NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 5, 2019

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for June 5, 2019
Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for June 5, 2019

Game Summary

Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for June 5, 2019
Center LetterE
Outer Lettersa, h, n, p, t, y
# of Pangrams1 (Perfect: none)
Total Words68 words
Total Points278 points
Genius Level195 points
Bingo?Yes

Table of Contents

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  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 June 5, 2019

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>8</th><th>9Σ
A11-11-4
E12111-6
H4322-112
N421-1-8
P66211-16
T873---18
Y22----4
Σ2623954168

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

A
AN×3
AP×1
E
EA×1
EN×2
EP×1
ET×1
EY×1
H
HA×2
HE×6
HY×4
N
NA×1
NE×7
P
PA×6
PE×10
T
TA×1
TE×11
TH×5
TY×1
Y
YE×4

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

A
ANT×3
APN×1
E
EAT×1
ENA×1
ENT×1
EPE×1
ETH×1
EYE×1
H
HAP×1
HAT×1
HEA×4
HEN×1
HEP×1
HYE×1
HYP×3
N
NAP×1
NEA×4
NEN×1
NEP×1
NET×1
P
PAE×1
PAN×1
PAT×3
PAY×1
PEA×2
PEE×2
PEN×4
PEP×1
PET×1
T
TAP×1
TEA×1
TEE×5
TEN×4
TEP×1
THA×1
THE×4
TYP×1
Y
YEA×2
YEN×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 (†).

Word2L RefDefinition (click to reveal)
an..AN4A price or cost, as in up the ante.
an.....AN7A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.
an......AN8plural of antenna
ap...AP5The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
ea...EA5past participle of eat
en...EN5A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
en.....EN7An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
ep..EP4A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
et....ET6An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.
ey......EY8plural of eyetooth
ha....HA6To occur or take place.
ha..HA4An object of hatred.
he..HE4A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
he..HE4Thermal energy.
he...HE5A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
he.....HE7Not adhering to Christian religion (though usually excluding the Jews); pagan.
he...HE5A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers
he.....HE7Any of the nine isomers of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon C7H16, obtained from petroleum, especially n-heptane (CH3(CH2)5CH3)
hy...HY5Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
hy..HY4Promotion or propaganda; especially exaggerated claims.
hy....HY6The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
hy....... †HY9to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
na..NA4The back part of the neck.
ne..NE4The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
ne..NE4Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
ne....NE6To make (someone or something) neat; to arrange (people or things) in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.
ne...NE5Beneath.
ne..NE4The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
ne......NE8Alternative form of nepenthes (“a drug that relieves one of emotional pain, grief or sorrow”).
ne...NE5Neat, well-groomed, natty.
pa...PA5A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle.
pa..PA4An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc.
pa..PA4The head, particularly the top or crown.
pa....PA6An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent. A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods. A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period. A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
pa......PA8One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent.
pa...PA5one to whom money is paid.
pe....PE6A female peafowl.
pe..PE4Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.
pe..PE4The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
pe..PE4A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
pe.....PE7A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition. The broad pennant flown by commodores. The church pennant indicating religious services are taking place aboard ship. The commissioning pennant flown on ceremonial occasions.
pe...PE5A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
pe...PE5In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth ⁄240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.
pe..PE4Confinement; concealment.
pe...PE5Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy
pe...PE5Having little or no importance.
ta..TA4Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
te..TE4The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
te..TE4Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old.
te...TE5Very small; tiny.
te....TE6A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
te...TE5plural of tooth
te....TE6To grow teeth.
te....TE6One who holds a lease (a tenancy).
te...TE5An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
te..TE4A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
te...TE5The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.
te...TE5Alternative form of teepee
th...TH5A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.
th..TH4Objective and reflexive case of thou.
th..TH4At that time.
th...TH5The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ.
th..TH4A group of entities previously mentioned.
ty..TY4A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
ye..YE4yes.
ye..YE4To give birth to.
ye...YE5A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.
ye...YE5Alternative spelling of yenta

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.

