NYT Spelling Bee Answers for May 24, 2020
Game Summary
| Center Letter | I |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | k, l, n, r, w, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 21 words |
| Total Points | 52 points |
| Genius Level | 36 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
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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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| K | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 7 |
| L | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| N | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| R | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| W | 6 | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 16 | 3 | - | 2 | 21 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| I | IL×1 IN×1 |
|---|---|
| K | KI×6 KR×1 |
| L | LI×2 |
| N | NI×1 |
| R | RI×2 |
| W | WI×6 WR×1 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| I | ILL×1 INK×1 |
|---|---|
| K | KIL×2 KIN×3 KIW×1 KRI×1 |
| L | LIL×1 LIN×1 |
| N | NIN×1 |
| R | RIL×1 RIN×1 |
| W | WIK×1 WIL×2 WIN×2 WIR×1 WRI×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 (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| il.. | IL4 | Badly; poorly. |
| in.. | IN4 | Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark. |
| 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 laugh loudly. |
| ki..... | KI7 | In a kinky manner. |
| ki... | KI5 | Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl. |
| ki.. | KI4 | A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand. |
| kr... | KR5 | any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca. |
| li.. | LI4 | Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species. |
| li.. | LI4 | A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas. |
| ni... | NI5 | A silly or foolish person. |
| ri.. | RI4 | A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet. |
| ri.. | RI4 | A man, especially a warrior or hero. |
| 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 | Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. |
| wi.. | WI4 | Sly, cunning, full of tricks. |
| wi.. | WI4 | To close one's eyes in sleep. |
| wi.. | WI4 | Having the taste or qualities of wine. |
| wi.. | WI4 | Thin, muscular and flexible. |
| wr..... † | WR7 | Having wrinkles. |
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.
- illy (IL4)
- inky (IN4)
- kill (KI4)
- kiln (KI4)
- kink (KI4)
- kinkily (KI7)
- kinky (KI5)
- kiwi (KI4)
- krill (KR5)
- lily (LI4)
- link (LI4)
- ninny (NI5)
- rill (RI4)
- rink (RI4)
- wiki (WI4)
- will (WI4)
- wily (WI4)
- wink (WI4)
- winy (WI4)
- wiry (WI4)
- wrinkly† (WR7)
Answer Definitions
- illy (adverb): Badly; poorly.
- inky (adjective): Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
- 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.
- kink (verb): To laugh loudly.
- kinkily (adverb): In a kinky manner.
- kinky (adjective): Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.
- kiwi (noun): A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
- krill (noun): any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.
- lily (noun): Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
- link (noun): A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
- ninny (noun): A silly or foolish person.
- rill (noun): A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
- rink (noun): A man, especially a warrior or hero.
- wiki (noun): A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.
- will (verb): Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- wily (adjective): Sly, cunning, full of tricks.
- wink (verb): To close one's eyes in sleep.
- winy (adjective): Having the taste or qualities of wine.
- wiry (adjective): Thin, muscular and flexible.
- wrinkly† (adjective): Having wrinkles.