Thursday, July 25, 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 4 pangram(s) ( 2 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 35 answers. The highest possible score, required to achieve the coveted Queen Bee status, was 191 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.
D × 2: |
E × 3: |
G × 1: |
H × 17: |
L × 3: |
T × 9: |
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 | 9 | 11 | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| E | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| G | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| H | 9 | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| L | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| T | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| Sum | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 35 |
Definitions & Synonyms
Pangrams
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| de light | (noun)
a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction | delectation |
(noun)
something or someone that provides a source of happiness | joy, pleasure | |
(verb)
give pleasure to or be pleasing to | please | |
(verb)
| enjoy, revel | |
(verb)
hold spellbound | enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport | |
| de lighted | (adj)
greatly pleased | |
(adj)
filled with wonder and delight | beguiled, captivated, charmed, enthralled, entranced | |
| hi ghlighted | ||
| li ghted | (adj)
set afire or burning | lit |
(adj)
provided with artificial light | illuminated, lit |
Answers
| Word | Definitions
| Synonyms
|
|---|---|---|
| ei ght | (adj)
being one more than seven | 8, viii |
(noun)
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one | 8, VIII, octad, octet, octonary, ogdoad | |
(noun)
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| ei ghth | (adj)
coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position | 8th |
(noun)
position eight in a countable series of things | ||
(noun)
one part in eight equal parts | ||
| ei ghtieth | (adj)
the ordinal number of eighty in counting order | 80th |
(noun)
position 80 in a countable series of things | ||
| gh ee | (noun)
clarified butter used in Indian cookery | |
| he dge | (noun)
a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes | |
(noun)
any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change | hedging | |
(noun)
an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement | hedging | |
(verb)
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt | |
(verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
minimize loss or risk | ||
| he dged | (adj)
evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement | weasel-worded |
| he ed | (noun)
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people) | attentiveness, paying attention, regard |
(verb)
| listen, mind | |
| he eded | ||
| he el | (noun)
the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation | |
(noun)
the back part of the human foot | ||
(noun)
someone who is morally reprehensible | blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, hound | |
(noun)
one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread | ||
(noun)
the lower end of a ship's mast | ||
(noun)
(golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft | ||
(verb)
tilt to one side | list | |
(verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
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| he eled | ||
| he ight | (noun)
the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top | tallness |
(noun)
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | acme, elevation, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top | |
(noun)
(of a standing person) the distance from head to foot | stature | |
(noun)
elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface | altitude | |
| he ld | (adj)
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination | |
| he ll | (noun)
any place of pain and turmoil | inferno, snake pit, the pits |
(noun)
a cause of difficulty and suffering | blaze | |
(noun)
noisy and unrestrained mischief | blaze | |
| hi de | (verb)
prevent from being seen or discovered | conceal |
(verb)
be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety | ||
(verb)
cover as if with a shroud | cover, enshroud, shroud | |
(verb)
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | blot out, obliterate, obscure, veil | |
(noun)
the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) | fell | |
(noun)
body covering of a living animal | pelt, skin | |
| hi ed | ||
| hi gh | (adj)
greater than normal in quantity or amount | |
(adj)
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(adj)
standing above others in quality or position | eminent | |
(adj)
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(adj)
happy and excited and energetic | ||
(adj)
(used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted | gamey, gamy | |
(adj)
slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) | mellow | |
(noun)
a lofty level or position or degree | ||
(noun)
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(noun)
a state of sustained elation | ||
(noun)
a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics | ||
(noun)
| heights | |
(noun)
a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12 | ||
(noun)
a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed | ||
(adv)
at a great altitude | ||
(adv)
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(adv)
in a rich manner | luxuriously, richly | |
(adv)
far up toward the source | ||
| hi ghlight | (noun)
the most interesting or memorable part | high spot |
(noun)
an area of lightness in a picture | ||
(verb)
move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent | foreground, play up, spotlight | |
(verb)
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| hi ll | (noun)
a local and well-defined elevation of the land | |
(noun)
structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones | mound | |
(noun)
(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands | mound, pitcher's mound | |
(verb)
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| hi lled | ||
| hi lt | (noun)
the handle of a sword or dagger | |
| li ght | (adj)
of comparatively little physical weight or density | |
(adj)
(used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent | ||
(adj)
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(adj)
not great in degree or quantity or number | ||
(adj)
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(adj)
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(adj)
(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress | unaccented, weak | |
(adj)
easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned | ||
(adj)
(used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency | ||
(adj)
(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims | clean, clear, unclouded | |
(adj)
moving easily and quickly; nimble | tripping | |
(adj)
demanding little effort; not burdensome | ||
(adj)
of little intensity or power or force | ||
(adj)
(physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average | ||
(adj)
weak and likely to lose consciousness | faint, swooning | |
(adj)
very thin and insubstantial | ||
(adj)
marked by temperance in indulgence | abstemious | |
(adj)
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so | scant, short | |
(adj)
having little importance | ||
(adj)
intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound | ||
(adj)
silly or trivial | idle | |
(adj)
designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight | ||
(adj)
having relatively few calories | calorie-free, lite, low-cal | |
(adj)
(of sleep) easily disturbed | wakeful | |
(adj)
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior | easy, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton | |
(noun)
(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation | visible radiation | |
(noun)
any device serving as a source of illumination | ||
(noun)
a particular perspective or aspect of a situation | ||
(noun)
| brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminosity, luminousness | |
(noun)
an illuminated area | ||
(noun)
a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination | illumination | |
(noun)
the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures | ||
(noun)
a person regarded very fondly | ||
(noun)
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(noun)
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(noun)
merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance | spark, sparkle, twinkle | |
(noun)
public awareness | ||
(noun)
a visual warning signal | ||
(noun)
| igniter, ignitor | |
(verb)
| illume, illuminate, illumine | |
(verb)
begin to smoke | fire up | |
(verb)
to come to rest, settle | perch | |
(verb)
cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat | ignite | |
(verb)
fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed | fall | |
(verb)
| dismount, get down, get off, unhorse | |
(verb)
start or maintain a fire in | fire, ignite | |
(adv)
with few burdens | ||
| li the | (adj)
gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | lissom, lissome, sinuous, supple |
| te eth | (noun)
| dentition |
| te ethe | (verb)
grow teeth; cut the baby teeth | |
| te ethed | ||
| th ee | ||
| th igh | (noun)
the part of the leg between the hip and the knee | |
(noun)
the upper joint of the leg of a fowl | second joint | |
| ti ght | (adj)
closely constrained or constricted or constricting | |
(adj)
| taut | |
(adj)
set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration | ||
(adj)
| compressed | |
(adj)
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity | mean, mingy, miserly | |
(adj)
affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow | ||
(adj)
of such close construction as to be impermeable | ||
(adj)
of textiles | close | |
(adj)
securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid | ||
(adj)
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched | close | |
(adj)
very drunk | besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, wet | |
(adj)
exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent | nasty | |
(adj)
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures | rigorous, stringent | |
(adj)
packed closely together | ||
(adv)
firmly or closely | fast | |
(adv)
in an attentive manner | close, closely | |
| ti lth | (noun)
the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth | |
(noun)
arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops | cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land | |
| ti the | (verb)
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(verb)
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(verb)
pay a tenth of one's income; pay one tenth of, especially to the church | ||
(noun)
a levy of one tenth of something | ||
(noun)
an offering of a tenth part of some personal income | ||
| ti thed |
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