LexiTopic: Entertainment, Hospitality, and Service
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The LexiConnexxions analysis has identified these words related to ENTERTAINMENT, HOSPITALITY, AND SERVICE in the Spelling Bee lexicon.
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Bee words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Spelling Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest.
ABOUT THE LEXITOPICS PROJECT
Taxonomy for Spelling Bee words related to ENTERTAINMENT, HOSPITALITY, AND SERVICE
SUBJECT HEADINGS IN THIS LEXITOPIC:
Eating and Drinking Places and Events outside the homeEntertainment Venues not food, not sportsEvents and Entertainments not food, not sportsLodging, Resorts, Vacations away from homePeople in Entertainment, Hospitality, and Service not sex workServiceSex Work
NOTES ABOUT THE TAXONOMY FOR ENTERTAINMENT, HOSPITALITY, AND SERVICE
SCOPE NOTE: This LexiTopic compiles and defines Bee words related to the hospitality and service sectors, including dining, lodging, vacations, and sex work.
Words related to food and nonalcoholic beverages, including their preparation and serving, are in FOOD AND DRINK. Words related to alcoholic beverages, including their preparation and serving, are in INTOXICANTS.
Words related to sporting events and venues are in SPORTS AND RECREATION.
Words related to events in general are in EVENTS AND INCIDENTS.
Words related to individuals’ social behaviors are in PEOPLE: ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION.
Words related to sexual behaviors are in PEOPLE: INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS.
Topical arrangement of Spelling Bee words related to ENTERTAINMENT, HOSPITALITY, AND SERVICE
Eating and Drinking Places and Events outside the home
BAKE: a social gathering at which a baked food is servedBARBACK: a worker whose job is to assist a bartender (as by setting out glasses and restocking beverages)BARMAID: a woman who serves liquor at a barBARMAN: a bartenderBARROOM: a room or establishment whose main feature is a bar for the sale of liquorBOIL: a gathering at which a boil (a boiled dish of seafood, vegetables, and seasonings; a crab boil) is servedBOOTH: an enclosed seating area (as in a restaurant) consisting typically of a table placed between two high-backed benchesBUFFET: a counter for refreshments (they went back to the buffet for a second helping) BURGOO: a picnic at which burgoo is served (a stew or thick soup of meat and vegetables originally served at outdoor gatherings)CAFE: M-W has café, or less commonly cafe: a usually small and informal establishment serving various refreshments; a restaurant; also, a barroom, cabaret, nightclubCANTINA: Southwestern US: a small barroom: saloonCARHOP: one who serves customers at a drive-in restaurantCARRYOUT: takeoutCHEF: French, short for chef de cuisine, head of the kitchenCLAMBAKE: an outdoor party, especially: a seashore outing where food is usually cooked on heated rocks covered by seaweed; also, a gathering characterized by noisy sociability, especially: a political rallyCLUB: a nightclubCOMMON: commons plural in form but singular in construction: a dining hall (dining commons)COOK: a person who prepares food for eatingCOOKOFF: M-W hyphenates cook-off, a cooking competitionCOOKOUT: an outing at which a meal is cooked and served in the open; also: the meal cookedDELI: short for delicatessen, a store where ready-to-eat food products (such as cooked meats and prepared salads) are soldDINE: to take dinner; to give a dinner toDINED: to take dinner; to give a dinner toDINING: to take dinner; to give a dinner toGRILL: a usually informal restaurant or dining roomKEEP: a keeper, one whose job is to keep or tend [e.g., a barkeep, an innkeeper]KITCHEN: the people who prepare, cook, and serve food especially in a restaurant, cafeteria, etc.LUAU: a Hawaiian feastLUNCH: lunch; probably short for luncheon, a usually light meal, especially: one taken in the middle of the day; also, the food prepared for a lunch; also, to eat lunch or to treat to lunchLUNCHED: lunch; probably short for luncheon, a usually light meal, especially: one taken in the middle of the day; also, the food prepared for a lunch; also, to eat lunch or to treat to lunchLUNCHEON: lunch; especially: a formal usually midday meal as part of a meeting or for entertaining a guestMENU: a list of the dishes that may be ordered (as in a restaurant) or that are to be served (as at a banquet); also, the dishes available for or served at a meal; also, the meal itselfPOTLATCH: a ceremonial feast