NYT 🐝 Clues—Tue. 17 October, 2023

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

Letters: l  e  n  o  p  t  y

  • Total Answers: 48
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

EE

  1. EE4 — sounds like alley, early, easy, flea, flee

EL

  1. EL5 — as in escape, abscond; abscond; clear out; decamp; escape sounds like alone, lope, slope

EY

  1. EY6 — sounds like glut, pilot

LE

  1. LE4 — to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned; to give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned; advanced; loaned; advance sounds like bent, cent, dent

  2. LE5 —

LO

  1. LO4 — to be limp from lack of water or vigor; to refrain from labor or exertion; to spend time doing nothing; droop; flag sounds like doll, lat, lull, pall

  2. LO6 — to move with a light springing step; bounce; bound; hop; lope sounds like dollop, wallop

  3. LO4 — being the one or ones of a class with no other members; not being in the company of others; a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs; alone; one sounds like a, blown, bone, c, c**s

  4. LO6 — not being in the company of others; sad from lack of companionship or separation from others; causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer; alone; lone sounds like only

  5. LO4 — one having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind; a stupid person; bug; crackbrain; crazy sounds like boon, dune, goon, lain, lane

  6. LO5 — one having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind; showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment; having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind; bug; crackbrain sounds like lucy, lunar

  7. LO4 — a circular strip; as in circle, spiral; to cause an unpleasant surprise for; band; circle sounds like coop, coupe, dupe, hoop, lap

  8. LO5 — as in dotty, touched; dotty; fey; off; potty sounds like lucy, rupee, soupy

  9. LO4 — valuables stolen or taken by force; 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; to search through with the intent of committing robbery; booty; pillage sounds like boot, chute, flute, hoot, jute

  10. LO4 — to move with a light springing step; as in bounce, skip; bounce; bound; hop sounds like cope, dope, hope, lap, leap

  11. LO5 — sounds like lat, motto

NE

  1. NE6 — to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts; to have a practical understanding of; to put one's arms around and press tightly; aggravate; annoy sounds like kettle, metal, mettle, natal, petal

NO

  1. NO4 — the season celebrating Christmas; as in anthem, hymn; Christmastide; Christmastime; yuletide sounds like knoll, null

NY

  1. NY5 — sounds like pylon

OL

  1. OL4 — sounds like polio

ON

  1. ON4 — for nothing other than; not long ago; nothing more than; alone; exclusively sounds like lonely

OP

  1. OP6 — in a direct and honest way; without hiding feelings or opinions; allowing passage without obstruction; freely available for use or participation by all; freely; openheartedly sounds like evenly, only, punchy, spongy

PE

  1. PE4 — to remove the natural covering of; to rid oneself of (a garment); to leave a place often for another; bark; flay sounds like appeal, deal, eel, feel, heal

  2. PE6 — as in bead, pearl; a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm; bead; pearl; pelletize sounds like palate, palette, pallet, parrot, pilot

  3. PE7 — sounds like gelatin

  4. PE4 — a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument; the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value; to proceed or move quickly; bang; bash sounds like belt, dealt, felt, knelt, melt

  5. PE6 — human beings in general; the body of the community as contrasted with the elite; a group of persons who come from the same ancestor; folks; humanity sounds like papal, purple

PL

  1. PL6 — an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs; a considerable amount; being more than enough without being excessive; abundance; cornucopia sounds like a**

  2. PL4 — as in sinking, plummeting; to throw or set down clumsily or casually; plummeting; sinking; descent sounds like flop, glop, lop, pop, prop

  3. PL4 — a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends; a small area of usually open land; a small piece of land that is developed or available for development; conspiracy; design sounds like allot, blot, clot, lat, lot

  4. PL4 — a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end; a time or instance of carefree fun; artifice; device; dodge sounds like alloy, cloy

PO

  1. PO4 — as in center, capital; as in punt; capital; center; cynosure sounds like boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal

  2. PO4 — the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth; to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information; to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument; bean; block sounds like boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal

  3. PO6 — sounds like fallen

  4. PO4 — sounds like pillow, solo

  5. PO5 — as in cancer, carcinoma; cancer; carcinoma; lymphoma; malignancy

  6. PO4 — as in join, connect; a small often deep body of water; a body of persons at work or available for work; combine; connect sounds like cool, fool, pail, pal, pale

  7. PO8 — as in aggressively, assertively; having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor); having great power or influence; aggressively; assertively sounds like patently

PY

  1. PY5 — sounds like nylon

TE

  1. TE8 —

  2. TE4 — to give an oral or written account of in some detail; to express (a thought or emotion) in words; to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added; chart; chronicle sounds like bell, cell, dell, fell, gel

  3. TE8 — sounds like central, control, dental, enroll, entail

TO

  1. TO4 — as in expense; as in tariff, income tax; to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates; expense; cost sounds like boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal

  2. TO4 — an article intended for use in work; one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another; one who is easily deceived or cheated; device; implement sounds like cool, fool, pool, rule, s**

  3. TO6 — sounds like title, turtle

  4. TO6 — to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily; fall; slip; stumble; trip sounds like tipple

YE

  1. YE4 — to cry out loudly and emotionally; to speak so as to be heard at a distance; a loud vocal expression of strong emotion; howl; scream sounds like bell, cell, dell, fell, gel

  2. YE4 — as in howl, squeal; to cry out loudly and emotionally; bark; bay; bellow sounds like help, kelp

eely, elope, eyelet, lent, lento, loll, lollop, lone, lonely, loon, loony, loop, loopy, loot, lope, lotto, nettle, noel, nylon, oleo, only, openly, peel, pellet, peloton, pelt, people, plenty, plop, plot, ploy, pole, poll, pollen, polo, polyp, pool, potently, pylon, teletype, tell, tentpole, toll, tool, tootle, topple, yell, yelp