Saturday, July 13, 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, July 13, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) ( 0 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 44 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 241 points. Saturday, July 13, 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 × 4: |
B × 11: |
G × 8: |
I × 1: |
L × 12: |
N × 2: |
U × 6: |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| B | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 |
| G | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| I | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| L | 5 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| N | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| U | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Sum | 12 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 44 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| bi lingual | (adj)
using or knowing two languages | |
(noun)
a person who speaks two languages fluently |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| an nual | (adj)
completing its life cycle within a year | one-year |
(adj)
occurring or payable every year | yearly | |
(noun)
(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year | ||
(noun)
a reference book that is published regularly once every year | yearbook, yearly | |
| an nul | (verb)
declare invalid | avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, void |
(verb)
cancel officially | countermand, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate | |
| an nuli | ||
| an nulling | ||
| bi annual | (adj)
occurring or payable twice each year | biyearly, half-yearly, semiannual |
| bu bba | ||
| bu bbling | (adj)
emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | bubbly, effervescing, foaming, foamy, frothy, spumy |
(adj)
marked by high spirits or excitement | effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly | |
| bu gging | ||
| bu gling | ||
| bu lb | (noun)
a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure | |
(noun)
electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity | electric light, incandescent lamp | |
(noun)
a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end) | ||
(noun)
anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop | ||
(noun)
| medulla, medulla oblongata | |
(noun)
a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ | ||
| bu lging | (adj)
| convex |
(adj)
curving outward | bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulgy, protuberant | |
| bu ll | (noun)
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle | |
(noun)
a large and strong and heavyset man | Samson, bruiser, strapper | |
(noun)
Obscene word for unacceptable behavior | crap, dogshit, horseshit, shit | |
(noun)
a serious and ludicrous blunder | ||
(noun)
uncomplimentary terms for a policeman | cop, copper, fuzz, pig | |
(noun)
an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later | ||
(noun)
the center of a target | ||
(noun)
| ||
(noun)
mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle | ||
(verb)
push or force | ||
(verb)
try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying | ||
(verb)
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths | fake, talk through one's hat | |
(verb)
advance in price | ||
| bu ng | (noun)
a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask | spile |
(verb)
give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on | fee, tip | |
(verb)
close with a cork or stopper | ||
| bu ngling | (adj)
showing lack of skill or aptitude | clumsy, fumbling, incompetent |
(adj)
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands | bumbling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed | |
| ga uging | ||
| gl ug | (verb)
make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle | |
| gl ugging | ||
| gl uing | ||
| gu lag | (noun)
a Russian prison camp for political prisoners | |
| gu ll | (noun)
| chump, fall guy, fool, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker |
(noun)
mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs | ||
(verb)
make a fool or dupe of | befool, fool | |
(verb)
fool or hoax | befool, cod, dupe, fool, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in | |
| gu lling | ||
| gu nning | ||
| ig uana | (noun)
large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America | |
| li nguini | (noun)
pasta in long slender flat strips | linguine |
| lu au | (noun)
an elaborate Hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment) | |
| lu bing | ||
| lu gging | ||
| lu ging | (noun)
riding a light one-man toboggan | |
| lu ll | (verb)
calm by deception | |
(verb)
become quiet or less intensive | calm down | |
(verb)
make calm or still | calm, calm down, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize | |
(noun)
a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished | letup | |
(noun)
a period of calm weather | quiet | |
| lu lling | ||
| lu lu | (noun)
a very attractive or seductive looking woman | beauty, dish, knockout, looker, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| lu na | ||
| lu ng | (noun)
either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood | |
| lu nging | ||
| lu nula | (noun)
the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail | half-moon, lunule |
(noun)
a crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age | ||
| nu bbin | (noun)
a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn) | |
| nu ll | (adj)
lacking any legal or binding force | void |
(noun)
a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential | aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, zero, zilch, zip, zippo | |
| ul na | (noun)
the inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm | elbow bone |
| un bag | ||
| un bagging | ||
| un ban | ||
| un banning | ||
| un ilingual |
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Definitions are sourced from the Open English WordNet released under the CC-BY 4.0 license.