of the American Indians of the northwest coast marked by the host's lavish distribution of gifts or sometimes destruction of property to demonstrate wealth and generosity with the expectation of eventual reciprocation; also, to hold or give a potlatchPOTLUCK: a communal meal to which people bring food to share —usually used attributively (a potluck supper)TAILGATE: US: a tailgate party, a social gathering in which food and drinks are served at or near the back end of a parked vehicle (such as a pickup truck) that usually occurs in a parking lot before or after a public event (such as a football game or concert); also, relating to or being a tailgate party also, US: to have a tailgate partyTAILGATING: US: a tailgate party, a social gathering in which food and drinks are served at or near the back end of a parked vehicle (such as a pickup truck) that usually occurs in a parking lot before or after a public event (such as a football game or concert); also, relating to or being a tailgate party also, US: to have a tailgate partyTRATTORIA: a restaurant, specifically: a usually small Italian restaurantWAGON: a small wheeled table used for the service of a dining room (the dessert wagon)WAIT: to serve food and drinks to the people sitting at: to act as a server for (wait tables); to serve at meals —usually used in such phrases as wait on tables or wait on tableWELL: the area behind a bar in which items used most frequently by a bartender are kept
Entertainment Venues not food, not sports
BALLROOM: a large room used for dancesBARROOM: a room or establishment whose main feature is a bar for the sale of liquorCINEMA: short for cinematograph, a motion-picture theaterDANCEHALL: M-W shows as open compound dance hall, a large room set aside or suitable for dances, especially: a public hall offering facilities for dancingDARK: closed to the public (the theater is dark in the summer)DEDICATE: to open to public useDEDICATED: to open to public useFOLLY: an often extravagant picturesque building erected to suit a fanciful tasteHALL: a large usually imposing building for public or semipublic purposes; also, a place used for public entertainmentHATCHECK*: (adj) employed in checking hats and articles of outdoor clothing (a hatcheck girl)MEGAPLEX: a large multiplex typically housing 16 or more movie theatersODEA*: plural of odeum, a theater or concert hallODEON: not in M-W; Collins says in British English, another name for odeumODEUM: a theater or concert hallPALACE: a highly decorated place for public amusement or refreshment (a movie palace); also, a large public building; also, (adj.) of or relating to a palace; from Palatium, the Palatine Hill in Rome where the emperors' residences were builtRING: an often circular space especially for exhibitions or competitions, especially: such a space at a circus; also, a structure containing such a ringVENUE: a place where events of a specific type are held (music venues)WHEEL: a circuit of theaters or places of entertainment
Events and Entertainments not food, not sports
ASKS: to invite (She asked a few friends to the party.)ATTEND: to be present at: to go toATTENDANT: attendeeATTENDED: to be present at: to go toATTENDEE: a person who is present on a given occasion or at a given placeBADE: requested to come: invitedBALL: a large formal gathering for social dancingBENEFIT: an entertainment or social event to raise funds for a person or causeBIDDING: to request to come: to inviteBONANZA: an extravaganzaBOOK: to schedule engagements for (book the band for a week); also, to set aside time for (booking a strategy meeting); also, to register (something, such as a name) for some future activity or condition (as to engage transportation or reserve lodgings); also, to reserve in advance (book two seats at the theater); to make a reservationBOOKED: to schedule engagements for (book the band for a week); also, to set aside time for (booking a strategy meeting); also, to register (something, such as a name) for some future activity or condition (as to engage transportation or reserve lodgings); also, to reserve in advance (book two seats at the theater); to make a reservationBOOKS: to schedule engagements for (book the band for a week); also, to set aside time for (booking a strategy meeting); also, to register (something, such as a name) for some future activity or condition (as to engage transportation or reserve lodgings); also, to reserve in advance (book two seats at the theater); to make a reservationCARNIVAL: a traveling enterprise offering amusements; an organized program of