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

Letters: k  a  c  d  e  l  t

• Total Answers: 36
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AL

1. AL5 — used to express sorrow or distress synonyms—alas, ay, wirra, woe sounds like—attack, black, flak, lack, lak

AT

2. 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
3. AT8 — to take sudden, violent action against; to criticize harshly and usually publicly; to start work on energetically synonyms—assailed, assaulted, beset, bushwhacked, charged sounds like—tact

CA

4. CA6 — an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement; friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this synonyms—belly laugh, boff, boffola, cachinnation, chortle sounds like—crackle, hackle, shackle, tackle
5. CA7 — to engage in casual or rambling conversation; to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound synonyms—babbled, blabbed, chaffered, chatted, chattered sounds like—accolade, addled, baffled, buckled, crackle
6. CA4 — a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried; something easily done or dealt with synonyms—croquette, cutlet, fritter, galette, patty sounds like—ache, bake, cock, coke
7. CA5 — to cover with a hardened layer synonyms—crusted, encrusted, rimed sounds like—baked

CL

8. CL5 — to make a series of short sharp noises synonyms—clatter, rattle sounds like—black
9. CL7 — to make a series of short sharp noises synonyms—clattered, rattled sounds like—cracked

DE

10. DE4 — a flat roofless structure attached to a building synonyms—balcony, sun**, terrace sounds like—check, dare, dick
11. DE6 — as in dressed, decorated synonyms—adorned, arrayed, beautified, be**, decorated sounds like—checked, direct, duct, sect, wrecked
12. DE6 — a frame around the edges of a mold used in making paper by hand; also : either of the bands around the edge of the wire of a papermaking machine that determine the width of the web sounds like—heckle
13. DE4 — to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement synonyms—fake, fake out, juke sounds like—buck, chuck, dick, dike, dock
14. DE5 — to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement synonyms—faked, faked out, juked sounds like—duck, dust

EK

15. EK4 — to get with great difficulty synonyms—scrape (up or together), scrounge, squeeze, wrest, wring sounds like—act, east, eat, peaked

KA

16. KA4 — something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment synonyms—bread, bucks, cabbage, cash, change sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, cage

KE

17. KE4 — a large craft for travel by water synonyms—boat, ship, vessel sounds like—call, coal, coil, cool, cul
18. KE6 — as in dropped, collapsed synonyms—collapsed, crumpled, dropped, flumped, plopped sounds like—called, cold, cooled, field, sealed
19. KE6 — a steep-sided hollow without surface drainage especially in a deposit of glacial drift synonyms—basin, floodplain, pothole, canyon, col sounds like—cattle, metal, mettle, nettle, petal

LA

20. LA4 — the fact or state of being absent; a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number; a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful synonyms—absence, dearth, want, crunch, dearth sounds like—back, b**, flak, hack, jack
21. LA6 — as in hurt (for) synonyms—hurt (for), asked, begged, clamored (for), cried (for) sounds like—act, backed, fact
22. LA4 — a large area of water that is surrounded by land synonyms—lagoon, loch, lough, pond, reservoir sounds like—ache, bake, cake, fake, f**
23. LA5 — potato pancake

LE

24. LE4 — as in blunder; as in seep, trickle; as in warn, expose synonyms—blunder, blat, blurt (out), bolt, cry (out) sounds like—beak, b**, cheek, chic, clique
25. LE6 — as in blundered; as in seeped, trickled; as in warned, exposed synonyms—blundered, blatted, blurted (out), bolted, cried (out) sounds like—locked, peaked
26. LE4 — a biennial garden herb (Allium porrum synonym A. ampeloprasum porrum) of the lily family that is commonly grown as an annual for its mildly pungent succulent linear leaves and especially for its thick cylindrical stalk sounds like—beak, bleak, cheek, chic, clique

TA

27. TA4 — the means or procedure for doing something synonyms—approach, fashion, form, how, manner sounds like—at**, back, hack, jack, knack
28. TA6 — as in zigzagged; as in tied, stuck synonyms—zigzagged, detoured, deviated, diverged, sheered sounds like—act, backed, fact, packed, pact
29. TA6 — items needed for the performance of a task or activity synonyms—accoutrements, apparatus, equipment, gear, hardware sounds like—hackle, shackle, tickle
30. TA7 — to start work on energetically synonyms—attacked, dived (into), waded (in or into)
31. TA4 — to reach for and ** hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms; to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly; to become affected with (a disease or disorder) synonyms—clasp, grasp, grip, hold, accept sounds like—ache, bake, cake, fake, lake
32. TA4 — a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience; an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue; friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this synonyms—address, declamation, harangue, oration, peroration sounds like—balk, hawk, s**
33. TA6 — to give a formal often extended talk on a subject; to engage in casual or rambling conversation; to express (a thought or emotion) in words synonyms—declaimed, descanted, discoursed, expatiated, harangued sounds like—s**, ticked, tort

TE

34. TE7 — a small flat cake usually made with raisins; cookie sounds like—peacock
35. TE4 — a tall tropical Asian timber tree (Tectona grandis) of the vervain family; the hard yellowish-brown wood of ** used especially for furniture and shipbuilding sounds like—beak, cheek, chic, eke, geek
36. TE9 — as in kettle synonyms—kettle, bottle, canteen, cup, fiasco sounds like—kettle, resettle