NYT π CluesβTue. 21 February, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: h c d e l t u
- Total Answers: 27
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
CH
- CH5 β as in shoot, rapid(s); rapid(s); shoot; white water; flume sounds like boot, hoot, jute, loot, lute
CL
- CL6 β a number of things considered as a unit; a usually small number of persons considered as a unit; a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action; array; assemblage sounds like crutch
- CL8 β to have or keep in one's hands; to have or keep in one's hands; clenched; clung (to); gripped
ET
- ET4 β to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface; to produce a vivid impression of; as in etching, engraving; engrave; grave sounds like air, each, ebb, edge, egg
- ET6 β to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface; to produce a vivid impression of; to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface; engraved; graved
HE
- HE4 β a state of being aware; strict attentiveness to what one is doing; to take notice of and be guided by; advertence; advertency sounds like bead, cede, deed, feed, had
- HE6 β to take notice of and be guided by; to pay attention especially through the act of hearing; to take notice of and be guided by; followed; listened (to) sounds like needed
- HE4 β a person whose behavior is offensive to others; to set or cause to be at an angle; a vulnerable point; bastard; beast sounds like deal, eel, feel, hail, hall
- HE6 β as in inclined, angled; to set or cause to be at an angle; to set or cause to be at an angle; angled; canted sounds like field, hold, sealed, shield, w**
- HE4 β to have or keep in one's hands; to continue to have in one's possession or power; to have as an opinion; clenched; clung (to) sounds like felled, hold, meld, shelled
- HE4 β the place of punishment for the wicked after death; a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness; a state in which everything is out of order; Gehenna; Pandemonium sounds like bell, cell, dell, fell, gel
HU
- HU6 β a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose; a number of things considered as a unit; a usually small number of persons considered as a unit; assembly; congress sounds like cuddle, hovel, muddle, puddle
- HU7 β to gather into a closely packed group; to lie low with the limbs close to the body; to gather into a closely packed group; bunched; clustered
- HU4 β as in colored, painted; colored; colorized; dyed; painted sounds like feud, hew, hewn
- HU4 β something that encloses another thing especially to protect it; to remove the natural covering of; armor; capsule; case sounds like cul, cull, dull, gull, hail
- HU6 β to remove the natural covering of; to remove the natural covering of; barked; flayed; husked sounds like held, hello, hold
- HU5 β a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling; a storage case typically having doors and shelves; an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals; cabin; camp sounds like hatch, hitch, hooch
LE
- LE4 β sexual appetite; concupiscence; desire; eroticism; horniness sounds like check, deck, fleck, heck, lack
- LE5 β a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return; as in use, mooch; bloodsucker; freeloader; free rider sounds like beach, beech, bleach, each, latch
- LE7 β as in used, mooched; freeloaded; mooched; sponged; exploited sounds like bleached
TE
- TE4 β relating to or using new electronic devices and technology; futuristic; contemporary; current; designer sounds like check, deck, heck, neck, peck
- TE5 β as in desires, tastes; by a very small margin; to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts; appetites; fancies sounds like heath, sheath
- TE6 β sounds like seethe, tier
- TE7 β sounds like tiered
TH
- TH4 β sounds like bee, earthy, fee, key, knee
- TH4 β a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument; to come into usually forceful contact with something; bang; bash; bat sounds like bud, dud, mud
- TH7 β to come into usually forceful contact with something; to come into usually forceful contact with something; banged; bashed; bumped sounds like added, cuddle, dud, ended, faded