Sunday, July 21, 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.
Sunday, July 21, 2024's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) ( 1 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 30 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 137 points. Sunday, July 21, 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 × 3: |
B × 7: |
G × 11: |
I × 1: |
M × 6: |
T × 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 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| B | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 7 |
| G | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 11 |
| I | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| M | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| T | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Sum | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| me gabit | (noun)
a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits | Mb, Mbit |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| ag ate | (noun)
an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles | |
| ag ita | ||
| ag itate | (verb)
try to stir up public opinion | foment, stir up |
(verb)
| charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on | |
(verb)
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | campaign, crusade, fight, press, push | |
(verb)
move very slightly | budge, shift, stir | |
(verb)
move or cause to move back and forth | shake | |
(verb)
change the arrangement or position of | commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex | |
| ba ggage | (noun)
cases used to carry belongings when traveling | luggage |
(noun)
a worthless or immoral woman | ||
(noun)
the portable equipment and supplies of an army | ||
| ba ggie | ||
| be gat | ||
| be gem | ||
| be get | (verb)
make (offspring) by reproduction | bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother, sire |
| be ige | (adj)
of a light greyish-brown color | |
(noun)
a very light brown | ecru | |
| bi ggie | ||
| ga ga | (adj)
mentally or physically infirm with age | doddering, doddery, senile |
(adj)
intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with | crazy, dotty, wild | |
| ga ge | (noun)
street names for marijuana | Mary Jane, dope, grass, green goddess, locoweed, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed |
(noun)
a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. | gauge | |
(verb)
place a bet on | back, bet on, game, punt, stake | |
| ga it | (noun)
the rate of moving (especially walking or running) | pace |
(noun)
a horse's manner of moving | ||
(noun)
a person's manner of walking | ||
| ga mbit | (noun)
an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker | ploy |
(noun)
a maneuver in a game or conversation | ploy, stratagem | |
(noun)
a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position | ||
| ga me | (adj)
disabled in the feet or legs | crippled, gimpy, halt, halting, lame |
(adj)
willing to face danger | gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky | |
(noun)
a contest with rules to determine a winner | ||
(noun)
a single play of a sport or other contest | ||
(noun)
an amusement or pastime | ||
(noun)
animal hunted for food or sport | ||
(noun)
(tennis) a division of play during which one player serves | ||
(noun)
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(noun)
the flesh of wild animals that is used for food | ||
(noun)
a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | plot, secret plan | |
(noun)
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(noun)
your occupation or line of work | biz | |
(noun)
frivolous or trifling behavior | ||
(verb)
place a bet on | back, bet on, gage, punt, stake | |
| ga mete | (noun)
a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes | |
| ga mma | (noun)
the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet | |
(noun)
a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted | ||
| ga te | (noun)
a movable barrier in a fence or wall | |
(noun)
a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs | ||
(noun)
total admission receipts at a sports event | ||
(noun)
passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark | ||
(verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment | ||
| gi be | (verb)
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | agree, check, correspond, fit, jibe, match, tally |
(verb)
laugh at with contempt and derision | barrack, flout, jeer, scoff | |
(noun)
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | barb, dig, jibe, shaft, shot, slam | |
| gi gabit | (noun)
a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits | Gb, Gbit |
| gi mme | ||
| im age | (noun)
an iconic mental representation | |
(noun)
(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world | persona | |
(noun)
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface | icon, ikon, picture | |
(noun)
a standard or typical example | epitome, paradigm, prototype | |
(noun)
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | figure, figure of speech, trope | |
(noun)
someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) | double, look-alike | |
(noun)
(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined | range, range of a function | |
(noun)
the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public | ||
(noun)
a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture) | effigy, simulacrum | |
(verb)
render visible, as by means of MRI | ||
(verb)
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | envision, fancy, figure, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize | |
| ma ge | ||
| ma gi | ||
| ma gma | (noun)
molten rock in the earth's crust | |
| me ga | ||
| mi tigate | (verb)
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of | extenuate, palliate |
(verb)
to temper | ||
| ta iga | ||
| te abag |
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Definitions are sourced from the Open English WordNet released under the CC-BY 4.0 license.