NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 24, 2020

Jun 24, 2020 · 7 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for June 24, 2020

Game Summary

Center Letter	O
Outer Letters	e, f, k, l, m, n
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words	28 words
Total Points	57 points
Genius Level	40 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	-	-	-	-	-
F	3	1	-	-	4
K	2	1	-	-	3
L	5	1	-	-	6
M	6	1	-	1	8
N	5	-	-	-	5
O	2	-	-	-	2
Σ	23	4	-	1	28

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

E
F	FE×1 FL×1 FO×2
K	KE×1 KN×1 KO×1
L	LE×1 LO×5
M	ME×3 MO×5
N	NE×1 NO×4
O	OL×1 OM×1

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

E
F	FEL×1 FLO×1 FOL×1 FOO×1
K	KEN×1 KNO×1 KOO×1
L	LEM×1 LOL×1 LON×1 LOO×3
M	MEL×1 MEM×1 MEN×1 MOL×2 MON×2 MOO×1
N	NEO×1 NOE×1 NON×1 NOO×2
O	OLE×1 OME×1

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)
fe...	FE5	A person who has committed a felony.
fl..	FL4	A low, flat mass of floating ice.
fo..	FO4	Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
fo..	FO4	A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
ke..	KE4	A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.
kn...	KN5	A small mound or rounded hill.
ko..	KO4	An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
le...	LE5	A yellowish citrus fruit.
lo..	LO4	To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
lo..	LO4	Solitary; having no companion.
lo..	LO4	To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
lo..	LO4	A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
lo..	LO4	An idler, a lout.
me...	ME5	Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Genus Cucumis, various musk melons, including the honeydew and the cantaloupes, and the horned melon. Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others Genus Benincasa, a winter melon Genus Momordica, the bitter melon
me..	ME4	A short note; a memorandum.
me..... ^†	ME7	Male people in general.
mo..	MO4	A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
mo..	MO4	A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
mo..	MO4	A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
mo..	MO4	Clipping of mononucleosis.
mo..	MO4	Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
ne..	NE4	The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
no..	NO4	A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.
no..	NO4	Not any of a given number or group.
no..	NO4	A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
no..	NO4	The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
ol..	OL4	A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects.
om..	OM4	Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.

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.

felon (FE5)
floe (FL4)
folk (FO4)
fool (FO4)
keno (KE4)
knoll (KN5)
kook (KO4)
lemon (LE5)
loll (LO4)
lone (LO4)
look (LO4)
loom (LO4)
loon (LO4)
melon (ME5)
memo (ME4)
menfolk^† (ME7)
mole (MO4)
moll (MO4)
monk (MO4)
mono (MO4)
moon (MO4)
neon (NE4)
noel (NO4)
none (NO4)
nook (NO4)
noon (NO4)
oleo (OL4)
omen (OM4)

Answer Definitions

felon (noun): A person who has committed a felony.
floe (noun): A low, flat mass of floating ice.
folk (adjective): Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
fool (noun): A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
keno (noun): A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.
knoll (noun): A small mound or rounded hill.
kook (noun): An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
lemon (noun): A yellowish citrus fruit.
loll (verb): To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease.
lone (adjective): Solitary; having no companion.
look (verb): To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
loom (noun): A utensil; tool; a weapon; an article in general.
loon (noun): An idler, a lout.
melon (noun): Any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Genus Cucumis, various musk melons, including the honeydew and the cantaloupes, and the horned melon. Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others Genus Benincasa, a winter melon Genus Momordica, the bitter melon
memo (noun): A short note; a memorandum.
menfolk^† (noun): Male people in general.
mole (noun): A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
moll (noun): A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
monk (noun): A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
mono (noun): Clipping of mononucleosis.
moon (proper noun): Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).
neon (noun): The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas.
noel (noun): A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.
none (pronoun): Not any of a given number or group.
nook (noun): A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
oleo (noun): A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects.
omen (noun): Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.