NYT π CluesβSat. 16 September, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: r a d f p t u
- Total Answers: 27
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AF
- AF4 β a long distance; as in abroad, afield; country mile; far cry; long haul sounds like ajar, far
AP
- AP5 β into parts or pieces; as in odd, nowhere; not including; asunder; piecemeal sounds like part
- AP7 β sounds like abbot, accurate, afferent, agate, amorist
AT
- AT5 β a sweet or pleasant smell; aroma; balm; bouquet; fragrance sounds like butter, cutter, eater, gutter, mutter
AU
- AU4 β a special quality or impression associated with something; a spiritual force that is held to emanate from or give animation to living beings; air; ambience; aroma sounds like era, oral, orb, ore
DA
- DA4 β an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings; to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements; something strange or unusual that is an object of interest; affront; barb sounds like art, cart, chart, dot, heart
DR
- DR5 β a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported; the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time; noticeable movement of air in a particular direction; burden; cargo sounds like craft, daft, graft, kraft, raft
- DR4 β sounds like brat, rat
FA
- FA5 β
- FA4 β sounds like art, cart, chart, dart, font
FR
- FR4 β sounds like brat, fat, fiat, flat, rat
- FR5 β an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value; one who makes false claims of identity or expertise; the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery; bunco; con sounds like broad, flawed
PA
- PA4 β one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled; something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group; the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists; member; partition sounds like a**, art, cart, chart, dart
PR
- PR4 β a stupid person; airhead; birdbrain; blockhead; bonehead sounds like brat, pat, rat
PU
- PU4 β as in whisper, shout; a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion; breathe; chirp; drawl sounds like burr, fir, fur, her, hour
RA
- RA5 β
- RA4 β a considerable amount; as in balloon; abundance; barrel; basketful sounds like c, daft, d, draught, g**
- RA4 β experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion; having the mind fixed on something; ecstatic; elated; elevated sounds like apt, lapped, tapped
- RA7 β sounds like habitat
- RA7 β a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape; bind; box; catch-22; corner sounds like strap, trap
RU
- RU4 β as in pleat, plait; plait; pleat; border; edging sounds like buff, cuff, g**, huff, muff
TA
- TA4 β sounds like carp, harp, sharp, top
- TA4 β causing or characterized by the one of the basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids; marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings; a woman who engages in sexual activities for money; acid; acidic sounds like art, cart, chart, dart, heart
- TA6 β sounds like barter, charter, garter, martyr, starter
TR
- TR4 β a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise; a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait; something that catches and holds; ambush; net sounds like crap, rap, s**, tap
TU
- TU4 β as in territory; to drive or force out; territory; study; subject sounds like serf, surf, term, terse, tiff
UP
- UP7 β sounds like adrift, draft, draught