Word "SPELL" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
indicate or signify
Synonyms:
import
Examples:
I'm afraid this spells trouble!

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a verbal formula believed to have magical force
Synonyms:
charm, magic spell, magical spell
Examples:
he whispered a spell as he moved his hands

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
Synonyms:
write
Examples:
He spelled the word wrong in this letter

Crossword Clues for SPELL

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Clue Source Date
Time for magic words (5) Puzzler Cryptic 16 Dec 2025
Bit of witchcraft LA Times Daily 12 Dec 2025
*Magical incantation that is cast by waving 24a
Charm of exchange involving papa The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Dec 2025
Incantation Puzzler Backwords 17 Nov 2025
Magic formula (5) Mirror Quick 04 Nov 2025
Arrange letters for a while (5) Mirror Cryptic 04 Nov 2025
Magic formula (5) Mirror Quick 02 Nov 2025
Arrange letters for a while (5) Mirror Cryptic 02 Nov 2025
A wizard may cast it Premier Sunday 02 Nov 2025
Write some letters LA Times Daily 30 Oct 2025
Period charm (5) The Guardian Cryptic 30 Oct 2025
"I Put a ___ on You," song by "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins that a witch might sing at Fright Night Karaoke
Bit of witchcraft LA Times Mini 17 Oct 2025
It's cast by a wizard USA Today 20 Sep 2025
Term read laboriously letter by letter The Times Cryptic 10 Sep 2025
It may be cast in "Harry Potter" films
Magic incantation Commuter 08 Sep 2025
Time signal The Times Sunday Cryptic 10 Aug 2025
Magic formula (5) Mirror Quick 26 Jul 2025
Arrange letters for a while (5) Mirror Cryptic 26 Jul 2025
Say letters individually, say The Telegraph Mini 14 Jul 2025
Name letters used for a magic formula (5)
Witch's incantation New York Times 08 Jul 2025
*Magical incantation that is cast by waving 24a
Go letter by letter LA Times Daily 29 Jun 2025
Magic curse
Incantation Puzzler Backwords 26 Jun 2025
Indicate letters used in charm (5)
Give letters of enchantment The Times Quick Cryptic 30 May 2025
Witch's formula Mirror Classic 21 May 2025
Compete in a bee Thomas Joseph 20 May 2025
Magic incantation Commuter 17 May 2025
Sunny ____, period of nice weather The Telegraph Mini 17 May 2025
Magic formula Mirror Quick 13 May 2025
Arrange letters for a while Mirror Cryptic 13 May 2025
Say 'W-A-L-K' USA Today 12 May 2025
Go through the letters for a certain amount of time (5)
Magic formula Mirror Quick 03 May 2025
Arrange letters for a while Mirror Cryptic 03 May 2025
Clarify in detail, - out
Period of time The Times Concise 30 Apr 2025
Hex LA Times Daily 09 Apr 2025
Amount to magic formula (5)
Witch's formula Mirror Classic 06 Apr 2025
Magic formula Mirror Quick 27 Mar 2025
Arrange letters for a while Mirror Cryptic 27 Mar 2025
It may relieve one at work to have a magic formula (5)
Dictate letters
Witch's magic formula The Sun Mini 18 Mar 2025
Time for some magic
A short period of enchantment
*Magical incantation that is cast by waving 24a
CCR's "I Put a ___ on You" (5)
Incantation Universal 05 Mar 2025
Period of time LA Times Daily 02 Mar 2025
Name the letters cast by wizard (5)
Short period of time Mirror Classic 24 Feb 2025
Action in The Sims: Makin' Magic
What Harry Potter might cast (5)
Tell me how to write "sorcery" (5)
Enchantment, hex (5)
A magic influence (5)
Express with letters
