NYT π CluesβSun. 9 July, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: c d e f i n t
- Total Answers: 48
- Pangrams: 2
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
CE
- CE4 β 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; cough up; deliver sounds like bead, deed, feed, heed, keyed
- CE5 β 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; coughed up; delivered sounds like faded, jaded
- CE4 β of or relating to money, banking, or investments; financial; fiscal; monetary; pecuniary sounds like as**, assent, bent, dent, lent
CI
- CI4 β to give as an example; to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically; adduce; instance; mention sounds like bite, byte, eyesight, fight, height
- CI5 β to give as an example; to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically; to give as an example; adduced; instanced sounds like fitted, knitted, seated, stud
- CI8 β as in urbanized; to accustom to the ways of the city; to accustom to the ways of the city; urbanized; urban sounds like certified
DE
- DE8 β a dead person; deceased; bones; cadaver; carcass
- DE6 β the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery; the tendency to tell lies; artifice; cheating; cozenage sounds like dust
- DE6 β conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue; following the accepted rules of moral conduct; following the established traditions of refined society and good taste; all right; ethical sounds like recent
- DE6 β to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration; to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute); to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of; choose; conclude sounds like beside, divide
- DE7 β not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation; to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration; to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute); apparent; bald sounds like divided, dividing, misguided, un***
- DE6 β something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing; as in emigrate; to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another; blemish; blight sounds like affect, direct, dissect, effect, infect
- DE8 β as in emigrated; to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another; emigrated; journeyed; peregrinated sounds like affected
- DE9 β lacking some necessary part; falling short of a standard; not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need; fragmental; fragmentary sounds like efficient
- DE7 β a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number; crunch; dearth; deficiency; drought
- DE5 β sounds like bus, dice, done, dose, douse
- DE6 β as in heated, defrosted; defrosted; thawed; unfrozen; liquefied sounds like date, dirt, dot, doubt, dust
- DE7 β
- DE6 β to come upon after searching, study, or effort; ascertain; descry; determine; dig out
- DE8 β as in identified, discovered; to come upon after searching, study, or effort; to come upon after searching, study, or effort; discovered; identified sounds like affected, connected, directed, protected, selected
DI
- DI4 β a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games; to cut into small pieces; a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games; bones; die sounds like dose, douse, dye, dyke
- DI5 β to cut into small pieces; to cut into small pieces; chopped; hashed; minced sounds like cyst, dust, fist, gist, hissed
- DI8 β as in dietary; dietary; enriched; fortified; beneficial sounds like aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, beatnik, derrick
- DI10 β the quality or state of lacking confidence or assertiveness; bashfulness; mousiness; quietness; reserve sounds like decadence, defiance
ED
- ED5 β an order publicly issued by an authority; a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned; bull; decree; diktat sounds like addict
- ED7 β a large, magnificent, or massive building; something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity; the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form; cathedral; hall sounds like duffel, oedipal
EF
- EF6 β a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause; the power to bring about a result on another; transportable items that one owns; aftereffect; aftermath sounds like affect, eject, elect, erect, infect
- EF8 β to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind); to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind); begot; bred; brought sounds like addicted, affect, affection, afflicted, connected
- EF9 β producing or capable of producing a desired result; effective; effectual; efficacious; fruitful sounds like deficient
EI
- EI7 β sounds like ascetic, derrick, idyllic, poetic
EN
- EN6 β to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage; allure; bait; beguile; betray
- EN7 β to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage; to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage; allured; baited; beguiled sounds like dentist
FE
- FE5 β a physical object that blocks the way; to drive danger or attack away from; to close or shut in by or as if by barriers; barricade; barrier sounds like dense, hence, offense, pence, sense
- FE6 β to drive danger or attack away from; to drive danger or attack away from; to close or shut in by or as if by barriers; bulwarked; covered
IC
- IC4 β as in frozen, refrigerated; to make sure, certain, or safe; to put to death deliberately; frore; frosted sounds like east, eyesight, heist, oust
IN
- IN9 β the rate at which something happens; appearance; occurrence; chronicity; constancy
- IN8 β something that happens; something that is found along with something else; as in attending, accompanying; affair; circumstance
- IN6 β to bring (something volatile or intense) into being; to rouse to strong feeling or action; abet; brew; ferment sounds like excite
- IN7 β to bring (something volatile or intense) into being; to rouse to strong feeling or action; to bring (something volatile or intense) into being; abetted; brewed sounds like excited
- IN8 β depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society; bawdy; blue; coarse; crude sounds like decent
- IN6 β to make a claim of wrongdoing against; accuse; charge; criminate; defame
- IN8 β as in accused, impeached; to make a claim of wrongdoing against; to make a claim of wrongdoing against; accused; impeached
- IN11 β not producing the desired result; counterproductive; feckless; hamstrung; ineffective sounds like deficient, efficient
- IN6 β to pass something harmful (such as a disease) to someone or something else; contaminate; poison; communicate; conduct sounds like effect
- IN8 β to pass something harmful (such as a disease) to someone or something else; to pass something harmful (such as a disease) to someone or something else; contaminated; poisoned; communicated
NI
- NI4 β following the established traditions of refined society and good taste; giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses; hard to please; befitting; correct sounds like dice, ice, knife, knight, lice
- NI5 β sounds like cease, knead, knee, kneel, lease
TI
- TI5 β as in colored, hued; colored; colorized; dyed; hued sounds like linked