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

Letters: a  b  c  e  f  i  t

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

AB

1. AB5 — sounds like hibachi
2. AB5 — to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually; to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent; to put an end to by formal action; de-escalate; decline sounds like await, bait, debate
3. AB4 — to bring (something volatile or intense) into being; to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end; brew; ferment; foment sounds like bet

AC

5. AC6 — sounds like occasion
6. AC4 — sounds like occur, sky
7. AC7 — sounds like agitate, annotate
8. AC6 — sounds like ascetic

AF

10. AF6 — to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response; to be the business or affair of; to present a false appearance of; impact; impress sounds like effect

AT

12. AT5 — a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building; as in refined, cultured; cockloft; garret; loft sounds like antic, stick, tick

BA

14. BA4 — sounds like bobby
15. BA4 — a person who is just starting out in a field of activity; a recently born person; a lovely woman; abecedarian; apprentice
16. BA4 — something used to attract animals to a hook or into a trap; something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain; to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults; decoy; lure sounds like abate, ate
17. BA4 — as in take off, abate; abate; deduct; knock off; remove sounds like a**, ate

BE

19. BE4 — to strike repeatedly; to achieve a victory over; to be greater, better, or stronger than; bash; baste sounds like bait, bat
20. BE8 — showing complete happiness; ecstatic; elated; enraptured; entranced
21. BE4 — sounds like bait

CA

23. CA6 — sounds like abbey, crabby, shabby, tabby
24. CA5 —
25. CA4 — a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts); a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises; a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises; bistro; boîte sounds like cuff

CI

27. CI8 — sounds like aorta, beta, bottle, bottom, bought

EF

29. EF6 — to destroy all traces of; abolish; annihilate; black out; blot out sounds like face

FA

31. FA4 — to stand or sit with the face or front toward; to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage; to cover with something that protects; front; look (toward) sounds like ace, base, case, chase
32. FA5 — a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded; angle; aspect; hand; phase
33. FA4 — the quality of being actual; something that actually exists; a single piece of information; actuality; factuality sounds like act, backed, packed, pact, tact
34. FA4 — a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand; a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause; the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities; circumstance; destiny sounds like ate, bait, date, eight

FE

36. FE4 — an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness; something done by someone; deed; exploit; number sounds like beat, beet, cheat, eat, effete
37. FE4 —

FI

39. FI4 — an order publicly issued by an authority; bull; decree; diktat; directive sounds like fat, flat

TA

41. TA5 — sounds like facet
42. TA5 — understood although not put into words; implicit; implied; unexpressed; unspoken sounds like asset, cast, caste, facet, facile
43. TA4 — the ability to deal with others in touchy situations without offending them; diplomacy; tactfulness sounds like act, backed, fact, packed, pact
44. TA6 — something done to achieve a particular goal; means; method; technique; way sounds like acting, active, antic, arctic, attic
45. TA7 — sounds like hafta

TE

47. TE4 — sounds like beat, beet, cheat, eat, feat

TI

49. TI5 — sounds like phobia, tabby, trivia, tuba
50. TI6 — sounds like tabby