Read out letter by letter (5)
Say 'B-O-U-T'? (5)
Tell you it's written "W-H-I-L-E" (5)
Period of enchantment
Hex would last how long? (5)
Magic formula Mirror Quick 05 Jan 2025
Arrange letters for a while Mirror Cryptic 05 Jan 2025
Period of fascination
Participate in a bee Universal 01 Jan 2025
Witch's formula Mirror Classic 14 Dec 2024
Period of time The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 14 Dec 2024
Magic formula Mirror Quick 10 Dec 2024
Arrange letters for a while Mirror Cryptic 10 Dec 2024
Compete in a bee New York Times 09 Dec 2024
Brief period of enchantment The Guardian Quick Cryptic 30 Nov 2024
What a witch might cast The Telegraph Plusword 24 Nov 2024
This provides enchantment for a certain length of time (5)
It will influence you for a time
Go through the letters for something charming (5)
Speciality of a magician for period (5)
Mean to go without Penny? The Times Cryptic 05 Nov 2024
Brief period or stint (5)
Sit a __ Commuter 31 Oct 2024
Make words appear as though by magic? (5)
A magic formula to read letter by letter (5)
A turn at work (5)
Magic formula for a period of time (5) Puzzler Cryptic 12 Oct 2024
Period of time - something magic maybe The Times Quick Cryptic 08 Oct 2024
Arrange letters for a while Mirror Cryptic 07 Oct 2024
Magic formula Mirror Quick 07 Oct 2024
Say, letter by letter, what makes an incantation (5)
Period of time; what might be cast The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 01 Oct 2024
Magic formula Mirror Quick 01 Oct 2024
Arrange letters for a while Mirror Cryptic 01 Oct 2024
Charm for short period The Times Quick Cryptic 25 Sep 2024
Coven try this? The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 20 Sep 2024
Does it work its magic for only a while? (5)
A charming device to put into letters (5)
Arrange letters for a while Mirror Cryptic 01 Sep 2024
That bookie has an old measure of enchantment
Witch's charm
Magic formula Mirror Quick 01 Sep 2024
Witch's formula Mirror Classic 31 Aug 2024
"Come sit a __!" Commuter 31 Aug 2024
How long it took to prove you had magic powers? (5)
Does one need to know the ABC to cast one? (5)
Give the letters of a word
____ out, read letter by letter The Telegraph Mini 21 Aug 2024
Name the letters in a word (5)
Magical incantation Wall Street Journal 17 Aug 2024
Period of time Thomas Joseph 09 Aug 2024
Magic formula Mirror Quick 08 Aug 2024
Arrange letters for a while Mirror Cryptic 08 Aug 2024
One cast by Harry Potter
Conjure up words like magic? (5)
Name, letter by letter, enchantment (5)
Hogwarts curriculum part
What wizard may cast for a time on watch (5)
Magic formula Mirror Quick 25 Jun 2024
Arrange letters for a while Mirror Cryptic 25 Jun 2024
Some time taken to form words
Magic incantation Commuter 17 Jun 2024
Starts to seek peace, exorcising lost love in incantation (5)
List letters for a short time (5)
Magic incantation Commuter 10 Jun 2024
Participate in a bee, say
Period of time doing something
Enchanting period? (5)
Witches' curse
Sound out letter by letter: - the word
Temporarily relieve hex (5)
For a while, it works like a charm (5)
Charm for a length of time (5)
Charming words to put into letters
Conjure words up like magic? (5)
A magic formula letter by letter (5)
It's cast by Harry Potter's wand
It can be entrancing for a while
Magic period? (5)
Witch's magic words Mirror Tea Time 28 Mar 2024
Magic saying
Write letters for a while (5)
