Ben Willenbring

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NYT 🐝 Cluesβ€”Tue. 15 August, 2023

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

Letters: h  e  g  i  t  w  y

  • Total Answers: 26
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🀣

EI

  1. EI5 β€” as in outsider, misfit; as in outsiders, misfits; misfit; outsider; bohemian sounds like ace, ache, age, aid, aide
  2. EI6 β€” sounds like ate
  3. EI9 β€” sounds like alias, alien, atrium
  4. EI6 β€” to get rid of as useless or unwanted; to get rid of as useless or unwanted; to get rid of as useless or unwanted; cashier; cast (off) sounds like ate, tea, tee, w**

EY

  1. EY8 β€” sounds like eighth, eighty, heath, icy, idea

GH

  1. GH4 β€” sounds like bee, fee, gay, geek, glee

HE

  1. HE6 β€” the highest part or point; the most extreme or advanced point; the distance of something or someone from bottom to top; acme; apex sounds like bite, byte, cite, fight, hat

HI

  1. HI4 β€” extending to a great distance upward; being at a higher level than average; located at a greater height than average or usual; altitudinous; lofty sounds like awry, buy, die, dye, eye

TE

  1. TE5 β€” as in desires, tastes; by a very small margin; to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts; appetites; fancies sounds like heath, sheath
  2. TE6 β€” sounds like seethe, tier

TH

  1. TH4 β€” sounds like bee, earthy, fee, key, knee
  2. TH4 β€” sounds like array, bay, day, gay, hay
  3. TH5 β€” as in calf, shin; as in panic, riot; as in panics, riots; calf; drumstick sounds like awry, buy, die, dye, eye

TI

  1. TI5 β€” not allowing penetration (as by gas, liquid, or light); firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge; giving or sharing as little as possible; impenetrable; impermeable sounds like bite, byte, cite, fight, height
  2. TI5 β€” an amount of money that a person gives to a church which is usually equal to 1/10 of that person's income; alms; benefaction; beneficence; benevolence sounds like with

WE

  1. WE5 β€” to be of importance; to give serious and careful thought to; to push steadily against with some force; count; import sounds like array, away, bay, day, gay
  2. WE6 β€” the amount that something weighs; the quality or state of being important; a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported; avoirdupois; heaviness sounds like ate, await, bait, date, eight
  3. WE7 β€” having a matter of importance as its topic; having great meaning or lasting effect; having great weight; grave; heavy sounds like eighty, wait, waiter, wavy, witty

WH

  1. WH4 β€” how delightful; glory; ha; hallelujah; hey sounds like bee, fee, key, knee, pea
  2. WH4 β€” to make sharp or sharper; as in shot, nip; edge; grind; hone sounds like bet, debt, get, jet, let
  3. WH4 β€” sounds like boo, chew, coup, dew, doo
  4. WH4 β€” as in white-faced; white-faced; untanned; anemic; bloodless sounds like bee, fee, key, knee, pea
  5. WH4 β€” the smallest amount or part imaginable; as in hoot, howl; as in hoots, howls; beans; bubkes sounds like bit, chit, fit, hit, kit
  6. WH5 β€” lacking an addition of color; not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt; free from sin; colorless; tintless sounds like bite, byte, cite, fight, height

WI

  1. WI5 β€” a member of the human race; baby; being; bird; bod sounds like bite, byte, cite, fight, height
  2. WI4 β€” as the result of; using the means or agency of; without being prevented by; because of; due to sounds like which, whiff, whim, whip, whiz

eight, eighth, eightieth, eighty, eyeteeth, ghee, height, high, teeth, teethe, thee, they, thigh, tight, tithe, weigh, weight, weighty, whee, whet, whew, whey, whit, white, wight, with