NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 3, 2021

Jun 3, 2021 · 13 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for June 3, 2021

Game Summary

Center Letter	N
Outer Letters	c, e, i, k, l, t
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: none)
Total Words	59 words
Total Points	267 points
Genius Level	187 points
Bingo?	Yes

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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</th><th>8</th><th>9</th><th>10</th><th>11	Σ
C	1	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	5
E	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	3
I	-	3	2	1	-	1	-	-	7
K	5	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	11
L	5	2	3	1	1	-	-	-	12
N	6	1	2	1	2	-	-	-	12
T	4	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	9
Σ	21	12	14	6	3	2	-	1	59

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

C	CE×1 CL×4
E	EN×3
I	IN×7
K	KE×2 KI×4 KN×5
L	LE×4 LI×8
N	NE×5 NI×7
T	TE×5 TI×4

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

C	CEN×1 CLI×4
E	ENT×3
I	INC×2 INL×1 INN×1 INT×3
K	KEE×1 KEN×1 KIL×1 KIN×2 KIT×1 KNE×4 KNI×1
L	LEN×4 LIE×1 LIK×1 LIN×6
N	NEC×3 NEN×1 NET×1 NIC×3 NIE×1 NIN×2 NIT×1
T	TEE×1 TEL×2 TEN×2 TIN×4

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.

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Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (^†).

Word	2L Ref	Definition (click to reveal)
ce..	CE4	A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
cl....	CL6	A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
cl.......	CL9	The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.
cl....	CL6	A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
cl...	CL5	The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
en.....	EN7	An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
en....	EN6	To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
en.....	EN7	To give a title to. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
in....	IN6	To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
in.....	IN7	To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
in...	IN5	To let in; admit.
in...	IN5	A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
in...	IN5	intelligence (secret information)
in.......	IN9	The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
in....	IN6	Something that is intended.
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.
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.....	KI7	Relating to motion
ki..	KI4	To laugh loudly.
ki....	KI6	A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).
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	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......	LE8	Leniency: mercy or forgiveness in the assignment of punishment.
le.....	LE7	Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation
le..	LE4	Alternative letter-case form of Lent
le....	LE6	Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
li..	LI4	A tendon.
li...	LI5	To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).
li..	LI4	A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
li...	LI5	Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
li..	LI4	A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
li....	LI6	A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
li..	LI4	Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
li....	LI6	A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
ne..	NE4	The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
ne......	NE8	The line formed by the edge of an article of clothing that surrounds the neck, especially as seen at the front.
ne.....	NE7	A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front. See also bowtie.
ne..	NE4	The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
ne....	NE6	Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, the stinging nettles: Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle), Urtica incisa (Australian nettle); Wood nettle (Laportea canadensis); Bull nettles and spurge nettles of genus Cnidoscolus: Cnidoscolus stimulosus, bull nettle, spurge nettle, Cnidoscolus texanus, Texas bull nettle, Cnidoscolus urens, bull nettle, Nettle trees or tree nettles: Various species of the genus Dendrocnide: Urera baccifera (scratchbush), Urtica ferox (tree nettle); rock nettle (Eucnide); small-leaved nettle (Dendrocnide photinophylla).
ni..	NI4	Pleasant, satisfactory.
ni..	NI4	A small cut in a surface. A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
ni....	NI6	A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
ni...	NI5	A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
ni..	NI4	NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 9.
ni......	NI8	The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
ni..	NI4	Informal spelling of night.
te..	TE4	Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old.
te......... ^†	TE11	Of or pertaining to telekinesis.
te....	TE6	A network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via the Internet; the program that acts as the client in this situation
te...	TE5	An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
te..	TE4	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.
ti...	TI5	A tint or colour.
ti..	TI4	A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
ti....	TI6	To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
ti..	TI4	A slight coloring.