Time to read out letters (5)
Short time The Telegraph Quick 08 Mar 2024
A trick of work is to name it letter by letter (5)
*Magical incantation that is cast by waving 24a
Magical bit of bowling? (5)
What's studied for a while at Hogwarts? (5)
Magic formula taking a short time
What letters will give us charm? (5)
Compete in a bee Newsday 13 Feb 2024
Magic formula Mirror Quick 11 Feb 2024
Arrange letters for a while Mirror Cryptic 11 Feb 2024
Say "S-A-Y," say Commuter 05 Feb 2024
Name the letters (5)
It may be a magic way to name the letters (5)
Bit of witchcraft LA Times Daily 29 Jan 2024
Amount to Newsday 27 Jan 2024
Suggest a magical formula
Decipher
Time passed in a trance
Under a ___; mesmerized
Witch’s magic words Mirror Tea Time 04 Jan 2024
Some time taken to identify all the letters (5) Puzzler Cryptic 22 Dec 2023
Something associated with a magician for a period (5)
Arrange letters for a while Mirror Cryptic 09 Dec 2023
Magic formula Mirror Quick 09 Dec 2023
Name letters cast by magician (5)
Magical incantation like "Lumos" that may be cast by Harry Potter
Warlock's creation USA Today 10 Nov 2023
Something that may be cast New York Times 29 Oct 2023
Charm The Telegraph Quick 25 Oct 2023
Write some letters New York Times 29 Sep 2023
Period charm The Times Quick Cryptic 18 Sep 2023
Say "C-H-E-E-S-E"? LA Times Daily 04 Sep 2023
What a witch casts Universal 21 Aug 2023
Bit of witchcraft USA Today 17 Aug 2023
"I Put a ___ On You," 1956 song by Screamin' Jay Hawkins whose missing word is related to 17a
'Accio' or 'Lumos,' e.g. Wall Street Journal 21 Jul 2023
'Obliviate' from Hermione, e.g. Wall Street Journal 18 Jul 2023
Compete in a bee Eugene Sheffer 13 Jul 2023
Provide letters for magical formula The Times Cryptic 17 May 2023
Participate in a bee with many letters Family Time 14 May 2023
"How do you ___ your name?"
Nina Simone's "I Put a __ on You" LA Times Daily 13 Apr 2023
'Lumos' or 'Expecto Patronum,' in the Harry Potter world Wall Street Journal 28 Feb 2023
It may be cast in "Harry Potter" films
One cast in a fantasy movie New York Times 08 Jan 2023
Compete in a bee Newsday 14 Dec 2022
Something you need to do to solve crosswords New York Times 14 Dec 2022
Shift key (right) The Telegraph Toughie 06 Dec 2022
Compete in a bee Newsday 10 Oct 2022
Be in a bee LA Times Daily 25 Sep 2022
Compete in a bee USA Today 06 Jul 2022
Compete in a bee Thomas Joseph 27 Jun 2022
Trance Thomas Joseph 15 Jun 2022
Say 'M-U-R-R-A-Y-A,' for example USA Today 22 Apr 2022
Time for a bit of magic The Times Cryptic 21 Mar 2022
Enchantment for a period of time? The Times Cryptic 18 Feb 2022
Magic formula Irish Times Simplex 01 Jan 2022
One often cast in fantasy movies LA Times Daily 27 Nov 2021
Join a bee Thomas Joseph 18 Nov 2021
Wizard's creation USA Today 28 Oct 2021
Say 'S-W-I-F-T,' e.g USA Today 28 Sep 2021
Period of time Thomas Joseph 21 Sep 2021
Be in a bee LA Times Daily 15 Sep 2021
Be in a bee The Washington Post 15 Sep 2021
Short period Wall Street Journal 26 Jul 2021
Period of time The Washington Post 20 Jul 2021
Period of time LA Times Daily 20 Jul 2021
Turn page, interrupting trick
Bit of bewitchment USA Today 28 May 2021
Sing "R-E-S-P-E-C-T," say? Universal 19 Apr 2021
Period of weather The Telegraph Quick 19 Apr 2021
Compete in a bee Eugene Sheffer 08 Mar 2021
Be in a bee Newsday 03 Mar 2021
Sorcerer's creation USA Today 31 Jan 2021
Period working out in southern lakes
