Wednesday, July 17, 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, July 17, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) ( 0 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 42 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 241 points. Wednesday, July 17, 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.
D × 8: |
E × 4: |
I × 3: |
N × 2: |
T × 6: |
U × 18: |
V × 1: |
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 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| E | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| I | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| N | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| T | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| U | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| V | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Sum | 7 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 42 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| un invited | (adj)
(of a thought or act) unwelcome or involuntary | |
(adj)
(of a person) not having been invited |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| de nude | (verb)
lay bare | bare, denudate, strip |
| de nuded | (adj)
without the natural or usual covering | bald, denudate |
| du de | (noun)
an informal form of address for a man | buster, fellow |
(noun)
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | beau, clotheshorse, dandy, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell | |
| du et | (noun)
two items of the same kind | brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
(noun)
two performers or singers who perform together | duo | |
(noun)
a pair who associate with one another | couple, duo, twosome | |
(noun)
a musical composition for two performers | duo | |
(noun)
(ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble) | pas de deux | |
| du etted | ||
| du ne | (noun)
a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans | |
| du nned | ||
| du vet | (noun)
a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider | continental quilt, eiderdown |
| en due | (verb)
give qualities or abilities to | empower, endow, gift, indue, invest |
| en dued | ||
| en nui | (noun)
the feeling of being bored by something tedious | boredom, tedium |
| et ude | (noun)
a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity | |
| in tuit | (verb)
| |
| in tuited | ||
| in tuitive | (adj)
spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency | |
(adj)
obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation | nonrational, visceral | |
| nu de | (adj)
having no clothes on the body | au naturel, bare, naked |
(noun)
a painting of a naked human figure | ||
(noun)
| ||
(noun)
a naked person | ||
(noun)
a statue of a naked human figure | ||
| nu die | ||
| tu ne | (noun)
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence | air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain |
(noun)
the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch | ||
(noun)
the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency | ||
(verb)
adjust for (better) functioning | ||
(verb)
adjust the pitches of (musical instruments) | ||
| tu ned | ||
| tu tee | (noun)
learns from a tutor | |
| tu tted | ||
| tu tti | ||
| tu tu | (noun)
very short skirt worn by ballerinas | ballet skirt |
| un did | ||
| un divided | (adj)
not parted by conflict of opinion | |
(adj)
not shared by or among others | ||
(adj)
not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective | exclusive, single | |
(adj)
| ||
| un due | (adj)
not yet payable | |
(adj)
not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances | ||
(adj)
lacking justification or authorization | unjustified, unwarranted | |
(adj)
beyond normal limits | excessive, inordinate, unreasonable | |
| un edited | (adj)
not changed by editing | |
| un even | (adj)
not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture | |
(adj)
(of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents | mismatched | |
(adj)
not divisible by two | odd | |
(adj)
variable and recurring at irregular intervals | ||
(adj)
lacking consistency | scratchy, spotty | |
| un intended | (adj)
not deliberate | |
| un inventive | (adj)
deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention | sterile, unimaginative, uninspired |
| un it | (noun)
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange | |
(noun)
an individual or group or structure or other entity regarded as a structural or functional constituent of a whole | ||
(noun)
an organization regarded as part of a larger social group | ||
(noun)
a single undivided whole | ||
(noun)
a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else | building block | |
(noun)
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | whole | |
| un ite | (verb)
| unify |
(verb)
become one | merge, unify | |
(verb)
have or possess in combination | combine | |
(verb)
| connect, join, link, link up | |
(verb)
bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation | unify | |
(verb)
join or combine | merge, unify | |
| un ited | (adj)
characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity | |
(adj)
of or relating to two people who are married to each other | joined | |
(adj)
involving the joint activity of two or more | concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative | |
| un itive | ||
| un needed | (adj)
not necessary | unnecessary |
| un tended | (adj)
lacking care and attention | |
| un tie | (verb)
undo the ties of | unbrace, unlace |
(verb)
cause to become loose | loosen, undo | |
| un tied | (adj)
not tied | unfastened |
(adj)
with laces not tied | unlaced | |
(adj)
not bound by shackles and chains | unchained, unfettered, unshackled | |
| un tune | (verb)
cause to lose one's composure | discomfit, discompose, disconcert, upset |
(verb)
cause to be out of tune | ||
| un tuned | ||
| ve nue | (noun)
the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | locale, locus |
(noun)
in law: the jurisdiction where a trial will be held |
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Definitions are sourced from the Open English WordNet released under the CC-BY 4.0 license.