NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 6, 2024

Jul 6, 2024 · 7 min read · spelling bee ·

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for July 6, 2024

Game Summary

Center Letter	T
Outer Letters	b, c, e, h, i, o
# of Pangrams	1 (Perfect: 1)
Total Words	34 words
Total Points	124 points
Genius Level	87 points
Bingo?	Yes

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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
B	4	2	3	1	10
C	4	-	1	-	5
E	1	1	-	-	2
H	1	1	3	-	5
I	1	-	-	-	1
O	1	1	-	-	2
T	4	3	2	-	9
Σ	16	8	9	1	34

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

B	BE×1 BI×3 BO×6
C	CH×1 CI×1 CO×3
E	ET×2
H	HE×1 HI×1 HO×3
I	IT×1
O	OB×1 OC×1
T	TE×4 TH×1 TI×1 TO×3

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

B	BEE×1 BIO×2 BIT×1 BOO×4 BOT×2
C	CHI×1 CIT×1 COO×2 COT×1
E	ETC×1 ETH×1
H	HEC×1 HIT×1 HOB×1 HOO×1 HOT×1
I	ITC×1
O	OBI×1 OCT×1
T	TEC×2 TEE×2 THE×1 TIT×1 TOO×2 TOT×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)
bi..... ^†	BI7	Biotechnology.
be..	BE4	Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
bi....	BI6	Of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms
bi..	BI4	To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
bo..	BO4	A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
bo....	BO6	A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.
bo...	BO5	A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
bo....	BO6	Alternative spelling of bootee
bo...	BO5	To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something
bo..	BO4	Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.
ch..	CH4	A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
ci..	CI4	to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
co..	CO4	Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
co....	CO6	A louse (Pediculus humanus).
co..	CO4	A cottage or hut.
et..	ET4	To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
et...	ET5	Moral, relating to morals.
he....	HE6	Very busy with activity and confusion.
hi...	HI5	A sudden pull.
ho....	HO6	A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.
ho..	HO4	A derisive cry or shout.
ho....	HO6	A hot water bottle.
it..	IT4	A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
ob..	OB4	Death of a person.
oc...	OC5	A group or set of eight of something.
te..	TE4	Technology.
te....	TE6	One who works with, or has an interest in, technology or computers.
te...	TE5	plural of tooth
te....	TE6	To grow teeth.
th..	TH4	Objective and reflexive case of thou.
ti...	TI5	A tenth.
to..	TO4	The noise of a horn or whistle.
to...	TO5	A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
to..	TO4	A tote bag.

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.

biotech^† (BI7)
beet (BE4)
biotic (BI6)
bite (BI4)
boot (BO4)
bootee (BO6)
booth (BO5)
bootie (BO6)
botch (BO5)
both (BO4)
chit (CH4)
cite (CI4)
coot (CO4)
cootie (CO6)
cote (CO4)
etch (ET4)
ethic (ET5)
hectic (HE6)
hitch (HI5)
hobbit (HO6)
hoot (HO4)
hottie (HO6)
itch (IT4)
obit (OB4)
octet (OC5)
tech (TE4)
techie (TE6)
teeth (TE5)
teethe (TE6)
thee (TH4)
tithe (TI5)
toot (TO4)
tooth (TO5)
tote (TO4)

Answer Definitions

biotech^† (noun): Biotechnology.
beet (noun): Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
biotic (adjective): Of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms
bite (verb): To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
boot (noun): A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
bootee (noun): A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.
booth (noun): A small stall for the display and sale of goods.
bootie (noun): Alternative spelling of bootee
botch (verb): To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something
both (determiner): Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.
chit (noun): A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
cite (verb): to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
coot (noun): Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
cootie (noun): A louse (Pediculus humanus).
cote (noun): A cottage or hut.
etch (verb): To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
ethic (adjective): Moral, relating to morals.
hectic (adjective): Very busy with activity and confusion.
hitch (noun): A sudden pull.
hobbit (noun): A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.
hoot (noun): A derisive cry or shout.
hottie (noun): A hot water bottle.
itch (noun): A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch said area.
obit (noun): Death of a person.
octet (noun): A group or set of eight of something.
tech (noun): Technology.
techie (noun): One who works with, or has an interest in, technology or computers.
teeth (noun): plural of tooth
teethe (verb): To grow teeth.
thee (pronoun): Objective and reflexive case of thou.
tithe (noun): A tenth.
toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
tooth (noun): A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
tote (noun): A tote bag.