NYT Spelling Bee Answers for May 28, 2018

May 28, 2018 · 7 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for May 28, 2018

Game Summary

Center Letter	K
Outer Letters	e, i, l, n, t, w
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words	30 words
Total Points	95 points
Genius Level	67 points
Bingo?	No

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

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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	Σ
E	-	-	-	-	-
I	-	-	-	1	1
K	11	3	3	-	17
L	3	1	-	-	4
N	-	-	-	-	-
T	1	-	1	1	3
W	3	-	2	-	5
Σ	18	4	6	2	30

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

E
I	IN×1
K	KE×4 KI×7 KN×6
L	LE×1 LI×3
N
T	TI×2 TW×1
W	WE×2 WI×3

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

E
I	INK×1
K	KEE×2 KEN×1 KET×1 KIL×3 KIN×1 KIT×2 KIW×1 KNE×5 KNI×1
L	LEE×1 LIK×2 LIN×1
N
T	TIK×1 TIN×1 TWI×1
W	WEE×1 WEL×1 WIK×1 WIN×2

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 (^†).

Word	2L Ref	Definition (click to reveal)
in.....	IN7	A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen into it whenever a refill is needed.
ke..	KE4	A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
ke..	KE4	Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
ke....	KE6	A house or shelter for a dog.
ke....	KE6	A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
ki..	KI4	To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
ki..	KI4	An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
ki..	KI4	To gather up (skirts) around the body.
ki..	KI4	To laugh loudly.
ki..	KI4	A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
ki....	KI6	A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).
ki..	KI4	A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
kn..	KN4	In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
kn...	KN5	To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
kn...	KN5	To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
kn...	KN5	simple past tense and past participle of kneel.
kn..	KN4	simple past tense of know
kn..	KN4	To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
le..	LE4	The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
li..	LI4	To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
li...	LI5	To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).
li..	LI4	A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
ti..	TI4	Carved talisman in humanoid form, common to the cultures of the Pacific Ocean.
ti....	TI6	To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
tw..... ^†	TW7	to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer
we..	WE4	Any period of seven consecutive days.
we....	WE6	The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.
wi..	WI4	A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.
wi..	WI4	To close one's eyes in sleep.
wi....	WI6	A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.

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.

inkwell (IN7)
keel (KE4)
keen (KE4)
kennel (KE6)
kettle (KE6)
kill (KI4)
kiln (KI4)
kilt (KI4)
kink (KI4)
kite (KI4)
kitten (KI6)
kiwi (KI4)
knee (KN4)
kneel (KN5)
knell (KN5)
knelt (KN5)
knew (KN4)
knit (KN4)
leek (LE4)
like (LI4)
liken (LI5)
link (LI4)
tiki (TI4)
tinkle (TI6)
twinkle^† (TW7)
week (WE4)
welkin (WE6)
wiki (WI4)
wink (WI4)
winkle (WI6)

Answer Definitions

inkwell (noun): A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen into it whenever a refill is needed.
keel (noun): A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
keen (adjective): Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
kennel (noun): A house or shelter for a dog.
kettle (noun): A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
kill (verb): To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
kiln (noun): An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
kilt (verb): To gather up (skirts) around the body.
kink (verb): To laugh loudly.
kite (noun): A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
kitten (noun): A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).
kiwi (noun): A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
knee (noun): In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
kneel (verb): To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
knell (verb): To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
knelt (verb): simple past tense and past participle of kneel.
knew (verb): simple past tense of know
knit (verb): To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by forming loops that are pulled through each other. This can be done by hand with needles or by machine.
leek (noun): The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
like (verb): To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
liken (verb): To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).
link (noun): A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
tiki (noun): Carved talisman in humanoid form, common to the cultures of the Pacific Ocean.
tinkle (verb): To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
twinkle^† (verb): to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer
week (noun): Any period of seven consecutive days.
welkin (noun): The sky which appears to an observer on the Earth as a dome in which celestial bodies are visible; the firmament.
wiki (noun): A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.
wink (verb): To close one's eyes in sleep.
winkle (noun): A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.