NYT đ CluesâFri. 16 December, 2022
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: p a i o r t y
- Total Answers: 59
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! đ¤Ł
AI
- AI7 â a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal synonymsâaerodrome, airdrome, airfield, field sounds likeâcarport, deport, escort, export, import
AP
- AP5 â into parts or pieces synonymsâasunder, piecemeal sounds likeâpart
- AP6 â a place where bees are kept; especially : a collection of hives or colonies of bees kept for their honey sounds likeâaviary, parry, query, speedy, spree
- AP7 â ***us sounds likeâabbot, accurate, afferent, agate, amorist
AT
- AT4 â on top of synonymsâabove, over sounds likeâstop, top
PA
- PA4 â two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together synonymsâbrace, couple, couplet, duo, dyad sounds likeâair, bare, bear, care, chair
- PA4 â a male human parent synonymsâdad, daddy, father, old man, pa sounds likeâpop, poppy
- PA6 â a tropical American tree (Carica ** of the family Caricaceae, the ** family) having an oblong to globose yellow edible fruit with numerous black seeds in a central cavity; also : its fruit sounds likeâpecan, pup, puppet, puppy, upon
- PA5 â papa sounds likeâhappy, peppy, poppy, puppy
- PA6 â a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley; the pith of the papyrus plant especially when made into strips and pressed into a material to write on; a writing on papyrus sounds likeâcadre, carry, happy
- PA9 â troops trained and equipped to parachute from an airplane
- PA6 â the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality synonymsâcoequality, coordinateness, equality, equivalence, equivalency sounds likeârarity, verity
- PA6 â to say after another synonymsâditto, echo, quote, reecho, repeat sounds likeâberet, carat, ferret, merit, pellet
- PA5 â as in avoid, evade synonymsâavoid, elude, escape, evade, shirk sounds likeâairy, berry, bury, cherry, dairy
- PA4 â one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled; something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group; the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists synonymsâmember, ition, portion, section, segment sounds likeâa, art, cart, chart, dart
- PA7 â variation; suite
- PA5 â a social gathering; a group of people acting together within a larger group; a group of people working together on a task synonymsâaffair, bash, binge, blast, blowout sounds likeâarty, hearty, potty
- PA5 â an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls) synonymsâclose, court, courtyard, enclosure, quad
- PA7 â a person who loves his or her country and supports its interests and policies synonymsâloyalist sounds likeâatrium
- PA5 â a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried synonymsâcake, croquette, cutlet, fritter, galette sounds likeâcatty, chatty, fatty, natty
PI
- PI5 â any of various small songbirds (family Motacillidae and especially genus Anthus) resembling the lark sounds likeâpeanut, people, puppet
- PI4 â to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner synonymsâbeat, pal**te, pitter-patter, pulsate, pulse sounds likeâcheetah, peter
- PI7 â to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner synonymsâbeat, palpitate, pitter-patter, pulsate, pulse sounds likeâpuppet
- PI4 â a regrettable or blameworthy act; the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune synonymsâcrime, disgrace, shame, sin, bigheartedness sounds likeâcity, ditty, kitty, patty, petty
PO
- PO4 â solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal synonymsâdirt, doo-doo, dropping, dung, excrement sounds likeâcoop, coupe, dupe, hoop, loop
- PO4 â lacking money or material possessions; producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation; less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable synonymsâbeggared, beggarly, broke, destitute, dirt-** sounds likeâboor, lure, moor, pair, pare
- PO5 â a male human parent synonymsâdad, daddy, father, old man, pa
- PO5 â a cultivated corn * with brightly colored usually white, pink, or red single or double flowers sounds likeâchoppy, copy, peppy, puppy
- PO4 â a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships synonymsâanchorage, harbor, harborage, haven sounds likeâcourt, fort, part, short, sort
- PO8 â a vivid representation in words of someone or something synonymsâdefinition, delineation, depiction, description, picture sounds likeâfortress, shortcut
- PO7 â to give a representation or account of in words; to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group; to present a picture of synonymsâdelineate, depict, describe, draw, image sounds likeâpaltry
