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
- 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
- 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
- CO9 — as in envisioned, pictured synonyms—envisaged, envisioned, pictured, visualized, unbelievable
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- CO9 — as in sure, believing; as in influenced, persuaded synonyms—accepting, believing, certain, confident, overconfident
- CO4 — a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline synonyms—arm, bay, bight, creek, embayment sounds like—calve, cave
- CO5 — a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially synonyms—body, bunch, circle, clan, clique sounds like—oven
DE
- DE7 — to cause to believe what is untrue synonyms—bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn
- DE8 — as in duped, deluded synonyms—deluded, duped, tricked, erroneous, false sounds like—received
- DE6 — to remove the dark dorsal vein from (shrimp) sounds like—divine
- DE8 — to remove the dark dorsal vein from (shrimp)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- DI7 — disagreeing with each other synonyms—disunited, split sounds like—decided, delighted, devoted
- DI8 — something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed synonyms—bonus, cumshaw, donative, extra, gratuity sounds like—defend, depend, descend
- 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
- DI7 — to realize or know about beforehand synonyms—anticipated, forefelt, foreknew, foresaw, previsioned sounds like—defined
- DI7 — as in dished out, measured (out) synonyms—admeasured, allotted, allowed, appropriated, assigned sounds like—devoid
DO
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- EV8 — something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim synonyms—attestation, confirmation, corroboration, documentation, proof
- EV9 — as in supported, documented synonyms—attested, authenticated, bore out, documented, supported
- EV6 — to make known (something abstract) through outward signs synonyms—bespeak, betray, communicate, declare, demonstrate sounds like—immense, mince, prince, quince, rinse
- EV7 — to make known (something abstract) through outward signs synonyms—bespoke, betrayed, communicated, declared, demonstrated
IN
- IN13 — something that is a source of irritation synonyms—aggravation, aggro, annoyance, bother, botheration
- IN14 — as in frustrated, harassed synonyms—badgered, bedeviled, frustrated, haggled, harassed
- IN7 — a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due synonyms—account, bill, check, statement, tab
- IN8 — as in billed, assessed synonyms—assessed, billed, discounted, marked down, marked up
IV
- IV5 — overgrown with ivy; academic sounds like—divvied, evade
NO
- NO6 — a person who is just starting out in a field of activity synonyms—abecedarian, apprentice, babe, beginner, colt sounds like—nervous
OV
- OV4 — as in stove, microwave synonyms—broiler, fryer, microwave, microwave **, roaster sounds like—above, abuzz, adjoin, adjourn, adjudge
- OV5 — of, relating to, or resembling sheep sounds like—bean, b*, careen, clean, dean
- OV5 — having the shape of an egg synonyms—elliptical, oval, ovate sounds like—avoid, void
VE
- VE4 — a distinctive way of putting ideas into words synonyms—fashion, locution, manner, mode, phraseology sounds like—arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign
- VE6 — as in marbled, moiré synonyms—marbled, moiré, spangled, chromatic, colored sounds like—chained, feigned, gained, pained, vain
- VE4 — to offer for sale to the public synonyms—deal (in), market, merchandise, put up, retail sounds like—bend, end, fend, lend, mend
- VE6 — to offer for sale to the public synonyms—dealt (in), marketed, merchandised, put up, retailed sounds like—ended, tended
VI
- 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
- 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
- VI7 —
- VI4 — to engage in a contest synonyms—battled, competed, contended, faced off, fought sounds like—bead, cede, deed, feed, heed
- VI4 — to be unsuccessful synonyms—bomb, collapse, crater, fail, flame out sounds like—dine, fine, line, mine, pine
- VI5 — producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description synonyms—delineated, graphic, pictorial, picturesque, visual sounds like—avid, civil, devoid, divide, divvied
VO
- 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
- VO6 — expressed or communicated by voice synonyms—oral, spoken, uttered, vocal sounds like—foist, hoist, moist, vast, versed
- 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**
- VO6 — to put an end to by formal action; to remove the contents of synonyms—abated, abolished, abrogated, annulled, a** sounds like—a**
- VO6 — a person skilled in using supernatural forces synonyms—charmer, conjurer, enchanter, mage, Magian sounds like—dew, doo, due, food, guru