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NYT 🐝 Clues—Fri. 21 October, 2022

Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.

Letters: v  c  d  e  i  n  o

  • Total Answers: 59
  • Pangrams: 5
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

CI

  1. CI5 — relating to a city, town, or country or to the people who live there synonyms—federal, municipal, civil, national, public sounds like—cynic

CO

  1. CO8 — to form a mental picture of; to have a clear idea of; to have as an opinion synonyms—conceit, conjure (up), dream, envisage, envision
  2. CO9 — as in envisioned, pictured synonyms—envisaged, envisioned, pictured, visualized, unbelievable
  3. CO7 — to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful; to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends synonyms—wink, collude, compass, conspire, contrive sounds like—alive, canal, canine, canoe
  4. CO8 — to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful; to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends synonyms—winked, colluded, compassed, conspired, contrived sounds like—canard
  5. CO7 — to bring together in assembly by or as if by command; to come together into one body or place synonyms—assemble, call, convoke, muster, summon sounds like—canteen
  6. CO8 — to bring together in assembly by or as if by command; to come together into one body or place synonyms—assembled, called, convoked, mustered, summoned
  7. CO11 — something that adds to one's ease of living; a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste synonyms—accommodation, amenity, comfort, creature comfort, luxury
  8. CO8 — to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests synonyms—argue, bring, bring around, convert, gain
  9. CO9 — as in sure, believing; as in influenced, persuaded synonyms—accepting, believing, certain, confident, overconfident
  10. CO4 — a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline synonyms—arm, bay, bight, creek, embayment sounds like—calve, cave
  11. CO5 — a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially synonyms—body, bunch, circle, clan, clique sounds like—oven

DE

  1. DE7 — to cause to believe what is untrue synonyms—bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn
  2. DE8 — as in duped, deluded synonyms—deluded, duped, tricked, erroneous, false sounds like—received
  3. DE6 — to remove the dark dorsal vein from (shrimp) sounds like—divine
  4. DE8 — to remove the dark dorsal vein from (shrimp)
  5. DE6 — a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end; an article intended for use in work; a habitual attraction to some activity or thing synonyms—artifice, dodge, fetch, flimflam, gambit sounds like—divide, divine
  6. DE6 — utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected; lacking contents that could or should be present synonyms—bankrupt, bare, barren, bereft, destitute sounds like—divide, divvied

DI

  1. DI4 — an act or instance of diving; the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude synonyms—pitch, plunge, descent, dip, down sounds like—arrive, chive, derive
  2. DI5 — to cast oneself head first into deep water; to go to a lower level especially abruptly synonyms—pitched, plunged, sounded, crashed, cratered sounds like—lived
  3. DI6 — to set or force apart; to go or move in different directions from a central point synonyms—break up, decouple, disassociate, disconnect, disjoin sounds like—decide, deride, device, devise, devoid
  4. DI7 — disagreeing with each other synonyms—disunited, split sounds like—decided, delighted, devoted
  5. DI8 — something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed synonyms—bonus, cumshaw, donative, extra, gratuity sounds like—defend, depend, descend
  6. DI6 — of the very best kind; of, relating to, or being God synonyms—A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner sounds like—define, design, device, devise
  7. DI7 — to realize or know about beforehand synonyms—anticipated, forefelt, foreknew, foresaw, previsioned sounds like—defined
  8. DI7 — as in dished out, measured (out) synonyms—admeasured, allotted, allowed, appropriated, assigned sounds like—devoid

DO

  1. DO4 — a person who opposes war or warlike policies; an innocent or gentle person synonyms—pacifist, peacenik, angel, innocent, lamb sounds like—dive, dub, duck, dud, dug

EN

  1. EN6 — an annual or biennial composite herb (Cichorium endivia) that is closely related to chicory and occurs in two common varieties:; a variety (C. endivia crispa) having curly, usually dissected leaves : curly **; a variety (C. endivia latifolium) having broad flat leaves used especially cooked as a vegetable : escarole sounds like—dive, indict
  2. EN6 — to have a resentful awareness of and desire for (another's possessions or advantages) or to feel resentment toward (someone) over possessions or advantages synonyms—begrudged, resented