entertainment or exhibition: a festival; also, an instance of merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading; an instance of riotous excessCIRCUIT: a number of similar social gatherings (the cocktail circuit); also, a number or series of public outlets (such as theaters, radio shows, or arenas) offering the same kind of presentationCOMEDIC: of or relating to comedy, humorous entertainment (nightclub comedy)COMEDY: humorous entertainment (nightclub comedy)CONFETTI: small bits or streamers of brightly colored paper made for throwing (as at weddings)COTILLION: a ballroom dance for couples that resembles the quadrille; or an elaborate dance with frequent changing of partners carried out under the leadership of one couple at formal balls; or a formal ballDANCE: a social gathering for dancing (a high school dance); also, the art of dancingDATE: an engagement for a professional performance (as of a performing ensemble) (concert dates)DEAD: lacking in gaiety or animation (a dead party)DEDICATEE: one to whom a thing is dedicatedDEDICATIVE: dedicating, dedicatoryDRAG: (noun) entertainment in which performers caricature or challenge gender stereotypes (as by dressing in clothing that is stereotypical of another gender, by using exaggeratedly gendered mannerisms, or by combining elements of stereotypically male and female dress) and often wear elaborate or outrageous costumes; also, the costumes worn by drag performers (performing in drag); also: stereotypically gendered clothing worn by someone who is of a different gender; also, (adj.) of, being, involving, or intended for a person wearing clothing typical of the opposite sex: of, being, involving, or intended for a person in drag (a drag ball)ENGAGEMENT: an arrangement to meet or be present at a specified time and place (a dinner engagement)EVENING: the period of an evening's entertainment (a dance evening)EVENT: a social occasion or activity (she has a full calendar of events)FAVOR: a small gift or decorative item given out at a partyFETE: or fête, a lavish often outdoor entertainment; also,: to honor or commemorate with a fete; to pay high honor toFETED: or fête, a lavish often outdoor entertainment; also,: to honor or commemorate with a fete; to pay high honor toFETING: a lavish often outdoor entertainment; also,: to honor or commemorate with a fete; to pay high honor toFINALE: the closing part, scene, or number in a public performance (the finale of the ballet); the last and often climactic event or item in a sequence (the TV show's season finale, the finale of the fireworks display)FORMAL: or fête, something (such as a dance or a dress) formal in characterFROLIC: a playful or mischievous action; an occasion or scene of fun: a partyFUNCTION: an official or formal ceremony or social gatheringGAIETY: or less commonly gayety, merry-making, festive activityGALA: a festive celebration; especially: a public entertainment marking a special occasionGAUDY: a feast or entertainment especially in the form of an annual college dinner at a British universityGAVE: to present in public performance (give a concert); to provide by way of entertainment (give a party)GAYETY: or more commonly gaiety, merry-making, festive activityGEEK: a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snakeGIVE: to present in public performance (give a concert); to provide by way of entertainment (give a party)GIVEN: to present in public performance (give a concert); to provide by way of entertainment (give a party)GIVING: to present in public performance (give a concert); to provide by way of entertainment (give a party)HOEDOWN: a square dance, a dance for four couples who form the sides of a squareINVITATION: the act of inviting; also, an often formal request to be present or participate; also, incentive or inducementINVITATIONAL: limited to invited participants (an invitational tournament)INVITE: an invitation: the act of inviting; also, an often formal request to be present or participate; also, to request the presence or participation of (invited us to dinner); to request formally (invited her to accept the job); to urge politely: to welcome (invite comments)INVITED: to request the presence or participation of (invited us to dinner); to request formally (invited her to accept the job); to urge politely: to welcome (invite comments)INVITEE: an invited personINVITING: to request the presence or participation of (invited us to dinner); to request formally (invited her to accept the job); to urge politely: to welcome (invite comments)LEVEE: a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed; also, an