NYT π CluesβWed. 6 September, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: a d e f h n o
- Total Answers: 34
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AD
- AD5 β resulting in an increase in amount or number; to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase; to combine (numbers) into a single sum; additional; another sounds like acid, arid, avid, dud, p*
- AD6 β sounds like amend, append, ascend, attend, offend
- AD7 β a part added at the end of a book or periodical; something added (as by growth); a part added at the end of a book or periodical; afterwords; appendixes sounds like agenda
AE
- AE4 β a long or seemingly long period of time; age; blue moon; coon's age; cycle sounds like neon
AH
- AH5 β so as to precede something in order of time; toward a point ahead in space or time; toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time; afore; already sounds like head
AN
- AN5 β sounds like node
- AN4 β at or within a short time; on some occasions; a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded; before long; by and by sounds like upon
DE
- DE4 β no longer living; lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation; depleted in strength, energy, or freshness; asleep; breathless sounds like bed, dad, dare
- DE6 β to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality; to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling; castrate; damp; dampen sounds like leaden
- DE8 β as in drugged, stupefied; to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality; to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling; anesthetized; cocainized sounds like diamond, didn't, errand, hadn't, leaden
- DE8 β a stupid person; airhead; birdbrain; blockhead; bonehead sounds like redhead
- DE10 β sounds like redheaded
- DE4 β sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion; to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis; to change the course or direction of (something); adamant; adamantine sounds like chef, dare, doff
- DE6 β sounds like beckon
- DE8 β
- DE4 β the senior member of a group; doyen; elder; elder statesman; Γ©minence grise sounds like bean, dawn, din, dine, don
DO
- DO6 β a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember; a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest; something that decorates or beautifies; dingus; doohickey sounds like dad
EN
- EN6 β sounds like any, knead, need
FA
- FA4 β to cease to be visible; to make white or whiter by removing color; to lose bodily strength or vigor; dematerialize; disappear sounds like aid, aide, bade
- FA5 β lacking intensity of color; to cease to be visible; to make white or whiter by removing color; dull; dulled sounds like jaded
- FA6 β as in ignited, triggered; as in swung, swayed; to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area; ignited; inflamed sounds like and, band, canned, feigned, fend
HA
- HA4 β a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded; a place, space, or direction away from or beyond a central point or line; an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information; angle; aspect sounds like and, band, canned, hind, honed
- HA6 β to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption; to shift possession of (something) from one person to another; to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another; delivered; fed sounds like candid
- HA7 β sounds like standoff
HE
- HE4 β the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth; the place of leadership or command; a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid; bean; block sounds like a**, bed, dead, fed, had
- HE6 β to go on a specified course or in a certain direction; to be at the front of; to be in charge of; bore; made sounds like wedded
- HE5 β
- HE7 β sounds like bend, decade, end, fend, hand
NA
- NA4 β sounds like con, don, john, knob, knock
- NA4 β sounds like nod
- NA4 β sounds like manna
OD
- OD4 β as in music halls, theaters-in-the-round; arena theaters; music halls; playhouses; theaters-in-the-round sounds like aria, audio, idea
OF
- OF7 β made or done without previous thought or preparation; as in casually, carelessly; ad hoc; ad-lib; down and dirty sounds like hand, longhand
- OF9 β made or done without previous thought or preparation; ad hoc; ad-lib; down and dirty; extemporaneous sounds like backhanded, candid, founded, funded, handle