NYT 🐝 Clues—Wed. 4 January, 2023

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

Letters: v  e  i  l  n  o  t

  • Total Answers: 42
  • Pangrams: 2
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

EL

  1. EL6 — a number that is one more than 10; the 11th in a set or series; something having 11 units or members; especially : a football team sounds like—leaven

EN

  1. EN7 — to give life, vigor, or spirit to synonyms—amp (up), animate, brace, energize, fillip

EV

  1. EV4 — not merely this but also; to a full extent or degree synonyms—indeed, nay, truly, verily, yea sounds like—been, bin, chin, din, easing

  2. EV5 — something that happens; something that might happen; a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize synonyms—affair, circumstance, episode, hap, happening sounds like—invent, vent

  3. EV4 — that which is morally unacceptable synonyms—bad, doing, ill, immorality, iniquity sounds like—eagle, easel, oval, we

  4. EV6 — to gradually become clearer or more detailed; to throw or give off synonyms—develop, elaborate, unfold, cast, discharge sounds like—involve

IN

  1. IN6 — to create or think of by clever use of the imagination synonyms—concoct, construct, contrive, cook (up), devise sounds like—event

  2. IN9 — something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination; something that is the product of the imagination; the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others synonyms—brainchild, coinage, concoction, contrivance, creation sounds like—convention

  3. IN9 — showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing; having the skill and imagination to create new things synonyms—artful, clever, creative, imaginative, ingenious

  4. IN6 — to request the presence or participation of; to act so as to make (something) more likely synonyms—ask, bid, ask (for), court, flirt (with)

  5. IN7 — as in guest, visitor synonyms—caller, drop-in, frequenter, guest, visitant sounds like—annuity, cavity, devotee, enmity, entity

  6. IN7 — to be the business or affair of; to have as part of a whole; to hold the attention of synonyms—affect, concern, touch, carry, comprehend sounds like—evolve

LE

  1. LE5 — a bank of earth constructed to control water; a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers synonyms—dam, dike, embankment, head, dock sounds like—bevy, heavy

  2. LE5 — the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement synonyms—degree, echelon, footing, place, position sounds like—bevel, devil, revel

LI

  1. LI4 — to have a home; to have life synonyms—abide, dwell, reside, be, breathe sounds like—a**, arrive, chive, dive, five

  2. LI5 — to give life, vigor, or spirit to synonyms—amp (up), animate, brace, energize, en* sounds like—leaven

LO

  1. LO4 — to hold dear; to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for; to take pleasure in synonyms—appreciate, cherish, prize, treasure, value sounds like—dove, g**, leave, live, luck

NO

  1. NO8 — as in nonstarter, disappointment synonyms—bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker sounds like—content, convent, event, invent, prevent

  2. NO10 — not involving violence or force synonyms—peaceable, peaceful

  3. NO5 — as in story, tale; as in pulp, *ette synonyms—anecdote, narrative, story, tale, yarn sounds like—naval, navel

  4. NO9 — a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel synonyms—narrative, novella, short story, story, tale

OL

  1. OL5 — as in dark, brown synonyms—black-a-vised, brown, brunet, dark, swart sounds like—glove, love

OV

  1. OV4 — as in stove, microwave synonyms—broiler, fryer, microwave, microwave **, roaster sounds like—above, abuzz, adjoin, adjourn, adjudge

  2. OV5 — of, relating to, or resembling sheep sounds like—bean, b*, careen, clean, dean

VE

  1. VE4 — something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth synonyms—blanket, cloak, cope, cover, cover-up sounds like—ail, ale, avail, bail, bale

  2. VE4 — a distinctive way of putting ideas into words synonyms—fashion, locution, manner, mode, phraseology sounds like—arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign

  3. VE6 — a clothing and upholstery fabric (as of silk, rayon, or wool) characterized by a short soft dense warp pile; something suggesting **; a characteristic (such as softness or smoothness) of **

  4. VE9 — a clothing fabric usually of cotton in twill or plain weaves made with a short close weft pile in imitation of velvet; clothes made of *

  5. VE4 — to find emotional release for; to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion); to throw or give off synonyms—loose, release, take out, unleash, air sounds like—bent, cent, dent, e**, lent

  6. VE4 — an order that something not be done or used synonyms—ban, embargo, interdict, interdiction, prohibition sounds like—auto, beat, beet, chateau, chateaux

VI

  1. VI4 — not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable; not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency; unpleasant to look at synonyms—bad, dark, evil, immoral, iniquitous sounds like—aisle, bile, file, guile, isle

  2. VI4 — to be unsuccessful synonyms—bomb, collapse, crater, fail, flame out sounds like—dine, fine, line, mine, pine

  3. VI4 — a bowed stringed instrument chiefly of the 16th and 17th centuries made in treble, alto, tenor, and bass sizes and distinguished from members of the **in family especially in having a deep body, a flat back, sloping shoulders, usually six strings, a fretted fingerboard, and a low-arched bridge sounds like—dial, vowel

  4. VI7 — marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity; extreme in degree, power, or effect; marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity synonyms—bang-bang, blood-and-guts, convulsive, cyclonic, explosive

  5. VI6 — a shy or reserved person synonyms—introvert, wallflower

  6. VI6 — a bowed stringed instrument having four strings tuned at intervals of a fifth and a usual range from G below middle C upward for more than 41/2 octaves and having a shallow body, shoulders at right angles to the neck, a fingerboard without frets, and a curved bridge

VO

  1. VO5 — a fine soft sheer fabric used especially for women's summer clothing or curtains sounds like—boil, coil, foil, oil, roil

  2. VO4 — any of various small rodents (Microtus and related genera) that typically have a stout body, rather blunt nose, and short ears, inhabit both moist meadows and dry uplands and do much damage to crops, and are closely related to muskrats and lemmings sounds like—boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal

  3. VO8 — the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions; the power, right, or opportunity to choose synonyms—accord, autonomy, choice, free will, self-determination sounds like—coalition, omission

  4. VO4 — a leaping movement in fencing to avoid a thrust; a tread or gait in which a horse going sideways makes a turn around a center; a circle traced by a horse in this movement sounds like—bolt, colt, jolt, molt, vault

  5. VO4 — the right to formally express one's position or will in an election; a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election; the right to express a wish, choice, or opinion synonyms—ballot, enfranchisement, franchise, suffrage, ballot sounds like—boat, coat, goat, moat, note

  6. VO6 — a mass celebrated for a special intention (as for a wedding or funeral) in place of the mass of the day sounds like—motive

eleven, enliven, even, event, evil, evolve, invent, invention, inventive, invite, invitee, involve, levee, level, live, liven, love, nonevent, nonviolent, novel, novelette, olive, oven, ovine, veil, vein, velvet, velveteen, vent, veto, vile, vine, viol, violent, violet, violin, voile, vole, volition, volt, vote, votive