- PO6 â a lazy person synonymsâdeadbeat, do-nothing, drone, idler, layabout sounds likeâpetite, tomato
- PO5 â being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior synonymsâaristocratic, elitist, high-hat, persnickety, ritzy sounds likeâknotty, party, patty, petty, pity
PR
- PR4 â a stupid person synonymsâairhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead sounds likeâbrat, pat, rat
- PR4 â to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner synonymsâappeal (to), beg, beseech, besiege, conjure sounds likeâfray, gray, grey, pay, play
- PR5 â coming before all others in importance; going before another in time or order synonymsâarch, big, capital, cardinal, central sounds likeâdrier, dryer, friar, fryer
- PR8 â the right to one's attention before other things considered less important synonymsâprecedence, right-of-way sounds likeâauthority, majority, minority, parity, paucity
- PR6 â a residence for men under religious vows synonymsâabbey, cloister, friary, hermitage, monastery
- PR4 â a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else synonymsâbrace, buttress, mount, mounting, reinforcement sounds likeâcrop, drop, plop, pop
PY
- PY4 â fire : heat; produced by or as if by the action of heat; derived from a corresponding ortho acid by loss usually of one molecule of water from two molecules of acid sounds likeâgyro, pro
RA
- RA7 â a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding synonymsâcommunion, fellowship, rapprochement sounds likeâpore, pour, repair, report
- RA4 â experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion; having the mind fixed on something synonymsâecstatic, elated, elevated, en, enured sounds likeâapt, lapped, tapped
- RA6 â a carnivorous medium- to large-sized bird (such as a hawk, eagle, owl, or vulture) that has a hooked beak and large sharp talons and that feeds wholly or chiefly on meat taken by hunting or on carrion : bird of prey; a usually small-to-medium-sized predatory dinosaur (such as a veloci** or deinonychus) sounds likeâcaptor, chapter, wrapper
- RA7 â a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape synonymsâbind, box, catch-22, corner, dilemma sounds likeâstrap, trap
RO
- RO4 â being of a consistency that resists flow synonymsâsyrupy, thick, viscid, viscous sounds likeâchoppy, copy, poppy, rupee
TA
- TA4 â a coarse cloth made in the Pacific islands from the pounded bark especially of the paper mulberry and usually decorated with geometric patterns sounds likeâtop, topper, topple
- TA5 â any of a genus (*us) of herbivorous chiefly nocturnal perissodactyl mammals of tropical America and southeastern Asia from Myanmar to Sumatra that have a heavy sparsely hairy body and the snout and upper lip prolonged into a short flexible proboscis
- TA7 â a primary root that grows vertically downward and gives off small lateral roots; the central element or position in a line of growth or development sounds likeâuproot
- TA4 â a piece of material (such as durable plastic or waterproofed canvas) used especially for protecting exposed objects or areas : **aulin sounds likeâcarp, harp, sharp, top
TI
- TI5 â as in wobbly, shaky synonymsârocky, shaky, tipsy, wavery, wobbly sounds likeâdippy, hippie
- TI6 â of the very best kind synonymsâA-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner sounds likeâhilltop, laptop
TO
- TO7 â a plant shaped by *** art; *** plants; *** art or gardening; also : a *** garden sounds likeâaviary, parry, potpourri, prairie, tarry
- TO6 â lack of interest or concern; physical or mental inertness synonymsâapathy, casualness, complacence, disinterestedness, disregard
TR
- TR4 â a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise; a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait; something that catches and holds synonymsâambush, net, snare, web, ambuscade sounds likeâcrap, rap, s**, tap
- TR4 â a going from one place to another usually of some distance; an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy synonymsâexpedition, journey, passage, peregrination, travel(s) sounds likeâdrip, grip, rip, s**, tip
- TR6 â of, relating to, or suggestive of a trip on psychedelic drugs or the culture associated with such drugs
- TR5 â an organized group of stage performers; the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation synonymsâcompany, troupe, armed forces, colors, military sounds likeâdroop, group
TY
- TY4 â an error (as of spelling) in typed or typeset material
YA
- YA5 â sounds likeâhappy, yuppie