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NYT 🐝 Clues—Mon. 21 November, 2022

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

Letters: e  b  c  d  o  t  y

  • Total Answers: 50
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

BE

  1. BE6 — to go to one's bed in order to sleep; to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter synonyms—crashed, dossed (down), retired, turned in, em** sounds like—wedded
  2. BE4 — a biennial garden plant (Beta vulgaris) of the goosefoot family that includes several cultivars (such as Swiss chard and sugar **) and that has thick edible leaves with long petioles and often swollen purplish-red roots; also : its root used especially as a vegetable, as a source of sugar, or for forage sounds like—bait, bat

BO

  1. BO6 — to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument synonyms—clipped, cropped, cut, cut back, docked sounds like—barbed, bard
  2. BO5 — a game of Italian origin similar to lawn bowling played on a long narrow usually dirt court sounds like—base, bass, beau
  3. BO4 — to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome synonyms—augur, fore, promise sounds like—a, bad, bade, bead, beau
  4. BO5 — to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome synonyms—augured, fore*, promised
  5. BO5 — as in jeered, hooted synonyms—hissed, hooted, jeered, bad-mouthed, defamed sounds like—bad, bade, bead, bed, bid
  6. BO6 — to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way synonyms—blew, bobbled, boggled, bollixed (up), botched sounds like—bated, batted
  7. BO6 — as in bobby socks, anklet synonyms—anklet, bobby socks, kneesock, support hose, hosiery sounds like—beauty, buoy, duty, sooty
  8. BO9 — as in blackballed, blacked synonyms—blackballed, blacked sounds like—blunted, coated, located, pointed

BY

  1. BY4 — a unit of computer information or data-storage capacity that consists of a group of eight bits and that is used especially to represent an alphanumeric character sounds like—bait, bat, beat, beet, bet

CE

  1. CE4 — to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress; to give over the legal possession or ownership of; to give up (as a position of authority) formally synonyms—cough up, deliver, give up, hand over, lay down sounds like—bead, deed, feed, heed, keyed
  2. CE5 — to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress; to give over the legal possession or ownership of; to give up (as a position of authority) formally synonyms—coughed up, delivered, gave up, handed over, laid down sounds like—faded, jaded

CO

  1. CO4 — a collection or system of rules of conduct synonyms—canon, constitution, decalogue, law sounds like—bode
  2. CO5 — as in encrypted, en* synonyms—ciphered, enciphered, en*, encrypted, garbled
  3. CO4 — as in undergraduate, postgraduate synonyms—collegian, postgraduate, undergraduate, pupil, scholar
  4. CO5 — as in curred synonyms—curred, fizzed, hissed, murmured, purred sounds like—crude, curd
  5. CO4 — as in henhouse, dove synonyms—dove, henhouse, kraal, stockade, fold sounds like—boat, cat, caught
  6. CO6 — as in mule, gunrunner synonyms—gunrunner, mule, bootlegger, contrabandist, courier sounds like—catty, crony, feisty, goatee, iota

DE

  1. DE4 — something (as money) which is owed; a breaking of a moral or legal code synonyms—arrearage, arrears, in**edness, liability, obligation sounds like—bet, dare, date
  2. DE4 — a popular design style of the 1920s and 1930s characterized especially by bold outlines, geometric and zigzag forms, and the use of new materials (such as plastic) sounds like—echo
  3. DE6 — as in reduce, boil down synonyms—boil down, reduce, clarify, clean, cleanse
  4. DE8 — as in reduced, boiled down synonyms—boiled down, reduced, clarified, cleaned, cleansed
  5. DE6 — to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language; to have a clear idea of synonyms—break, crack, decipher, decrypt, appreciate sounds like—code
  6. DE7 — to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language; to have a clear idea of synonyms—broke, cracked, deciphered, decrypted, appreciated sounds like—divided, eroded
  7. DE5 — something used to attract animals to a hook or into a trap synonyms—bait, lure sounds like—duck, duct
  8. DE7 — to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage synonyms—allured, baited, beguiled, betrayed, enticed
  9. DE4 — an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness; something done by someone synonyms—exploit, feat, number, stunt, tour de force sounds like—bead, cede, dad, did, dud
  10. DE6 — to give over the legal possession or ownership of synonyms—alienated, aliened, assigned, ceded, conveyed sounds like—needed
  11. DE6 — to come upon after searching, study, or effort synonyms—ascertain, descry, determine, dig out, dig up
  12. DE8 — as in identified, discovered synonyms—discovered, identified, bustling, busy, crowded sounds like—affected, connected, directed, protected, selected

