NYT Spelling Bee Hints
Wednesday, June 5, 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.
Wednesday, June 5, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) ( 0 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 35 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 169 points. Wednesday, June 5, 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.
B × 3: |
E × 1: |
K × 4: |
N × 2: |
P × 25: |
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 | 10 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| E | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| K | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 4 |
| N | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| P | 9 | 1 | 6 | 9 | - | 25 |
| Sum | 13 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 35 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| be ekeeping | (noun)
the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey | apiculture |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| be ep | (verb)
make a strident noise | blare, claxon, honk, toot |
(verb)
| ||
(noun)
a short high tone produced as a signal or warning | bleep | |
| be eping | ||
| ep ee | (noun)
a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade | |
| ke ep | (noun)
the financial means whereby one lives | bread and butter, livelihood, living, support, sustenance |
(noun)
the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress | donjon, dungeon | |
(noun)
a cell in a jail or prison | hold | |
(verb)
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity | hold, maintain | |
(verb)
continue a certain state, condition, or activity | continue, go along, go on, proceed | |
(verb)
retain possession of | hold on | |
(verb)
stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state | prevent | |
(verb)
conform one's action or practice to | observe | |
(verb)
stick to correctly or closely | maintain, observe | |
(verb)
| ||
(verb)
maintain by writing regular records | maintain | |
(verb)
supply with room and board | ||
(verb)
allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature | continue, retain | |
(verb)
supply with necessities and support | maintain, sustain | |
(verb)
fail to spoil or rot | stay fresh | |
(verb)
behave as expected during of holidays or rites | celebrate, observe | |
(verb)
maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger | preserve | |
(verb)
to rear | ||
(verb)
retain rights to | hold open, save | |
(verb)
| ||
(verb)
have as a supply | ||
(verb)
maintain for use and service | maintain | |
(verb)
hold and prevent from leaving | ||
(verb)
prevent the action or expression of | hold back, restrain | |
(verb)
prevent (food) from rotting | preserve | |
| ke eping | (noun)
conformity or harmony | |
(noun)
the responsibility of a guardian or keeper | guardianship | |
(noun)
the act of retaining something | holding, retention | |
| ke pi | (noun)
a cap with a flat circular top and a visor | peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap |
| ki ngpin | (noun)
the most important person in a group or undertaking | bigwig, top banana |
(noun)
bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle | kingbolt, swivel pin | |
(noun)
the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins | headpin | |
| ni nepin | (noun)
| skittle, skittle pin |
| ni pping | (adj)
capable of wounding | barbed, biting, mordacious, pungent |
(adj)
pleasantly cold and invigorating | crisp, frosty, nippy, snappy | |
| pe eing | (noun)
informal terms for urination | pee, piss, pissing |
| pe ek | (noun)
a secret look | peep |
(verb)
throw a glance at; take a brief look at | glance, glint | |
| pe eking | ||
| pe en | (noun)
the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes) | |
| pe ep | (noun)
the short weak cry of a young bird | cheep |
(noun)
a secret look | peek | |
(verb)
look furtively | ||
(verb)
cause to come into view | ||
(verb)
make high-pitched sounds | cheep, chirp, chirrup | |
(verb)
speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice | ||
(verb)
appear as though from hiding | ||
| pe eping | ||
| pe gging | ||
| pe ke | ||
| pe nne | (noun)
pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends | |
| pe nning | (noun)
the act of creating written works | authorship, composition, writing |
| pe pping | ||
| pi gging | ||
| pi gpen | (noun)
a pen for swine | pigsty, sty |
| pi ke | (noun)
a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | expressway, freeway, motorway, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
(noun)
highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh | ||
(noun)
a sharp point (as on the end of a spear) | ||
(noun)
| ||
(noun)
any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere | ||
| pi ne | (noun)
a coniferous tree | |
(noun)
straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus | ||
(verb)
have a desire for something or someone who is not present | ache, languish, yearn, yen | |
| pi ng | (verb)
| |
(verb)
sound like a car engine that is firing too early | knock, pink | |
(verb)
make a short high-pitched sound | ||
(verb)
contact, usually in order to remind of something | ||
(verb)
send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active | ||
(noun)
a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal) | ||
| pi nging | ||
| pi ning | (noun)
a feeling of deep longing | |
| pi nk | (adj)
of a light shade of red | |
(noun)
a light shade of red | ||
(noun)
any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers | ||
(noun)
a person with mildly leftist political views | ||
(verb)
make light, repeated taps on a surface | knock, rap, tap | |
(verb)
sound like a car engine that is firing too early | knock, ping | |
(verb)
| ||
| pi nkie | (noun)
the finger farthest from the thumb | little finger, pinky |
| pi nking | ||
| pi nning | (noun)
a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin | |
| pi pe | (noun)
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco | |
(noun)
a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. | pipage, piping | |
(noun)
a hollow cylindrical shape | tube | |
(noun)
a tubular wind instrument | ||
(noun)
| ||
(verb)
utter a shrill cry | shriek, shrill | |
(verb)
| ||
(verb)
| ||
(verb)
trim with piping | ||
| pi ping | (noun)
a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems | |
(noun)
a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. | pipage, pipe | |
(noun)
playing a pipe or the bagpipes | ||
(adv)
(used of heat) extremely | steaming | |
| pi ppin |
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