NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 1, 2022
Game Summary
| Center Letter | N |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, e, h, o, p, y |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 37 words |
| Total Points | 128 points |
| Genius Level | 90 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</th><th>8 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| E | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| H | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| N | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 |
| O | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| P | 5 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | 14 |
| Y | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 18 | 13 | 5 | - | 1 | 37 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AE×1 AN×4 AP×1 |
|---|---|
| E | |
| H | HA×1 HE×1 HO×2 HY×2 |
| N | NA×4 NE×3 NO×3 |
| O | OP×1 |
| P | PA×3 PE×6 PH×3 PO×2 |
| Y |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AEO×1 ANN×1 ANO×1 ANY×2 APN×1 |
|---|---|
| E | |
| H | HAP×1 HEN×1 HON×2 HYE×1 HYP×1 |
| N | NAA×1 NAN×2 NAP×1 NEA×1 NEN×1 NEO×1 NON×1 NOO×1 NOP×1 |
| O | OPE×1 |
| P | PAE×1 PAN×1 PAY×1 PEA×1 PEE×1 PEN×2 PEO×2 PHO×3 PON×2 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| ae.. | AE4 | Alternative spelling of eon |
| an... | AN5 | To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. |
| an.. | AN4 | Straight away; at once. |
| an.... | AN6 | anyhow |
| an.... | AN6 | Any person; anybody. |
| ap... | AP5 | The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep. |
| ha.... | HA6 | To occur or take place. |
| he... | HE5 | A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers |
| ho.. | HO4 | A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool. |
| ho... | HO5 | A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods. |
| hy... | HY5 | 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. |
| hy.... | HY6 | 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. |
| na.. | NA4 | A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine. |
| na.. | NA4 | A banana. |
| na... | NA5 | A child's nurse. |
| na.. | NA4 | The back part of the neck. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. |
| ne.. | NE4 | The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957. |
| 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 | Not any of a given number or group. |
| no.. | NO4 | The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday. |
| no.. | NO4 | No. |
| op.. | OP4 | Not closed. Able to be accessed. Able to have something pass through or along it. |
| pa... | PA5 | 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. |
| pa.. | PA4 | An individual sheet of glass in a window, door, etc. |
| pa...... † | PA8 | A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card. |
| pe.... | PE6 | A female peafowl. |
| pe.. | PE4 | The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end. |
| pe... | PE5 | A type of short, diagonally cut pasta. |
| pe... | PE5 | 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. |
| pe.. | PE4 | A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work. |
| pe... | PE5 | A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers. |
| ph... | PH5 | A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc. |
| ph... | PH5 | A phonograph. |
| ph... | PH5 | Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance. |
| po.. | PO4 | A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts. |
| po.. | PO4 | A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers. |
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.
- aeon (AE4)
- annoy (AN5)
- anon (AN4)
- anyhoo (AN6)
- anyone (AN6)
- apnea (AP5)
- happen (HA6)
- henna (HE5)
- hone (HO4)
- honey (HO5)
- hyena (HY5)
- hyphen (HY6)
- naan (NA4)
- nana (NA4)
- nanny (NA5)
- nape (NA4)
- neap (NE4)
- nene (NE4)
- neon (NE4)
- none (NO4)
- noon (NO4)
- nope (NO4)
- open (OP4)
- paean (PA5)
- pane (PA4)
- payphone† (PA8)
- peahen (PE6)
- peen (PE4)
- penne (PE5)
- penny (PE5)
- peon (PE4)
- peony (PE5)
- phone (PH5)
- phono (PH5)
- phony (PH5)
- pone (PO4)
- pony (PO4)
Answer Definitions
- aeon (noun): Alternative spelling of eon
- annoy (verb): To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
- anon (adverb): Straight away; at once.
- anyhoo (adverb): anyhow
- anyone (pronoun): Any person; anybody.
- apnea (noun): The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
- happen (verb): To occur or take place.
- henna (noun): A shrub, Lawsonia inermis, having fragrant reddish flowers
- hone (noun): A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
- honey (noun): A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or to spread on baked goods.
- 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.
- 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.
- naan (noun): A type of round, flat bread baked in a tandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
- nana (noun): A banana.
- nanny (noun): A child's nurse.
- nape (noun): The back part of the neck.
- neap (noun): The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
- nene (noun): The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
- 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.
- none (pronoun): Not any of a given number or group.
- noon (noun): The time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
- nope (particle): No.
- open (adjective): Not closed. Able to be accessed. Able to have something pass through or along it.
- 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.
- payphone† (noun): A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card.
- peahen (noun): A female peafowl.
- peen (noun): The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
- 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.
- peon (noun): A lowly person; a peasant or serf; a labourer who is obliged to do menial work.
- peony (noun): A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.
- phone (noun): A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
- phono (noun): A phonograph.
- phony (adjective): Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
- pone (noun): A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.
- pony (noun): A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.