NYT π CluesβSat. 25 March, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: a m o r t w y
- Total Answers: 60
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AM
- AM7 β of, relating to, exciting, or expressing sexual attraction or desire; amorous; aphrodisiac; erogenous; erotic sounds like allegory, lavatory, oratory
- AM4 β sounds like arrow, mow
AO
- AO5 β sounds like aura, chortle, court, fort, mortal
AR
- AR5 β means or method of defending; something that encloses another thing especially to protect it; as in ensheathe, encapsulate; aegis; ammunition sounds like charmer, farmer
- AR6 β a place where military arms are stored; arsenal; depot; dump; magazine
- AR4 β a large body of men and women organized for land warfare; a great number of persons or creatures massed together; a group of people working together on a task; array; battalion
- AR5 β a sweet or pleasant smell; the quality of a thing that makes it perceptible to the sense organs in the nose; a special quality or impression associated with something; attar; balm sounds like coma, soma
- 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
- AR5 β as in beeline; as in prude, fuddy-duddy; beeline; catch up; fast-forward sounds like ammo, b*, crow, grow, h*
- AR9 β sounds like prorate, reroute
- AR6 β as in runoff, freshet; billabong; fresh; freshet; runoff
- AR4 β sounds like he, p
AT
- AT4 β a very small piece; bit; crumb; dribble; fleck sounds like alum, annum, autumn, datum, item
- AT5 β a sweet or pleasant smell; aroma; balm; bouquet; fragrance sounds like butter, cutter, eater, gutter, mutter
AW
- AW4 β from this or that place; not close in time or space; not at a certain place; down; fro sounds like allay, sway, way, weigh
- AW4 β inclined or twisted to one side; off the desired or intended path or course; askew; aslant; atilt sounds like arise, array, arrive, buy, die
MA
- MA4 β a female human parent; as in boy, kid; as in boys, kids; ma; mammy sounds like comma, mom
- MA5 β a female human parent; ma; mammy; mater; mom sounds like comma, mom
- MA7 β sounds like memory
- MA4 β sounds like arm, charm, farm, harm
- MA6 β
- MA6 β as in center, core; alpha and omega; center; core; keynote sounds like faro, meadow, mellow, memo, merry
- MA5 β to perform the ceremony of marriage for; to give in marriage; to take as a spouse; wed; espouse sounds like airy, berry, bury, cherry, dairy
- MA4 β as in department store, mini-mart; as in department store, chain store; boutique; chain store; department store sounds like art, cart, chart, dart, heart
- MA6 β to kill (someone) for refusing to give up a belief or causeβusually used as (be) martyred; as in sacrifice; assail; attack; afflict sounds like barter, charter, garter, mortar, smarter
- MA4 β sounds like kayo
- MA5 β sounds like layer
MO
- MO4 β a deep, wide excavation that is usually filled with water and that goes around the walls of a place (such as a castle) to protect it from being attacked; ha-ha; stank; sunk fence; dike sounds like boat, coat, goat, mat, mate
- MO5 β a female human parent; ma; mammy; mater; mom sounds like comma, mana
- MO5 β sounds like fray, gray, grey, may, pray
- MO6 β sounds like martyr, porter, shorter
- MO8 β as in interstate, autobahn; autobahn; autoroute; autostrada; dual carriageway sounds like waterway
OA
- OA4 β sounds like eighty, goatee, tea, tee
OR
- OR6 β a person who makes usually formal public speeches; lecturer; speaker sounds like altar, alter, amateur, auditor, aura
- 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
RA
- RA7 β sounds like habitat
- 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 to move about from place to place aimlessly; bat; cruise; drift; float sounds like chrome, comb, dome, foam, gnome
- RO4 β a violent shouting; loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound; to make a long loud deep noise or cry; clamor; howl sounds like boar, bore, chore, core, door
- RO6 β as in circle, roundabout; as in rotorcraft; as in rotorcraft; circle; roundabout sounds like coterie
- RO7 β sounds like rattler, rioter, stutter
- RO8 β sounds like category, laudatory, lavatory, oratory, poetry
TA
- TA4 β sounds like borrow, morrow, sorrow
- TA5 β sounds like carrot
- TA5 β a temporary residing as another's guest; to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time; to move or act slowly; sojourn; stay sounds like airy, berry, bury, cherry, dairy
- 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
- TA6 β
- 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
TO
- TO6 β sounds like automate, potato, teammate
TR
- TR4 β as in truck, wheelbarrow; barrow; hand truck; pushcart; truck sounds like cram, dram, gram, ram, tam
- TR7 β
- TR4 β as in plate, bowl; bowl; casserole; charger; cup sounds like fray, gray, grey, pray, prey
WA
- WA4 β having or giving off heat to a moderate degree; having or expressing great depth of feeling; having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest; heated; hottish sounds like dorm, form, norm, s**
- WA4 β as in growth, tumor; growth; tumor; bump; knot sounds like court, fort, port, quart, short
- WA5 β sounds like forty
- WA4 β having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble; alert; careful; cautious; chary sounds like airy, berry, bury, cherry, dairy
- WA4 β sounds like bought, caught, cot, dot, got
WO
- WO9 β a person who is inclined to worry; handwringer; nervous Nellie; worrier sounds like airport, cricket, crimped, crypt, dreary
YA
- YA6 β