NYT Spelling Bee Hints
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Note: This page contains hints to help solve Thursday, June 6, 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.
Thursday, June 6, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 4 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 311 points. Thursday, June 6, 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 × 9: |
C × 14: |
I × 4: |
L × 7: |
R × 8: |
T × 8: |
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 | 11 | 13 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| I | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| L | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 7 |
| R | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| T | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| Sum | 11 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| al acrity | (noun)
liveliness and eagerness | briskness, smartness |
| cl arity | (noun)
free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression | clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity |
(noun)
the quality of clear water | clearness, uncloudedness | |
| cr iticality | (noun)
a state of critical urgency | criticalness, cruciality |
(noun)
a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining | ||
| cr itically | (adv)
in a critical manner |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| ac rylic | (noun)
polymerized from acrylonitrile | |
(noun)
a glassy thermoplastic; can be cast and molded or used in coatings and adhesives | acrylate resin | |
(noun)
used especially by artists | ||
(noun)
a synthetic fabric made from polyacrylonitrile | ||
| ac yclic | (adj)
not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls | |
(adj)
having an open chain structure | open-chain | |
| ai rily | (adv)
in a flippant manner | flippantly |
| ai ry | (adj)
open to or abounding in fresh air | aired |
(adj)
not practical or realizable; speculative | Laputan, impractical, visionary, windy | |
(adj)
having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air | ||
(adj)
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air | aerial, aeriform, aery, ethereal | |
| 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)
| ||
| ar ray | (noun)
an orderly arrangement | |
(noun)
an impressive display | ||
(noun)
especially fine or decorative clothing | raiment, regalia | |
(noun)
an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics | ||
(verb)
lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line | lay out, range, set out | |
(verb)
align oneself with a group or a way of thinking | align | |
| ar ty | (adj)
showily imitative of art or artists | |
| ca rry | (noun)
| |
(verb)
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body | transport | |
(verb)
have with oneself; have on one's person | pack, take | |
(verb)
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit | |
(verb)
serve as a means for expressing something | convey, express | |
(verb)
bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of | ||
(verb)
support or hold in a certain manner | bear, hold | |
(verb)
contain or hold; have within | bear, contain, hold | |
(verb)
extend to a certain degree | ||
(verb)
continue or extend | extend | |
(verb)
be necessarily associated with or result in or involve | ||
(verb)
win in an election | ||
(verb)
include, as on a list | ||
(verb)
have on hand | stock, stockpile | |
(verb)
include as the content; broadcast or publicize | run | |
(verb)
propel | dribble | |
(verb)
pass on a communication | ||
(verb)
have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence | ||
(verb)
be conveyed over a certain distance | ||
(verb)
keep up with financial support | ||
(verb)
have or possess something abstract | ||
(verb)
be equipped with (a mast or sail) | ||
(verb)
win approval or support for | persuade, sway | |
(verb)
compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance | ||
(verb)
take further or advance | ||
(verb)
have on the surface or on the skin | ||
(verb)
capture after a fight | ||
(verb)
transfer (entries) from one account book to another | post | |
(verb)
transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication | ||
(verb)
pursue a line of scent or be a bearer | ||
(verb)
bear (a crop) | ||
(verb)
propel or give impetus to | ||
(verb)
drink alcohol without showing ill effects | hold | |
(verb)
be able to feed | ||
(verb)
have a certain range | ||
(verb)
cover a certain distance or advance beyond | ||
(verb)
secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions) | ||
(verb)
be successful in | ||
(verb)
sing or play against other voices or parts | ||
(verb)
be pregnant with | bear, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven | |
(verb)
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | acquit, act, bear, behave, comport, conduct, deport, do | |
| ca rryall | (noun)
a capacious bag or basket | holdall, tote, tote bag |
| ca talytic | (adj)
relating to or causing or involving catalysis | |
| ca talytically | (adv)
by catalytic action; in a catalytic manner | |
| ca ttily | ||
| ca tty | (adj)
marked by or arising from malice | bitchy, cattish |