afternoon assembly at which the British sovereign or his or her representative receives only men; also, a reception usually in honor of a particular personMAGIC: the art of producing illusions by sleight of hand (entertained with acts of jugglery and magicMAGICIAN: one who performs tricks of illusion and sleight of handMATINEE: a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon; French matinée, literally, morning, from Old French, from matin morning, from Latin matutinum, from neuter of matutinus of the morning, from Matuta, goddess of morningMAYPOLE: often capitalized: a tall flower-wreathed pole forming a center for May Day sports and dancesMILLENNIA: plural of millennium, a 1000th anniversary or its celebrationMILLENNIAL: of or relating to a millennium, a 1000th anniversary or its celebrationOPEN: not restricted to a particular group or category of participants (open to the public)OPENED: to provide the opening performance of a show before the main eventOUTDOOR: performed outdoors (outdoor sports, an outdoor concert)OUTING: a brief usually outdoor pleasure tripOVER: to one's home (invite some friends over)PAGEANT: a show or exhibition, especially: an elaborate colorful exhibition or spectacle often with music that consists of a series of tableaux, of a loosely unified drama, or of a procession usually with floats; also, pageantry: pageants and the presentation of pageantsPANEL: a panel discussion, a formal discussion by a panel; also, a group of persons who discuss before an audience a topic of public interest (The panel agreed to accept questions following the discussion.)PARTY: a social gathering (a dinner party, a birthday party); also: the entertainment provided for it; also, to attend or give parties; broadly. to revelPINATA: variant of piñata, a decorated vessel (such as of papier-mâché) filled with candies, fruits, and gifts and hung up to be broken with sticks by blindfolded persons as part of especially Latin American festivities (as at Christmas or for a birthday party)POMP: a ceremonial or festival display (such as a train of followers or a pageant)POMPOM: M-W has pom-pom, a handheld usually brightly colored fluffy ball flourished by cheerleaders; alteration of pomponPOWWOW: an American Indian social gathering or fair usually including competitive dancing; also, informal + offensive: a social get-togetherREVEL: a usually wild party or celebration; also, to take part in a revel: to carouseREVELER: one who engages in revelry, noisy partying or merrymakingRIDING: to go on a mechanical ride at an amusement park (ride the roller coaster)ROAD: a series of scheduled visits or appearances (such as games or performances) in several locations or the travel necessary to make these visits (the team is on the road) (on tour with the musical's road company)ROUT: a fashionable gatheringTHROW: to give by way of entertainment (throw a party)THROWN: to give by way of entertainment (throw a party)TRIP: informal + somewhat old-fashioned: an exciting or unusual experience (The party was a trip.)UNINVITED: not invited (an uninvited guest; he showed up uninvited)WARLOCK: a conjurer, one that practices magic arts: a wizard, one that performs feats of sleight of hand and illusion: a magician, a jugglerWEDDING: a marriage ceremony usually with its accompanying festivities: nuptials; also, a wedding anniversary or its celebration (a golden wedding); also, to take for wife or husband by a formal ceremony: to marry; to join in marriage; to enter into matrimonyWINGDING: a wild, lively, or lavish party
Lodging, Resorts, Vacations away from home
BATH: a building containing an apartment or a series of rooms designed for bathing; also, a spa (used in plural, baths): a mineral spring; a resort with mineral springsBELLBOY: a bellhop: a hotel or club employee who escorts guests to rooms, assists them with luggage, and runs errandsBELLMAN: a bellhop: a hotel or club employee who escorts guests to rooms, assists them with luggage, and runs errandsBELLMEN: a bellhop: a hotel or club employee who escorts guests to rooms, assists them with luggage, and runs errandsBOATEL: a waterside hotel equipped with docks to accommodate persons traveling by boat (or a boat or ship with sleeping accommodations that is used as a hotel)BOOKABLE: M-W’s only mention of this adjective is “chiefly British”: to register in a hotel —usually used with inCABANA: a lightweight structure with living facilities or a tentlike shelter usually with an open side facing a beach or swimming poolCABIN: a small one-story