NYT π CluesβTue. 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! π€£
EE
- EE4 β sounds like alley, early, easy, flea, flee
EL
- EL5 β as in escape, abscond; abscond; clear out; decamp; escape sounds like alone, lope, slope
EY
- EY6 β sounds like glut, pilot
LE
- LE4 β 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
- LE5 β
LO
- LO4 β 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
- LO6 β to move with a light springing step; bounce; bound; hop; lope sounds like dollop, wallop
- LO4 β 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
- LO6 β 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
- LO4 β 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
- LO5 β 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
- LO4 β a circular strip; as in circle, spiral; to cause an unpleasant surprise for; band; circle sounds like coop, coupe, dupe, hoop, lap
- LO5 β as in dotty, touched; dotty; fey; off; potty sounds like lucy, rupee, soupy
- LO4 β 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
- LO4 β to move with a light springing step; as in bounce, skip; bounce; bound; hop sounds like cope, dope, hope, lap, leap
- LO5 β sounds like lat, motto
NE
- NE6 β 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
- NO4 β the season celebrating Christmas; as in anthem, hymn; Christmastide; Christmastime; yuletide sounds like knoll, null
NY
- NY5 β sounds like pylon
OL
- OL4 β sounds like polio
ON
- ON4 β for nothing other than; not long ago; nothing more than; alone; exclusively sounds like lonely
OP
- OP6 β 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
- PE4 β 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
- PE6 β 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
- PE7 β sounds like gelatin
- PE4 β 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
- PE6 β 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
- PL6 β 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**
- PL4 β as in sinking, plummeting; to throw or set down clumsily or casually; plummeting; sinking; descent sounds like flop, glop, lop, pop, prop
- PL4 β 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
- PL4 β a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end; a time or instance of carefree fun; artifice; device; dodge sounds like alloy, cloy
PO
- PO4 β as in center, capital; as in punt; capital; center; cynosure sounds like boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal
- PO4 β 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
- PO6 β sounds like fallen
- PO4 β sounds like pillow, solo
- PO5 β as in cancer, carcinoma; cancer; carcinoma; lymphoma; malignancy
- PO4 β 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
- PO8 β as in aggressively, assertively; having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor); having great power or influence; aggressively; assertively sounds like patently
PY
- PY5 β sounds like nylon
TE
- TE8 β
- TE4 β 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
- TE8 β sounds like central, control, dental, enroll, entail
TO
- TO4 β 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
- TO4 β 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**
- TO6 β sounds like title, turtle
- TO6 β to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily; fall; slip; stumble; trip sounds like tipple
YE
- YE4 β 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
- YE4 β as in howl, squeal; to cry out loudly and emotionally; bark; bay; bellow sounds like help, kelp