NYT π CluesβFri. 12 May, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: v a c e n o t
- Total Answers: 28
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AV
- AV6 β sounds like abbot, absent, accurate, acid, advocate
CA
- CA4 β sounds like comma, java, lava
- CA4 β a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface; as in submit, yield; to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure; antre; cavern sounds like cove, crave, curve
- CA6 β something (such as a piece of advice) that should be remembered when one is doing or thinking about something; admonishment; admonition; alarm; alert sounds like aviator, cleat, combat, copycat, covert
CO
- CO7 β curved inward; as in concavity, cavity; dented; depressed; dished
- CO7 β
- CO7 β to bring together in assembly by or as if by command; to come together into one body or place; assemble; call; convoke sounds like canteen
- CO7 β a group of nuns who live together; nunnery; abbey; cloister; friary sounds like canvassed, solvent
- CO4 β a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline; arm; bay; bight; creek sounds like calve, cave
- CO5 β a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially; body; bunch; circle; clan sounds like oven
- CO8 β a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples; a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation; an arrangement about action to be taken; accord; alliance sounds like abundant, cabinet
- CO5 β to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy; ache (for); crave; desiderate; desire sounds like avert, bucket, buffet, cadet, cahoot
EA
- EA4 β sounds like eel, eke, h, l, thieve
EV
- EV4 β not merely this but also; to a full extent or degree; being neither more nor less than a certain amount, number, or extent; indeed; nay sounds like been, bin, chin, din, easing
- EV5 β something that happens; something that might happen; a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize; affair; circumstance sounds like invent, vent
NA
- NA4 β sounds like cave, gave, nerve, pave, rave
NO
- NO8 β as in nonstarter, disappointment; bomb; bummer; bust; catastrophe sounds like content, convent, event, invent, prevent
- NO4 β a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness and then within a few months or years becomes less bright again; binary star; brown dwarf; dwarf; fixed star sounds like aroma, boa, coca, cola, coma
- NO5 β a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness and then within a few months or years becomes less bright again; a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness and then within a few months or years becomes less bright again; binary stars; brown dwarfs; dwarfs sounds like cove, gnome, hove, knoll, know
OC
- OC6 β sounds like active
OV
- OV5 β having the shape of an egg; elliptical; oval; ovoid
- OV4 β as in stove, microwave; as in oven, stove; as in oven, stove; broiler; fryer sounds like above, abuzz, adjoin, adjourn, adjudge
VA
- VA6 β lacking contents that could or should be present; not being in a state of use, activity, or employment; not expressing any emotion; bare; blank sounds like agent, bacon, latent, nascent, patient
- VA6 β to put an end to by formal action; to remove the contents of; abate; abolish; abrogate sounds like baked, locate, placate, shakeout, skate
- VA4 β sounds like arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign
VE
- VE4 β to find emotional release for; to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion); to throw or give off; loose; release sounds like bent, cent, dent, e**, lent
- VE4 β an order that something not be done or used; to reject by or as if by a vote; ban; embargo; interdict sounds like auto, beat, beet, chateau, chateaux
VO
- VO4 β the right to formally express one's position or will in an election; a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election; the right to express a wish, choice, or opinion; ballot; enfranchisement sounds like boat, coat, goat, moat, note