NYT π CluesβSun. 30 April, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: c a e l n p t
- Total Answers: 61
- Pangrams: 3
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AC
- AC6 β a special notice or importance given to something; to indicate the importance of by centering attention on; accentuation; emphasis; stress sounds like ascent, assent
- AC6 β to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly; to have a favorable opinion of; to regard as right or true; have; take sounds like except
- AC10 β a readiness or willingness to accept or adapt to a given circumstance; permission given to do something; acquiescence; biddability; compliance sounds like exception, sentence
- AC6 β sounds like subtle, unsubtle
- AC7 β sounds like agitate, annotate
- AC4 β sounds like abbey, agony, algae, alley, and
AL
- AL6 β sounds like aspect, bloc, block, blocked, blocker
AP
- AP5 β with great speed; briskly; chop-chop; double-quick; fast sounds like pace, space
CA
- CA4 β to speak so as to be heard at a distance; to make a telephone call to; to make a brief visit; bawl; bay sounds like all, ball, bawl, coal, cog
- CA5 β to speak so as to be heard at a distance; to make a telephone call to; to make a brief visit; bawl; bay sounds like cola, gala
- CA5 β an open man-made passageway for water; aqueduct; channel; conduit; course sounds like banal, colonel, conceal, concur, confer
- CA6 β as in appetizer, hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; hors d'oeuvre; bite; morsel sounds like atop, banal, collage, concur, confer
- CA6 β sounds like common, concave, condom
- CA6 β to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to); to put an end to by formal action; to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it; abandon; abort sounds like consul, council, counsel
- CA4 β a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment; as in strap, leather; bastinado; bat; baton sounds like arraign, bane, chain
- CA5 β sounds like manna
- CA4 β the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon; the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have; the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field; diagonal; grade sounds like ant, aunt
- CA7 β as in hymn, anthem; anthem; canticle; carol; chorale
- CA7 β as in camp, club; as in pitcher, jug; as in locker, compartment; camp; club sounds like ante, antique
- CA4 β a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back; an area of land that juts out into a body of water; capote; cloak; frock sounds like ape, coop
- CA6 β sounds like shapeless
- CA7 β
- CA7 β a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval; as in deride, jeer; bird; boo; Bronx cheer
- CA6 β a short sleep; to be in a state of sleep; to sleep lightly or briefly; doze; drowse sounds like kidnap
- CA6 β as in trash, rabble; proletariat; rabble; rabblement; ragtag and bobtail sounds like battle, kettle, rattle
CE
- CE4 β an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall; one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided; a local unit of an organization; apartment; chamber sounds like bell, dell, fell, gel, hell
- CE4 β of or relating to money, banking, or investments; financial; fiscal; monetary; pecuniary sounds like as**, assent, bent, dent, lent
- CE8 β sounds like citation, citizen, petition, solution, station
CL
- CL4 β a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially; a group of persons who come from the same ancestor; body; bunch; circle sounds like can
- CL4 β a loud explosive sound; a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument; to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner; bang; blast sounds like cap
- CL5 β free from dirt or stain; following or according to the rules; free from any trace of the coarse or indecent; antiseptic; chaste sounds like careen, glean, keen
- CL5 β sounds like elite, fleet, klieg, pleat, sleet
EC
- EC5 β as in extravaganza, mummery; extravaganza; mummery; pageant; parade sounds like cat, clad, clam, clan, clang
EL
- EL5 β to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities; singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking; individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class; cherry-pick; choose sounds like effect, eject, erect
- EL7 β sounds like affect, aplenty, collect, collector, plenty
EN
- EN5 β to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action; constitute; lay down; legislate; make sounds like intact
- EN6 β to cause to twine about one another; entwine; implicate; interlace; intertwine sounds like unless
LA
- LA4 β a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things; a length of something formed of three or more strands woven together; to cause to twine about one another; cable; cord sounds like ace, base, case, chase, face
- LA7 β sounds like backdate, dictate, locate
- LA7 β sounds like act, actor, backed, fact, factor
- LA5 β a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade; to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object; as in diamondback rattlesnake, garter snake; javelin; pike sounds like chance, dance, g*
- LA6 β sounds like bandit, cancel, facet, handsome, lonesome
NA
- NA7 β sounds like nestle
PA
- PA4 β as in rate, tempo; to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group; to move forward along a course; clip; gait sounds like ace, a**, base, case, chase
- PA4 β a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples; an arrangement about action to be taken; accord; alliance; compact sounds like act, backed, fact
- PA6 β showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort; a large impressive residence; a large, magnificent, or massive building; Babylonian; deluxe sounds like callous, malice, plus, polis
- PA7 β something that cures all ills or problems; catholicon; cure-all; elixir; nostrum sounds like anaesthesia, anise, antsy, canister, canopy
- PA8 β sounds like ancestor, antenna, asset, handset, inset
PE
- PE5 β a state without war; freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions; a state of freedom from storm or disturbance; peacefulness; calm sounds like apiece, cease, eyepiece, lease, niece
- PE5 β sounds like baton, cocoon, con, icon, panache
- PE7 β
- PE5 β sounds like dense, fence, hence, pounce, sense
- PE8 β sounds like tentacle
PL
- PL7 β to lessen the anger or agitation of; appease; assuage; conciliate; disarm
- PL5 β the area or space occupied by or intended for something; a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business; an assignment at which one regularly works for pay; emplacement; locale sounds like lace, pace
- PL8 β sounds like pasta, percent, percentage, processed
- PL9 β sounds like elemental, lentil, parental, percentage
TA
- TA5 β sounds like facet
- TA4 β the ability to deal with others in touchy situations without offending them; diplomacy; tactfulness sounds like act, backed, fact, packed, pact
- TA4 β sounds like torque
TE
- TE8 β sounds like sentinel