Saturday, June 15, 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.
Saturday, June 15, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 2 pangram(s) ( 0 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 45 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 199 points. Saturday, June 15, 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 × 7: |
D × 6: |
I × 4: |
L × 7: |
N × 4: |
O × 3: |
V × 14: |
Letter Distribution
The number of answers that start with a specific letter and of a specific length.
Starting With | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Sum |
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A | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
D | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
I | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
L | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
N | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
O | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
V | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 14 |
Sum | 16 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 45 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
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no nvalid | ||
vi ndaloo |
Answers
Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
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ai oli | (noun)
garlic mayonnaise | garlic sauce |
an ion | (noun)
a negatively charged ion | |
an vil | (noun)
a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering | |
(noun)
a small bone in the middle ear between the malleus and the stapes | incus | |
av ail | (noun)
a means of serving | help, service |
(verb)
take advantage of | ||
(verb)
be of use to, be useful to | ||
(verb)
take or use | help | |
av ian | (adj)
pertaining to or characteristic of birds | |
av id | (adj)
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous | devouring, esurient, greedy |
(adj)
marked by active interest and enthusiasm | zealous | |
av oid | (verb)
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something | |
(verb)
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | avert, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off | |
(verb)
refrain from doing something | ||
(verb)
refrain from certain foods or beverages | keep off | |
(verb)
declare invalid | annul, invalidate, nullify, quash, void | |
di al | (noun)
the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours | |
(noun)
the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning | ||
(noun)
the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments | ||
(noun)
a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called | ||
(verb)
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(verb)
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di ldo | (noun)
a vibrating device that substitutes for an erect penis to provide vaginal stimulation | |
di ll | (noun)
aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning | Anethum graveolens |
(noun)
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di no | ||
di va | (noun)
a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star | prima donna |
di van | (noun)
a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall) | |
(noun)
a Muslim council of state | diwan | |
(noun)
a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author) | diwan | |
(noun)
a Muslim council chamber or law court | diwan | |
id ol | (noun)
a material effigy that is worshipped | god, graven image |
(noun)
someone who is adored blindly and excessively | ||
(noun)
an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept | beau ideal, paragon, perfection | |
in laid | (adj)
adorned by inlays | |
in land | (adj)
situated away from an area's coast or border | |
(adv)
towards or into the interior of a region | ||
in valid | (adj)
having no cogency or legal force | |
(adj)
no longer valid | ||
(noun)
someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury | shut-in | |
(verb)
force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen | ||
(verb)
injure permanently | disable, handicap, incapacitate | |
la id | (adj)
set down according to a plan | set |
la in | ||
la nai | (noun)
a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room | |
la nolin | (noun)
a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics | wool fat, wool grease |
(noun)
an emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained from the wool of sheep) | ||
li on | (noun)
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male | Panthera leo, king of beasts |
(noun)
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li vid | (adj)
anemic looking from illness or emotion | ashen, blanched, bloodless, white |
(adj)
(of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity | ||
(adj)
furiously angry | ||
(adj)
discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin | black-and-blue | |
lo in | (noun)
a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump | |
(noun)
either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds | lumbus | |
na iad | (noun)
submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water | water nymph |
(noun)
(Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains | ||
na il | (noun)
horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits | |
(noun)
a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener | ||
(noun)
a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard | ||
(verb)
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(verb)
take into custody | apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, pick up | |
(verb)
hit with great force | blast, boom, smash | |
(verb)
succeed in obtaining a position | peg | |
(verb)
succeed at easily | ace, breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through | |
(verb)
locate exactly | pinpoint | |
(verb)
complete a pass | complete | |
no nillion | ||
ol io | ||
on ion | (noun)
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(noun)
bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb | Allium cepa | |
(noun)
an aromatic flavorful vegetable | ||
ov oid | (noun)
an egg-shaped object | |
(adj)
rounded like an egg | egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, prolate | |
va in | (adj)
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance | conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed |
(adj)
unproductive of success | bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless | |
va lid | (adj)
well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force | |
(adj)
still legally acceptable | ||
va nilla | (adj)
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(adj)
plain and without any extras or adornments | ||
(noun)
any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers | ||
(noun)
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(noun)
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va nillin | (noun)
a crystalline compound found in vanilla beans and some balsam resins; used in perfumes and flavorings | |
vi al | (noun)
a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) | ampoule, ampul, ampule, phial |
vi lla | (noun)
detached or semidetached suburban house | |
(noun)
country house in ancient Rome consisting of residential quarters and farm buildings around a courtyard | ||
(noun)
pretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive grounds | ||
vi llain | (noun)
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately | scoundrel |
(noun)
the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction | baddie | |
vi ol | (noun)
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vi ola | (noun)
a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower | |
(noun)
any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola | ||
vi olin | (noun)
| fiddle |
vi vid | (adj)
evoking lifelike images within the mind | graphic, lifelike, pictorial |
(adj)
having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience | ||
(adj)
having strong or striking color | bright, brilliant | |
(adj)
(of color) having the highest saturation | intense | |
vo id | (noun)
the state of nonexistence | nihility, nothingness, nullity |
(noun)
an empty area or space | emptiness, vacancy, vacuum | |
(adj)
lacking any legal or binding force | null | |
(adj)
containing nothing | ||
(verb)
declare invalid | annul, invalidate, nullify, quash | |
(verb)
clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something | ||
(verb)
take away the legal force of or render ineffective | invalidate, vitiate | |
(verb)
excrete or discharge from the body | empty, evacuate | |
vo ila |
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