NYT Spelling Bee Answers for May 7, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | B |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, f, l, o, r |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 37 words |
| Total Points | 128 points |
| Genius Level | 90 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
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</th><th>9</th><th>10 | Σ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| B | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 26 |
| D | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| L | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| O | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| R | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | Σ | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 37 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AB×2 AD×1 AR×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BA×8 BL×3 BO×12 BR×3 |
| D | DR×1 |
| F | FL×2 |
| L | LA×1 LO×1 |
| O | OD×1 |
| R | RO×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ABO×1 ABR×1 ADO×1 ARB×1 |
|---|---|
| B | BAB×1 BAL×3 BAO×1 BAR×3 BLA×1 BLO×2 BOA×2 BOB×1 BOF×1 BOL×5 BOO×3 BRA×1 BRO×2 |
| D | DRA×1 |
| F | FLA×1 FLO×1 |
| L | LAB×1 LOB×1 |
| O | ODD×1 |
| R | ROL×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) |
|---|---|---|
| fl........ † | FL10 | Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor. |
| ab.... | AB6 | On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car. |
| ab.... | AB6 | Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. |
| ad... | AD5 | A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic. |
| ar... | AR5 | A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup. |
| ba.. | BA4 | Having no hair, fur or feathers. |
| ba.. | BA4 | A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass. |
| ba.... | BA6 | A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas. |
| ba.... | BA6 | A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits. |
| 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.. | 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.. | BA4 | Vomit. |
| bl.. | BL4 | To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion. |
| bl.. | BL4 | A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape. |
| bl... | BL5 | A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. |
| bo... | BO5 | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making. |
| bo.. | BO4 | Synonym of tapioca pearl. |
| bo... | BO5 | Outstanding; very good or successful. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of a cord. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A dwelling; habitation; building. |
| bo.. | BO4 | The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant. |
| bo..... | BO7 | A strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to the ground and/or on the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines etc are secured. |
| bo.. | BO4 | A long, heavy, single-edged machete. |
| bo.. | BO4 | An idiot; a fool. |
| bo.... | BO6 | Alternative spelling of boo-boo |
| bo.. | BO4 | A peasant. |
| 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 | Wide in extent or scope. |
| br... | BR5 | The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother. |
| dr.. | DR4 | A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour. |
| fl.. | FL4 | Soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat. |
| la... | LA5 | Alternative spelling of labour |
| lo.. | LO4 | A wolf. |
| od..... | OD7 | An eccentric or unusual person. |
| ro..... | RO7 | Alternative form of roll bar (“an anti-roll bar”) |
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.
- floorboard† (FL10)
- aboard (AB6)
- abroad (AB6)
- adobo (AD5)
- arbor (AR5)
- baba (BA4)
- bald (BA4)
- ball (BA4)
- ballad (BA6)
- baobab (BA6)
- barb (BA4)
- bard (BA4)
- barf (BA4)
- blab (BL4)
- blob (BL4)
- blood (BL5)
- boar (BO4)
- board (BO5)
- boba (BO4)
- boffo (BO5)
- bola (BO4)
- bold (BO4)
- boll (BO4)
- bollard (BO7)
- bolo (BO4)
- boob (BO4)
- booboo (BO6)
- boor (BO4)
- brad (BR4)
- broad (BR5)
- brood (BR5)
- drab (DR4)
- flab (FL4)
- labor (LA5)
- lobo (LO4)
- oddball (OD7)
- rollbar (RO7)
Answer Definitions
- floorboard† (noun): Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.
- aboard (adverb): On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
- abroad (adverb): Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
- adobo (noun): A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.
- arbor (noun): A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
- baba (noun): A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
- bald (adjective): Having no hair, fur or feathers.
- ball (noun): A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- ballad (noun): A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.
- baobab (noun): A tree, Adansonia digitata (and similar species), native to tropical Africa, having a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
- 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.
- 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.
- barf (noun): Vomit.
- blab (verb): To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
- blob (noun): A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
- blood (noun): A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
- boar (noun): A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
- board (noun): A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
- boba (noun): Synonym of tapioca pearl.
- boffo (adjective): Outstanding; very good or successful.
- bola (noun): A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of a cord.
- bold (noun): A dwelling; habitation; building.
- boll (noun): The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
- bollard (noun): A strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to the ground and/or on the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines etc are secured.
- bolo (noun): A long, heavy, single-edged machete.
- boob (noun): An idiot; a fool.
- booboo (noun): Alternative spelling of boo-boo
- boor (noun): A peasant.
- 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.
- broad (adjective): Wide in extent or scope.
- brood (noun): The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother.
- drab (noun): A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour.
- flab (noun): Soft, loose flesh on a person's body; fat.
- labor (noun): Alternative spelling of labour
- lobo (noun): A wolf.
- oddball (noun): An eccentric or unusual person.
- rollbar (noun): Alternative form of roll bar (“an anti-roll bar”)