NYT π CluesβTue. 30 May, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: c a e i p t v
- Total Answers: 38
- Pangrams: 2
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AC
- AC6 β sounds like occasion
- AC4 β sounds like occur, sky
- AC6 β to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly; to have a favorable opinion of; to regard as right or true; have; take sounds like except
- AC7 β sounds like agitate, annotate
- AC6 β sounds like ascetic
- AC8 β to cause to function; actuate; crank (up); drive; move sounds like aggravate, motivate, re**
- AC6 β being in effective operation; having much high-spirited energy and movement; involved in often constant activity; alive; functional sounds like octave
AP
- AP5 β with great speed; briskly; chop-chop; double-quick; fast sounds like pace, space
- AP6 β for each one; not having or showing any apparent conflict; all; each; per sounds like eyepiece, peace, piece
AT
- AT5 β a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building; as in refined, cultured; cockloft; garret; loft sounds like antic, stick, tick
CA
- CA5 β
- CA4 β a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back; an area of land that juts out into a body of water; capote; cloak; frock sounds like ape, coop
- CA9 β to attract or delight as if by magic; allure; beguile; bewitch; charm
- CA7 β taken and held prisoner; one that has been taken and held in confinement; apprehended; arrested; captured sounds like active
- CA4 β sounds like comma, java, lava
- CA4 β a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface; as in submit, yield; to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure; antre; cavern sounds like cove, crave, curve
- CA6 β something (such as a piece of advice) that should be remembered when one is doing or thinking about something; admonishment; admonition; alarm; alert sounds like aviator, cleat, combat, copycat, covert
CI
- CI4 β to give as an example; to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically; adduce; instance; mention sounds like bite, byte, eyesight, fight, height
- CI5 β sounds like pivot, rivet
- CI5 β relating to a city, town, or country or to the people who live there; federal; municipal; civil; national sounds like cynic
EP
- EP4 β large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception; as in story, tale; as in ode, elegy; august; baronial sounds like ethic, pick
EV
- EV5 β to force (someone) to leave a place; deforce; deport; displace; dispossess sounds like addict, civic, depict, edict, effect
- EV7 β
IP
- IP6 β sounds like attack, epitaph, epoch, epochal, epoxy
PA
- PA4 β as in rate, tempo; to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group; to move forward along a course; clip; gait sounds like ace, a**, base, case, chase
- PA4 β a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples; an arrangement about action to be taken; accord; alliance; compact sounds like act, backed, fact
PE
- PE5 β a state without war; freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions; a state of freedom from storm or disturbance; peacefulness; calm sounds like apiece, cease, eyepiece, lease, niece
- PE6 β sounds like septic
PI
- PI4 β sounds like peak, peaked, peek
- PI7 β
- PI5 β a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete; a literary, musical, or artistic production; a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder; bit; fraction sounds like a*, cease, eye*, lease, niece
TA
- TA5 β sounds like facet
- TA5 β understood although not put into words; implicit; implied; unexpressed; unspoken sounds like asset, cast, caste, facet, facile
- TA4 β the ability to deal with others in touchy situations without offending them; diplomacy; tactfulness sounds like act, backed, fact, packed, pact
- TA6 β something done to achieve a particular goal; means; method; technique; way sounds like acting, active, antic, arctic, attic
VA
- VA6 β to put an end to by formal action; to remove the contents of; abate; abolish; abrogate sounds like baked, locate, placate, shakeout, skate
VI
- VI4 β immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society; a defect in character; the practice of engaging in sexual activities for money; corruption; debauchery sounds like dice, ice, lice, nice, rice
- VI6 β sounds like apace, avail, averse, debase, vase