NYT Spelling Bee Answers for May 25, 2018

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for May 25, 2018
Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for May 25, 2018

Game Summary

Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for May 25, 2018
Center LetterM
Outer Lettersa, e, n, p, t, y
# of Pangrams1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words46 words
Total Points190 points
Genius Level133 points
Bingo?No

Table of Contents

As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!

  1. Spelling Bee Grid
  2. Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
  3. Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
  4. Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
  5. Today's Complete Solution
  6. Answer Definitions

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for May 25, 2018

Spelling Bee Grid

The following table shows the standard Spelling Bee summary grid, which lists word lengths across the top and letters down the left-hand side. The cell where the word lengths and letters intersect displays the number of words in today's puzzle with the corresponding first letter and word length.

4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8Σ
A1-21-4
E-3-2-5
M11911-22
N1---12
P-131-5
T51--28
Y------
Σ181465346

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.

A
AM×1
AP×2
AT×1
E
EM×3
EN×1
ET×1
M
MA×11
ME×10
MY×1
N
NA×2
P
PA×3
PE×2
T
TA×2
TE×6
Y

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.

A
AME×1
APE×2
ATT×1
E
EMA×2
EMP×1
ENE×1
ETY×1
M
MAM×3
MAN×5
MAT×3
MEA×5
MEE×1
MEM×1
MEN×1
MET×2
MYN×1
N
NAM×2
P
PAM×1
PAN×1
PAY×1
PEN×2
T
TAM×2
TEA×2
TEE×1
TEM×2
TEN×1
Y

Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing)

The table below lists all of the solutions to today's puzzle, but they're concealed. You can click the plus button (+) to reveal additional letters, one-by-one.

Concealed definitions are provided as additional clues. You can toggle concealment of the definitions by clicking on the concealer bar or the text that appears when the definition is visible.

Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (†).

Word2L RefDefinition (click to reveal)
am..AM4At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
ap....AP6A prehistoric man resembling an ape, especially one held to be a precursor to modern humans; a non-human australopithecine.
ap....AP6plural of apeman
at.....AT7To try.
em.....EM7Flowing forth; emanating or issuing from or as if from a source.
em.....EM7To come from a source; issue from.
em...EM5Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
en...EN5Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
et...ET5plural of etymon
ma..MA4Mother, female parent.
ma...MA5The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
ma...MA5mamma; mother
ma.....MA7Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.
ma..MA4Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
ma...MA5Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
ma...MA5A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
ma..MA4An indefinite large number of.
ma..MA4A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
ma...MA5Sociable or friendly.
ma...MA5A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
me..ME4To intend. To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
me...ME5simple past tense and past participle of mean
me...ME5Alternative spelling of meanie.
me..ME4The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
me...ME5Of, relating to, or containing meat.
me..ME4To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
me..ME4Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
me....ME6A person who is being mentored
me..ME4Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level.
me..ME4To measure.
my..MY4One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
na..NA4Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
na......NA8A kind of nametag that can be sewn onto clothing.
pa...PA5singular of pampas
pa....PA6a lightweight hat of natural-colored straw hand-plaited of narrow strips from the young leaves of the jipijapa
pa..... †PA7The act of paying.
pe....PE6A scribe, or person who copies texts.
pe....PE6plural of penman
ta..TA4Not or no longer wild; domesticated.
ta..TA4To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
te..TE4A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
te......TE8One who is on the same team.
te..TE4To be stocked to overflowing.
te..TE4Abbreviation of temperature.
te...TE5To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
te......TE8A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.

Today's Complete Solution

The words that follow are a complete listing of all acceptable words in today's New York Time Spelling Bee puzzle.

Next to the answer word you'll see the two-letter reference (2L Ref) in parentheses. We added that 2L Ref for easier translation of the spoiler-avoidant language you see on the Spelling Bee Forum and Twitter. The 2L Ref signifies a word's two start letters followed by the total number of letters in the word.

  • amen  (AM4)
  • apeman  (AP6)
  • apemen  (AP6)
  • attempt  (AT7)
  • emanant  (EM7)
  • emanate  (EM7)
  • empty  (EM5)
  • enemy  (EN5)
  • etyma  (ET5)
  • mama  (MA4)
  • mamma  (MA5)
  • mammy  (MA5)
  • manatee  (MA7)
  • mane  (MA4)
  • manna  (MA5)
  • manta  (MA5)
  • many  (MA4)
  • mate  (MA4)
  • matey  (MA5)
  • matte  (MA5)
  • mean  (ME4)
  • meant  (ME5)
  • meany  (ME5)
  • meat  (ME4)
  • meaty  (ME5)
  • meet  (ME4)
  • meme  (ME4)
  • mentee  (ME6)
  • meta  (ME4)
  • mete  (ME4)
  • myna  (MY4)
  • name  (NA4)
  • nametape  (NA8)
  • pampa  (PA5)
  • panama  (PA6)
  • payment†  (PA7)
  • penman  (PE6)
  • penmen  (PE6)
  • tame  (TA4)
  • tamp  (TA4)
  • team  (TE4)
  • teammate  (TE8)
  • teem  (TE4)
  • temp  (TE4)
  • tempt  (TE5)
  • tenement  (TE8)

Answer Definitions

  • amen (adverb): At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
  • apeman (noun): A prehistoric man resembling an ape, especially one held to be a precursor to modern humans; a non-human australopithecine.
  • apemen (noun): plural of apeman
  • attempt (verb): To try.
  • emanant (adjective): Flowing forth; emanating or issuing from or as if from a source.
  • emanate (verb): To come from a source; issue from.
  • empty (adjective): Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
  • enemy (noun): Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
  • etyma (noun): plural of etymon
  • mama (noun): Mother, female parent.
  • mamma (noun): The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
  • mammy (noun): mamma; mother
  • manatee (noun): Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae, found in tropical regions.
  • mane (noun): Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
  • manna (noun): Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
  • manta (noun): A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
  • many (determiner): An indefinite large number of.
  • mate (noun): A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
  • matey (adjective): Sociable or friendly.
  • matte (noun): A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
  • mean (verb): To intend. To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
  • meant (verb): simple past tense and past participle of mean
  • meany (noun): Alternative spelling of meanie.
  • meat (noun): The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food.
  • meaty (adjective): Of, relating to, or containing meat.
  • meet (verb): To make contact (with) while in proximity. To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
  • meme (noun): Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
  • mentee (noun): A person who is being mentored
  • meta (adjective): Self-referential; structured analogously (structured by relationships), but at a higher level.
  • mete (verb): To measure.
  • myna (noun): One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
  • name (noun): Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
  • nametape (noun): A kind of nametag that can be sewn onto clothing.
  • pampa (noun): singular of pampas
  • panama (noun): a lightweight hat of natural-colored straw hand-plaited of narrow strips from the young leaves of the jipijapa
  • payment† (noun): The act of paying.
  • penman (noun): A scribe, or person who copies texts.
  • penmen (noun): plural of penman
  • tame (adjective): Not or no longer wild; domesticated.
  • tamp (verb): To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
  • team (noun): A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
  • teammate (noun): One who is on the same team.
  • teem (verb): To be stocked to overflowing.
  • temp (noun): Abbreviation of temperature.
  • tempt (verb): To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
  • tenement (noun): A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.