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

Letters: t  a  b  n  o  u  y

• Total Answers: 43
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AB

1. AB5 — as in bishop, archbishop; archbishop; archpriest; bishop; dean sounds like agate, but, butt, habit, rabbit
2. AB5 — having to do with; close to; in random positions within the boundaries of; apropos; apropos of sounds like bout, rubout
3. AB4 — to be adjacent to; adjoin; border (on); butt (on or against); flank sounds like but, butt

AT

5. AT7 — sounds like annoy, boy, busboy, chubby, cowboy

AU

7. AU4 — sounds like act, and, ante, apt, can't
8. AU5 — sounds like ante, j*
9. AU4 — a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels; automobile; bus; car; horseless carriage sounds like ought, stow, toe, tow

BA

11. BA6 — sounds like busboy
12. BA5 — a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment; bastinado; bat; billy; billy club sounds like button
13. BA5 — having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind; balmy; barmy; bats; bedlam sounds like booty, catty, chatty, fatty, natty

BO

15. BO4 — a small buoyant structure for travel on water; a large craft for travel by water; to travel on water in a vessel; bottom; craft sounds like bait, bat, beat, beau, beet
16. BO4 — a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings; to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way; to drive or force out; bang; charge sounds like bait, bat, beat, beet, bet
17. BO5 — valuables stolen or taken by force; the part of the body upon which someone sits; loot; pillage; plunder sounds like beauty, buoy, duty, sooty
18. BO6 — sounds like beaten, bitten, bunny, button, colony
19. BO6 — something offered or given in return for a service performed; the quality or state of being generous; the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time; price; reward sounds like county
20. BO4 — a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize; a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder; competition; contest; event sounds like a**, bait, bat, beat, beet

BU

22. BU4 — as in tap, flick; flick; stroke; tap; scuff sounds like bent, blunt, brunt
23. BU7 — having or showing a good mood or disposition; joyously unrestrained; blithe; blithesome; bright sounds like blunt, brunt
24. BU4 — the part of the body upon which someone sits; a person or thing that is made fun of; a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule; backside; behind sounds like abbot, bait, bat, beat, beet
25. BU6 — as in switch, key; as in color, badge; as in do up, belay; dial; key sounds like baton, beaten, bitten, mutton
26. BU6 — sounds like bite, bout, byte

NA

28. NA7 — sounds like cannot, robot
29. NA6 — sounds like latent
30. NA5 — being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance; dapper; sharp; smart; snappy sounds like catty, chatty, fatty, knotty, nutty

NU

32. NU5 — having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind; showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment; balmy; barmy; bats sounds like knotty, natty, naughty, putty

OA

34. OA4 — sounds like eighty, goatee, tea, tee

ON

36. ON4 — as in hit (upon), pitch (upon); as in hit (upon), pitched (upon); as in hitting (upon), pitching (upon); chance (upon); encounter sounds like into, unto

TA

38. TA5 — as in corded; as in alley cat; corded; banded; barred sounds like abbey, shabby
39. TA5 — as in no-no; as in anathema, abomination; that may not be permitted; no-no; ban
40. TA6 —
41. TA5 — showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect; beat-up; bombed-out; dilapidated; dog-eared sounds like catty, chatty, fatty, natty, patty
42. TA5 — as in quip, jeer; to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults; catcall; gibe; jeer sounds like daunt, gaunt, haunt, jaunt, tent
43. TA4 — stretched with little or no give; rigid; tense; tight sounds like fought, naught, ought, sought, teat

TO

45. TO4 — sounds like bony, phoney, phony, pony, s**
46. TO4 — a lower limb of an animal; a portion of a trip; pin; lap; stage sounds like attune, boon, dune, goon, loon
47. TO4 — a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking; bender; binge; bust; carousal sounds like boot, chute, hoot, jute, loot
48. TO4 — to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively; to declare enthusiastic approval of; to provide publicity for; ballyhoo; blow up sounds like bout, doubt, gout, out, pout

TU

50. TU4 —
51. TU5 — having an excess of body fat; blubbery; chubby; corpulent; fat sounds like chubby, hubby, s*, tabby, touchy
52. TU4 —
53. TU4 — as in hoot, howl; as in hoots, howls; bark; bay; bellow sounds like tattoo

UN

55. UN8 — as in unfold, unfurl; unclench; unfold; unfurl; unzip sounds like button
56. UN4 — sounds like anew, into, onto