NYT Spelling Bee Hints

Today's Spelling Bee (December 22, 2024) presents a moderately challenging puzzle centered around the letter 'N'. With 54 valid words including two pangrams, most players can expect to spend 20-25 minutes reaching Queen Bee status. The game features a mix of common and less familiar terms, often focusing on actions and descriptions. Think about words that might relate to concepts of being or existing. Here's a gentle nudge in the right direction:

• A common method of sending urgent news updates.
• Think of a cheerful, energetically cheerful characteristic.
• What do bees create in a straight path?
• A word indicating something that happened previously.
• A line or mark of demarcation.
• The opposite of straight.
• Past tense of being bitten.
• A thin pancake often associated with Russian cuisine.
• Not sharp, but still effective.
• A baseball term for a gentle hit.
• The feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction.
• An agreement or treaty, especially in diplomacy.
• To provide a title or name to something or someone.
• Think of a built-in feature.
• A narrow passage of water leading to a larger body.
• An informal term for an innards-related feature.
• Short for intelligence or information.
• To have a strong purpose or determination.
• To perceive or understand something instinctively.
• Something that lacks utility or usefulness.
• Being kind and tolerant toward others.
• A period of payment or a seed-producing plant.
• A legal claim or right to property.
• A path or course, often straight.
• A fabric made from flax fibers.
• A small finch-like bird.
• A fine soft fiber, often found in clothing.
• The beam supporting the superstructure of a building.
• A crescent-shaped figure.
• A small piece of protective eyewear.
• A type of Hawaiian goose.
• A plant that stings on contact.
• To chew on something small.
• A single digit number plus one more than eight.
• To repeat the school year corresponding to the age of 19.
• Nighttime in short form.
• A small lump or piece, often rounded.
• A rounded, knobby protrusion.
• Suitable for marriage or physical development.
• Without worth or void.
• A young person, typically between 13 and 19.
• An expression of principle or belief.
• A portable shelter or cover.
• The prong of a fork or similar device.
• A slight coloration or shade.
• Musical pitch adjustment.
• An underground passage for transport.
• To remove a strap or belt.
• No longer bent; straightened out.
• Structures not yet constructed.
• A single, distinct part of a whole.
• To bring together or join.
• A cessation of renting something out.
• Not illuminated; dark.
• To release from a knot.
• Up to a certain time or event.
• To disrupt a musical pitch.