NYT π CluesβFri. 7 July, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: w a c g i l n
- Total Answers: 29
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AW
- AW5 β as in amazing, astounding; amazing; astounding; appalling; bowling over sounds like gn*, king, offing, owing, ping
- AW6 β a raised covering over something for decoration or protection; canopy; ceiling; cover; roof sounds like inning
CA
- CA6 β as in raucous, squawking; raucous; screeching; squawking; strident sounds like cling, gnawing, king, sawing
CL
- CL4 β as in burrow, grub; as in cut, lacerate; having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others; burrow; grub sounds like flaw, law
- CL7 β as in burrowing, grubbing; as in cutting, lacerating; burrowing; grubbing; dredging
GN
- GN4 β to consume or wear away gradually; to crush or grind with the teeth; as in get (to), bother; bite (at); corrode sounds like chaw, jaw, knee, knew, know
- GN7 β to consume or wear away gradually; to consume or wear away gradually; to crush or grind with the teeth; biting (at); corroding sounds like knowing, sawing
LA
- LA4 β an area of ground (such as the ground around a house or in a garden or park) that is covered with short grass; grass; green; greensward; clearing sounds like dawn, fawn, gone, lean, learn
WA
- WA7 β to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions; to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature; to make short up-and-down movements; swishing; switching sounds like lagging, nagging, sagging
- WA8 β to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions; to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions; swishing; switching; wagging sounds like baffling, dangling, dazzling, paneling
- WA6 β sounds like aging, bashing, dashing, fudging, gassing
- WA4 β a crying out in grief; a long low sound indicating pain or grief; an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment; groan; howl sounds like ail, ale, bail, bale, dale
- WA7 β expressing or suggesting mourning; to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely; to make a long loud mournful sound; aching; agonized sounds like ailing, mailing, railing, veiling, weighting
- WA4 β a physical object that blocks the way; means or method of defending; as in close in, cordon (off); barricade; barrier sounds like all, ball, bawl, call, fall
- WA7 β as in closing in, cordoning (off); as in picketing, buffering; to close or shut in by or as if by barriers; circumscribing; closing in sounds like galling, whaling, whirling, willing
- WA8 β to plan out usually with subtle skill or care; to plan out usually with subtle skill or care; contriving; engineering; finagling sounds like dangling
- WA6 β as in declining, dying; as in fading, ebbing; to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually; decaying; declining sounds like caning, weighting, whaling, winning
- WA5 β sounds like donna, mana
WI
- WI7 β to yield to mental or emotional stress; break down; break up; crack; flip (out) sounds like rigging, whipping
- WI8 β to make jerky or restless movements; to make jerky or restless movements; fiddling; fidgeting; jerking sounds like beguiling, middling, piddling, sizzling
- WI6 β sounds like zigzag
- WI10 β sounds like beginning, beguiling, degrading, exhausting, galling
- WI4 β to give by means of a will; to see fit; the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions; bequeath; leave sounds like bill, chill, dill, fill, hill
- WI7 β having a desire or inclination (as for a specified course of action); having or showing the ability to respond without delay or hesitation; done, made, or given with one's own free will; amenable; disposed sounds like billing, chilling, killing, schilling, shilling
- WI7 β to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust; to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust; blenching; cringing; flinching sounds like rinsing
- WI4 β a group of people acting together within a larger group; to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings; a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom; bloc; block sounds like king, o**, ping, ring, sing
- WI7 β to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings; to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings; aviating; flying; gliding sounds like ginning, inning, sinning, whipping
- WI6 β to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink; to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink; pledging; toasting; belting (down) sounds like dining, fining, shining
- WI7 β having qualities that tend to make one loved; likely or intended to win one's affection; as in win, victory; adorable; darling sounds like ginning, inning, sinning, whipping