Time to get all the characters in the right order Irish Times Crosaire 31 Dec 2020
Promise to stock some prawns inside
Period The Telegraph Quick 17 Nov 2020
Witch's incantation LA Times Daily 16 Nov 2020
Witch's incantation The Washington Post 16 Nov 2020
Time for magic formula The Sun Two Speed 09 Nov 2020
Incantation The Sun Two Speed 09 Nov 2020
Go letter by letter Jonesin 27 Oct 2020
It may be cast in "Harry Potter" films
Period charm
Time to put letters in order
Order letters? Family Time 02 Aug 2020
Charm The Telegraph Quick 23 Jul 2020
Conjuring aid Premier Sunday 12 Jul 2020
Fire off some letters? Jonesin 09 Jun 2020
Incantation Universal 16 May 2020
Period that's quiet in trade The Telegraph Cryptic 12 May 2020
Witch's hex Newsday 02 Mar 2020
Cold or dry period Universal 29 Dec 2019
Period charm
Give a breather
Give a breather New York Times 13 Dec 2019
Period of time New York Times 10 Dec 2019
Period of time
Compete in a bee Newsday 26 Aug 2019
Time for a magic formula
Time for sorcery
What a wizard may cast The Washington Post 10 Jun 2019
What a wizard may cast LA Times Daily 10 Jun 2019
Say "C-A-T" or "D-O-G," e.g.
Time to get letters in order The Telegraph Toughie 21 Mar 2019
English learners attending special period
Period of time Thomas Joseph 05 Jan 2019
What a wizard may cast
While The Washington Post 25 Nov 2018
While LA Times Daily 25 Nov 2018
Compete in a bee Thomas Joseph 05 Nov 2018
Bit of witchcraft Wall Street Journal 31 Oct 2018
Magic formula Irish Times Simplex 15 Sep 2018
Period of time The Washington Post 30 Jun 2018
Period of time LA Times Daily 30 Jun 2018
One might be cast in a Harry Potter film New York Times 27 May 2018
Magical charm; period The Times Concise 25 May 2018
Be in a bee LA Times Daily 25 Apr 2018
Be in a bee The Washington Post 25 Apr 2018
It's often cast in "Harry Potter" films
Pull or stretch The Telegraph Toughie 02 Mar 2018
Witch's curse Newsday 14 Feb 2018
Form letters? Wall Street Journal 10 Feb 2018
Identify all letters in time The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Jan 2018
Expecto Patronum, for one Wall Street Journal 23 Jan 2018
One might be cast in a Harry Potter film
While
Period of time
Be in a bee
Bit of witchcraft
It may be cold or dry Wall Street Journal 21 Dec 2017
Dungeons & Dragons weapon The Washington Post Sunday 12 Nov 2017
Briefly fill in for Wall Street Journal 04 Nov 2017
Sorcerer's work USA Today 28 Oct 2017
Wizard's casting Newsday 25 Oct 2017
Say W-H-A-T, e.g.? The Washington Post Sunday 22 Oct 2017
Hex Universal 04 Oct 2017
Effect of a love potion USA Today 12 Aug 2017
Participate in a certain bee Universal 15 Jul 2017
Magic formula The Telegraph Quick 09 May 2017
Magic turn The Telegraph Cryptic 02 May 2017
Signify magic formula
Penny goes into market for a while
Say "B-E-E," say USA Today 23 Feb 2017
Signify magic formula
Participate in a certain bee
Effect of a love potion
Sorcerer's work
Hex
Charm, first of pieces put in auction The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Sep 2016
Participate in a bee Family Time 28 Aug 2016
Be in a bee USA Today 26 Jul 2016
Period Wall Street Journal 19 Jul 2016
... mean exchange capturing pawn The Telegraph Toughie 16 Jun 2016
Compete in a bee Wall Street Journal 06 Jun 2016
Write letters in work period
Witch's work Universal 30 May 2016
Incantation The Washington Post 12 Apr 2016
Period Harry Potter's familiar with?
