NYT Spelling Bee Answers for December 4, 2024

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for December 4, 2024
Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for December 4, 2024

Game Summary

Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for December 4, 2024
Center LetterK
Outer Lettersa, b, d, e, m, n
# of Pangrams1 (Perfect: none)
Total Words24 words
Total Points98 points
Genius Level69 points
Bingo?No

Table of Contents

As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!

  1. Spelling Bee Grid
  2. Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
  3. Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
  4. Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
  5. Today's Complete Solution
  6. Answer Definitions

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Spelling Bee "Hive" Board for December 4, 2024

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.

45678Σ
A------
B322--7
D21---3
E1-1-13
K2311-7
M2----2
N-1-1-2
Σ10742124

Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints

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

A
B
BA×5
BE×2
D
DA×1
DE×2
E
EK×1
EM×2
K
KE×3
KN×4
M
MA×1
ME×1
N
NA×2

Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints

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

A
B
BAB×1
BAK×2
BAN×2
BEA×2
D
DAN×1
DEK×2
E
EKE×1
EMB×2
K
KEB×1
KEE×2
KNE×4
M
MAK×1
MEE×1
N
NAK×1
NAN×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 (†).

Word2L RefDefinition (click to reveal)
em...... †EM8simple past and past participle of embank
ba...BA5A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins.
ba..BA4To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
ba...BA5simple past tense and past participle of bake
ba..BA4An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
ba....BA6simple past tense and past participle of bank
be..BE4Anatomical uses. A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc. A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc. The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal. Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
be....BE6Having a beak.
da..DA4Dark, damp and humid.
de..DE4A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.
de...DE5simple past tense and past participle of deke
ek..EK4simple past tense and past participle of eke
em....EM6to throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone
ke...KE5A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
ke..KE4Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
ke....KE6simple past tense and past participle of keen
kn...KN5To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.
kn.....KN7simple past tense and past participle of knead
kn..KN4In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
kn...KN5Having a knee or knees, or, in combination, the stated type of knee or knees.
ma..MA4To create. To build, construct, produce, or originate.
me..ME4Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.
na...NA5Bare, not covered by clothing.
na.....NA7A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China.

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.

  • embanked†  (EM8)
  • babka  (BA5)
  • bake  (BA4)
  • baked  (BA5)
  • bank  (BA4)
  • banked  (BA6)
  • beak  (BE4)
  • beaked  (BE6)
  • dank  (DA4)
  • deke  (DE4)
  • deked  (DE5)
  • eked  (EK4)
  • embank  (EM6)
  • kebab  (KE5)
  • keen  (KE4)
  • keened  (KE6)
  • knead  (KN5)
  • kneaded  (KN7)
  • knee  (KN4)
  • kneed  (KN5)
  • make  (MA4)
  • meek  (ME4)
  • naked  (NA5)
  • nankeen  (NA7)

Answer Definitions

  • embanked† (verb): simple past and past participle of embank
  • babka (noun): A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins.
  • bake (verb): To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
  • baked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of bake
  • bank (noun): An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
  • banked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of bank
  • beak (noun): Anatomical uses. A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc. A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc. The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera. The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve. The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal. Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
  • beaked (adjective): Having a beak.
  • dank (adjective): Dark, damp and humid.
  • deke (noun): A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.
  • deked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deke
  • eked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of eke
  • embank (verb): to throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone
  • kebab (noun): A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.
  • keen (adjective): Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
  • keened (verb): simple past tense and past participle of keen
  • knead (verb): To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.
  • kneaded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of knead
  • knee (noun): In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
  • kneed (adjective): Having a knee or knees, or, in combination, the stated type of knee or knees.
  • make (verb): To create. To build, construct, produce, or originate.
  • meek (adjective): Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.
  • naked (adjective): Bare, not covered by clothing.
  • nankeen (noun): A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China.