NYT 🐝 Clues—Sat. 19 November, 2022

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

Letters: a  c  d  k  p  r  t

  • Total Answers: 43
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AD

  1. AD5 — to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation synonyms—acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adjust, condition

AP

  1. AP5 — into parts or pieces synonyms—asunder, piecemeal sounds like—part
  2. AP7***us sounds like—abbot, accurate, afferent, agate, amorist

AT

  1. AT6 — the act or action of setting upon with force or violence; a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder synonyms—aggression, assault, attempt, blitz, blitzkrieg sounds like—stack, tack
  2. AT5 — a sweet or pleasant smell synonyms—aroma, balm, bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy sounds like—butter, cutter, eater, gutter, mutter
  3. AT7 — to engage the attention of synonyms—draw, entice, interest, allure, bewitch sounds like—tracked, tract

CA

  1. CA5 — a unit of fineness for gold equal to 1/2₄ part of pure gold in an alloy sounds like—beret, ferret, merit, parrot
  2. CA4 — a list of foods served at or available for a meal; a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor synonyms—menu, comedian, comic, droll, farceur sounds like—bard, charred, chord, cod, conned
  3. CA4 — an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment synonyms—beef, bitch, bleat, complaint, fuss sounds like—cop, harp, sharp
  4. CA7 — a lot or garage for parking
  5. CA4 — a wheeled usually horse-drawn vehicle used for hauling synonyms—wagon, wain sounds like—art, chart, cost, cot, court
  6. CA8 — a fall of water usually from a great height; a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms synonyms—cascade, fall(s), waterfall, alluvion, bath sounds like—counteract, interact

CR

  1. CR5 — to break suddenly with an explosive sound; to yield to mental or emotional stress; to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language synonyms—pop, snap, break down, break up, flip (out)
  2. CR4 — defecate sounds like—cap, clap

DA

  1. DA4 — being without light or without much light; not having a light complexion; causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer synonyms—black, caliginous, ened, ish, **ling sounds like—arc, bark, dock, lark, mark
  2. DA4 — an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings synonyms—affront, barb, brickbat, cut, dig sounds like—art, cart, chart, dot, heart
  3. DA4 — a collection of factual knowledge about something synonyms—facts, information sounds like—donna, dot, dotted

DR

  1. DR4 — damn —used as a mild oath sounds like—brat, rat

KA

  1. KA5 — a person winning high scholastic distinction in an American college or university and being elected to membership in a national honor society founded in 1776 sounds like—cap
  2. KA5 — a unit of fineness for gold equal to 1/2₄ part of pure gold in an alloy sounds like—beret, carob, carrot, ferret, merit
  3. KA4 — a small motorized vehicle used especially for racing sounds like—art, car, card, carp, carve

PA

  1. PA4 — to close up so that no empty spaces remain; to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained; to support and take from one place to another synonyms—block, bung, dam, fill, plug sounds like—back, hack, jack, knack, lack
  2. PA4 — a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples; an arrangement about action to be taken synonyms—accord, alliance, com**, convention, covenant sounds like—act, backed, fact
  3. PA4 — a male human parent synonyms—dad, daddy, father, old man, pa sounds like—pop, poppy
  4. PA4 — the area around and belonging to a building synonyms—demesne, ground, premises, yard sounds like—arc, bark, dark, lark, mark
  5. PA5 — as in jacket, surtout synonyms—jacket, surtout, chesterfield, frock coat, mackinaw
  6. PA4 — 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 synonyms—member, ition, portion, section, segment sounds like—a, art, cart, chart, dart

PR

  1. PR4 — a stupid person synonyms—airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead sounds like—brat, pat, rat

RA

  1. RA4 — a place set aside for sleeping; a state of great suffering of body or mind synonyms—bed, bunk, doss, hay, kip sounds like—back, c**, hack, jack, knack
  2. RA5 — a device designed to alert the operator of a vehicle when it has been targeted by a * beam (as from a police officer's * gun); * gun
  3. RA4 — experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion; having the mind fixed on something synonyms—ecstatic, elated, elevated, en, enured sounds like—apt, lapped, tapped
  4. RA7 — a rapid succession of knocking, tapping, or cracking sounds sounds like—habitat
  5. RA7 — a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape synonyms—bind, box, catch-22, corner, dilemma sounds like—strap, trap

TA

  1. TA4 — the means or procedure for doing something synonyms—approach, fashion, form, how, manner sounds like—at**, back, hack, jack, knack
  2. TA4 — the ability to deal with others in touchy situations without offending them synonyms—diplomacy, **fulness sounds like—act, backed, fact, packed, pact
  3. TA4 — a coarse cloth made in the Pacific islands from the pounded bark especially of the paper mulberry and usually decorated with geometric patterns sounds like—top, topper, topple
  4. TA4 — a piece of material (such as durable plastic or waterproofed canvas) used especially for protecting exposed objects or areas : **aulin sounds like—carp, harp, sharp, top
  5. TA4 — 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 synonyms—acid, acidic, acidulous, sour, sourish sounds like—art, cart, chart, dart, heart
  6. TA6 — a native or inhabitant of **y; tatar; a person of irritable or violent temper sounds like—barter, charter, garter, martyr, starter

TR

  1. TR5 — a mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it; a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps; the direction along which something or someone moves synonyms—imprint, trace, trail, footpath, path sounds like—crack, rack, tack
  2. TR8sounds like—backpack, crackpot, fractured, rapid
  3. TR5 — a broad geographical area; a small area of usually open land; a small piece of land that is developed or available for development synonyms—belt, corridor, land, neck, part(s) sounds like—at*, cracked, tact
  4. TR4 — a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise; a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait; something that catches and holds synonyms—ambush, net, snare, web, ambuscade sounds like—crap, rap, s**, tap

adapt, apart, apparat, attack, attar, attract, carat, card, carp, carpark, cart, cataract, crack, crap, dark, dart, data, drat, kappa, karat, kart, pack, pact, papa, park, parka, part, prat, rack, radar, rapt, ratatat, rattrap, tack, tact, tapa, tarp, tart, tartar, track, trackpad, tract, trap