EV

  1. EV4 — not merely this but also; to a full extent or degree synonyms—indeed, nay, truly, verily, yea sounds like—been, bin, chin, din, easing
  2. EV6 — to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps; to make equal in amount, degree, or status synonyms—flattened, leveled, planed, smoothed, smoothened sounds like—almond, avenue, avid, eaten, eon
  3. EV8 — something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim synonyms—attestation, confirmation, corroboration, documentation, proof
  4. EV9 — as in supported, documented synonyms—attested, authenticated, bore out, documented, supported
  5. EV6 — to make known (something abstract) through outward signs synonyms—bespeak, betray, communicate, declare, demonstrate sounds like—immense, mince, prince, quince, rinse
  6. EV7 — to make known (something abstract) through outward signs synonyms—bespoke, betrayed, communicated, declared, demonstrated

IN

  1. IN13 — something that is a source of irritation synonyms—aggravation, aggro, annoyance, bother, botheration
  2. IN14 — as in frustrated, harassed synonyms—badgered, bedeviled, frustrated, haggled, harassed
  3. IN7 — a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due synonyms—account, bill, check, statement, tab
  4. IN8 — as in billed, assessed synonyms—assessed, billed, discounted, marked down, marked up

IV

  1. IV5 — overgrown with ivy; academic sounds like—divvied, evade

NO

  1. NO6 — a person who is just starting out in a field of activity synonyms—abecedarian, apprentice, babe, beginner, colt sounds like—nervous

OV

  1. OV4 — as in stove, microwave synonyms—broiler, fryer, microwave, microwave **, roaster sounds like—above, abuzz, adjoin, adjourn, adjudge
  2. OV5 — of, relating to, or resembling sheep sounds like—bean, b*, careen, clean, dean
  3. OV5 — having the shape of an egg synonyms—elliptical, oval, ovate sounds like—avoid, void

VE

  1. VE4 — a distinctive way of putting ideas into words synonyms—fashion, locution, manner, mode, phraseology sounds like—arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign
  2. VE6 — as in marbled, moiré synonyms—marbled, moiré, spangled, chromatic, colored sounds like—chained, feigned, gained, pained, vain
  3. VE4 — to offer for sale to the public synonyms—deal (in), market, merchandise, put up, retail sounds like—bend, end, fend, lend, mend
  4. VE6 — to offer for sale to the public synonyms—dealt (in), marketed, merchandised, put up, retailed sounds like—ended, tended

VI

  1. VI4 — immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society; a defect in character; the practice of engaging in sexual activities for money synonyms—corruption, debauchery, depravity, immorality, iniquitousness sounds like—dice, ice, lice, nice, rice
  2. VI5 — a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV synonyms—tape, tape recording, vid, *tape sounds like—audio, giddy, kiddie, radio, redeem
  3. VI7
  4. VI4 — to engage in a contest synonyms—battled, competed, contended, faced off, fought sounds like—bead, cede, deed, feed, heed
  5. VI4 — to be unsuccessful synonyms—bomb, collapse, crater, fail, flame out sounds like—dine, fine, line, mine, pine
  6. VI5 — producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description synonyms—delineated, graphic, pictorial, picturesque, visual sounds like—avid, civil, devoid, divide, divvied

VO

  1. VO5 — the right to express a wish, choice, or opinion; an act, process, or means of putting something into words; one who sings synonyms—say, say-so, vote, articulation, expression sounds like—choice, vase, verse, vice, vise
  2. VO6 — expressed or communicated by voice synonyms—oral, spoken, uttered, vocal sounds like—foist, hoist, moist, vast, versed
  3. VO4 — having no legal or binding force; lacking contents that could or should be present; utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected synonyms—bad, inoperative, invalid, nonbinding, nonvalid sounds like—a**
  4. VO6 — to put an end to by formal action; to remove the contents of synonyms—abated, abolished, abrogated, annulled, a** sounds like—a**
  5. VO6 — a person skilled in using supernatural forces synonyms—charmer, conjurer, enchanter, mage, Magian sounds like—dew, doo, due, food, guru

civic, conceive, conceived, connive, connived, convene, convened, convenience, convince, convinced, cove, coven, deceive, deceived, devein, deveined, device, devoid, dive, dived, divide, divided, dividend, divine, divined, divvied, dove, endive, envied, even, evened, evidence, evidenced, evince, evinced, inconvenience, inconvenienced, invoice, invoiced, ivied, novice, oven, ovine, ovoid, vein, veined, vend, vended, vice, video, videoed, vied, vine, vivid, voice, voiced, void, voided, voodoo