dwelling usually of simple construction [often designed for vacation use]CAMP: a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers); a group of tents, cabins, or huts; also, to take up one's quarters: lodge; to take up one's position: settle down —often used with out (camp out in the library for the afternoon)CAMPING: a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers); a group of tents, cabins, or huts; also, to take up one's quarters: lodge; to take up one's position: settle down —often used with out (camp out in the library for the afternoon)COTENANT: one who is a tenant along with one or more other tenantsCOTTAGE: a usually small house [often designed for] for vacation useCOURT: a motelDACHA: a Russian country cottage used especially in the summerDOORMAN: a usually uniformed attendant at the door of a building (such as a hotel or apartment building)DORM: a dormitoryDORMITORY: a room for sleeping; especially: a large room containing numerous beds; a residence hall providing rooms for individuals or for groups usually without private bathsEVICT: to put (a tenant) out by legal processEVICTED: to put (a tenant) out by legal processEVICTEE: an evicted personEVICTION: to put (a tenant) out by legal processFIND: to furnish (room and board) especially as a condition of employmentFINDING: to furnish (room and board) especially as a condition of employmentFOUND: to furnish (room and board) especially as a condition of employmentHOLIDAY: to take or spend a vacation or holiday especially in travel or at a resort: a vacationHOTEL: an establishment that provides lodging and usually meals, entertainment, and various personal services for the publicKEEP: a keeper, one whose job is to keep or tend [e.g., a barkeep, an innkeeper]KHAN: a caravansary or rest house in some Asian countriesLANDLADY: a woman who is a landlord [LOL]LANDLORD: the owner of property (such as land, houses, or apartments) that is leased or rented to another; the master of an inn or lodging house: innkeeperLIDO*: a fashionable beach resort, named for Lido, ItalyLODGE: a house set apart for residence in a particular season (such as the hunting season); a resort hotel: an inn; a house on an estate originally for the use of a gamekeeper, caretaker, or porter; a shelter for an employee (such as a gatekeeper); also, a wigwam; also (chiefly dialectal) a rude shelter or abodeLODGING: a house set apart for residence in a particular season (such as the hunting season); a resort hotel: an inn; a house on an estate originally for the use of a gamekeeper, caretaker, or porter; a shelter for an employee (such as a gatekeeper); also, a wigwam; also (chiefly dialectal) a rude shelter or abode; also, to provide temporary quarters for; to rent lodgings to; to establish or settle in a place; to occupy a place temporarily: to sleep; to have a residence: to dwell; to be a lodgerMINIBAR: a small refrigerator in a hotel room that is stocked with especially alcoholic beverages and snacks for guestsMOTEL: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area (motor + hotel)PARADOR* : a usually government-operated hostelry found especially in SpainROOM: a partitioned part of the inside of a building usually serving a designated purpose, especially: such a part in a house, hotel, etc. used for sleeping; also, to occupy or share a room especially as a lodger; also, to accommodate with lodgingsROOMING: a partitioned part of the inside of a building usually serving a designated purpose, especially: such a part in a house, hotel, etc. used for sleeping; also, to occupy or share a room especially as a lodger; also, to accommodate with lodgingsTENANCY: a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate, specifically: the temporary possession or occupancy of something (such as a house) that belongs to another; the period of a tenant's occupancy or possessionTENANT: one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another, specifically: one who rents or leases a dwelling (such as a house) from a landlord; one who holds or possesses real estate or sometimes personal property (such as a security) by any kind of right; an occupant, dweller; also, to hold or occupy as or as if as a tenant: to inhabitTENEMENT: a tenement house; an apartment, a flatUNLET: not rented (examined the room … which was still unlet) OF NOTE: M-W labels as “chiefly British” this definition of the verb “to let”: to offer or grant for rent or lease (let rooms)VACANCY: a vacant office, post, or tenancy; also, a vacating of an office, post, or piece of property; also, the time such office or property is vacantVACANT: not occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer (a vacant office, vacant apartment); not lived in (vacant houses)VACATE: to deprive of an incumbent or occupant; to give up the incumbency or occupancy of; to vacate an office, post, or tenancyVACATED: to deprive of an incumbent or occupant; to give up the incumbency or occupancy of; to vacate an office, post, or tenancyVACATING: to deprive of an incumbent or occupant; to give up the incumbency or occupancy of; to vacate an office, post, or tenancyVACAY*: US, informal: vacation, a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation (by shortening)VOID: not inhabited: deserted
