NYT π CluesβTue. 27 June, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: a d k o r w y
- Total Answers: 36
- Pangrams: 4
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AR
- AR5 β depth of feeling; urgent desire or interest; intense sexual desire; ardency; emotion sounds like harder, larder, order
- AR5 β a number of things considered as a unit; a usually small number of persons considered as a unit; dressy clothing; assemblage; band sounds like awry, bay, day, earl, earn
- AR5 β as in beeline; as in prude, fuddy-duddy; beeline; catch up; fast-forward sounds like ammo, b*, crow, grow, h*
- AR6 β as in runoff, freshet; billabong; fresh; freshet; runoff
AW
- AW5 β something given in recognition of achievement; a position arrived at after consideration; to give something as a token of gratitude or admiration for a service or achievement; accolade; blue ribbon sounds like aboard, accord, afford, toward, ward
- AW4 β from this or that place; not close in time or space; not at a certain place; down; fro sounds like allay, sway, way, weigh
- AW7 β lacking social grace and assurance; showing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with a situation); causing embarrassment; clumsy; gauche sounds like acquired, armored, backward, byword, coward
- AW4 β inclined or twisted to one side; off the desired or intended path or course; askew; aslant; atilt sounds like arise, array, arrive, buy, die
DA
- DA5 β a male human parent; something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed; one that helps another with gifts or money; dad; father sounds like dowdy, paddy
- DA4 β being without light or without much light; not having a light complexion; causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer; black; caliginous sounds like arc, bark, dock, lark, mark
- DA7 β sounds like quirk, rework, wayward, work
DO
- DO6 β a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember; a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest; something that decorates or beautifies; dingus; doohickey sounds like dad
- DO7 β the means or right of entering or participating in; the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure; access; accession; admission sounds like airway, fairway, foray, hallway, walkway
- DO8 β as in backyard, churchyard; backyard; churchyard; campus; close sounds like courtyard
- DO6 β sounds like board, border, bored, chord, cord
DR
- DR4 β to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface; to cause to follow by applying steady force on; to give a representation or account of in words; picture; drag
- DR4 β as in oxcart, jolt-wagon; jolt-wagon; oxcart; spring wagon; wagonette sounds like day, fray, gray, grey, pray
- DR5 β a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors; a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors; hamadryad; naiad; nymph
DY
- DY4 β two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together; brace; couple; couplet; duo sounds like dial, diet, dud
KA
- KA5 β as in canoe, raft; as in canoe; bateau; caΓ―que; canoe sounds like crack, quack
OA
- OA4 β sounds like hokey, key, ochre, okay, pokey
OK
- OK4 β being to one's liking; of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards; in a satisfactory way; agreeable; all right sounds like oak, obey, ochre
- OK4 β sounds like opera
RA
- RA5 β
RO
- RO4 β a passage cleared for public vehicular travel; a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel; a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective; arterial; artery sounds like bode, code, erode, goad, load
- RO7 β a passage cleared for public vehicular travel; arterial; artery; avenue; boulevard sounds like headway, midway, raceway, railway, runway
- RO8 β sounds like beadwork, homework, rework, woodwork
- RO4 β a violent shouting; loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound; to make a long loud deep noise or cry; clamor; howl sounds like boar, bore, chore, core, door
WA
- WA4 β means or method of defending; responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something; to drive danger or attack away from; aegis; ammunition sounds like a**, board, bored, chord, cord
- WA4 β having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble; alert; careful; cautious; chary sounds like airy, berry, bury, cherry, dairy
- WA7 β given to resisting authority or another's control; given to resisting control or discipline by others; balky; contrary; contumacious sounds like awkward, byword, catered, favored, inward
WO
- WO8 β being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events; having to do with the practical details of regular life; not designed to be worn only on special occasions; average; common
- WO7 β sounds like weekday
YA
- YA4 β an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls); the area around and belonging to a building; a considerable amount; close; court sounds like bard, card, charred, guard, hard
- YA8 β sounds like artwork
- YA6 β