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.

cent (CE4)
client (CL6)
clientele (CL9)
clinic (CL6)
clink (CL5)
entente (EN7)
entice (EN6)
entitle (EN7)
incite (IN6)
incline (IN7)
inlet (IN5)
innie (IN5)
intel (IN5)
intellect (IN9)
intent (IN6)
keen (KE4)
kennel (KE6)
kiln (KI4)
kinetic (KI7)
kink (KI4)
kitten (KI6)
knee (KN4)
kneel (KN5)
knell (KN5)
knelt (KN5)
knit (KN4)
lenience (LE8)
lenient (LE7)
lent (LE4)
lentil (LE6)
lien (LI4)
liken (LI5)
line (LI4)
linen (LI5)
link (LI4)
linnet (LI6)
lint (LI4)
lintel (LI6)
neck (NE4)
neckline (NE8)
necktie (NE7)
nene (NE4)
nettle (NE6)
nice (NI4)
nick (NI4)
nickel (NI6)
niece (NI5)
nine (NI4)
nineteen (NI8)
nite (NI4)
teen (TE4)
telekinetic^† (TE11)
telnet (TE6)
tenet (TE5)
tent (TE4)
tinct (TI5)
tine (TI4)
tinkle (TI6)
tint (TI4)

Answer Definitions

cent (noun): A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
client (noun): A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
clientele (noun): The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.
clinic (noun): A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
clink (noun): The sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
entente (noun): An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.
entice (verb): To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
entitle (verb): To give a title to. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
incite (verb): To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
incline (verb): To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
inlet (verb): To let in; admit.
innie (noun): A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen).
intel (noun): intelligence (secret information)
intellect (noun): The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
intent (noun): Something that is intended.
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.
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.
kinetic (adjective): Relating to motion
kink (verb): To laugh loudly.
kitten (noun): A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).
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.
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.
lenience (noun): Leniency: mercy or forgiveness in the assignment of punishment.
lenient (adjective): Lax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation
lent (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Lent
lentil (noun): Any of several plants of the genus Lens, especially Lens culinaris, from southwest Asia, that have edible, lens-shaped seeds within flattened pods.
lien (noun): A tendon.
liken (verb): To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).
line (noun): A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
linen (noun): Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
link (noun): A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
linnet (noun): A small passerine bird, the common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina), in the finch family Fringillidae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa.
lint (noun): Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.
lintel (noun): A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
neck (noun): The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
neckline (noun): The line formed by the edge of an article of clothing that surrounds the neck, especially as seen at the front.
necktie (noun): A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front. See also bowtie.
nene (noun): The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
nettle (noun): Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash. Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, the stinging nettles: Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle), Urtica incisa (Australian nettle); Wood nettle (Laportea canadensis); Bull nettles and spurge nettles of genus Cnidoscolus: Cnidoscolus stimulosus, bull nettle, spurge nettle, Cnidoscolus texanus, Texas bull nettle, Cnidoscolus urens, bull nettle, Nettle trees or tree nettles: Various species of the genus Dendrocnide: Urera baccifera (scratchbush), Urtica ferox (tree nettle); rock nettle (Eucnide); small-leaved nettle (Dendrocnide photinophylla).
nice (adjective): Pleasant, satisfactory.
nick (noun): A small cut in a surface. A particular place or point considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
nickel (noun): A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
niece (noun): A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
nine (numeral): NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 9.
nineteen (numeral): The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
nite (noun): Informal spelling of night.
teen (noun): Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old.
telekinetic^† (adjective): Of or pertaining to telekinesis.
telnet (noun): A network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via the Internet; the program that acts as the client in this situation
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.
tinct (noun): A tint or colour.
tine (noun): A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
tinkle (verb): To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
tint (noun): A slight coloring.

	4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9</th><th>10</th><th>11	Σ
C	1	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	5
E	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	3
I	-	3	2	1	-	1	-	-	7
K	5	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	11
L	5	2	3	1	1	-	-	-	12
N	6	1	2	1	2	-	-	-	12
T	4	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	9
Σ	21	12	14	6	3	2	-	1	59

	4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9</th><th>10</th><th>11	Σ
C	1	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	5
E	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	3
I	-	3	2	1	-	1	-	-	7
K	5	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	11
L	5	2	3	1	1	-	-	-	12
N	6	1	2	1	2	-	-	-	12
T	4	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	9
Σ	21	12	14	6	3	2	-	1	59