Ben Willenbring

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NYT 🐝 Cluesβ€”Sat. 2 September, 2023

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

Letters: v  e  g  i  l  n  u

  • Total Answers: 34
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🀣

EL

  1. EL6 β€” sounds like leaven

EN

  1. EN7 β€” to give life, vigor, or spirit to; amp (up); animate; brace; energize
  2. EN10 β€” as in exciting, invigorating; to give life, vigor, or spirit to; to give life, vigor, or spirit to; animating; exciting

EV

  1. EV4 β€” 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
  2. EV7 β€” a later period of one's life; the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness; as in black-tie, white-tie; afterlife; afternoon sounds like burning, caning, cunning, dining, easing
  3. EV4 β€” that which is morally unacceptable; causing or capable of causing harm; not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable; bad; evildoing sounds like eagle, easel, oval, we**

GI

  1. GI4 β€” to make a present of; to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another; to bring before the public in performance or exhibition; bestow; contribute sounds like gave, gear, sieve
  2. GI5 β€” being in the habit or custom; having a tendency to be or act in a certain way; known but not named; accustomed; habituated sounds like riven
  3. GI6 β€” as in caring, nurturing; as in yielding, bending; the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services; caring; nurturing sounds like living

IN

  1. IN8 β€” as in persuade, draw in; draw in; persuade; rope (in); snow sounds like environ
  2. IN10 β€” as in persuading, drawing in; drawing in; persuading; roping (in); snowing

LE

  1. LE5 β€” 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
  2. LE5 β€” 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
  3. LE8 β€” 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; balancing; equalizing sounds like peddling

LI

  1. LI4 β€” to have a home; to have life; being in effective operation; abide; dwell sounds like a**, arrive, chive, dive, five
  2. LI5 β€” to give life, vigor, or spirit to; amp (up); animate; brace; energize sounds like leaven
  3. LI8 β€” to give life, vigor, or spirit to; amp (up); animate; brace; energize sounds like ripening
  4. LI6 β€” being in effective operation; having being at the present time; having or showing life; active; alive sounds like loving

UN

  1. UN6 β€” not having a level or smooth surface; not staying constant; inclined or twisted to one side; broken; bumpy sounds like anyone, onion, oven
  2. UN8 β€”
  3. UN7 β€” sounds like upheaval
  4. UN8 β€” sounds like obliging
  5. UN6 β€” to make known (as information previously kept secret); to present so as to invite notice or attention; bare; disclose; discover sounds like avail
  6. UN9 β€” as in revelation, disclosure; to make known (as information previously kept secret); to present so as to invite notice or attention; disclosure; exposure

VE

  1. VE6 β€” sounds like leggy, vary
  2. VE7 β€” to spend time doing nothing; to spend time doing nothing; bumming; chilling; dallying sounds like bearing, bedding, bugging, caring, chairing
  3. VE4 β€” something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth; to keep secret or shut off from view; to surround or cover closely; blanket; cloak sounds like ail, ale, avail, bail, bale
  4. VE7 β€” to keep secret or shut off from view; to surround or cover closely; to keep secret or shut off from view; belying; blanketing sounds like ailing, mailing, railing, whaling
  5. VE4 β€” a distinctive way of putting ideas into words; fashion; locution; manner; mode sounds like arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign
  6. VE5 β€” a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information; the area or space occupied by or intended for something; forum; medium; outlet sounds like menu
  7. VE6 β€” sounds like ennui, fennel, kennel

VI

  1. VI5 β€” an act or period of watching for signs of activity, danger, or opportunity; lookout; surveillance; watch
  2. VI4 β€” not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable; not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency; unpleasant to look at; bad; dark sounds like aisle, bile, file, guile, isle
  3. VI4 β€” to be unsuccessful; to be unsuccessful; to be unsuccessful; bomb; collapse sounds like dine, fine, line, mine, pine

eleven, enliven, enlivening, even, evening, evil, give, given, giving, inveigle, inveigling, levee, level, leveling, live, liven, livening, living, uneven, ungiving, unlevel, unliving, unveil, unveiling, veggie, vegging, veil, veiling, vein, venue, venule, vigil, vile, vine