Thursday, June 20, 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.
Thursday, June 20, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) ( 0 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 41 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 241 points. Thursday, June 20, 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.
C × 5: |
E × 5: |
G × 9: |
I × 6: |
L × 8: |
N × 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 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| E | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| G | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| I | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 6 |
| L | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| N | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 8 |
| Sum | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 41 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| ex celling |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| ce iling | (noun)
the overhead upper surface of a covered space | |
(noun)
(meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds | ||
(noun)
an upper limit on what is allowed | cap, roof | |
(noun)
maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions) | ||
| ce lli | ||
| cl ing | (verb)
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | adhere, cleave, cohere, stick |
(verb)
to remain emotionally or intellectually attached | ||
(verb)
hold on tightly or tenaciously | hang | |
(noun)
fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit | ||
| cl inging | ||
| cl inic | (noun)
a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists | |
(noun)
meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity | ||
(noun)
a healthcare facility for outpatient care | ||
| eg ging | ||
| en gine | (noun)
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work | |
(noun)
something used to achieve a purpose | ||
(noun)
| locomotive, railway locomotive | |
(noun)
an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc. | ||
| ex ile | (noun)
a person who is voluntarily absent from home or country | expat, expatriate |
(noun)
a person who is expelled from home or country by authority | deportee | |
(noun)
the act of expelling a person from their native land | deportation, expatriation, transportation | |
(verb)
expel from a country | deport, expatriate | |
| ex iling | ||
| ge lling | ||
| ge nie | (noun)
(Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals | djinn, djinni, djinny, jinnee, jinni |
| ge nii | ||
| gi gging | ||
| gi ggle | (noun)
a foolish or nervous laugh | |
(verb)
laugh nervously | titter | |
| gi ggling | ||
| gi ll | (noun)
a British imperial capacity unit (liquid or dry) equal to 5 fluid ounces or 142.066 cubic centimeters | |
(noun)
a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces | ||
(noun)
any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus | lamella | |
(noun)
respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water | branchia | |
| gi lling | ||
| gi nning | ||
| ic icle | (noun)
ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water | |
| ic ing | (noun)
the formation of frost or ice on a surface | frost |
(noun)
a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes | frosting, ice | |
(noun)
(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal | ||
| in cline | (noun)
an elevated geological formation | side, slope |
(noun)
| ramp | |
(verb)
| be given, lean, run, tend | |
(verb)
bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well | ||
(verb)
lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow | ||
(verb)
be at an angle | pitch, slope | |
(verb)
feel favorably disposed or willing | ||
(verb)
make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief | dispose | |
| in clining | (noun)
| inclination |
| in nie | ||
| in ning | (noun)
(baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat | frame |
| le gging | (noun)
a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle) | leg covering, leging |
| le nience | (noun)
mercifulness as a consequence of being lenient or tolerant | leniency, lenity, mildness |
(noun)
a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone | indulgence, leniency | |
(noun)
lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers | leniency | |
| li ce | ||
| li ege | (adj)
owing or owed feudal allegiance and service | |
(noun)
a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord | feudatory, vassal | |
(noun)
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service | ||
| li en | (noun)
a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses | spleen |
(noun)
the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged | ||
| li ne | (noun)
a formation of people or things one beside another | |
(noun)
a mark that is long relative to its width | ||
(noun)
a formation of people or things one behind another | ||
(noun)
a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point | ||
(noun)
text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen | ||
(noun)
a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum | ||
(noun)
a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops) | ||
(noun)
a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning | argument, argumentation, logical argument | |
(noun)
a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power | cable | |
(noun)
a connected series of events or actions or developments | course | |
(noun)
a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent | ||
(noun)
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | crease, crinkle, furrow, seam, wrinkle | |
(noun)
a pipe used to transport liquids or gases | ||
(noun)
the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed | ||
(noun)
a telephone connection | telephone circuit | |
(noun)
acting in conformity | ||
(noun)
the hereditary derivation of an individual | ancestry, blood, descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock | |
(noun)
something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible | ||
(noun)
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | business, job, occupation | |
(noun)
in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area | ||
(noun)
(often plural) a means of communication or access | channel, communication channel | |
(noun)
a particular kind of product or merchandise | ||
(noun)
a commercial organization serving as a common carrier | ||
(noun)
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(noun)
the maximum credit that a customer is allowed | ||
(noun)
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence | air, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune | |
(noun)
persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to deceive or impress | ||
(noun)
a short personal letter | billet, note, short letter | |
(noun)
a conceptual separation or distinction | contrast, demarcation | |
(noun)
mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it | ||
(verb)
| run along | |
(verb)
cover the interior of | ||
(verb)
| describe, draw, trace | |
(verb)
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(verb)
fill plentifully | ||
(verb)
reinforce with fabric | ||
| li nen | (noun)
a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant | |
(noun)
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(noun)
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| li ning | (noun)
a protective covering that protects an inside surface | liner |
(noun)
a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment | liner | |
(noun)
providing something with a surface of a different material | facing | |
(noun)
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| ne gligee | (noun)
a loose dressing gown for women | housecoat, neglige, peignoir, wrapper |
| ne gligence | (noun)
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances | carelessness, neglect, nonperformance |
(noun)
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern | neglect, neglectfulness | |
| ni ce | (adj)
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance | |
(adj)
socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous | decent | |
(adj)
done with delicacy and skill | skillful | |
(adj)
excessively fastidious and easily disgusted | dainty, prissy, squeamish | |
(adj)
exhibiting courtesy and politeness | courteous, gracious | |
| ni ece | (noun)
a daughter of your brother or sister | |
| ni ggle | (verb)
worry unnecessarily or excessively | fret, fuss |
(verb)
argue over petty things | bicker, brabble, pettifog, quibble, squabble | |
| ni ggling | (adj)
(informal) small and of little importance | fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial |
| ni ne | (adj)
denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten | 9, ix |
(noun)
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one | 9, IX, Nina from Carolina, ennead | |
(noun)
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together | ball club, baseball club, club | |
(noun)
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| ni xing |
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