NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 4, 2023
Game Summary
| Center Letter | B |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, i, m, n, r |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 35 words |
| Total Points | 157 points |
| Genius Level | 110 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
Table of Contents
As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!
- 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 | Σ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| B | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| D | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| I | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| M | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 |
| N | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| R | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | Σ | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 35 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AR×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×11 BI×4 BR×7 |
| D | DR×2 |
| I | IA×2 |
| M | MA×2 MI×3 |
| N | NI×1 |
| R | RA×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ARM×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BAB×1 BAN×4 BAR×6 BIN×2 BIR×2 BRA×5 BRI×2 |
| D | DRA×1 DRI×1 |
| I | IAM×2 |
| M | MAM×1 MAR×1 MID×2 MIN×1 |
| N | NIM×1 |
| R | RAB×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 (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| mi...... † | MI8 | A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion). |
| ar..... | AR7 | A band worn around the arm, usually to symbolize protest or mourning. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup. |
| ba.... | BA6 | An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached. A belt or strap that is part of a machine. |
| ba..... | BA7 | A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband. |
| ba...... | BA8 | Alternative spelling of bandana |
| ba.. | BA4 | The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. |
| ba....... | BA9 | Relating to people, countries, or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men. |
| ba..... | BA7 | A woman who serves in a bar. |
| ba.... | BA6 | A man who works in a bar. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle. |
| bi.. | BI4 | To tie; to confine by any ligature. |
| bi... | BI5 | The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of married Hindu women. |
| bi.. | BI4 | A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs. |
| bi....... | BI9 | Someone who is not intelligent. |
| br.. | BR4 | A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin. |
| br... | BR5 | To make a sudden movement with, to jerk. |
| br... | BR5 | The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action. |
| br.. | BR4 | The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain. |
| br... | BR5 | A conflagration; a flame. |
| br... | BR5 | Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera. |
| br.. | BR4 | The sea; ocean; water; flood. |
| dr.. | DR4 | A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour. |
| dr.. | DR4 | To cut off; chop off. |
| ia.. | IA4 | A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. |
| ia... | IA5 | plural of iambus |
| ma... | MA5 | Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees. |
| ma..... | MA7 | A musical instrument similar to a xylophone but clearer in pitch. |
| mi.... | MI6 | The strengthened vein down the middle of a flower petal or simple leaf or leaflet. |
| mi..... | MI7 | A small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay. |
| ni... | NI5 | plural of nimbus |
| ra... | RA5 | A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions. |
| ra... | RA5 | Affected with rabies. |
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.
- midbrain† (MI8)
- armband (AR7)
- baba (BA4)
- banana (BA6)
- band (BA4)
- bandana (BA7)
- bandanna (BA8)
- barb (BA4)
- barbarian (BA9)
- bard (BA4)
- barmaid (BA7)
- barman (BA6)
- barn (BA4)
- bind (BI4)
- bindi (BI5)
- bird (BI4)
- birdbrain (BI9)
- brad (BR4)
- braid (BR5)
- brain (BR5)
- bran (BR4)
- brand (BR5)
- briar (BR5)
- brim (BR4)
- drab (DR4)
- drib (DR4)
- iamb (IA4)
- iambi (IA5)
- mamba (MA5)
- marimba (MA7)
- midrib (MI6)
- minibar (MI7)
- nimbi (NI5)
- rabbi (RA5)
- rabid (RA5)
Answer Definitions
- midbrain† (noun): A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).
- armband (noun): A band worn around the arm, usually to symbolize protest or mourning.
- baba (noun): A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
- banana (noun): An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking.
- band (noun): A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached. A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
- bandana (noun): A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.
- bandanna (noun): Alternative spelling of bandana
- barb (noun): The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
- barbarian (adjective): Relating to people, countries, or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.
- bard (noun): A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
- barmaid (noun): A woman who serves in a bar.
- barman (noun): A man who works in a bar.
- barn (noun): A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
- bind (verb): To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- bindi (noun): The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of married Hindu women.
- bird (noun): A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, having a beaked mouth, and laying eggs.
- birdbrain (noun): Someone who is not intelligent.
- brad (noun): A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
- braid (verb): To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
- brain (noun): The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- bran (noun): The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
- brand (noun): A conflagration; a flame.
- briar (noun): Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.
- brim (noun): The sea; ocean; water; flood.
- drab (noun): A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour.
- drib (verb): To cut off; chop off.
- iamb (noun): A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
- iambi (noun): plural of iambus
- mamba (noun): Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.
- marimba (noun): A musical instrument similar to a xylophone but clearer in pitch.
- midrib (noun): The strengthened vein down the middle of a flower petal or simple leaf or leaflet.
- minibar (noun): A small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay.
- nimbi (noun): plural of nimbus
- rabbi (noun): A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
- rabid (adjective): Affected with rabies.