NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 2, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | H |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, i, l, n, o |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 36 words |
| Total Points | 171 points |
| Genius Level | 120 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</th><th>9</th><th>10</th><th>11</th><th>12 | Σ | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| C | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 19 |
| H | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| I | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| L | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| N | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 11 | 16 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 36 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×1 AL×3 AN×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CH×14 CI×1 CL×1 CO×3 |
| H | HA×4 HI×1 HO×2 |
| I | IN×1 |
| L | LO×2 |
| N | NA×1 NO×1 |
| O |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACH×1 ALC×2 ALO×1 ANC×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CHA×3 CHI×10 CHO×1 CIN×1 CLI×1 COA×1 COH×1 CON×1 |
| H | HAI×1 HAL×3 HIL×1 HON×1 HOO×1 |
| I | INC×1 |
| L | LOA×1 LOC×1 |
| N | NAC×1 NON×1 |
| O |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| no.......... † | NO12 | Containing no more than trace amounts of alcohol. |
| ac... | AC5 | The sound of a sneeze. |
| al..... | AL7 | Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH). |
| al....... | AL9 | A person addicted to alcohol. |
| al... | AL5 | Good wishes, love. |
| an... | AN5 | A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder. |
| ch.. | CH4 | A female gypsy. |
| ch... | CH5 | A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal. |
| ch..... | CH7 | A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov. |
| ch.. | CH4 | A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica. |
| ch.. | CH4 | Elegant, stylish. |
| ch... | CH5 | A Latin-American girl; a Latina. |
| ch.... | CH6 | Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way. |
| ch... | CH5 | The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking. |
| ch... | CH5 | A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness. |
| ch.. | CH4 | The bottom of a face, the typically jutting jawline below the mouth. |
| ch... | CH5 | Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china. |
| ch........ | CH10 | Either of two small, crepuscular rodents of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets. |
| ch... | CH5 | A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms. |
| ch........ | CH10 | Someone who has such a liking for chocolate that they appear to be addicted to it. |
| ci... | CI5 | A simple saddle girth used in Mexico. |
| cl.... | CL6 | To clasp; to interlock. |
| co... | CO5 | A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power. |
| co.. | CO4 | An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes. |
| co... | CO5 | A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell. |
| ha.. | HA4 | Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm. |
| ha... | HA5 | Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do. |
| ha.. | HA4 | A corridor; a hallway. |
| ha.. | HA4 | A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere. |
| hi.. | HI4 | An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain. |
| ho.... | HO6 | boss, leader |
| ho... | HO5 | Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky. |
| in.. | IN4 | A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres. |
| lo... | LO5 | A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea. Any true loach, of the family Cobitidae. A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes: Botiidae, Balitoridae, and Gyrinocheilidae. |
| lo.. | LO4 | A lake. |
| na... | NA5 | A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos. |
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.
- nonalcoholic† (NO12)
- achoo (AC5)
- alcohol (AL7)
- alcoholic (AL9)
- aloha (AL5)
- ancho (AN5)
- chai (CH4)
- chain (CH5)
- challah (CH7)
- chia (CH4)
- chic (CH4)
- chica (CH5)
- chichi (CH6)
- chili (CH5)
- chill (CH5)
- chin (CH4)
- china (CH5)
- chinchilla (CH10)
- chino (CH5)
- chocoholic (CH10)
- cinch (CI5)
- clinch (CL6)
- coach (CO5)
- coho (CO4)
- conch (CO5)
- hail (HA4)
- halal (HA5)
- hall (HA4)
- halo (HA4)
- hill (HI4)
- honcho (HO6)
- hooch (HO5)
- inch (IN4)
- loach (LO5)
- loch (LO4)
- nacho (NA5)
Answer Definitions
- nonalcoholic† (adjective): Containing no more than trace amounts of alcohol.
- achoo (interjection): The sound of a sneeze.
- alcohol (noun): Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
- alcoholic (noun): A person addicted to alcohol.
- aloha (noun): Good wishes, love.
- ancho (noun): A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder.
- chai (noun): A female gypsy.
- chain (noun): A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
- challah (noun): A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
- chia (noun): A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
- chic (adjective): Elegant, stylish.
- chica (noun): A Latin-American girl; a Latina.
- chichi (adjective): Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way.
- chili (noun): The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
- chill (noun): A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
- chin (noun): The bottom of a face, the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
- china (noun): Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
- chinchilla (noun): Either of two small, crepuscular rodents of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
- chino (noun): A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms.
- chocoholic (noun): Someone who has such a liking for chocolate that they appear to be addicted to it.
- cinch (noun): A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
- clinch (verb): To clasp; to interlock.
- coach (noun): A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.
- coho (noun): An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
- conch (noun): A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
- hail (noun): Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm.
- halal (adjective): Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
- hall (noun): A corridor; a hallway.
- halo (noun): A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
- hill (noun): An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
- honcho (noun): boss, leader
- hooch (noun): Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
- inch (noun): A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
- loach (noun): A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea. Any true loach, of the family Cobitidae. A similar fish in one of three other families of Cypriniformes: Botiidae, Balitoridae, and Gyrinocheilidae.
- loch (noun): A lake.
- nacho (noun): A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.