Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: y a h o p r t
- Total Answers: 42
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AH
- AH4 β sounds like add, alloy, ash, ass, boy
AP
- AP6 β a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness; lack of interest or concern; affectlessness; emotionlessness; impassiveness
AR
- AR5 β a number of things considered as a unit; a usually small number of persons considered as a unit; dressy clothing; assemblage; band sounds like awry, bay, day, earl, earn
- AR6 β as in runoff, freshet; billabong; fresh; freshet; runoff
- AR4 β sounds like he, p
AT
- AT7 β to become worse or of less value; as in degeneration, decline; crumble; decay; decline
HA
- HA5 β coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly; experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight; feeling that one's needs or desires have been met; fluky; fortuitous sounds like hippie
- HA5 β a bad-tempered scolding woman; a person who habitually preys upon others; battle-ax; dragon lady; fury sounds like hearty
- HA5 β as in loot, sack; as in scold, berate; despoil; foray; loot sounds like airy, berry, bury, cherry, dairy
HO
- HO5 β dating or surviving from the distant past; age-old; aged; ancient; antediluvian sounds like haughty, hurry
- HO6 β how delightful; as in hail, huzzah; glory; ha; hallelujah sounds like hurrah
- HO5 β sounds like c*, copy, happy, hippie, poppy
- HO9 β sounds like dormitory, oratory
HY
- HY4 β
OA
- OA4 β sounds like eighty, goatee, tea, tee
OR
- OR7 β the art of speaking in public eloquently and effectively; language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere; elocution; public speaking; bombast sounds like dormitory, laudatory
PA
- PA6 β sounds like pecan, pup, puppet, puppy, upon
- PA5 β sounds like happy, peppy, poppy, puppy
- PA5 β as in avoid, evade; avoid; elude; escape; evade sounds like airy, berry, bury, cherry, dairy
- PA5 β as in revel, carouse; a social gathering; a group of people acting together within a larger group; carouse; revel sounds like arty, hearty, potty
- PA5 β a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried; cake; croquette; cutlet; fritter sounds like catty, chatty, fatty, natty
PO
- PO5 β sounds like choppy, copy, peppy, puppy
- PO7 β 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; delineate; depict sounds like paltry
- PO5 β being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior; a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste; as in dirty, nasty; aristocratic; elitist sounds like knotty, party, patty, petty, pity
PR
- PR4 β to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner; appeal (to); beg; beseech; besiege sounds like fray, gray, grey, pay, play
PY
- PY4 β sounds like gyro, pro
RA
- RA5 β showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect; worn or torn into or as if into rags; easily irritated or annoyed; beat-up; bombed-out sounds like catty, chatty, fatty, natty, patty
RO
- RO4 β being of a consistency that resists flow; syrupy; thick; viscid; viscous sounds like choppy, copy, poppy, rupee
- RO6 β as in circle, roundabout; as in rotorcraft; as in rotorcraft; circle; roundabout sounds like coterie
- RO8 β sounds like category, laudatory, lavatory, oratory, poetry
TA
- TA5 β as in pitchy; a temporary residing as another's guest; to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time; pitchy; gelatinous sounds like airy, berry, bury, cherry, dairy
- TA5 β showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect; beat-up; bombed-out; dilapidated; dog-eared sounds like catty, chatty, fatty, natty, patty
TH
- TH7 β harsh and dry in sound; having a low musical pitch or range; coarse; croaking; croaky
TO
- TO6 β very pleasing to the sense of taste; ambrosial; appetizing; dainty; delectable
TR
- TR4 β as in plate, bowl; bowl; casserole; charger; cup sounds like fray, gray, grey, pray, prey
- TR6 β an asset that brings praise or renown; boast; credit; crown jewel; glory sounds like a**, crony, rosy, taffy, toffee
- TR4 β sounds like toy
TY
- TY4 β
- TY4 β a person who is just starting out in a field of activity; abecedarian; apprentice; babe; beginner sounds like gyro
YA
- YA5 β how delightful; a stupid person; glory; ha; hallelujah sounds like who, you
- YA5 β sounds like happy, yuppie
YO
- YO6 β sounds like guru, use, used, user, voodoo