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

Letters: b  a  c  d  e  i  t

• Total Answers: 49
• Pangrams: 3
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AB

1. AB5 — sounds like hibachi
2. AB5 — to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually; to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent; to put an end to by formal action; de-escalate; decline sounds like await, bait, debate
3. AB6 — as in reduced, diminished; to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually; to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent; decreased; diminished sounds like awaited
4. AB8 — to give up (as a position of authority) formally; abnegate; cede; relinquish; renounce
5. AB9 — to give up (as a position of authority) formally; to give up (as a position of authority) formally; abnegated; ceded; relinquished sounds like dedicated, indicated
6. AB4 —
7. AB4 — to bring (something volatile or intense) into being; to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end; brew; ferment; foment sounds like bet
8. AB7 — as in supported, encouraged; to bring (something volatile or intense) into being; to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end; encouraged; promoted sounds like affected, awaited, fetid
9. AB5 — to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time; to have a home; to put up with (something painful or difficult); dwell; hang around sounds like allied, aside, bide
10. AB6 — to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time; to have a home; to put up with (something painful or difficult); dwelled; hung around sounds like avoided

BA

12. BA5 — sounds like aid, aide
13. BA4 — sounds like bobby
14. BA4 — a person who is just starting out in a field of activity; a recently born person; a lovely woman; abecedarian; apprentice
15. BA6 — to treat with great or excessive care; to treat with great or excessive care; cockered; coddled; cosseted sounds like abbey
16. BA6 — a mean, evil, or unprincipled person; beast; brute; caitiff; devil sounds like beady, birdie, body, buddy, daddy
17. BA4 — to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority; to request the presence or participation of; to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority; adjured; bossed (around) sounds like aid, aide
18. BA4 — something used to attract animals to a hook or into a trap; something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain; to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults; decoy; lure sounds like abate, ate
19. BA6 — to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults; to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage; to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults; hassled; hazed sounds like blood, bud, stud
20. BA4 — as in take off, abate; abate; deduct; knock off; remove sounds like a**, ate
21. BA5 — as in took off, abated; abated; deducted; knocked off; removed sounds like booted, dated, weighted
22. BA6 — to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner; to strike repeatedly; to move about from place to place aimlessly; banged; bashed sounds like booted

BE

24. BE4 — the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass; as in pearl, pellet; to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface; blob; driblet sounds like bad, bade
25. BE6 — as in pearled, pelleted; pearled; pelleted; pelletized; bunched sounds like needed
26. BE4 — to strike repeatedly; to achieve a victory over; to be greater, better, or stronger than; bash; baste sounds like bait, bat
27. BE6 — to go to one's bed in order to sleep; to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter; to go to one's bed in order to sleep; crashed; dossed (down) sounds like wedded
28. BE4 — sounds like bait, bat
29. BE4 — sounds like bait
30. BE6 — to take place; be; befall; chance; come
31. BE7 — to take place; to take place; befell; came; came about sounds like blended, bloodied, boarded, bonded, bottled

BI

33. BI4 — to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state; to put up with (something painful or difficult); to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something; abide; continue sounds like a**, bad, bade, bead, bed
34. BI5 — to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state; to put up with (something painful or difficult); to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something; abided; continued sounds like bearded
35. BI5 —
36. BI4 — a harsh or sharp quality; a small piece or quantity of food; an uncomfortable degree of coolness; acerbity; acidity sounds like bait, bat, beat, beet, bet

CA

38. CA6 — as in drove, rode; bused; coached; cruised; drove sounds like crabbed, jabbed
39. CA6 — sounds like abbey, crabby, shabby, tabby

CI

41. CI8 — sounds like aorta, beta, bottle, bottom, bought

DA

43. DA6 — as in smeared, slathered; as in tapped, tipped; anointed; bedaubed; besmeared sounds like jabbed

DE

45. DE8 — a lazy person; couch potato; do-nothing; drone; idler sounds like downbeat
46. DE6 — a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something; variance of opinion on a matter; an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue; account; advisement sounds like abate
47. DE7 — as in controversial, disputed; to give serious and careful thought to; to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion; controversial; disputed sounds like awaited
48. DE5 — a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success; disadvantage; disbenefit; downside; drawback sounds like bit, daring
49. DE7 — sounds like adjusted, awaited, buttock, button, committed
50. DE4 — something (as money) which is owed; a breaking of a moral or legal code; arrearage; arrears; indebtedness sounds like bet, dare, date

DI

52. DI8 —

EB

54. EB5 — to become worse or of less value; to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually; to become worse or of less value; atrophied; crumbled sounds like bed

TA

56. TA6 — as in labeled, titled; as in called, named; labeled; titled; denominated sounds like jabbed, s**

TI

58. TI5 — sounds like phobia, tabby, trivia, tuba
59. TI6 — sounds like tabby
60. TI6 — something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury; a small piece or quantity of food; bit; cate; dainty sounds like admit, audit, befit, bidden, bit