NYT Spelling Bee Answers for May 25, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | I |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, h, n, o, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 31 words |
| Total Points | 161 points |
| Genius Level | 113 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 |
| D | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| H | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| I | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 |
| N | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 |
| O | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| T | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 | Σ | 9 | 9 | 6 | - | 3 | - | 4 | 31 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AD×1 AN×4 AT×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DH×1 DI×3 DO×1 |
| H | HI×2 |
| I | ID×1 IN×3 IO×1 |
| N | NA×3 NI×1 NO×2 |
| O | ON×1 |
| T | TA×3 TH×1 TI×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ADD×1 ANI×1 ANN×1 ANO×1 ANT×1 ATT×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DHO×1 DIN×2 DIT×1 DON×1 |
| H | HIN×2 |
| I | IDI×1 INI×1 INT×2 IOT×1 |
| N | NAI×1 NAT×2 NIN×1 NOT×2 |
| O | ONI×1 |
| T | TAH×1 TAI×1 TAN×1 THI×1 TIN×1 TIT×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) |
|---|---|---|
| na........ † | NA10 | The quality of being a nation. |
| ad...... | AD8 | The act of adding anything. |
| an... | AN5 | A negatively charged ion. |
| an........ | AN10 | A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis. |
| an.... | AN6 | To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. |
| an.. | AN4 | Opposed to something. |
| at.... | AT6 | To gain (an object or desired result). |
| dh... | DH5 | A long loincloth worn by men in India. |
| di.. | DI4 | dinosaur. |
| di.. | DI4 | A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight. |
| di... | DI5 | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise. |
| do...... | DO8 | A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause. |
| hi.. | HI4 | Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts). |
| hi.. | HI4 | A clue. |
| id... | ID5 | A person of low general intelligence. |
| in........ | IN10 | The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced |
| in.. | IN4 | To or towards the inside of. |
| in........ | IN10 | The rise and fall of the voice in speaking. |
| io.. | IO4 | The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. |
| na... | NA5 | A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water. |
| na.... | NA6 | A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. |
| ni... | NI5 | The ordinal form of the number nine. |
| no...... | NO8 | The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters. |
| no.... | NO6 | Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept. |
| on... | ON5 | A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. |
| ta.... | TA6 | A paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc. |
| ta... | TA5 | A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food. |
| ta.... | TA6 | Tannic acid or any of its derivatives. |
| th.. | TH4 | Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite. |
| ti.. | TI4 | A slight coloring. |
| ti... | TI5 | Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness. |
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.
- nationhood† (NA10)
- addition (AD8)
- anion (AN5)
- annotation (AN10)
- anoint (AN6)
- anti (AN4)
- attain (AT6)
- dhoti (DH5)
- dino (DI4)
- dint (DI4)
- ditto (DI5)
- donation (DO8)
- hind (HI4)
- hint (HI4)
- idiot (ID5)
- initiation (IN10)
- into (IN4)
- intonation (IN10)
- iota (IO4)
- naiad (NA5)
- nation (NA6)
- ninth (NI5)
- notation (NO8)
- notion (NO6)
- onion (ON5)
- tahini (TA6)
- taint (TA5)
- tannin (TA6)
- thin (TH4)
- tint (TI4)
- titan (TI5)
Answer Definitions
- nationhood† (noun): The quality of being a nation.
- addition (noun): The act of adding anything.
- anion (noun): A negatively charged ion.
- annotation (noun): A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.
- anoint (verb): To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
- anti (adjective): Opposed to something.
- attain (verb): To gain (an object or desired result).
- dhoti (noun): A long loincloth worn by men in India.
- dino (noun): dinosaur.
- dint (noun): A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
- ditto (noun): That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
- donation (noun): A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
- hind (adjective): Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
- hint (noun): A clue.
- idiot (noun): A person of low general intelligence.
- initiation (noun): The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced
- into (preposition): To or towards the inside of.
- intonation (noun): The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
- iota (noun): The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
- naiad (noun): A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
- nation (noun): A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
- ninth (adjective): The ordinal form of the number nine.
- notation (noun): The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
- notion (noun): Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
- onion (noun): A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
- tahini (noun): A paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc.
- taint (noun): A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
- tannin (noun): Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.
- thin (adjective): Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- tint (noun): A slight coloring.
- titan (noun): Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.