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

Letters: v  d  e  l  n  o  p

• Total Answers: 30
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

DE

1. DE5 — a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface; as in dig, excavate; to search through or into; antre; cave sounds like shelve
2. DE6 — as in dug, excavated; to search through or into; dug; excavated; shoveled sounds like shelved
3. DE7 — to gradually become clearer or more detailed; to come to have gradually; to become mature; elaborate; evolve
4. DE9 — being far along in development; to gradually become clearer or more detailed; to come to have gradually; advanced; evolved
5. DE7 — to become worse or of less value; atrophy; crumble; decay; decline sounds like dissolve, evolve, involve, revolve
6. DE8 — to become worse or of less value; to become worse or of less value; atrophied; crumbled; decayed sounds like evolved, involved

DO

8. DO4 — a person who opposes war or warlike policies; an innocent or gentle person; to cast oneself head first into deep water; pacifist; peacenik sounds like dive, dub, duck, dud, dug

EL

10. EL6 — sounds like leaven

EN

12. EN7 — to close or shut in by or as if by barriers; to surround or cover closely; box (in); cage; closet sounds like develop
13. EN8 — as in package, wrapper; the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services; package; wrapper; cuticle sounds like antelope
14. EN9 — to close or shut in by or as if by barriers; to surround or cover closely; to close or shut in by or as if by barriers; boxed (in); caged

EV

16. EV4 — not merely this but also; to a full extent or degree; being neither more nor less than a certain amount, number, or extent; indeed; nay sounds like been, bin, chin, din, easing
17. EV6 — to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps; to make equal in amount, degree, or status; to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps; flattened; leveled sounds like almond, avenue, avid, eaten, eon
18. EV6 — to gradually become clearer or more detailed; to throw or give off; develop; elaborate; unfold sounds like involve
19. EV7 — being far along in development; to gradually become clearer or more detailed; to throw or give off; advanced; developed sounds like involved

LE

21. LE5 — a bank of earth constructed to control water; a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers; dam; dike; embankment sounds like bevy, heavy
22. LE5 — the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement; to make equal in amount, degree, or status; to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps; degree; echelon sounds like bevel, devil, revel
23. LE7 — to make equal in amount, degree, or status; to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps; to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal; balanced; equalized

LO

25. LO4 — to hold dear; to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for; to take pleasure in; appreciate; cherish sounds like dove, g**, leave, live, luck
26. LO5 — granted special treatment or attention; to hold dear; to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for; beloved; cherished sounds like g*, lived

NO

28. NO5 — as in story, tale; as in pulp, novelette; not known or experienced before; anecdote; narrative sounds like naval, navel

OV

30. OV4 — as in stove, microwave; as in oven, stove; as in oven, stove; broiler; fryer sounds like above, abuzz, adjoin, adjourn, adjudge

PE

32. PE5 — something that is a source of irritation; the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity; to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts; aggravation; aggro sounds like eave, eve, heave, leave, pave
33. PE6 — subjected to and reacting with irritation; to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts; to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts; aggravated; annoyed sounds like paved

VE

35. VE4 — sounds like beep, cheap, deep, heap, jeep
36. VE4 — a broad area of level or rolling treeless country; campo; champaign; down(s); grassland sounds like felled, held, meld, shelled, weld
37. VE4 — to offer for sale to the public; deal (in); market; merchandise; put up sounds like bend, end, fend, lend, mend
38. VE6 — to offer for sale to the public; to offer for sale to the public; dealt (in); marketed; merchandised sounds like ended, tended

VO

40. VO4 — sounds like boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal
41. VO6 — a person skilled in using supernatural forces; as in curse, jinx; charmer; conjurer; enchanter sounds like dew, doo, due, food, guru