(noun)
any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams) | cattie | |
| ci ty | (noun)
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts | metropolis, urban center |
(noun)
an incorporated administrative district established by state charter | ||
(noun)
people living in a large densely populated municipality | metropolis | |
| cl ay | (noun)
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired | |
(noun)
water soaked soil; soft wet earth | mud | |
(noun)
the dead body of a human being | cadaver, corpse, remains, stiff | |
| cy clic | (adj)
conforming to the Carnot cycle | |
(adj)
forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl | ||
(adj)
of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure | ||
(adj)
recurring in cycles | ||
(adj)
marked by repeated cycles | ||
| cy clical | (adj)
recurring in cycles | cyclic |
| cy clically | ||
| ic ily | (adv)
in a cold and icy manner | |
| il licitly | (adv)
in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom | illegitimately |
(adv)
in an illegal manner | illegally, lawlessly | |
| il ly | ||
| it ty | ||
| la cy | (adj)
made of or resembling lace | lacelike |
(adj)
having open interstices or resembling a web | netlike, netted, webbed, webby, weblike | |
| la ity | (noun)
in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy | temporalty |
| li citly | (adv)
in a manner acceptable to common custom | lawfully, legitimately |
| li ly | (noun)
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers | |
| ly ric | (adj)
expressing deep emotion | |
(adj)
used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range | ||
(adj)
relating to or being musical drama | ||
(adj)
of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way) | ||
(noun)
the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number | language, words | |
(noun)
a short poem of songlike quality | ||
(verb)
| ||
| ly rical | (adj)
suitable for or suggestive of singing | |
(adj)
expressing deep emotion | lyric | |
| ly rically | (adv)
in a lyrical manner | |
| ra cially | (adv)
with respect to race | |
| ra cily | (adv)
in a racy manner | |
| ra cy | (adj)
full of zest or vigor | lively |
(adj)
marked by richness and fullness of flavor | full-bodied, rich, robust | |
(adj)
suggestive of sexual impropriety | blue, gamey, gamy, juicy, naughty, risque, spicy | |
(adj)
designed or suitable for competing in a race | ||
| ra lly | (noun)
a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm | mass meeting |
(noun)
the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort | ||
(noun)
a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness | ||
(noun)
an automobile race run over public roads | ||
(noun)
(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes | exchange | |
(verb)
gather | beat up, drum up | |
(verb)
call to arms; of military personnel | call up, mobilise, mobilize | |
(verb)
gather or bring together | come up, muster, muster up, summon | |
(verb)
return to a former condition | rebound | |
(verb)
harass with persistent criticism or carping | bait, cod, rag, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit | |
| ra rity | (noun)
noteworthy scarcity | infrequency, rareness |
(noun)
a rarified quality | low density, tenuity | |
(noun)
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity | |
| ra ttly | ||
| ra tty | (adj)
of or characteristic of rats | |
(adj)
showing signs of wear and tear | moth-eaten, shabby, tatty | |
(adj)
dirty and infested with rats | ||
| ri yal | (noun)
the basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia | |
(noun)
the basic unit of money in Qatar | ||
| ta citly | (adv)
in a tacit manner; by unexpressed agreement | |
| ta ctically | (adv)
with regard to tactics | |
| ta ctility | (noun)
the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain | skin perceptiveness, tactual sensation, touch perception |
| ta lly | (noun)
a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely | run |
(noun)
a bill for an amount due | reckoning | |
(noun)
the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order | count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning | |
(verb)
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match | |
(verb)
gain points in a game | rack up, score | |
(verb)
keep score, as in games | chalk up | |
(verb)
determine the sum of | add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tot, tot up, total, tote up | |
| ta rry | (adj)
having the characteristics of pitch or tar | pitchy, resinous, resiny |
(verb)
be about a place without any apparent purpose | footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around | |
(verb)
leave slowly and hesitantly | linger | |
| ta rtly | (adv)
in a tart manner | |
| ta tty | (adj)
showing signs of wear and tear | moth-eaten, ratty, shabby |
(adj)
tastelessly showy | brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tawdry, trashy | |
| tr ay | (noun)
an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food |
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Definitions are sourced from the Open English WordNet released under the CC-BY 4.0 license.