NYT 🐝 Clues—Wed. 21 December, 2022
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: d a h n r t y
- Total Answers: 22
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣
DA
- DA5 — a male human parent; something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed synonyms—dad, father, old man, pa, papa sounds like—dowdy, paddy
- DA5 — of the very best kind synonyms—A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner sounds like—bandy, candy, handy, sandy
- DA4 — the smallest amount or part imaginable synonyms—beans, bubkes, continental, damn, diddly sounds like—barn, don, yarn
- DA4 — an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings synonyms—affront, barb, brickbat, cut, dig sounds like—art, cart, chart, dot, heart
- DA4 — a collection of factual knowledge about something synonyms—facts, information sounds like—donna, dot, dotted
DR
- DR4 — damn —used as a mild oath sounds like—brat, rat
- DR4 — as in oxcart, jolt-wagon synonyms—jolt-wagon, oxcart, spring wagon, wagonette, cart sounds like—day, fray, gray, grey, pray
- DR5 — a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors synonyms—hama*, naiad, nymph, oread, wood nymph
DY
- DY4 — two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together synonyms—brace, couple, couplet, duo, pair sounds like—dial, diet, dud
HA
- HA4 — a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded; a place, space, or direction away from or beyond a central point or line; an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information synonyms—angle, aspect, facet, phase, side sounds like—and, band, canned, hind, honed
- HA5 — situated within easy reach; skillful with the hands synonyms—accessible, convenient, reachable, clever, cunning sounds like—bandy, candy, dandy, sandy
- HA4 — having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings; requiring considerable physical or mental effort; able to withstand ship, strain, or exposure synonyms—affectless, callous, case-ened, cold-blooded, compassionless sounds like—bard, card, charred, guard, heart
- HA7 — as in cowboy hat, baseball cap synonyms—baseball cap, beret, billycock, biretta, boater sounds like—heart
- HA5 — able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposure; inclined or willing to take risks synonyms—cast-iron, hard, hard-bitten, hardened, inured sounds like—hearty, tardy
HY
- HY5 — a many-headed serpent or monster in Greek mythology that was slain by Hercules and each head of which when cut off was replaced by two others; a multifarious evil not to be overcome by a single effort; a southern constellation of great length that lies south of Cancer, Sextans, Corvus, and Virgo and is represented on old maps by a serpent
- HY7 — a discharge faucet at which water may be drawn from a water main (as for fighting fires) synonyms—fire ***, fireplug, channel, conduit, duct sounds like—migrant, tyrant, vibrant
NA
- NA4 — nothing sounds like—nod
RA
- RA5 — a device designed to alert the operator of a vehicle when it has been targeted by a * beam (as from a police officer's * gun); * gun
- RA4 — Ayn 1905—1982 American (Russian-born) writer sounds like—and, band, b, canned, g
- RA5 — having a strong sexual desire synonyms—concupiscent, goatish, horny, hot, hypersexual sounds like—bandy, b*, candy, dandy, handy
TA
- TA5 — moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed; not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time synonyms—crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, dilatory sounds like—hardy
YA
- YA4 — an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls); the area around and belonging to a building synonyms—close, court, court**, enclosure, patio sounds like—bard, card, charred, guard, hard