NYT 🐝 Clues—Wed. 2 November, 2022

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

Letters: c  a  d  i  l  t  w

  • Total Answers: 32
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AC

  1. AC6 — gum arabic; any of a large genus (**) of leguminous shrubs and trees of warm regions with leaves pinnate or reduced to phyllodes and white or yellow flower clusters sounds like—occasion

  2. AC4 — a small, dark purple, berrylike fruit with a juicy pulp that is often used in beverages or eaten raw and that is produced by a tall, slender palm (Euterpe oleracea) native to tropical rain forests of Central and South America; the palm (Euterpe oleracea) that produces berries; a beverage made from the juice of the berry sounds like—occur, sky

  3. AC4 — causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by s; having or showing a habitually bad temper; marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings synonyms—ic, **ulous, sour, sourish, tart sounds like—added, arid, avid

  4. AC6 — causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids; marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings synonyms—acid, acidulous, sour, sourish, tart sounds like—ascetic, civic, cynic, pacific

AD

  1. AD6 — a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally; a person with a strong and habitual liking for something synonyms—dopehead, doper, druggie, fiend, freak sounds like—edict

AT

  1. AT5 — a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building synonyms—cockloft, garret, loft sounds like—antic, stick, tick

CA

  1. CA5 — a branching Brazilian cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii synonym S. buckleyi) having flat jointed stems with scalloped margins and showy usually red, pink, white, violet, or yellow flowers; also : a related cactus (Schlumbergera truncata synonym Zygocactus truncatus) or a hybrid of this and the Christmas cactus

  2. CA4 — to speak so as to be heard at a distance; to make a telephone ** to; to make a brief visit synonyms—bawl, bay, bellow, cry, holler sounds like—all, ball, bawl, coal, cog

  3. CA5 — to speak so as to be heard at a distance; to make a telephone call to; to make a brief visit synonyms—bawl, bay, bellow, cry, holler sounds like—cola, gala

  4. CA7 — a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval synonyms—bird, boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot

  5. CA7 — any of a genus (Typha of the family Typhaceae, the *** family) of tall reedy marsh plants with brown furry fruiting spikes; especially : a plant (Typha latifolia) with long flat leaves used especially for making mats and chair seats sounds like—curtail

CI

  1. CI6 — any of a family (Cicadidae) of homopterous insects which have a stout body, wide blunt head, and large transparent wings and the males of which produce a loud buzzing noise usually by stridulation sounds like—acacia, arcade, became, decade, decayed

  2. CI5 — a minute short hairlike process often forming part of a fringe; especially : one on a cell that is capable of lashing movement and serves especially in free unicellular organisms to produce locomotion or in higher forms a current of fluid; eyelash sounds like—psyllium, sillier, silly

CL

  1. CL4 — to cover with something that protects synonyms—face, sheathe sounds like—glad, lad, plaid

  2. CL4 — as in burrow, grub; as in cut, lacerate synonyms—burrow, grub, dredge, dig in, dig sounds like—flaw, law

DI

  1. DI5 — a statement or well-known remark that expresses an important idea, observation, or opinion synonyms—ipse dixits, assumptions, givens, hypotheticals, ifs

  2. DI6 — as in academic, academician synonyms—academe, academic, academician, pedant, educationist sounds like—adapt, addict, decant, deduct, duct

  3. DI8 — marked by or given to preaching moral values synonyms—homiletic, moralistic, moralizing, preachy, sententious sounds like—dynastic

IL

  1. IL5 — of, relating to, or located on or near the ilium sounds like—black, bleak, clique, elite, flak

  2. IL7 — contrary to or forbidden by law synonyms—criminal, felonious, illegal, illegitimate, lawless sounds like—elicit

IT

  1. IT6 — an ** character or type; a branch of the Indo-European language family that includes Latin, Oscan, and Umbrian sounds like—idyllic, metallic, static, titanic

LA

  1. LA6 — a hygroscopic organic acid C3H6O3 present normally especially in muscle tissue as a by-product of anaerobic glycolysis, produced in carbohydrate matter usually by bacterial fermentation, and used especially in food and medicine and in industry sounds like—tactic

  2. LA4 — as in lay, nonclerical synonyms—lay, nonclerical, atheistic, godless, irreligious sounds like—lick

  3. LA6 — as in lay, nonclerical synonyms—lay, nonclerical, atheistic, godless, irreligious sounds like—cul, cull, local, loyal, lull

LI

  1. LI5 — permitted by law synonyms—lawful, legal, legit, legitimate sounds like—il*

  2. LI5 — a widely cultivated European shrub (Syringa vulgaris) of the olive family that has cordate ovate leaves and large panicles of fragrant pinkish-purple or white flowers; a tree or shrub congeneric with the *; a variable color averaging a moderate purple sounds like—black, buyback, eyelash, flak, hijack

TA

  1. TA5 — understood although not put into words synonyms—implicit, implied, unexpressed, unspoken, unvoiced sounds like—asset, cast, caste, facet, facile

  2. TA4 — the ability to deal with others in touchy situations without offending them synonyms—diplomacy, **fulness sounds like—act, backed, fact, packed, pact

  3. TA6 — something done to achieve a particular goal synonyms—means, method, technique, way, arrangement sounds like—acting, active, antic, arctic, attic

  4. TA8 — suitable for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances synonyms—advisable, desirable, expedient, judicious, politic

  5. TA4 — a very soft mineral that is a basic silicate of magnesium, has a soapy feel, and is used especially in making um powder; um powder sounds like—torque

WI

  1. WI7 — to prospect and drill an experimental oil or gas well or sink a mine shaft in territory not known to be productive

acacia, acai, acid, acidic, addict, attic, cacti, call, calla, catcall, cattail, cicada, cilia, clad, claw, dicta, didact, didactic, iliac, illicit, italic, lactic, laic, laical, licit, lilac, tacit, tact, tactic, tactical, talc, wildcat