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NYT Spelling Bee Answers (December 2024)

What's the buzz on the NYT Spelling Bee?

I don’t think I’ve ever participated in a spelling bee before. Cartoons would lead you to believe it’s something everyone gets subjected to growing up, but they were always more informal after-school activity-type things. If you were a spelling bee enthusiast in your youth, you might get a kick out of the New York Times’ daily Spelling Bee puzzle. If you need some inspiration before trying the Spelling Bee out, we’ve got the answers from this month’s puzzles.

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Here’s how the Spelling Bee puzzle works: every day, you get a honeycomb of seven letters, and you need to use those letters to create as many words as you possibly can. You can reuse letters to create longer words, but every word you make must include the center letter. All words also have to be at least four letters long.

With that out of the way, here are all of the puzzle solutions so far this month.

May 19, 2022

  • eleven
  • enliven
  • ennui
  • even
  • evil
  • innie
  • jejune
  • jell
  • jive
  • julienne
  • juvenile
  • levee
  • level
  • lien
  • lieu
  • line
  • linen
  • live
  • liven
  • lune
  • nene
  • nine
  • uneven
  • unlevel
  • unveil
  • veil
  • vein
  • venue
  • venule
  • vile
  • vine

May 18, 2022

  • clinic
  • cocoon
  • coffin
  • coin
  • colon
  • colonic
  • concoct
  • concoction
  • confit
  • conflict
  • conic
  • cotillion
  • cotton
  • fiction
  • finito
  • flint
  • font
  • icon
  • iconic
  • infill
  • inflict
  • infliction
  • info
  • into
  • ionic
  • lint
  • lion
  • loin
  • loon
  • lotion
  • nonfiction
  • nonillion
  • noon
  • notion
  • octillion
  • onion
  • onto
  • tinct
  • tinfoil
  • tint
  • tonic
  • toon

May 17, 2022

  • aback
  • alack
  • alkali
  • babka
  • back
  • backfill
  • balalaika
  • balk
  • bilk
  • black
  • blackball
  • callback
  • clack
  • click
  • fallback
  • flack
  • flak
  • flick
  • kick
  • kickback
  • kickball
  • kill
  • lack
  • lick

May 16, 2022

  • acacia
  • acai
  • archaic
  • arctic
  • aria
  • arthritic
  • atria
  • attic
  • cacti
  • cathartic
  • chai
  • chair
  • chia
  • chic
  • chica
  • chichi
  • chihuahua
  • chit
  • chitchat
  • circa
  • circuit
  • cirri
  • citric
  • critic
  • hair
  • haircut
  • hitch
  • itch
  • raita
  • rich
  • tacit
  • tactic
  • tiara
  • trait
  • tutti
  • uric

May 15, 2022

  • admit
  • admitted
  • aimed
  • amid
  • dame
  • dammed
  • dammit
  • deem
  • deemed
  • demit
  • demitted
  • diadem
  • dime
  • dimmed
  • edamame
  • edema
  • emit
  • emitted
  • imam
  • imitate
  • imitated
  • imitative
  • immediate
  • item
  • madam
  • madame
  • made
  • maid
  • maim
  • maimed
  • mama
  • mamma
  • mate
  • mated
  • matte
  • matted
  • mead
  • meat
  • media
  • mediate
  • mediated
  • meditate
  • meditated
  • meditative
  • meet
  • meme
  • memed
  • meta
  • metadata
  • mete
  • meted
  • midi
  • mime
  • mimed
  • mite
  • mitt
  • tame
  • tamed
  • tatami
  • team
  • teamed
  • teammate
  • teatime
  • teem
  • teemed
  • time
  • timed
  • timid

May 14, 2022

  • avid
  • avidly
  • daddy
  • daily
  • dally
  • dandily
  • dandy
  • daylily
  • dial
  • diddly
  • dill
  • dilly
  • dillydally
  • diva
  • divan
  • divvy
  • dyad
  • idly
  • idyl
  • idyll
  • inlaid
  • inland
  • invalid
  • invalidity
  • lady
  • laid
  • land
  • landlady
  • livid
  • lividly
  • nada
  • naiad
  • valid
  • validly
  • vandal
  • viand
  • vivid
  • vividly

May 13, 2022

  • clock
  • clocked
  • cock
  • cocked
  • cockle
  • coke
  • coked
  • coldcock
  • coldcocked
  • cook
  • cooked
  • deck
  • decked
  • deckle
  • deke
  • deked
  • dock
  • docked
  • eked
  • keel
  • keeled
  • kook
  • leek
  • lock
  • locked
  • look
  • looked
  • wedlock
  • week
  • woke
  • woodcock

May 12, 2022

  • cede
  • ceded
  • cent
  • cite
  • cited
  • decedent
  • deceit
  • decent
  • decide
  • decided
  • deice
  • deiced
  • deicide
  • deject
  • dejected
  • detect
  • detected
  • dice
  • diced
  • dietetic
  • edict
  • eidetic
  • eject
  • ejected
  • entice
  • enticed
  • iced
  • incidence
  • incident
  • incite
  • incited
  • indecent
  • indict
  • indicted
  • inject
  • injected
  • nice
  • niece
  • tinct

May 11, 2022

  • apian
  • aping
  • capping
  • chap
  • chapping
  • chip
  • chipping
  • gaping
  • napping
  • nipping
  • pacing
  • pagan
  • paging
  • pain
  • paining
  • pang
  • panic
  • panini
  • panning
  • papa
  • pica
  • picnic
  • pigging
  • pinch
  • pinching
  • ping
  • pinging
  • pining
  • pinning
  • piping
  • pippin

