NYT 🐝 Clues—Sun. 18 September, 2022

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

Letters: a  d  i  l  t  v  y

  • Total Answers: 38
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AL

  1. AL4 — to come to rest after descending from the air; to come down from something (as a vehicle) synonyms—landed, lit, perched, roosted, settled sounds like—eyelet, glut, gullet

  2. AL5 — to make more bearable or less severe synonyms—alleviate, assuage, ease, help, mitigate sounds like—away, clay, fillet, lay, play

  3. AL4 — someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support synonyms—abettor, backer, bedfellow, confederate, fellow traveler sounds like—fly, lie, lye, ply, sleigh

AT

  1. AT5 — inclined or twisted to one side synonyms—askew, aslant, awry, cock-a-hoop, cockeyed sounds like—stilt, tilt

AV

  1. AV5 — the capacity for being useful for some purpose synonyms—account, mileage, service, serviceability, serviceableness sounds like—assail, unveil, veil

  2. AV4 — having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions; showing urgent desire or interest synonyms—acquisitive, avaricious, coveting, covetous, grabby sounds like—acid, added, arid

  3. AV7 — an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions; urgent desire or interest synonyms—acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidness, covetousness sounds like—acidity, oddity

  4. AV6 — as in eagerly, keenly synonyms—eagerly, excitedly, impatiently, keenly, enthusiastically sounds like—acidly

DA

  1. DA5 — a male human parent; something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed synonyms—dad, father, old man, pa, papa sounds like—dowdy, paddy

  2. DA5 — occurring, done, produced, or appearing every day synonyms—day-to-day, diurnal, quotidian sounds like—duly, gaily

  3. DA5 — to engage in activity for amusement; to move or act slowly; to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun synonyms—disport, frolic, play, recreate, rollick sounds like—alley, duly, galley, rally, sally

  4. DA4 — a collection of factual knowledge about something synonyms—facts, information sounds like—donna, dot, dotted

  5. DA7 — any of various Eurasian perennial herbs (genus Hemerocallis) of the lily family that have short-lived flowers resembling lilies and are widespread in cultivation and as escapes sounds like—fatally, racially

  6. DA6 — illuminated by daylight

DI

  1. DI4 — to make a telephone call to synonyms—call, phone, ring (up), telephone sounds like—dowel, dual, duel, dull, vial

  2. DI10 — to move or act slowly; to spend time doing nothing synonyms—crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay sounds like—illegally

  3. DI4 — a usually glamorous woman who is preeminent in her field of activity synonyms—goddess, princess, queen sounds like—arena, beaver, cheetah, deacon, deal

DY

  1. DY4 — two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together synonyms—brace, couple, couplet, duo, pair sounds like—dial, diet, dud

LA

  1. LA4 — an adult female human being; a female partner in a marriage; a woman of high birth or social position synonyms—female, skirt, woman, helpmate, helpmeet sounds like—shady

  2. LA4 — to arrange something in a certain spot or position; to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid); to establish or apply as a charge or penalty synonyms—deposed, deposited, disposed, emplaced, fixed sounds like—aid, aide, bade, blade, fade

  3. LA5 — the people of a religion who are not priests, ministers, etc. synonyms—flock, parish, assembly, church, congregation sounds like—dainty, deity, eighty, hasty

  4. LA4 — a decorative lamp constructed of a transparent glass container filled with liquid and wax that is heated by an incandescent bulb which melts the wax and causes it to form random moving shapes within the liquid sounds like—java

TA

  1. TA4 — a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person; the part of the body upon which someone sits; a behind part or surface synonyms—cortege, entourage, following, posse, retinue sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, dale

  2. TA4 — sounds like—collie, folly, golly, jolly, toffee

  3. TA4 — extending to a great distance upward; requiring considerable physical or mental effort synonyms—altitudinous, high, lofty, towering, arduous sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, fall

  4. TA6 — a shawl with fringed corners worn over the head or shoulders by Jewish men especially during morning prayers

  5. TA5 — a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added synonyms—census, count, tale sounds like—alley, dally, galley, rally, sally

  6. TA5 — showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect synonyms—beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels sounds like—catty, chatty, fatty, natty, patty

TI

  1. TI5 — as in tsunami synonyms—tsunami, billow, surge, swell, sea(s) sounds like—idle, idol, idyll, sidle

  2. TI7 — of, relating to, caused by, or having tides; periodically rising and falling or flowing and ebbing; dependent (as to the time of arrival or departure) upon the state of the tide sounds like—bodily, busily, eerily, fiddle, middle

VA

  1. VA5 — according to the rules of logic; based on sound reasoning or information synonyms—analytic, coherent, consequent, good, logical sounds like—ballad, pallid, salad

  2. VA8 — as in credibility, soundness; as in relevance, applicability synonyms—believability, credibility, soundness, impact, might sounds like—solidity

  3. VA7 — as in fairly, justifiably synonyms—excusably, fairly, justifiably, pleasantly, discreetly sounds like—acidly, avidly, badly, boldly, bullishly

VI

  1. VI4 — a small closed or closable vessel especially for liquids sounds like—dial, vowel

  2. VI5 — a large impressive residence synonyms—castle, château, estate, hacienda, hall

  3. VI5 — having active strength of body or mind; having much high-spirited energy and movement; impossible to do without synonyms—dynamic, energetic, flush, gingery, lusty sounds like—litle, title

  4. VI8 — the quality or state of having abundant or intense activity; active strength of body or mind synonyms—animation, briskness, exuberance, jazziness, liveliness sounds like—fatality, finality, totality

  5. VI7 — to a great degree synonyms—achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully sounds like—mightily

alit, allay, ally, atilt, avail, avid, avidity, avidly, daddy, daily, dally, data, daylily, daylit, dial, dillydally, diva, dyad, lady, laid, laity, lava, tail, tali, tall, tallit, tally, tatty, tidal, tidally, valid, validity, validly, vial, villa, vital, vitality, vitally