mandril, spindle | |
(noun)
a framework that supports climbing plants | arbour, bower, pergola | |
| ar borio | ||
| ar ia | (noun)
an elaborate song for solo voice | |
| at ria | ||
| at tar | (noun)
essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers | atar, athar, ottar |
| av atar | (noun)
a new personification of a familiar idea | embodiment, incarnation |
(noun)
the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form | ||
| av iator | (noun)
someone who operates an aircraft | aeronaut, flier, flyer |
| ba ba | (noun)
a small cake leavened with yeast | |
| ba it | (noun)
anything that serves as an enticement | come-on, hook, lure, sweetener |
(noun)
something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed | decoy, lure | |
(verb)
harass with persistent criticism or carping | cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit | |
(verb)
| ||
(verb)
attack with dogs or set dogs upon | ||
| ba obab | (noun)
African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread | Adansonia digitata, monkey-bread tree |
| ba rb | (noun)
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam |
(noun)
| ||
(noun)
a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove | ||
(noun)
one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather | ||
(verb)
| ||
| ba rrio | (noun)
a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States) | |
(noun)
an urban area in a Spanish-speaking country | ||
| bi ota | (noun)
all the plant and animal life of a particular region | biology |
| bo ar | (noun)
Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States | Sus scrofa |
(noun)
an uncastrated male hog | ||
| bo at | (noun)
a small vessel for travel on water | |
(noun)
| gravy holder | |
(verb)
| ||
| bo ba | ||
| br at | (noun)
a very troublesome child | holy terror, little terror, terror |
(noun)
a small pork sausage | ||
| br ava | ||
| br avo | (noun)
a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed | assassin, assassinator |
(noun)
a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance | ||
(verb)
| ||
| br iar | (noun)
Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Rosa eglanteria, brier, eglantine, sweetbrier |
(noun)
a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries | Smilax rotundifolia, brier, bullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse brier, horse-brier | |
(noun)
evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes | Erica arborea, brier, tree heath | |
(noun)
| ||
| io ta | (noun)
a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit |
(noun)
the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet | ||
| or ator | (noun)
a person who delivers a speech or oration | public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker |
| or atorio | (noun)
a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text | cantata |
| ra bbi | (noun)
spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law | |
| ra bbit | (noun)
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food | coney, cony |
(noun)
| lapin | |
(noun)
| hare | |
(verb)
| ||
| ra ita | (noun)
an Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices | |
| ra tatat | ||
| ra tio | (noun)
the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | |
(noun)
the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree | proportion | |
| ro ar | (noun)
a deep prolonged loud noise | boom, thunder |
(noun)
a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) | bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, yowl | |
(noun)
the sound made by a lion | ||
(verb)
make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles | howl | |
(verb)
utter words loudly and forcefully | thunder | |
(verb)
emit long loud cries | howl, ululate, wail, yaup, yawl | |
(verb)
act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way | ||
(verb)
make a loud noise, as of animal | bellow | |
(verb)
laugh unrestrainedly and heartily | howl | |
| ro tator | ||
| ta boo | (adj)
excluded from use or mention | forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, tabu, verboten |
(adj)
forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands | tabu | |
(noun)
a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature | tabu | |
(noun)
an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion | tabu | |
(verb)
declare as sacred and forbidden | ||
| ta bor | (noun)
a small drum with one head of soft calfskin | tabour |
| ta ro | (noun)
| cocoyam, dasheen, eddo |
(noun)
herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves | Colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen | |
(noun)
tropical starchy tuberous root | cocoyam, dasheen, edda | |
| ta rot | (noun)
any of a set of (usually 78) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used for playing card games and for divination by fortunetellers | |
| ta rt | (adj)
tasting sour like a lemon | lemonlike, lemony, sourish, tangy |
(adj)
harsh | sharp, sharp-worded | |
(noun)
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, whore, woman of the street, working girl | |
(noun)
a small open pie with a fruit filling | ||
(noun)
a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust | ||
| ta rtar | (noun)
a salt used especially in baking powder | potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate |
(noun)
a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman | dragon | |
(noun)
an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums | calculus, tophus | |
| ta ttoo | (noun)
a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters | |
(noun)
| ||
(noun)
the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining | ||
(verb)
stain (skin) with indelible color | ||
| ti ara | (noun)
a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions | |
| ti bia | (noun)
the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle | shin, shin bone, shinbone |
| tr ait | (noun)
a distinguishing feature of your personal nature | |
| tr aitor | (noun)
someone who betrays his country by committing treason | treasonist |
(noun)
a person who says one thing and does another | betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer | |
| tr attoria | ||
| tr ivia | (noun)
something of small importance | small beer, trifle |
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Definitions are sourced from the Open English WordNet released under the CC-BY 4.0 license.