Kind of checker Universal 13 Jan 2016
Hex The Washington Post 08 Jan 2016
Kind of checker
Be in a bee
Brief period New York Times 01 Jan 2016
Witch's work
Brief period
Length of time The Chronicle of Higher Education 11 Dec 2015
Brief period Newsday 26 Nov 2015
Short period The Telegraph Quick 14 Nov 2015
Say 'S-A-Y,' say Wall Street Journal 07 Aug 2015
Hex Newsday 12 Jul 2015
Incantation; short period The Times Concise 21 May 2015
One cast in a Harry Potter film New York Times 13 Mar 2015
Relieve Eugene Sheffer 24 Feb 2015
Compete in a bee LA Times Daily 07 Jan 2015
Witch's wicked work
Hex
"I Put a ___ on You"
Compete in a bee
One cast in a Harry Potter film
Brief period
Compete in a bee
Hex
Say "S-A-Y," say
Length of time
Compete in a bee
Bit of witch's work
Participate in a bee
Bit of witchcraft
Bewitchment
Compete in a bee
Witch's incantation
Hogwarts lesson
Wizard's work
Stretch
Order letters
Write letters?
Amount to, as doom
Short period of enchantment
Incantation
Be in a bee
Wizard's incantation
Wizard's incantation
Participate in a Scripps-sponsored event
Hogwarts lesson
Say "B-A-D-G-E," e.g.
Witch's incantation
Witch's work
Witch's incantation
Be in a bee
Punishment from a witch
Fill in for
Weapon for Harry Potter
Bit of sorcery
Punishment from a witch
Incantation
Order letters
Form a word
It may be cast by a witch
What a 9-Down might help you do
Say "C-A-T" or "D-O-G," e.g.
Participate in a bee
Hex
What a wizard casts
Something to cast
Be in a bee
Period
"How do you ___ relief?"
Amount to
Participate in a bee
Participate in a bee
Say "C-H-E-E-S-E"?
Period
Hex
Hex
Period
Say "B-O-O"?
Hex
Compete in a bee
Kind of checker
Relieve, as for a break
While
Be in a bee
Fill in for
Compete in a bee
Be in a bee?
Fill in for
Cast thing
Hex
Say "C-H-E-E-S-E"?
Cast thing
Love-potion effect
Period of time
Length of time
Relieve temporarily
Magic weapon?
Participate in a bee
Be in a bee
It may be cast
Mind your p's and q's?
Trance
It can be hot or cold
It may be cast
Turn of work
Wizard's weapon
Participate in a bee
Scary thing to be under
Scary thing to be under
Stretch
Brief period
Hex
Length of time
Time period
Wizard's incantation
Witch's weapon
Short time
Witch's weapon
Witch's work
Be in a bee
Incantation
Enchantment
Magic effect
Relieve temporarily
Witch's work
Magic act?
Hex
Short time
Trance
Period of time
Time for a bit of magic
Incantation
Magic act?
Enchantment
Be in a bee
Abracadabra, for one
Take over for
Bit of witchcraft
Enchanted state
Brief period
Witch work
Wizard's weapon
Arrange letters
Incantation
Witch's work
Indefinite time
Be in a bee
Magical power
Relieve
Word with cold or breathing
"How do you _____ relief?"
Trance
Influence
Participate in a certain bee
What Circe cast
Relieve
Something to cast
Bewitched state
Word with hot or cold
Bewitchment
Witch's incantation
Time period
Participate at a bee
Weather period
Circe's magic
Short period
Time sPAce
Charm
Entrancement
Indefinite time
Accio or Glisseo in Harry Potter, e.g.
Incantation.
State of enchantment.
Magic touch?
Cast by Circe.
Period of time: Colloq.
Mage's casting
Relatively short period.
Relieve.
Charm.
Signify.
Puzzle solvers can do it.
Enchantment.
Short period.
Fascination.
Orthographize.
Witch's work.
Period of duty.
Period of work.
Emulate Gloria Lockerman.
Abracadabra.
Irresistible influence.
World of Warcraft attack
Hex
Enchantment
Bit of time
Casting call?
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