Thursday, July 18, 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, July 18, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) ( 1 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 32 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 120 points. Thursday, July 18, 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 × 4: |
B × 7: |
P × 10: |
T × 9: |
Z × 2: |
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 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| B | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 7 |
| P | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 10 |
| T | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| Z | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Sum | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 32 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| ba ptize | (verb)
administer baptism to | baptise, christen |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| ab ate | (verb)
make less active or intense | slack, slake |
(verb)
become less in amount or intensity | die away, let up, slack, slack off | |
| ab et | (verb)
assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing | |
| ap petite | (noun)
a feeling of craving something | appetence, appetency |
| ap petize | ||
| ba it | (noun)
anything that serves as an enticement | come-on, hook, lure, sweetener |
(noun)
something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed | decoy, lure | |
(verb)
harass with persistent criticism or carping | cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit | |
(verb)
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(verb)
attack with dogs or set dogs upon | ||
| ba te | (verb)
moderate or restrain; lessen the force of | |
(verb)
flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons | ||
(verb)
soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments | ||
| be at | (adj)
very tired | all in, bushed, dead |
(noun)
a regular route for a sentry or policeman | round | |
(noun)
| pulsation, pulse | |
(noun)
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music | musical rhythm, rhythm | |
(noun)
a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations | ||
(noun)
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(noun)
the sound of stroke or blow | ||
(noun)
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | cadence, measure, meter, metre | |
(noun)
a regular rate of repetition | ||
(noun)
a stroke or blow | ||
(noun)
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(verb)
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | |
(verb)
| work over | |
(verb)
hit repeatedly | ||
(verb)
move rhythmically | pound, thump | |
(verb)
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(verb)
make a rhythmic sound | drum, thrum | |
(verb)
glare or strike with great intensity | ||
(verb)
move with a thrashing motion | flap | |
(verb)
sail with much tacking or with difficulty | ||
(verb)
stir vigorously | scramble | |
(verb)
strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music | ||
(verb)
be superior | ||
(verb)
avoid paying | bunk | |
(verb)
make a sound like a clock or a timer | tick, ticktack, ticktock | |
(verb)
move with a flapping motion | flap | |
(verb)
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(verb)
move with or as if with a regular alternating motion | pulsate, quiver | |
(verb)
make by pounding or trampling | ||
(verb)
produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly | ||
(verb)
strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting | ||
(verb)
| circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach | |
(verb)
be a mystery or bewildering to | amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex | |
(verb)
wear out completely | exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up | |
| be et | (noun)
biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop | Beta vulgaris |
(noun)
round red root vegetable | ||
| be ta | (adj)
second in order of importance | |
(adj)
preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product | ||
(noun)
the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet | ||
| bi te | (noun)
a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person | |
(noun)
a small amount of solid food; a mouthful | bit, morsel | |
(noun)
a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin | sting | |
(noun)
a light informal meal | collation, snack | |
(noun)
(angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait | ||
(noun)
wit having a sharp and caustic quality | pungency | |
(noun)
a strong odor or taste property | pungency, raciness, sharpness | |
(noun)
the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws | chomp | |
(noun)
a portion removed from the whole | ||
(verb)
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws | seize with teeth | |
(verb)
cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort | burn, sting | |
(verb)
penetrate or cut, as with a knife | ||
(verb)
deliver a sting to | prick, sting | |
| pa te | (noun)
liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned | |
(noun)
the top of the head | crown, poll | |
| pe at | (noun)
partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried | |
| pe pita | ||
| pe tit | ||
| pe tite | (adj)
very small | bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, tiny |
(noun)
a garment size for short or slender women | ||
| pi pet | (noun)
measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube | |
| pi pette | (noun)
measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube | pipet |
| pi pit | (noun)
a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage | lark, titlark |
| pi ta | (noun)
usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling | pocket bread |
| pi tapat | ||
| ta pa | (noun)
the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus | tappa, tappa bark |
(noun)
| tappa | |
| ta pe | (noun)
a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening | |
(noun)
| taping | |
(noun)
the finishing line for a foot race | ||
(noun)
measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths | ||
(noun)
memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information | ||
(verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
register electronically | record | |
| te at | (noun)
the small projection of a mammary gland | mamilla, mammilla, nipple, pap, tit |
| te epee | (noun)
a Native American tent; usually of conical shape | tepee, tipi |
| te pee | (noun)
a Native American tent; usually of conical shape | teepee, tipi |
| ti bia | (noun)
the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle | shin, shin bone, shinbone |
| ti biae | ||
| ti pi | (noun)
a Native American tent; usually of conical shape | teepee, tepee |
| ti ppet | (noun)
a woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten | |
| ze ta | (noun)
the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet | |
| zi ti | (noun)
medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces |
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