NYT 🐝 Clues—Tue. 27 December, 2022

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

Letters: i  a  d  e  h  n  w

  • Total Answers: 35
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AD

  1. AD7 — a coenzyme C21H27N7O14P2 of numerous dehydrogenases that occurs in most cells and plays an important role in all phases of intermediary metabolism as an oxidizing agent or when in the reduced form as a reducing agent for various metabolites —called also nicotinamide *** dinucleotide, diphosphopyridine nucleotide, DPN sounds like—agony, asinine

AI

  1. AI4 — a person who helps a more skilled person synonyms—adjunct, adjutant, aid, apprentice, assistant sounds like—ace, ache, add, age, aged

  2. AI5 — to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end synonyms—abetted, assisted, backed, backstopped, helped sounds like—added, dud, faded, jaded

DE

  1. DE6 — as in rejected, refused synonyms—disallowed, refused, rejected, vetoed, objectionable sounds like—any, bend, buried, dairy

DI

  1. DI4 — to stop living; to come to an end; to stop functioning synonyms—checked out, conked (out), croaked, deceased, demised sounds like—bide, chide, dad, dead, deed

  2. DI4 — to take a meal; to entertain with a fancy meal synonyms—eat, fare, feed, partake, refresh sounds like—dawn, dean, den

  3. DI5 — to take a meal; to entertain with a fancy meal synonyms—ate, fared, fed, partook, refreshed sounds like—denude, deny

ED

  1. ED6 — as in swirled, purled synonyms—purled, swirled, bubbled, dribbled, guggled sounds like—deed, readied

HE

  1. HE8 — an air movement that is blowing toward something (such as a ship or an airplane) as it moves forward synonyms—blast, blow, flurry, gale, northeaster sounds like—woodwind

  2. HE6 — the part of the body upon which someone sits synonyms—backside, behind, booty, bottom, breech sounds like—highly, hind, honey, shiny, tiny

HI

  1. HI6 — screened or sequestered from view synonyms—cloistered, covert, isolated, quiet, remote sounds like—ridden

  2. HI4 — to put into a hiding place; to keep secret or shut off from view; to remain out of sight synonyms—bury, cache, conceal, ensconce, secrete sounds like—bide, c**, guide, had, hadd

  3. HI4 — to proceed or move quickly synonyms—barreled, belted, blasted, blazed, blew sounds like—bead, cede, deed, feed, had

  4. HI4 — being at or in the part of something opposite the front part synonyms—aft, after, back, er, most sounds like—bind, find, hand, honed, hound

ID

  1. ID4 — something imagined or pictured in the mind; someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation; something that one hopes or intends to accomplish synonyms—abstraction, cogitation, concept, conception, image

IN

  1. IN5 — having no meaning synonyms—empty, meaningless, pointless, senseless

  2. IN6 — without any question; not merely this but also; to tell the truth synonyms—all right, alright, assuredly, certainly, clearly sounds like—bandied, bodied, deed, endear, ended

  3. IN5 — one that is independent; especially : an unaffiliated record or motion-picture production company; something (such as a record or film) produced by an * sounds like—windy

  4. IN5 — a navel that is concave sounds like—any, eerie, guinea, iffy, itchy

NA

  1. NA5 — a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors; a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects synonyms—dryad, hamadryad, nymph, oread, wood nymph sounds like—acid, added, arid, avid, blood

  2. NA7 — sounds like—bodied, bond, conned, copied, fond

NI

  1. NI4 — as in last word, hot ticket synonyms—buzz, chic, craze, dernier cri, enthusiasm sounds like—been, bin, chin, din, fin

WA

  1. WA6 — a Polynesian woman; a female surfer sounds like—wean, weighty, eighteen

WE

  1. WE6 — a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits synonyms—bookworm, dink, dork, geek, grind sounds like—genie, wiener, wino

WH

  1. WH5 — an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment synonyms—beef, bitch, bleat, carp, complaint sounds like—dine, fine, line, mine, one

  2. WH6 — to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely synonyms—beefed, bellyached, bitched, bleated, carped sounds like—bind, find, hind, kind, lined

  3. WH8 — to make the cry typical of a horse synonyms—neighed, nickered, whickered sounds like—wearied

WI

  1. WI4 — having a greater than usual measure across; having considerable extent synonyms—broad, fat, thick, broad, deep sounds like—bide, chide, guide, hide, ride

  2. WI5 — to increase the width, breadth, or scope of synonyms—broaden, enlarge, expand, elongate, extend sounds like—wooden

  3. WI7 — to increase the width, breadth, or scope of synonyms—broadened, enlarged, expanded, elongated, extended

  4. WI6 — a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits synonyms—bookworm, dink, dork, geek, grind sounds like—genie, wean

  5. WI4 — noticeable movement of air in a particular direction; a prevailing or general movement or inclination; language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere synonyms—current, draft, current, direction, drift sounds like—bind, find, hind, kind, lined

  6. WI6 — to follow a circular or spiral course; to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way synonyms—coil, corkscrew, curl, entwine, spiral sounds like—gilded, indeed, kindred, tinted, undid

  7. WI4 — as in sake, mead synonyms—mead, sake, alcohol, aqua vitae, ardent spirits sounds like—dine, fine, line, mine, one

  8. WI5 — to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink synonyms—pledged, toasted, belted (down), drank, gulped sounds like—bind, find, hind, kind, lined

adenine, aide, aided, denied, died, dine, dined, eddied, headwind, heinie, hidden, hide, hied, hind, idea, inane, indeed, indie, innie, naiad, nannied, nine, wahine, weenie, whine, whined, whinnied, wide, widen, widened, wienie, wind, winded, wine, wined