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

Letters: v  d  e  l  n  o  u

• Total Answers: 30
• Pangrams: 2
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

DE

1. DE5 — a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface; as in dig, excavate; to search through or into; antre; cave sounds like shelve
2. DE6 — as in dug, excavated; to search through or into; dug; excavated; shoveled sounds like shelved
3. DE7 — to become worse or of less value; atrophy; crumble; decay; decline sounds like dissolve, evolve, involve, revolve
4. DE8 — to become worse or of less value; to become worse or of less value; atrophied; crumbled; decayed sounds like evolved, involved

DO

6. DO4 — a person who opposes war or warlike policies; an innocent or gentle person; to cast oneself head first into deep water; pacifist; peacenik sounds like dive, dub, duck, dud, dug

EL

8. EL6 — sounds like leaven

EV

10. EV4 — not merely this but also; to a full extent or degree; being neither more nor less than a certain amount, number, or extent; indeed; nay sounds like been, bin, chin, din, easing
11. EV6 — to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps; to make equal in amount, degree, or status; to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps; flattened; leveled sounds like almond, avenue, avid, eaten, eon
12. EV6 — to gradually become clearer or more detailed; to throw or give off; develop; elaborate; unfold sounds like involve
13. EV7 — being far along in development; to gradually become clearer or more detailed; to throw or give off; advanced; developed sounds like involved

LE

15. LE5 — a bank of earth constructed to control water; a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers; dam; dike; embankment sounds like bevy, heavy
16. LE5 — the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement; to make equal in amount, degree, or status; to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps; degree; echelon sounds like bevel, devil, revel
17. LE7 — to make equal in amount, degree, or status; to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps; to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal; balanced; equalized

LO

19. LO4 — to hold dear; to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for; to take pleasure in; appreciate; cherish sounds like dove, g**, leave, live, luck
20. LO5 — granted special treatment or attention; to hold dear; to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for; beloved; cherished sounds like g*, lived

NO

22. NO8 — as in fashionable, stylish; fashionable; happening; in; modish sounds like knell, naval, navel, nutshell
23. NO5 — as in story, tale; as in pulp, novelette; not known or experienced before; anecdote; narrative sounds like naval, navel

OV

25. OV4 — as in stove, microwave; as in oven, stove; as in oven, stove; broiler; fryer sounds like above, abuzz, adjoin, adjourn, adjudge
26. OV5 — sounds like mule, view, viewer

UN

28. UN6 — not having a level or smooth surface; not staying constant; inclined or twisted to one side; broken; bumpy sounds like anyone, onion, oven
29. UN9 — sounds like involved
30. UN7 — sounds like upheaval
31. UN7 — as in wretched, unlovable; appalling; awful; dreadful; foul sounds like beloved, gloved, loved

VE

33. VE4 — a broad area of level or rolling treeless country; campo; champaign; down(s); grassland sounds like felled, held, meld, shelled, weld
34. VE4 — to offer for sale to the public; deal (in); market; merchandise; put up sounds like bend, end, fend, lend, mend
35. VE6 — to offer for sale to the public; to offer for sale to the public; dealt (in); marketed; merchandised sounds like ended, tended
36. VE5 — a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information; the area or space occupied by or intended for something; forum; medium; outlet sounds like menu
37. VE6 — sounds like ennui, fennel, kennel

VO

39. VO4 — sounds like boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal
40. VO6 — a person skilled in using supernatural forces; as in curse, jinx; charmer; conjurer; enchanter sounds like dew, doo, due, food, guru