NYT ๐Ÿ Cluesโ€”Wed. 15 March, 2023

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

Letters: p  d  e  i  t  u  z

  • Total Answers: 38
  • Pangrams: 2
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! ๐Ÿคฃ

DE

  1. DE4 โ€” extending far downward; having a low musical pitch or range; being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain; abysmal; bottomless sounds like beep, cheap, dip, dope
  2. DE6 โ€” to appoint as one's representative; commission; delegate; deputize sounds like dispute, impute, repute
  3. DE7 โ€” to appoint as one's representative; to appoint as one's representative; commissioned; delegated; deputized sounds like disputed
  4. DE8 โ€” to appoint as one's representative; commission; delegate; depute
  5. DE9 โ€” to appoint as one's representative; to appoint as one's representative; commissioned; delegated; deputed sounds like computerized, disputed, imputed, reputed

DI

  1. DI6 โ€” as in splashed, dunked; to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid; to lift out with something that holds liquid; dunked; splashed sounds like chipped, doped, shipped, sipped, whipped

DU

  1. DU4 โ€” one who is easily deceived or cheated; something that is made to look exactly like something else; to cause to believe what is untrue; chump; gull sounds like coop, coupe, deep, dew, dip
  2. DU5 โ€” as in tricked, deluded; to cause to believe what is untrue; one who is easily deceived or cheated; deceived; deluded sounds like doped

EP

  1. EP4 โ€” sounds like easy, pea

PE

  1. PE4 โ€” sounds like bead, cede, deed, feed, heed
  2. PE4 โ€” an instance of looking especially briefly; to make a short sharp sound like a small bird; cast; eye; gander sounds like beep, cheap, deep, heap, jeep
  3. PE6 โ€” to make a short sharp sound like a small bird; to make a short sharp sound like a small bird; cheeped; chirped; chirruped
  4. PE6 โ€” to give life, vigor, or spirit to; amp (up); animate; brace; energize sounds like kept, leapt, wept
  5. PE7 โ€” sounds like reptile
  6. PE5 โ€” as in petty larcenies; as in petty larceny; as in Beau Brummell, blood; petty larcenies; embezzlements sounds like puppet
  7. PE6 โ€” having a small and thin bodyโ€”usually used to describe a woman or girl; baby; diminutive; dwarf; elfin sounds like putty
  8. PE6 โ€” to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner; to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner; caressed; fondled; gentled sounds like fetid

PI

  1. PI4 โ€” having blotches of two or more colors; blotched; blotchy; dappled; marbled sounds like bead, cede, deed, feed, heed
  2. PI4 โ€” a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas); an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages; to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway; channel; conduit sounds like hype, pap, peep, pop, pope
  3. PI5 โ€” to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway; to make a short sharp sound like a small bird; to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway; canalized; channeled sounds like typed
  4. PI5 โ€” sounds like puppet
  5. PI7 โ€” sounds like pet, puppet, typed, wipeout
  6. PI5 โ€” sounds like peanut, people, puppet
  7. PI6 โ€” to have sympathy for; to have sympathy for; ached (for); bled (for); commiserated (with)
  8. PI6 โ€” as in pocked; as in dented; pocked; rutted; rutty sounds like fitted, knitted

PU

  1. PU6 โ€” a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything; one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another; as in doll, puppet; action figure; doll sounds like bucket, buffet, couple, covet, gullet
  2. PU4 โ€” sounds like but, butt, cut, gut, hut
  3. PU6 โ€” sounds like buttock, button, cheated, coated, dotted
  4. PU7 โ€” sounds like peed, plead
  5. PU4 โ€”
  6. PU6 โ€” sounds like petite, pleased, poised, potted, praised

TE

  1. TE6 โ€” sounds like beady, beefy, beep, beeper, cheap
  2. TE5 โ€” sounds like guppy, puppy, touchy, tummy, yuppie
  3. TE5 โ€” showing little or no interest or enthusiasm; having or giving off heat to a moderate degree; halfhearted; lukewarm; uneager sounds like epic, leaded, leopard, peppered, shepherd

TI

  1. TI6 โ€” tapering to a thin tip; to set or cause to be at an angle; a piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert; peaked; pointed sounds like chipped, shipped, sipped, taped, tapped
  2. TI6 โ€” as in poncho, capelet; burnoose; capelet; capuchin; cowl

UP

  1. UP5 โ€” to make greater in size, amount, or number; to move from a lower to a higher place or position; to move or extend upward; accelerated; added (to) sounds like apt, opt

ZI

  1. ZI6 โ€” to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound; to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements; to proceed or move quickly; bumbled; burred sounds like chipped, shipped, sipped, whipped

deep, depute, deputed, deputize, deputized, dipped, dupe, duped, epee, peed, peep, peeped, pepped, peptide, petit, petite, petted, pied, pipe, piped, pipet, pipette, pipit, pitied, pitted, puppet, putt, putted, puttied, putz, putzed, teepee, tepee, tepid, tipped, tippet, upped, zipped