Like getting a Yahtzee Crossword Clue

Looking for the answer to “Like getting a Yahtzee” from the New York Times Bonus crossword of June 1, 2025? It has 5 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.

Crossword answer

NEW YORK TIMES BONUS, JUNE 1, 2025

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Hints

Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.

Hint 1 Meaning

Hint 2 Anagram

Hint 3 Another clue

More clues from the New York Times Bonus (June 1, 2025)

Across

1. Trifling
5. Room in Clue with a secret passage to the kitchen
10. Game pieces in The Game of Life
14. Opera solo
15. Party game with forbidden words
16. Touched down
17. Blue suspect in Clue
19. "___ la Vida" (Coldplay hit)
20. Invite to a board game café, say
21. Gobbled up, à la Hungry Hungry Hippos
22. Letter-shaped beam
23. "___ out!" (cry at home plate)
24. Figure skater Midori
25. Leaning like a precarious Jenga tower
26. Company that made Deep Blue, the first computer to defeat a world chess champion
28. Gives the go-ahead for
30. Risqué, like many a card in Cards Against Humanity
32. Corner chess piece
34. With 68-Across, classic kids' card game
36. Take another turn in The Game of Life
40. "Well, duh!," informally
41. Poker action that could be a bluff
43. ___ gobi (potato curry dish)
44. Dance move after a whip
46. How long a tabletop game campaign can seem to last
47. Parts of Twister sets
48. Glitzy, for short
50. Enthusiast
52. Celebratory cheer that's worth nine points in Scrabble
53. Like getting a Yahtzee
56. Tennis champ Swiatek
58. Resource in Catan
60. Worker safety org.
61. Glass of "This American Life"
62. Choosing the same game day after day, say
65. Arab nation where mancala is known as hawalis
66. Board game mascot with a top hat and mustache
68. See 34-Across
69. Like Trouble's pop-o-matic bubble, architecturally
70. ___ in the Pants (game that debuted in 1969)
71. Agile
72. Longtime Patriots quarterback Tom
73. Grouping of competitors in Pictionary

Down

1. Baby's first word, maybe
2. Says "ball" while cluing "basketball" in Catch Phrase, for instance
3. Scrabble play that opens up a Triple Word Score, e.g.
4. "The Raven" author, for short
5. "A.S.A.P.!"
6. Tic-___-toe
7. Naval combat game piece in Axis & Allies
8. Role assumed by someone playing Operation
9. Oxen connector
10. Character who goes under the tweezers in Operation
11. Accused player's defense in Mafia
12. Competitor
13. First square in many board games
18. Currency that's also a prefix for a style of tabletop game
24. Tenerife, por ejemplo
25. Valuable card in blackjack
26. Classic board game token replaced by a cat in 2013
27. Tea served with a wide straw
29. "Squid Game" setting
31. Venue for gladiator games
33. Board game character whose daughters are Princess Lolly and Princess Frostine
35. Dungeons & Dragons includes a 20-sided one
37. Person taking the first turn
38. Ninth letter of the Greek alphabet
39. Like a busybody
42. Helpful furniture when the floor is lava
45. Raisman who competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games
49. Reflector in Laser Maze
51. Not following suit in euchre or bridge, e.g.
53. Weaving machines
54. Feature of the original Ticket to Ride board
55. Seat in a musical game
57. Third letter in the Greek alphabet
59. Knock on, as a door
61. Film site with a "Top 250 Rated Video Games" list
62. Midwest city that hosts Gen Con (the largest tabletop game convention in North America), familiarly
63. Big name in beauty supplies
64. "u r the best!!"
67. Ref. that defines "game" as "an activity which provides amusement or fun"

Fresh clues from recent puzzles

Mischievous demon
Dessert consumed on 3/14
(Don't pet me!)
"Eureka!"
Support in the closet
"Sadly ..."
Pepsi, e.g.
Dumbbell units, for short
Greek K
State with only three counties: Abbr.

Questions

What is the answer to “Like getting a Yahtzee”?

LUCKY, 5 letters: having good fortune.

When was “Like getting a Yahtzee” last seen in a crossword?

In the New York Times Bonus crossword of June 1, 2025.

How many letters does the answer have?

5 letters, starting with L.