People in Entertainment, Hospitality, and Service not sex work
ATTENDANT: one who attends another to perform a service, especially: an employee who waits on customers; also accompanying, waiting upon, or following in order to perform serviceBARBACK: a worker whose job is to assist a bartender (as by setting out glasses and restocking beverages)BARMAID: a woman who serves liquor at a barBARMAN: a bartenderBELLBOY: a bellhop: a hotel or club employee who escorts guests to rooms, assists them with luggage, and runs errandsBELLMAN: a bellhop: a hotel or club employee who escorts guests to rooms, assists them with luggage, and runs errandsBELLMEN: a bellhop: a hotel or club employee who escorts guests to rooms, assists them with luggage, and runs errands
BIDDY: a hired girl or cleaning woman; diminutive of the name Bridget [probably an Irish servant]BOOTBLACK: one who shines shoesCARHOP: one who serves customers at a drive-in restaurantCARNY: a person who works with a carnivalCELEB: short for celebrity, a famous or celebrated personCHEF: French, short for chef de cuisine, head of the kitchenCOMIC: a comedian (a stand-up comic)COOK: a person who prepares food for eatingDIVA: a usually glamorous and successful female performer or personality; a prima donnaDOORMAN: a usually uniformed attendant at the door of a building (such as a hotel or apartment building)FACTOTUM: person having many diverse activities or responsibilities; a general servantFAMILIAR: a member of the household of a high officialFOOTMAN*: a servant in livery formerly attending a rider or required to run in front of his master's carriage; or a servant who serves at table, tends the door, and runs errandsGEEK: a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snakeHATCHECK*: (adj) employed in checking hats and articles of outdoor clothing (a hatcheck girl)HEADLINE: to be engaged as a leading performer in (a show)HEADLINED: to be engaged as a leading performer in (a show)HELP: employee(s); also, often offensive: a domestic worker —usually used in plural but singular or plural in constructionJACKAL: a person who performs routine or menial tasks for anotherJANITOR: one who keeps the premises of a building (such as an apartment or office) clean, tends the heating system, and makes minor repairs; also, a doorkeeper; from Janus, gate, from a Roman god that is identified with doors, gates, and all beginnings and that is depicted with two opposite facesKEEP: a keeper, one whose job is to keep or tend [e.g., a barkeep, an innkeeper]KITCHEN: the people who prepare, cook, and serve food especially in a restaurant, cafeteria, etc.LANDLADY: a woman who is a landlord [LOL]LANDLORD: the owner of property (such as land, houses, or apartments) that is leased or rented to another; the master of an inn or lodging house: innkeeperLEGMAN*: an assistant who performs various subordinate tasks (such as gathering information or running errands)LEGMEN*: an assistant who performs various subordinate tasks (such as gathering information or running errands)MAGICIAN: one who performs tricks of illusion and sleight of handMAID: a maidservant; a woman or girl employed to do domestic workMAJORDOMO: a head steward of a large household (such as a palace); also, a butler or steward; also, a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another; broadly: the person who runs an enterpriseMANAGE: to direct the professional career of (an agency that manages entertainers)MANAGED: to direct the professional career of (an agency that manages entertainers)MANAGING: to direct the professional career of (an agency that manages entertainers)MENIAL: a person doing menial work, specifically: a domestic servant or retainer; also, of or relating to servants: lowly (a menial worker); appropriate to a servant: humble, servile (menial chores)MINION: a servile dependent, follower, or underling; a subordinate or