NYT π CluesβWed. 21 June, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: c a o r t u y
- Total Answers: 41
- Pangrams: 2
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AC
- AC8 β the quality or state of being very accurate; accurateness; closeness; delicacy; exactitude sounds like in**
- AC5 β one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show); one who takes part in something; impersonator; mummer; player sounds like after, aster, f*
- AC7 β sounds like estuary, sanctuary
- AC8 β as in control, lever; button; dial; key; knob sounds like agitator, alligator, allocator, cater, crater
AR
- AR4 β sounds like n**
AT
- AT7 β to engage the attention of; draw; entice; interest; allure sounds like tracked, tract
- AT9 β sounds like tractor
AU
- AU9 β a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power; absolutism; autarchy; authoritarianism; Caesarism sounds like theocracy
- AU8 β one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority; monarch; potentate; ruler; sovereign
CA
- CA5 β sounds like cocaine, coco, cocoa, cocoon, cuckoo
- CA5 β sounds like beret, ferret, merit, parrot
- CA6 β
- CA5 β to support and take from one place to another; to wear or have on one's person; to bring before the public in performance or exhibition; bear; cart sounds like curry
- CA8 β to carry through (as a process) to completion; accomplish; achieve; bring off; carry off sounds like chariot, create, kraut
- CA4 β a wheeled usually horse-drawn vehicle used for hauling; to support and take from one place to another; as in buggy, phaeton; wagon; wain sounds like art, chart, cost, cot, court
- CA8 β a fall of water usually from a great height; a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms; cascade; fall(s); waterfall sounds like counteract, interact
- CA5 β having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it; in a line or direction running from corner to corner; bad; bitchy; cruel sounds like chatty, fatty, kitty, natty, patty
CO
- CO4 β the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick; to form a layer over; a special group of pictures that belong to a person, family, or group of people and that are shown on a shield; fleece; fur sounds like boat, cat, caught
- CO4 β
- CO5 β
- CO4 β as in geezer; geezer; bohemian; maverick; nonconformist sounds like boot, cat, caught, chute
- CO5 β the residence of a ruler; an open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls); an assembly of persons for the administration of justice; palace; close sounds like cart, chord, fort, port
CR
- CR4 β sounds like brok, clock, cock
CU
- CU7 β sounds like crux
- CU6 β sounds like ac**, courtesy
- CU7 β a person who is in charge of the things in a museum, zoo, etc.; cocurator; caretaker; custodian; guardian sounds like crater
- CU5 β to strike repeatedly; to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior; bash; baste; bat sounds like carry
- CU4 β being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner; marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning; abrupt; bluff; blunt sounds like cat, caught, coat, cot
- CU6 β to stop functioning; to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end; to leave a place often for another; break; break down sounds like shutout
OC
- OC5 β to take place; to enter the mind of; to occur or exist at the same time; be; befall sounds like acre, other, succor, sucker, upper
OR
- OR4 β sounds like aura
OU
- OU6 β a violent shouting; clamor; howl; hubbub; hue and cry sounds like cry, decry, try
RA
- RA4 β having much high-spirited energy and movement; hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent; active; airy; animate sounds like lacey, lacy
RO
- RO6 β as in baroque, arabesque; arabesque; baroque; bedizened; florid sounds like coco, cocoa
TA
- TA4 β sounds like borrow, box, capo, chalk, cock
- TA4 β the ability to deal with others in touchy situations without offending them; diplomacy; tactfulness sounds like act, backed, fact, packed, pact
TO
- TO7 β sounds like boycott, caught, cockatoo, comma, cot
TR
- TR5 β a broad geographical area; a small area of usually open land; a small piece of land that is developed or available for development; belt; corridor sounds like at*, cracked, tact
- TR7 β as in aircraft, ship; aerodyne; aircraft; air-cushion vehicle; airframe
YU
- YU4 β sounds like bouquet, coca, duke, kook, mecca
- YU5 β sounds like bouquet, coca, duke, kook, mecca