Friday, April 26, 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.
Yesterday's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) ( 1 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 58 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 253 points. Yesterday'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 × 10: |
D × 9: |
H × 15: |
O × 1: |
P × 11: |
T × 12: |
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 | 2 | 5 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 10 |
| D | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 9 |
| H | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 15 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| P | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 11 |
| T | 5 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| Sum | 21 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
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|---|---|---|
| po thead | (noun)
someone who smokes marijuana habitually |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
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|---|---|---|
| ad apt | (verb)
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose | accommodate |
(verb)
| adjust, conform | |
| ad apted | (adj)
changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose | altered |
| ad ded | ||
| ad ept | (adj)
having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | expert, good, practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful |
(noun)
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | ace, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard | |
| ad opt | (verb)
choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans | espouse, follow |
(verb)
take up and practice as one's own | borrow, take over, take up | |
(verb)
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities | assume, take on, take over | |
(verb)
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | acquire, assume, take, take on | |
(verb)
take into one's family | take in | |
(verb)
put into dramatic form | dramatise, dramatize | |
(verb)
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own | embrace, espouse, sweep up | |
| ad opted | (adj)
acquired as your own by free choice | adoptive |
| ad optee | (noun)
someone (such as a child) who has been adopted | |
| ah ead | (adj)
having the leading position or higher score in a contest | in the lead, leading |
(adv)
at or in the front | before, in front | |
(adv)
toward the future; forward in time | forward | |
(adv)
in a forward direction | forrader, forward, forwards, onward, onwards | |
(adv)
| beforehand, in advance | |
(adv)
to a more advanced or advantageous position | ||
(adv)
to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future) | ||
(adv)
| in the lead, out front | |
| ap ed | ||
| at op | (adv)
on, to, or at the top | |
| da pped | ||
| da ta | (noun)
a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn | information |
| da te | (noun)
the specified day of the month | day of the month |
(noun)
| escort | |
(noun)
a meeting arranged in advance | appointment, engagement | |
(noun)
the present | ||
(noun)
the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred | ||
(noun)
a particular day specified as the time something happens | ||
(noun)
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(verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
| go out, go steady, see | |
(verb)
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| da ted | (adj)
marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past | |
| de ad | (adj)
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life | |
(adj)
not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat | ||
(adj)
very tired | all in, beat, bushed | |
(adj)
unerringly accurate | ||
(adj)
physically inactive | ||
(adj)
(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive | numb | |
(adj)
devoid of physical sensation; numb | ||
(adj)
lacking acoustic resonance | ||
(adj)
not yielding a return | idle | |
(adj)
not circulating or flowing | stagnant | |
(adj)
not surviving in active use | ||
(adj)
lacking resilience or bounce | ||
(adj)
out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown | ||
(adj)
no longer having force or relevance | ||
(adj)
the complete stoppage of an action | ||
(adj)
drained of electric charge; discharged | drained | |
(adj)
devoid of activity | ||
(noun)
people who are no longer living | ||
(noun)
a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense | ||
(adv)
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | absolutely, perfectly, utterly | |
(adv)
quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation | abruptly, all of a sudden, of a sudden, on the spur of the moment, short, suddenly | |
| de adhead | (noun)
a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way | |
(noun)
a train or bus or taxi traveling empty | ||
| de adheaded | ||
| de ath | (noun)
the event of dying or departure from life | decease, expiry |
(noun)
the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism | ||
(noun)
the absence of life or state of being dead | ||
(noun)
the time when something ends | demise, dying | |
(noun)
the time at which life ends; continuing until dead | last | |
(noun)
a final state | destruction, end | |
(noun)
the act of killing | ||
| do odad | (noun)
something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known | dojigger, doohickey, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
| ha te | (noun)
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action | hatred |
(verb)
dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards | detest | |
(verb)
to have and express negative sentiments about a person | ||
| ha ted | (adj)
treated with dislike or contempt | despised, detested, scorned |
| ha th | ||
| ha tha | ||
| ha tted | (adj)
wearing a hat or a hat of a particular kind | |
| he ad | (noun)
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains | caput |
(noun)
a single domestic animal | ||
(noun)
that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | brain, mind, nous, psyche | |
(noun)
a person who is in charge | chief, top dog | |
(noun)
the front of a military formation or procession | ||
(noun)
the pressure exerted by a fluid | ||
(noun)
the top of something | ||
(noun)