petty officialPAGE: a boy serving as an honorary attendant at a formal function (such as a wedding); also, one employed to deliver messages, assist patrons, serve as a guide, or attend to similar duties; also, to wait on or serve in the capacity of a pagePAGED: a boy serving as an honorary attendant at a formal function (such as a wedding); also, one employed to deliver messages, assist patrons, serve as a guide, or attend to similar duties; also, to wait on or serve in the capacity of a pagePAGING: a boy serving as an honorary attendant at a formal function (such as a wedding); also, one employed to deliver messages, assist patrons, serve as a guide, or attend to similar duties; also, to wait on or serve in the capacity of a pagePANEL: a group of entertainers or guests engaged as players in a quiz or guessing game on a radio or television program (The quiz show included a panel of three players.); also, a group of persons selected for some service (such as investigation or arbitration) (a panel of experts); also, a group of persons who discuss before an audience a topic of public interest (The panel agreed to accept questions following the discussion.)PEON: any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as an infantryman or an orderly; also, a member of the landless laboring class in Spanish America; also, a person held in compulsory servitude to a master for the working out of an indebtedness; also, a drudge, menialVALET: an employee (as of a hotel or a public facility) who performs personal services for customers; also, a man's male servant who performs personal services (such as taking care of clothing); also, to serve as a valetVALETED: an employee (as of a hotel or a public facility) who performs personal services for customers; also, a man's male servant who performs personal services (such as taking care of clothing); also, to serve as a valetWARLOCK: a conjurer, one that practices magic arts: a wizard, one that performs feats of sleight of hand and illusion: a magician, a jugglerWENCH: old-fashioned: a female servant (a tavern wench)WOMAN: a woman who is a servant or personal attendantWOMEN: plural of woman, a woman who is a servant or personal attendantYEOMEN: a person attending or assisting another: a retainer; also, one that performs great and loyal service (did a yeoman's job in seeing the program through)
Service
ATTEND: to go or stay with as a companion, nurse, or servant; to be ready for serviceATTENDANT: one who attends another to perform a service, especially: an employee who waits on customers; also accompanying, waiting upon, or following in order to perform serviceATTENDED: to go or stay with as a companion, nurse, or servant; to be ready for serviceBIDDY: a hired girl or cleaning woman; diminutive of the name Bridget [probably an Irish servant]BOOTBLACK: one who shines shoesCOLLAR: an indication of control: a token of subservienceCOMPANION: one employed to live with and serve another (We hired a companion for our elderly mother.)FACTOTUM: person having many diverse activities or responsibilities; a general servantFAMILIAR: a member of the household of a high officialFOOTMAN*: a servant in livery formerly attending a rider or required to run in front of his master's carriage; or a servant who serves at table, tends the door, and runs errandsHELP: employee(s); also, often offensive: a domestic worker —usually used in plural but singular or plural in constructionJACKAL: a person who performs routine or menial tasks for anotherJANITOR: one who keeps the premises of a building (such as an apartment or office) clean, tends the heating system, and makes minor repairs; also, a doorkeeper; from Janus, gate, from a Roman god that is identified with doors, gates, and all beginnings and that is depicted with two opposite facesLEGMAN*: an assistant who performs various subordinate tasks (such as gathering information or running errands)LEGMEN*: an assistant who performs various subordinate tasks (such as gathering information or running errands)MAID: a maidservant; a woman or girl employed to do domestic workMAJORDOMO: a head steward of a large household (such as a palace); also, a butler or steward; also, a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another; broadly: the person who runs an enterpriseMENIAL: a person doing menial work, specifically: a domestic servant or retainer; also, of or relating to servants: lowly (a menial worker); appropriate to a servant: humble, servile (menial chores)MINION: a servile dependent, follower, or underling; a subordinate or petty