  • ante  (AN4)
  • antenna  (AN7)
  • antennae  (AN8)
  • apnea  (AP5)
  • eaten  (EA5)
  • enate  (EN5)
  • entente  (EN7)
  • epee  (EP4)
  • ethane  (ET6)
  • eyeteeth  (EY8)
  • happen  (HA6)
  • hate  (HA4)
  • heap  (HE4)
  • heat  (HE4)
  • heath  (HE5)
  • heathen  (HE7)
  • henna  (HE5)
  • heptane  (HE7)
  • hyena  (HY5)
  • hype  (HY4)
  • hyphen  (HY6)
  • hyphenate†  (HY9)
  • nape  (NA4)
  • neap  (NE4)
  • neat  (NE4)
  • neaten  (NE6)
  • neath  (NE5)
  • nene  (NE4)
  • nepenthe  (NE8)
  • netty  (NE5)
  • paean  (PA5)
  • pane  (PA4)
  • pate  (PA4)
  • patent  (PA6)
  • patentee  (PA8)
  • payee  (PA5)
  • peahen  (PE6)
  • peat  (PE4)
  • peen  (PE4)
  • peep  (PE4)
  • pennant  (PE7)
  • penne  (PE5)
  • penny  (PE5)
  • pent  (PE4)
  • peppy  (PE5)
  • petty  (PE5)
  • tape  (TA4)
  • teat  (TE4)
  • teen  (TE4)
  • teeny  (TE5)
  • teepee  (TE6)
  • teeth  (TE5)
  • teethe  (TE6)
  • tenant  (TE6)
  • tenet  (TE5)
  • tent  (TE4)
  • tenth  (TE5)
  • tepee  (TE5)
  • thane  (TH5)
  • thee  (TH4)
  • then  (TH4)
  • theta  (TH5)
  • they  (TH4)
  • type  (TY4)
  • yeah  (YE4)
  • yean  (YE4)
  • yenta  (YE5)
  • yente  (YE5)

Answer Definitions

  • ante (noun): A price or cost, as in up the ante.
  • antenna (noun): A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal.
  • antennae (noun): plural of antenna
  • apnea (noun): The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
  • eaten (verb): past participle of eat
  • enate (noun): A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
  • entente (noun): An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
  • epee (noun): A sharp-pointed dueling sword with a bell-shaped guard, used (with the end blunted) in sport fencing.
  • ethane (noun): An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.
  • eyeteeth (noun): plural of eyetooth
  • happen (verb): To occur or take place.
  • hate (noun): An object of hatred.
  • heap (noun): A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
  • heat (noun): Thermal energy.
  • heath (noun): A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
  • heathen (adjective): Not adhering to Christian religion (though usually excluding the Jews); pagan.
  • henna (noun): A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers
  • heptane (noun): Any of the nine isomers of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon C7H16, obtained from petroleum, especially n-heptane (CH3(CH2)5CH3)
  • hyena (noun): Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the subfamily Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
  • hype (noun): Promotion or propaganda; especially exaggerated claims.
  • hyphen (noun): The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
  • hyphenate† (verb): to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
  • nape (noun): The back part of the neck.
  • neap (noun): The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
  • neat (adjective): Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
  • neaten (verb): To make (someone or something) neat; to arrange (people or things) in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.
  • neath (preposition): Beneath.
  • nene (noun): The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
  • nepenthe (noun): Alternative form of nepenthes (“a drug that relieves one of emotional pain, grief or sorrow”).
  • netty (adjective): Neat, well-groomed, natty.
  • paean (noun): A chant or song, especially a hymn of thanksgiving for deliverance or victory, to Apollo or sometimes another god or goddess; hence any song sung to solicit victory in battle.
  • pane (noun): An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc.
  • pate (noun): The head, particularly the top or crown.
  • patent (noun): An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent. A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods. A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period. A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
  • patentee (noun): One to whom a grant is made, or a privilege secured, by patent.
  • payee (noun): one to whom money is paid.
  • peahen (noun): A female peafowl.
  • peat (noun): Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.
  • peen (noun): The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
  • peep (noun): A short, soft, high-pitched sound, as made by a baby bird.
  • pennant (noun): A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition. The broad pennant flown by commodores. The church pennant indicating religious services are taking place aboard ship. The commissioning pennant flown on ceremonial occasions.
  • penne (noun): A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
  • penny (noun): In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a unit of currency worth ⁄240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.
  • pent (noun): Confinement; concealment.
  • peppy (adjective): Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy
  • petty (adjective): Having little or no importance.
  • tape (noun): Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
  • teat (noun): The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
  • teen (noun): Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old.
  • teeny (adjective): Very small; tiny.
  • teepee (noun): A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America.
  • teeth (noun): plural of tooth
  • teethe (verb): To grow teeth.
  • tenant (noun): One who holds a lease (a tenancy).
  • tenet (noun): An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
  • tent (noun): A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
  • tenth (adjective): The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.
  • tepee (noun): Alternative form of teepee
  • thane (noun): A rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.
  • thee (pronoun): Objective and reflexive case of thou.
  • then (adverb): At that time.
  • theta (noun): The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ.
  • they (pronoun): A group of entities previously mentioned.
  • type (noun): A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
  • yeah (particle): yes.
  • yean (verb): To give birth to.
  • yenta (noun): A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.
  • yente (noun): Alternative spelling of yenta