the source of water from which a stream arises | ||
(noun)
(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent | ||
(noun)
the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates) | ||
(noun)
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(noun)
a dense cluster of flowers or foliage | capitulum | |
(noun)
the educator who has executive authority for a school | principal, school principal | |
(noun)
an individual person | ||
(noun)
a user of (usually soft) drugs | ||
(noun)
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | foreland, promontory | |
(noun)
a rounded compact mass | ||
(noun)
the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container | ||
(noun)
the part in the front or nearest the viewer | forefront | |
(noun)
a difficult juncture | pass, straits | |
(noun)
forward movement | ||
(noun)
a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer | point | |
(noun)
the subject matter at issue | question | |
(noun)
a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about | ||
(noun)
the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint | ||
(noun)
that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves | ||
(noun)
(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk | ||
(noun)
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(noun)
the striking part of a tool | ||
(noun)
(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship | ||
(noun)
a projection out from one end | ||
(noun)
a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum | ||
(noun)
oral stimulation of the genitals | oral sex | |
(verb)
to go or travel towards | ||
(verb)
be in charge of | lead | |
(verb)
travel in front of; go in advance of others | lead | |
(verb)
be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel | ||
(verb)
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | channelise, channelize, direct, guide, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer | |
(verb)
take its rise | ||
(verb)
be in the front of or on top of | ||
(verb)
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(verb)
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| he aded | (adj)
having a heading or course in a certain direction | |
(adj)
having a heading or caption | ||
(adj)
having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head; often used in combination | ||
(adj)
of leafy vegetables; having formed into a head | ||
| he ap | (noun)
a collection of objects laid on top of each other | agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, mound, pile |
(noun)
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | |
(noun)
a car that is old and unreliable | bus, jalopy | |
(verb)
bestow in large quantities | ||
(verb)
arrange in stacks | pile, stack | |
(verb)
fill to overflow | ||
| he aped | ||
| he at | (noun)
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature | |
(noun)
| high temperature, hotness | |
(noun)
| warmth | |
(noun)
the trait of being intensely emotional | passion, warmth | |
(noun)
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity | estrus, oestrus, rut | |
(noun)
a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race | ||
(noun)
utility to warm a building | ||
(verb)
make hot or hotter | ||
(verb)
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(verb)
arouse or excite feelings and passions | fire up, ignite, inflame, stir up, wake | |
(verb)
| hot up | |
| he ated | (adj)
| het, het up |
(adj)
marked by emotional heat; vehement | ||
| he ath | (noun)
a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers | |
(noun)
a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation | ||
| he ptad | (noun)
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one | 7, VII, septenary, septet, seven, sevener |
| ho thead | (noun)
a belligerent grouch | fire-eater |
(noun)
a reckless impetuous irresponsible person | daredevil, harum-scarum, lunatic, madcap, swashbuckler | |
| ho theaded | (adj)
quickly aroused to anger | choleric, hot-tempered, irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered |
(adj)
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | brainish, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, tearaway | |
| oa th | (noun)
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, swearing, swearword |
(noun)
| swearing | |
(noun)
a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior | ||
| pa dded | (adj)
softened by the addition of cushions or padding | cushioned, cushiony |
| pa pa | (noun)
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk | dad, dada, daddy, pa, pappa, pop |
| pa te | (noun)
liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned | |
(noun)
the top of the head | crown, poll | |
| pa th | (noun)
a course of conduct | way, way of life |
(noun)
a way especially designed for a particular use | ||
(noun)
an established line of travel or access | itinerary, route | |
(noun)
a line or route along which something travels or moves | course, track | |
| pa tted | ||
| pe apod | ||
| pe at | (noun)
partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried | |
| ph at | ||
| po ppa | ||
| po tato | (noun)
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | murphy, spud, tater |
(noun)
annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous | Solanum tuberosum | |
| 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)
register electronically | record | |
| ta ped | (adj)
secured or held in place by tape | |
(adj)
recorded on tape | tape-recorded | |
| ta pped | (adj)
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug | |
| ta tted | (adj)
having many tattooes | |
| ta ttoo | (noun)
a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters | |
(noun)
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(noun)
the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining | ||
(verb)
stain (skin) with indelible color | ||
| ta ttooed | ||
| te apot | (noun)
pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle | |
| te at | (noun)
the small projection of a mammary gland | mamilla, mammilla, nipple, pap, tit |
| th at | ||
| th eta | (noun)
the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet | |
| to ad | (noun)
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species | anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian |
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