officialOFFICE: something done for another: a service; also, something that one ought to do or must do: an assigned or assumed duty, task, or rolePAGE: a boy serving as an honorary attendant at a formal function (such as a wedding); also, one employed to deliver messages, assist patrons, serve as a guide, or attend to similar duties; also, to wait on or serve in the capacity of a pagePAGED: a boy serving as an honorary attendant at a formal function (such as a wedding); also, one employed to deliver messages, assist patrons, serve as a guide, or attend to similar duties; also, to wait on or serve in the capacity of a pagePAGING: a boy serving as an honorary attendant at a formal function (such as a wedding); also, one employed to deliver messages, assist patrons, serve as a guide, or attend to similar duties; also, to wait on or serve in the capacity of a pagePEON: any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as an infantryman or an orderly; also, a member of the landless laboring class in Spanish America; also, a person held in compulsory servitude to a master for the working out of an indebtedness; also, a drudge, menialTAIL: retinue: a group of retainers or attendantsTEND: to act as an attendant: to serve (tended to his wife); to apply oneself to the care of: to watch over (tended her sick father); TENDED: to act as an attendant: to serve (tended to his wife); to apply oneself to the care of: to watch over (tended her sick father); UNATTENDED: not attended: not watched or looked after: lacking a guard, escort, caretaker, etc.VALET: an employee (as of a hotel or a public facility) who performs personal services for customers; also, a man's male servant who performs personal services (such as taking care of clothing); also, to serve as a valetVALETED: an employee (as of a hotel or a public facility) who performs personal services for customers; also, a man's male servant who performs personal services (such as taking care of clothing); also, to serve as a valetWAIT: to serve food and drinks to the people sitting at: to act as a server for (wait tables); to serve at meals —usually used in such phrases as wait on tables or wait on tableWENCH: old-fashioned: a female servant (a tavern wench)WOMAN: a woman who is a servant or personal attendantWOMEN: plural of woman, a woman who is a servant or personal attendantYEOMEN: a person attending or assisting another: a retainer; also, one that performs great and loyal service (did a yeoman's job in seeing the program through)
Sex Work
BAWD: one who keeps a house of prostitution: a madam; also, a prostituteBULLY: a pimpDEMIMONDE: a class of women on the fringes of respectable society supported by wealthy lovers; also, their world. Or, the world of prostitution.DRAB: a woman who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay: a woman who is a sex worker; also, to associate with sex workersGIGOLO: a man who is paid to be a sexual partner and companion; also, a male sex worker hired to attend a social engagement with someone: a man who is an escort; also, dated: a man who is paid to be a dancing partnerMADAM: or madame, a woman who runs a brothelMADAME: a madam, a woman who runs a brothelPIMP: a person and especially a man who controls one or more sex workers, arranges clients for them, and takes a cut of their earnings; also, to work as a pimpPIMPED: a person and especially a man who controls one or more sex workers, arranges clients for them, and takes a cut of their earnings; also, to work as a pimpPIMPING: a person and especially a man who controls one or more sex workers, arranges clients for them, and takes a cut of their earnings; also, to work as a pimpTART: informal + disapproving: a woman who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay: a woman who is a sex workerTRAMP: disparaging: a woman who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay: a woman who is a sex workerTRICK: informal: a sexual act performed by a sex worker (She was living on the street and turning tricks [=taking payment for sex acts] to survive.); also, a john, a sex worker's clientTROLLOP: a vulgar or disreputable woman, especially: one who engages in sex promiscuously or for moneyTRULL*: old-fashioned + usually disparaging: a woman who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay: a woman who is a sex workerTURN: informal: to engage in (a sex act as a sex worker) (turning tricks [=taking payment for performing sex acts])
Spelling Bee words related to
ENTERTAINMENT, HOSPITALITY, SERVICE
ASKS
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