NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 17, 2024

Apr 17, 2024 · 7 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for April 17, 2024

Game Summary

Center Letter	M
Outer Letters	a, d, e, o, w, y
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words	38 words
Total Points	149 points
Genius Level	104 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
A	1	-	-	-	1
D	5	2	4	-	11
E	-	1	-	1	2
M	9	10	4	1	24
O	-	-	-	-	-
W	-	-	-	-	-
Y	-	-	-	-	-
Σ	15	13	8	2	38

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

A	AM×1
D	DA×2 DE×4 DO×5
E	ED×2
M	MA×7 ME×9 MO×8
O
W
Y

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

A	AMM×1
D	DAM×2 DEE×2 DEM×2 DOM×2 DOO×3
E	EDA×1 EDE×1
M	MAD×3 MAM×2 MAY×2 MEA×3 MEM×3 MEO×2 MEW×1 MOD×2 MOM×2 MOO×3 MOW×1
O
W
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)
me..... ^†	ME7	Of or pertaining to meadows.
am..	AM4	Ammunition.
da..	DA4	Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
da....	DA6	simple past tense and past participle of dam
de..	DE4	To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
de....	DE6	simple past tense and past participle of deem
de..	DE4	A demonstration or visual explanation.
de....	DE6	simple past tense and past participle of demo
do..	DO4	A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
do...	DO5	In the form of a dome.
do..	DO4	Destiny, especially terrible.
do....	DO6	Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.
do...	DO5	Filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic
ed.....	ED7	Fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable.
ed...	ED5	An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
ma...	MA5	A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
ma....	MA6	Alternative form of madam
ma..	MA4	A grub or maggot.
ma..	MA4	Mother, female parent.
ma...	MA5	The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
ma....	MA6	emergency, need assistance
ma..	MA4	Clipping of mayonnaise.
me..	ME4	An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
me....	ME6	A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.
me..	ME4	Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
me...	ME5	simple past tense and past participle of meme
me..	ME4	A short note; a memorandum.
me..	ME4	The cry of a cat.
me....	ME6	simple past and past participle of meow
me...	ME5	simple past tense and past participle of mew
mo..	MO4	One of several ancient Greek scales.
mo...	MO5	A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone line.
mo...	MO5	mother
mo...	MO5	Mother.
mo..	MO4	A mental or emotional state, composure.
mo...	MO5	Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental.
mo...	MO5	simple past tense and past participle of moo
mo...	MO5	simple past and past participle of mow

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.

meadowy^† (ME7)
ammo (AM4)
dame (DA4)
dammed (DA6)
deem (DE4)
deemed (DE6)
demo (DE4)
demoed (DE6)
dome (DO4)
domed (DO5)
doom (DO4)
doomed (DO6)
doomy (DO5)
edamame (ED7)
edema (ED5)
madam (MA5)
madame (MA6)
made (MA4)
mama (MA4)
mamma (MA5)
mayday (MA6)
mayo (MA4)
mead (ME4)
meadow (ME6)
meme (ME4)
memed (ME5)
memo (ME4)
meow (ME4)
meowed (ME6)
mewed (ME5)
mode (MO4)
modem (MO5)
momma (MO5)
mommy (MO5)
mood (MO4)
moody (MO5)
mooed (MO5)
mowed (MO5)

Answer Definitions

meadowy^† (adjective): Of or pertaining to meadows.
ammo (noun): Ammunition.
dame (noun): Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
dammed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dam
deem (verb): To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
deemed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deem
demo (noun): A demonstration or visual explanation.
demoed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of demo
dome (noun): A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.
domed (adjective): In the form of a dome.
doom (noun): Destiny, especially terrible.
doomed (adjective): Assured to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome.
doomy (adjective): Filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic
edamame (noun): Fresh green soybeans boiled as a vegetable.
edema (noun): An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
madam (noun): A polite form of address for a woman or lady.
madame (noun): Alternative form of madam
made (noun): A grub or maggot.
mama (noun): Mother, female parent.
mamma (noun): The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
mayday (interjection): emergency, need assistance
mayo (noun): Clipping of mayonnaise.
mead (noun): An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
meadow (noun): A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.
meme (noun): Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
memed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of meme
memo (noun): A short note; a memorandum.
meow (interjection): The cry of a cat.
meowed (verb): simple past and past participle of meow
mewed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of mew
mode (noun): One of several ancient Greek scales.
modem (noun): A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone line.
momma (noun): mother
mommy (noun): Mother.
mood (noun): A mental or emotional state, composure.
moody (adjective): Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental.
mooed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of moo
mowed (verb): simple past and past participle of mow