NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 25, 2024
Game Summary
| Center Letter | K |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, g, i, l, n, r |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 24 words |
| Total Points | 109 points |
| Genius Level | 76 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 | Σ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| G | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| I | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| K | 4 | 1 | - | 4 | - | 9 |
| L | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 |
| N | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Σ | 10 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AK×1 AL×1 |
|---|---|
| G | |
| I | IN×2 IR×1 |
| K | KI×8 KR×1 |
| L | LA×2 LI×3 |
| N | |
| R | RA×4 RI×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AKI×1 ALK×1 |
|---|---|
| G | |
| I | INK×2 IRK×1 |
| K | KIL×4 KIN×4 KRI×1 |
| L | LAN×1 LAR×1 LIK×1 LIN×2 |
| N | |
| R | RAK×1 RAN×3 RIN×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) |
|---|---|---|
| ra...... † | RA8 | present participle and gerund of rankle |
| ak.. | AK4 | Of the same kin; related by blood. |
| al.... | AL6 | One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue. |
| in.... | IN6 | present participle of ink |
| in..... | IN7 | Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given. |
| ir.... | IR6 | present participle of irk |
| ki.. | KI4 | To put to death; to extinguish the life of. |
| ki..... | KI7 | present participle of kill |
| ki.. | KI4 | An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain. |
| ki..... | KI7 | present participle of kiln |
| ki.. | KI4 | A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it is an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation. |
| ki..... | KI7 | present participle of king |
| ki.. | KI4 | To laugh loudly. |
| ki..... | KI7 | present participle of kink |
| kr... | KR5 | any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca. |
| la.. | LA4 | Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. |
| la.. | LA4 | Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. |
| li.... | LI6 | present participle of like |
| li.. | LI4 | A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas. |
| li..... | LI7 | Serving to connect other things together. |
| ra.... | RA6 | present participle of rake |
| ra.. | RA4 | The symbol for rank. |
| ra..... | RA7 | present participle of rank |
| ri.. | RI4 | A man, especially a warrior or hero. |
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.
- rankling† (RA8)
- akin (AK4)
- alkali (AL6)
- inking (IN6)
- inkling (IN7)
- irking (IR6)
- kill (KI4)
- killing (KI7)
- kiln (KI4)
- kilning (KI7)
- king (KI4)
- kinging (KI7)
- kink (KI4)
- kinking (KI7)
- krill (KR5)
- lank (LA4)
- lark (LA4)
- liking (LI6)
- link (LI4)
- linking (LI7)
- raking (RA6)
- rank (RA4)
- ranking (RA7)
- rink (RI4)
Answer Definitions
- rankling† (verb): present participle and gerund of rankle
- akin (adjective): Of the same kin; related by blood.
- alkali (noun): One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
- inking (verb): present participle of ink
- inkling (noun): Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given.
- irking (verb): present participle of irk
- kill (verb): To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
- killing (verb): present participle of kill
- kiln (noun): An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
- kilning (verb): present participle of kiln
- king (noun): A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it is an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
- kinging (verb): present participle of king
- kink (verb): To laugh loudly.
- kinking (verb): present participle of kink
- krill (noun): any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.
- lank (adjective): Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
- lark (noun): Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
- liking (verb): present participle of like
- link (noun): A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
- linking (adjective): Serving to connect other things together.
- raking (verb): present participle of rake
- rank (symbol): The symbol for rank.
- ranking (verb): present participle of rank
- rink (noun): A man, especially a warrior or hero.