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

Letters: p  t  z  a  b  e  i

• Total Answers: 27
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AP

1. AP8 — a need or desire for food; a strong wish for something; positive regard for something; belly; emptiness sounds like acetate, acolyte, agitate, annotate, petite
2. AP8 — sounds like uptight

BA

4. BA7 — to give a name to; to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies; call; christen; clepe sounds like chastise

BE

6. BE4 — as in buzz; buzz; call; dial; phone

EP

8. EP4 — sounds like easy, pea

PA

10. PA4 — a male human parent; dad; daddy; father; old man sounds like pop, poppy
11. PA4 — the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth; bean; block; dome; head sounds like ate, bait, date, eight, fate

PE

13. PE4 — sounds like beat, beet, cheat, eat, feat
14. PE4 — an instance of looking especially briefly; to make a short sharp sound like a small bird; cast; eye; gander sounds like beep, cheap, deep, heap, jeep
15. PE6 —
16. PE5 — as in petty larcenies; as in petty larceny; as in Beau Brummell, blood; petty larcenies; embezzlements sounds like puppet
17. PE6 — having a small and thin body—usually used to describe a woman or girl; baby; diminutive; dwarf; elfin sounds like putty

PI

19. PI6 — a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building; gallery; lanai; porch; stoop sounds like miasma, plasma, plaza, visa
20. PI4 — a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas); an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages; to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway; channel; conduit sounds like hype, pap, peep, pop, pope
21. PI5 — sounds like puppet
22. PI7 — sounds like pet, puppet, typed, wipeout
23. PI5 — sounds like peanut, people, puppet
24. PI4 — to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner; to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner; to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner; beat; palpitate sounds like cheetah, peter
25. PI7 — to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner; beat; palpitate; pitter-patter; pulsate sounds like puppet
26. PI6 — the power of irresistible attraction; allure; animal magnetism; appeal; attractiveness
27. PI5 — sounds like cheetah, patsy, peace, peter
28. PI7 — the power of irresistible attraction; allure; animal magnetism; appeal; attractiveness sounds like disease

TA

30. TA4 — sounds like top, topper, topple
31. TA4 — as in wire, rope; a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV; a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV; chain; cord sounds like ape, cape, rape, shape

TE

33. TE6 — sounds like beady, beefy, beep, beeper, cheap
34. TE5 — sounds like guppy, puppy, touchy, tummy, yuppie

TI

36. TI6 — as in poncho, capelet; burnoose; capelet; capuchin; cowl