DO

  1. DO4 — to love or admire too much synonyms—adore, adulate, canonize, deify, hero-worship sounds like—boat, coat, date, debt, dirt
  2. DO5 — to love or admire too much synonyms—adore, adulate, canonize, deify, hero-worship sounds like—coated, noted
  3. DO6 — marked with spots synonyms—dappled, flecked, freckled, mottled, specked sounds like—adopted, bottle, bottled, bottom, cheated

DY

  1. DY4 — as in stained, marked synonyms—discolored, marked, stained, stippled, flecked sounds like—bide, chide, dad, dead, deed

EB

  1. EB5 — to become worse or of less value; to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually synonyms—atrophied, crumbled, decayed, declined, degenerated sounds like—bed

ED

  1. ED4 — a circular movement of air or water synonyms—swirl, gyration, pirouette, reel, revolution sounds like—airy, any, heady, ready, t**

EY

  1. EY4 — to keep one's eyes on; to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes; to give serious and careful thought to synonyms—followed, observed, watched, beheld, caught sounds like—add, aid, aide, awe, awed

OB

  1. OB4 — to act according to the commands of synonyms—adhere (to), comply (with), conform (to), follow, goose-step (to) sounds like—bay, okay
  2. OB6 — to act according to the commands of synonyms—adhered (to), complied (with), conformed (to), followed, goose-stepped (to) sounds like—ode, old, owned
  3. OB4 — a double-reed woodwind instrument having a conical tube, a brilliant penetrating tone, and a usual range from B flat below middle C upward for over 21/2 octaves sounds like—beau, lobo

OC

  1. OC5 — as in trio, quartet synonyms—duo, quartet, quintet, septet, sextet sounds like—onset

OO

  1. OO6 — an egg before maturation : a female gametocyte sounds like—cite, eyesight, sight, site

TE

  1. TE5 — a stuffed toy bear sounds like—heady, ready, steady, tarry, tidy
  2. TE4 — feeling or showing anger; subjected to and reacting with irritation synonyms—angered, angry, apoplectic, ballistic, cheesed off sounds like—bead, cede, deed, feed, heed

TO

  1. TO4 — to touch, reach, or drive with the toe; to furnish with a toe; to drive (something, such as a nail) obliquely; also : to clinch or fasten by or with nails or rods so driven sounds like—bode, code, goad, load, mode
  2. TO6 — to sound a short blast; to sound a note or call suggesting the short blast of a wind instrument; to blow or sound an instrument (such as a horn) especially so as to produce short blasts sounds like—rooted
  3. TO4 — to support and take from one place to another synonyms—bear, carry, cart, convey, ferry sounds like—boat, coat, goat, moat, note
  4. TO5 — to support and take from one place to another synonyms—bore, carried, carted, conveyed, ferried sounds like—coated, noted
  5. TO5 — to engage in activity for amusement; to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun synonyms—dallied, disported, frolicked, played, recreated sounds like—tad, tide, tied, void

bedded, beet, bobbed, bocce, bode, boded, booed, booted, bootee, boycotted, byte, cede, ceded, code, coded, coed, cooed, cote, coyote, debt, deco, decoct, decocted, decode, decoded, decoy, decoyed, deed, deeded, detect, detected, dote, doted, dotted, dyed, ebbed, eddy, eyed, obey, obeyed, oboe, octet, oocyte, teddy, teed, toed, tooted, tote, toted, toyed