May 10, 2022

  • demimonde
  • demo
  • demoed
  • demon
  • dino
  • diode
  • dioxide
  • dodo
  • dome
  • domed
  • dominion
  • domino
  • done
  • donee
  • donned
  • doom
  • doomed
  • doxed
  • doxx
  • doxxed
  • idiom
  • iodine
  • memo
  • mimeo
  • minion
  • mode
  • modem
  • mondo
  • monied
  • mono
  • monoxide
  • mood
  • mooed
  • moon
  • mooned
  • moxie
  • neon
  • nodded
  • node
  • nominee
  • none
  • noon
  • odeon
  • omen
  • onion
  • oxen
  • oxide
  • xenon

May 9, 2022

  • aback
  • abbacy
  • abracadabra
  • array
  • baba
  • babka
  • baby
  • back
  • backyard
  • barb
  • bard
  • bark
  • barrack
  • brad
  • bray
  • cabby
  • caddy
  • caky
  • carb
  • card
  • carry
  • crab
  • crabby
  • crack
  • crybaby
  • daddy
  • dark
  • drab
  • dray
  • dryad
  • dyad
  • kayak
  • rack
  • racy
  • radar
  • yard

May 8, 2022

  • airball
  • aria
  • arid
  • aril
  • barb
  • bard
  • bazaar
  • billiard
  • biradial
  • bird
  • blizzard
  • brad
  • braid
  • briar
  • bridal
  • drab
  • drib
  • drill
  • lair
  • lard
  • liar
  • lira
  • lizard
  • rabbi
  • rabid
  • radar
  • radial
  • radii
  • raid
  • rail
  • railbird
  • razz
  • rial
  • ribald
  • rill

May 7, 2022

  • acacia
  • acai
  • acclaim
  • acclimate
  • acetal
  • acetate
  • acetic
  • acme
  • attic
  • cacti
  • calcite
  • call
  • calla
  • calm
  • came
  • camel
  • camellia
  • cami
  • catcall
  • cattail
  • cattle
  • celiac
  • cell
  • celli
  • cellmate
  • cilia
  • cite
  • claim
  • clam
  • cleat
  • climactic
  • climate
  • climatic
  • clime
  • eclat
  • eclectic
  • elect
  • electee
  • elicit
  • emaciate
  • emcee
  • emetic
  • icicle
  • iliac
  • illicit
  • italic
  • lace
  • lactate
  • lacteal
  • lactic
  • laic
  • laical
  • lattice
  • lice
  • licit
  • lilac
  • mace
  • malic
  • malice
  • mecca
  • metallic
  • mica
  • mice
  • mimetic
  • mimic
  • tacet
  • tacit
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tactical
  • tactile
  • talc
  • titmice

May 6, 2022

  • eggy
  • eight
  • eighth
  • eightieth
  • eighty
  • eyeteeth
  • ghee
  • height
  • teeth
  • teethe
  • thee
  • they
  • tithe
  • twee
  • tweet
  • weigh
  • weight
  • weighty
  • whee
  • whet
  • whew
  • whey
  • white
  • yeti

May 5, 2022

  • addend
  • addenda
  • aeon
  • anode
  • anon
  • deaden
  • deadened
  • deafen
  • deafened
  • dean
  • defend
  • defended
  • done
  • donee
  • donned
  • ended
  • ennead
  • fanned
  • fend
  • fended
  • fond
  • hand
  • handed
  • handoff
  • henna
  • hennaed
  • hone
  • honed
  • naan
  • nada
  • nana
  • need
  • needed
  • nene
  • neon
  • nodded
  • node
  • none
  • noon
  • odeon
  • offend
  • offended
  • offhand
  • offhanded

May 4, 2022

  • acacia
  • acai
  • acing
  • arcana
  • arcing
  • arnica
  • caging
  • cairn
  • cancan
  • caning
  • canna
  • canning
  • capping
  • caring
  • carp
  • carpi
  • carping
  • cigar
  • circa
  • cirri
  • crag
  • crania
  • craning
  • crap
  • crapping
  • cringing
  • gracing
  • icing
  • narc
  • niacin
  • pacing
  • panic
  • pica
  • picnic
  • prancing
  • priapic
  • pricing
  • racing
  • ricin
  • ricing

May 3, 2022

  • clod
  • clot
  • cloy
  • codicil
  • coil
  • cold
  • coldly
  • colic
  • colloid
  • colt
  • cool
  • coolly
  • coyly
  • cyclic
  • diddly
  • dildo
  • dill
  • dilly
  • docility
  • doily
  • doll
  • dolly
  • dolt
  • icily
  • idly
  • idol
  • idyl
  • idyll
  • idyllic
  • illicit
  • illicitly
  • illy
  • licit
  • licitly
  • lilt
  • lily
  • loci
  • loco
  • loll
  • loot
  • lotto
  • oddly
  • oily
  • olio
  • tidily
  • till
  • tilt
  • toil
  • told
  • toll
  • tool

May 2, 2022

  • afar
  • afoul
  • afro
  • alfalfa
  • aloof
  • fall
  • falloff
  • farro
  • fava
  • favor
  • flavor
  • flavorful
  • floor
  • flora
  • floral
  • flour
  • fluff
  • foal
  • fool
  • fora
  • foul
  • four
  • froufrou
  • full
  • furl
  • furor
  • loaf
  • loofa
  • offal
  • roof
  • ruff

May 1, 2022

  • chin
  • chunk
  • cinch
  • cumin
  • hunch
  • hunk
  • inch
  • kink
  • mini
  • minim
  • minimum
  • mink
  • munch
  • munchkin
  • nick
  • nunchuck
  • nunchuk
  • unkink
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Since the first time he picked up a controller as a child, Daniel has been a dyed-in-the-wool gaming fanatic, with a Steam library numbering over 600 games. His favorite pastime, aside from playing games, is doing deep dives on game wikis to learn more about their lore and characters.