NYT π CluesβWed. 15 March, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: p d e i t u z
- Total Answers: 38
- Pangrams: 2
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
DE
- DE4 β extending far downward; having a low musical pitch or range; being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain; abysmal; bottomless sounds like beep, cheap, dip, dope
- DE6 β to appoint as one's representative; commission; delegate; deputize sounds like dispute, impute, repute
- DE7 β to appoint as one's representative; to appoint as one's representative; commissioned; delegated; deputized sounds like disputed
- DE8 β to appoint as one's representative; commission; delegate; depute
- DE9 β to appoint as one's representative; to appoint as one's representative; commissioned; delegated; deputed sounds like computerized, disputed, imputed, reputed
DI
- DI6 β as in splashed, dunked; to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid; to lift out with something that holds liquid; dunked; splashed sounds like chipped, doped, shipped, sipped, whipped
DU
- DU4 β one who is easily deceived or cheated; something that is made to look exactly like something else; to cause to believe what is untrue; chump; gull sounds like coop, coupe, deep, dew, dip
- DU5 β as in tricked, deluded; to cause to believe what is untrue; one who is easily deceived or cheated; deceived; deluded sounds like doped
EP
- EP4 β sounds like easy, pea
PE
- PE4 β sounds like bead, cede, deed, feed, heed
- PE4 β an instance of looking especially briefly; to make a short sharp sound like a small bird; cast; eye; gander sounds like beep, cheap, deep, heap, jeep
- PE6 β to make a short sharp sound like a small bird; to make a short sharp sound like a small bird; cheeped; chirped; chirruped
- PE6 β to give life, vigor, or spirit to; amp (up); animate; brace; energize sounds like kept, leapt, wept
- PE7 β sounds like reptile
- PE5 β as in petty larcenies; as in petty larceny; as in Beau Brummell, blood; petty larcenies; embezzlements sounds like puppet
- PE6 β having a small and thin bodyβusually used to describe a woman or girl; baby; diminutive; dwarf; elfin sounds like putty
- PE6 β to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner; to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner; caressed; fondled; gentled sounds like fetid
PI
- PI4 β having blotches of two or more colors; blotched; blotchy; dappled; marbled sounds like bead, cede, deed, feed, heed
- PI4 β a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas); an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages; to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway; channel; conduit sounds like hype, pap, peep, pop, pope
- PI5 β to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway; to make a short sharp sound like a small bird; to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway; canalized; channeled sounds like typed
- PI5 β sounds like puppet
- PI7 β sounds like pet, puppet, typed, wipeout
- PI5 β sounds like peanut, people, puppet
- PI6 β to have sympathy for; to have sympathy for; ached (for); bled (for); commiserated (with)
- PI6 β as in pocked; as in dented; pocked; rutted; rutty sounds like fitted, knitted
PU
- PU6 β a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything; one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another; as in doll, puppet; action figure; doll sounds like bucket, buffet, couple, covet, gullet
- PU4 β sounds like but, butt, cut, gut, hut
- PU6 β sounds like buttock, button, cheated, coated, dotted
- PU7 β sounds like peed, plead
- PU4 β
- PU6 β sounds like petite, pleased, poised, potted, praised
TE
- TE6 β sounds like beady, beefy, beep, beeper, cheap
- TE5 β sounds like guppy, puppy, touchy, tummy, yuppie
- TE5 β showing little or no interest or enthusiasm; having or giving off heat to a moderate degree; halfhearted; lukewarm; uneager sounds like epic, leaded, leopard, peppered, shepherd
TI
- TI6 β tapering to a thin tip; to set or cause to be at an angle; a piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert; peaked; pointed sounds like chipped, shipped, sipped, taped, tapped
- TI6 β as in poncho, capelet; burnoose; capelet; capuchin; cowl
UP
- UP5 β to make greater in size, amount, or number; to move from a lower to a higher place or position; to move or extend upward; accelerated; added (to) sounds like apt, opt
ZI
- ZI6 β to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound; to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements; to proceed or move quickly; bumbled; burred sounds like chipped, shipped, sipped, whipped