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

Letters: u  c  d  e  l  o  p

• Total Answers: 57
• Pangrams: 3
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

CE

1. CE7 — a small cell sounds like—deluge

CL

2. CL5 — an overspreading element that produces an atmosphere of gloom synonyms—darkness, pall, shadow sounds like—allowed, aloud, crowd, loud, plowed
3. CL7 — covered over by clouds; filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension synonyms—be***, cloudy, dull, hazed, hazy
4. CL4 — a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation) synonyms—cue, hint, indication, inkling, intimation sounds like—blew, blue, coup, crew, cue
5. CL5 — as in told, informed synonyms—acquainted, advised, apprised, briefed, enlightened sounds like—allude, collude, crude

CO

6. CO7 — to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends synonyms—compass, connive, conspire, contrive, intrigue sounds like—allude
7. CO8 — to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends synonyms—compassed, connived, conspired, contrived, intrigued sounds like—polluted
8. CO5 — be physically or mentally able to; know how to; used to indicate possibility —sometimes used interchangeably with may sounds like—curd, good, hood, keyed, kid
9. CO6 — as in gully, wadi synonyms—arroyo, barranca, draw, gully, gutter sounds like—cruelly
10. CO4 — a successful result brought about by hard work synonyms—accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, attainment, baby sounds like—boo, chew, clue, crew, cue
11. CO5 — as in sedan, subcompact synonyms—compact, intermediate, limousine, mini, minicar sounds like—cap, cape, cup, dupe, hoop
12. CO6 — a small number; two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together synonyms—few, handful, scatter, scattering, smatter sounds like—cuddle, cudgel, supple
13. CO7 — as in connected, linked synonyms—attached, connected, linked, adjacent, adjoining

CU

14. CU6 — to lie close synonyms—nestle, nuzzle, snoozle, snuggle sounds like—coddle, couple, huddle, muddle, puddle
15. CU7 — to lie close synonyms—nestled, nuzzled, snoozled, snuggled sounds like—huddled
16. CU4 — as in lined, lined up synonyms—aligned, lined, lined up, queued, emplaced sounds like—crude, feud, queue, skewed
17. CU4 — something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others synonyms—discard, reject, rejection, second sounds like—call, coal, coil, color, come
18. CU6 — as in screened, winnowed (out) synonyms—picked over, screened, weeded (out), winnowed (out), exclusive sounds like—called, cold, collide, collude, color
19. CU6 — as in cavernous, recurved synonyms—alveolar, cavernous, crescentic, cuplike, cuppy sounds like—corrupt, kept, upped

DE

20. DE8 — to set or force apart synonyms—break up, disassociate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint sounds like—couple, oedipal
21. DE9 — to set or force apart synonyms—broke up, disassociated, disconnected, disjoined, disjointed sounds like—couple, oedipal, scuttled
22. DE6 — to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information synonyms—conclude, decide, derive, extrapolate, gather sounds like—seduce
23. DE7 — to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information synonyms—concluded, decided, derived, extrapolated, gathered sounds like—reduced
24. DE6 — to cause to believe what is untrue synonyms—bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn sounds like—elude
25. DE7 — as in duped, deceived synonyms—deceived, duped, tricked, erroneous, false sounds like—gilded, secluded
26. DE5 — as in dickens synonyms—dickens, archfiend, Beelzebub, devil, fiend sounds like—bus, dice, done, dose, douse

DU

27. DU4 — a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance; an adult male human being synonyms—beau, Beau Brummell, buck, dandy, fop sounds like—dad, dead, deed, dew, did
28. DU5 — as in togged (out or up), rigged (out) synonyms—appareled, arrayed, attired, bedecked, bedizened sounds like—doodad
29. DU4 — an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another synonyms—ball game, battle, combat, competition, conflict sounds like—dial, dowel, jewel
30. DU6 — as in fought, battled synonyms—battled, clashed (with), combated, contended, fought
31. DU4 — lacking sharpness of edge or point; causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest; covered over by clouds synonyms—blunt, blunted, **ed, obtuse, arid sounds like—addle, cul, cull, dale, deal
32. DU6 — lacking a surface luster or gloss; lacking intensity of color; lacking sharpness of edge or point synonyms—dim, dull, flat, lusterless, matte sounds like—addled
33. DU4 — one who is easily deceived or cheated synonyms—chump, gull, mug, patsy, pigeon sounds like—coop, coupe, deep, dew, dip
34. DU5 — as in tricked, deluded synonyms—deceived, deluded, tricked, erroneous, false sounds like—doped
35. DU5 — having two elements; marked by two or a multiple of two beats per measure of music; consisting of a meter based on disyllabic feet

ED

36. ED5 — to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved) synonyms—elicit, evoke, inspire, raise sounds like—juice
37. ED6 — to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved) synonyms—elicited, evoked, inspired, raised sounds like—adjust, boost, gist, jest, joust

EL

38. EL5 — to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery synonyms—avoid, dodge, duck, escape, eschew sounds like—allude, d*, issued, lewd
39. EL6 — to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery synonyms—avoided, dodged, ducked, escaped, eschewed sounds like—allude, allusion, avoided, fluid, loaded

LO

40. LO4 — marked by a high volume of sound; excessively showy synonyms—blaring, blasting, booming, clamorous, clangorous sounds like—allowed, a, bowed, c, lad
41. LO5 — a small magnifier used especially by jewelers and watchmakers sounds like—coop, coupe, dupe, hoop, lap

LU

42. LU4 — a momentary halt in an activity synonyms—break, breath, breather, interruption, pause sounds like—cul, cull, dull, gull, hull
43. LU6 — to free from distress or disturbance synonyms—becalmed, calmed, composed, lullabied, quieted sounds like—loved
44. LU4 — something very good of its kind synonyms—beaut, beauty, bee's knees, cat's meow, corker sounds like—blew, blue, clue, cool, cooled

OC

45. OC7 — to prevent passage through by filling with something synonyms—block, choke, clog, clot, congest sounds like—accrued, allude, awkward, clad, cloud
46. OC8 — to prevent passage through by filling with something synonyms—blocked, choked, clogged, clotted, congested sounds like—included

PU

47. PU4 — a dark red sounds like—pew, use
48. PU6 — a small often deep body of water synonyms—billabong, mere, pool, stank, well sounds like—cuddle, huddle, muddle, paddle, pedal
49. PU7 — as in murky, muddied synonyms—inky, muddied, muddled, murky, sludgy sounds like—huddled
50. PU4 — to utter feeble plaintive cries synonyms—bleat, mewl, whimper sounds like—mule, pew, pool
51. PU5 — to utter feeble plaintive cries synonyms—bleated, mewled, whimpered sounds like—pooled
52. PU4 — to cause to follow by applying steady force on; to draw out by force or with effort; to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure synonyms—drag, draw, hale, haul, lug sounds like—bull, full, pail, pal, pale
53. PU6 — to cause to follow by applying steady force on; to draw out by force or with effort; to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure synonyms—dragged, drew, haled, hauled, lugged sounds like—paled, piled, pooled
54. PU4 — to cause to become a **y mass synonyms—crush, mash, squash sounds like—gulp
55. PU6 — to cause to become a pulpy mass synonyms—crushed, mashed, squashed sounds like—polite, pollute

UP

56. UP4 — as in bun, chignon synonyms—beehive, big hair, bun, chignon, French twist sounds like—ago, apace, apiece, appall, appeal
57. UP5 — to make greater in size, amount, or number; to move from a lower to a higher place or position; to move or extend upward synonyms—accelerated, added (to), aggrandized, amplified, augmented sounds like—apt, opt