NYT π CluesβThu. 1 June, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: i d e g l o y
- Total Answers: 54
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
DE
- DE4 β sounds like daily, dally, doubly, dull, duller
DI
- DI6 β to move or act slowly; to rob by the use of trickery or threats; to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously; crawl; creep sounds like dawdle, fiddle, middle, riddle
- DI7 β to move or act slowly; to rob by the use of trickery or threats; to move or act slowly; crawled; crept sounds like riddled
- DI6 β the smallest amount or part imaginable; the smallest amount or part imaginable; the smallest amount or part imaginable; beans; bubkes sounds like deadly, dearly
- DI4 β to stop living; to come to an end; to stop functioning; checked out; conked (out) sounds like bide, chide, dad, dead, deed
- DI5 β sounds like below, billed, billow, build, builder
- DI4 β sounds like bill, chill, dale, deal, dear
- DI5 β something very good of its kind; beaut; beauty; bee's knees; cat's meow sounds like chili, chilly, daily, dally, dearly
- DI5 β sounds like abode, anode, bide, bind, bio
DO
- DO6 β a domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes; canine; dog; hound; pooch
- DO5 β sounds like bogey, fogy
- DO5 β sounds like coyly, daily, dally, duly, oily
- DO7 β sounds like bleed, bodied, bullied, colleague, collie
ED
- ED6 β as in swirled, purled; purled; swirled; bubbled; dribbled sounds like deed, readied
EL
- EL5 β to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it; to make less in extent or duration; blue-pencil; cancel; cross (out) sounds like allied, flied, glide, lied, slide
- EL6 β to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it; to make less in extent or duration; to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it; blue-penciled; canceled sounds like ended, guided, lighted, lipid, loaded
EY
- EY6 β sounds like lid, slid
GE
- GE5 β having a low or subnormal temperature; lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling; algid; arctic; bitter sounds like eyelid, felled, galling, garish, ghoulish
- GE5 β sounds like annoyed, avoid, bead, cede, deed
GI
- GI7 β as in joyfully, joyously; lacking in seriousness or maturity; having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down; amusedly; exuberantly sounds like bodily, busily, eerily, fiddle, greedily
- GI5 β lacking in seriousness or maturity; having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down; experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion; birdbrained; ditzy sounds like gaudy, goody, guinea, kiddie
- GI6 β as in drove, rode; bused; cabbed; coached; cruised sounds like gagged, guild, rigged
- GI6 β something said or done to cause laughter; an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement; to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound; boff; boffola sounds like gaggle, goggle, google, gurgle, jiggle
- GI7 β to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound; to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound; broke up; cackled; chortled
- GI6 β as in happy, playful; to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound; exuberant; flippant; fluttery sounds like biggie, chili, chilly, dearly, degree
- GI6 β as in fancy man; fancy man; beloved; darling; dear sounds like jiggle
- GI4 β as in whitewash, varnish; as in paint, appliquΓ©; a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest; gloss (over); varnish sounds like billed, build, chilled, filled, gold
- GI6 β covered in a thin layer of gold; coming from or characterized by wealth and luxury; as in whitewashed, varnished; gold-plated; gold
- GI4 β a female romantic companion; a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage; a natural body of running water smaller than a river; gal; girl sounds like bill, chill, dill, fill, gal
- GI6 β a female romantic companion; a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage; a natural body of running water smaller than a river; gal; girl sounds like billed, build, chilled, filled, gold
GL
- GL5 β to move or proceed smoothly and readily; to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings; to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air; bowl; breeze sounds like allied, flied, guide, lied, slide
- GL6 β to move or proceed smoothly and readily; to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings; to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air; bowled; breezed sounds like guided
GO
- GO6 β something that is pleasing to eat because it is rare or a luxury; bit; cate; dainty; delectable sounds like gaudy, giddy
ID
- ID8 β the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group; credo; creed; doctrine; dogma sounds like geology, theology
- ID4 β not being in a state of use, activity, or employment; not easily aroused to action or work; to spend time doing nothing; dead; dormant sounds like addle, dull, s**, tidal
- ID5 β to spend time doing nothing; to spend time doing nothing; bummed; chilled; dallied sounds like addled
- ID4 β as in inactively; not being in a state of use, activity, or employment; not easily aroused to action or work; inactively; lifelessly sounds like oddly, widely
- ID4 β a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion; god; hero; icon sounds like addle, dull, sidle, tidal
- ID4 β a time or instance of carefree fun; binge; fling; frisk; frolic sounds like addle, aisle, awhile, beguile, bile
- ID5 β a time or instance of carefree fun; binge; fling; frisk; frolic sounds like addle, dull, sidle, tidal
IG
- IG5 β sounds like glue
IL
- IL4 β sounds like alley, chili, ch**, early, eerie
LI
- LI6 β sounds like loaded
- LI4 β to make a statement one knows to be untrue; to make a statement one knows to be untrue; to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction; fabricated; fibbed sounds like al, bide, chide, f, glide
- LI5 β one who follows the opinions or teachings of another; one who follows the opinions or teachings of another; acolyte; adherent; convert sounds like leach, leaf, league, leak, lean
- LI4 β having or showing a shameful lack of courage; free from guilt or blame; chicken; chicken-livered; chickenhearted sounds like chili, chilly, filly, hilly, leery
OI
- OI5 β having or being a surface so smooth as to greatly reduce traction; being under the influence of alcohol; to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction; greased; greasy sounds like b*, f*, old, s*
- OI4 β overly or insincerely flattering; adulatory; fulsome; gushing; gushy sounds like alley, coyly, early, flea, flee
OL
- OL5 β sounds like moldy
- OL4 β an unorganized collection or mixture of various things; agglomerate; agglomeration; alphabet soup; assortment sounds like audio
- OL5 β sounds like alley, awfully, c*, early, flea
YI
- YI5 β to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit); to produce as revenue; to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control); bow; cave (in) sounds like field, sealed, shield, wheeled, wield
- YI7 β to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit); to produce as revenue; to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control); bowed; caved (in) sounds like folded, molded, needed
YO
- YO4 β as in guru, swami; guru; mahatma; pandit; swami sounds like bogey, fogy