NYT Spelling Bee Hints
Sunday, June 2, 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.
Sunday, June 2, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) ( 0 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 36 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 171 points. Sunday, June 2, 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: |
C × 19: |
H × 7: |
I × 1: |
L × 2: |
N × 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 | 9 | 10 | 12 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| C | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 19 |
| H | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| I | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| L | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| N | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Sum | 11 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 36 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| no nalcoholic | (adj)
characterized by the absence of alcohol |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| ac hoo | ||
| al cohol | (noun)
| inebriant, intoxicant |
(noun)
any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation | ||
| al coholic | (adj)
characteristic of or containing alcohol | |
(adj)
addicted to alcohol | alcohol-dependent | |
(noun)
a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker, souse | |
| al oha | (noun)
| ciao |
| an cho | ||
| ch ai | ||
| ch ain | (noun)
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together | concatenation |
(noun)
(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) | ||
(noun)
a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament | ||
(noun)
(business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership | ||
(noun)
anything that acts as a restraint | ||
(noun)
a unit of length | ||
(noun)
a series of hills or mountains | mountain range, range, range of mountains | |
(noun)
a linked or connected series of objects | ||
(noun)
a necklace made by stringing objects together | strand, string | |
(verb)
| ||
(verb)
| ||
| ch allah | (noun)
(Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking | hallah |
| ch ia | ||
| ch ic | (adj)
elegant and stylish | smart, voguish |
(noun)
elegance by virtue of being fashionable | last word, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank | |
| ch ica | ||
| ch ichi | (adj)
affectedly trendy and fashionable | |
(noun)
someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way | ||
(noun)
elegance by virtue of being fashionable | chic, chicness, last word, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank | |
| ch ili | (noun)
| |
(noun)
very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency | chile, chilli, chilly | |
| ch ill | (noun)
coldness due to a cold environment | gelidity, iciness |
(noun)
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright | frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle | |
(noun)
a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever | shivering | |
(noun)
a sudden numbing dread | pall | |
(verb)
depress or discourage | ||
(verb)
make cool or cooler | cool, cool down | |
(verb)
loose heat | cool, cool down | |
| ch in | (verb)
| |
(noun)
the protruding part of the lower jaw | mentum | |
| ch ina | (noun)
high quality porcelain originally made only in China | |
(noun)
dishware made of high quality porcelain | ||
| ch inchilla | (noun)
| |
(noun)
a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton | ||
(noun)
small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur | Chinchilla laniger | |
| ch ino | (noun)
a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms | |
| ch ocoholic | ||
| ci nch | (noun)
any undertaking that is easy to do | breeze, child's play, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover |
(noun)
stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place | girth | |
(noun)
a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps | ||
(verb)
| girth | |
(verb)
make sure of | ||
(verb)
get a grip on; get mastery of | ||
| cl inch | (noun)
(boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily | |
(noun)
a small slip noose made with seizing | clench | |
(noun)
the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet | ||
(noun)
a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together | clamp | |
(noun)
a tight or amorous embrace | hug, squeeze | |
(verb)
secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts | ||
(verb)
hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches | ||
(verb)
hold in a tight grasp | clench | |
(verb)
embrace amorously | ||
(verb)
flatten the ends (of nails and rivets) | ||
(verb)
settle conclusively | ||
| co ach | (noun)
(sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team | handler, manager |
(noun)
a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) | private instructor, tutor | |
(noun)
a railcar where passengers ride | carriage, passenger car | |
(noun)
a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver | four-in-hand | |
(noun)
a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport | autobus, bus, charabanc, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, omnibus, passenger vehicle | |
(verb)
| train | |
(verb)
| ||
| co ho | (noun)
fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes | silver salmon |
(noun)
small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes | Oncorhynchus kisutch, blue jack, silver salmon | |
| co nch | (noun)
any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip | |
| 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 lo | (noun)
an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | aura, aureole, gloriole, glory, nimbus |
(noun)
a toroidal shape | anchor ring, annulus, doughnut, ring | |
(noun)
a circle of light around the sun or moon | ||
| hi ll | (noun)
a local and well-defined elevation of the land | |
(noun)
structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | mound | |
(noun)
(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands | mound, pitcher's mound | |
(verb)
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| ho ncho | (noun)
a person who exercises control over workers | boss, chief, foreman, gaffer |
| ho och | (noun)
an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor | hootch |
| in ch | (verb)
| edge |
(noun)
a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot | in | |
(noun)
a unit of measurement for advertising space | ||
| lo ach | (noun)
slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes | |
| lo ch | (noun)
a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked) | |
(noun)
Scottish word for a lake | ||
| na cho | (noun)
a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled |
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Definitions are sourced from the Open English WordNet released under the CC-BY 4.0 license.