Clues for the word "SPELL"
We've had 136 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 282 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on December 28, 2025.
Definition of spell
- n. - A spelk, or splinter.
- v. t. - To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.
- n. - The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead.
- n. - The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks.
- n. - One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells.
- n. - A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell.
- n. - A story; a tale.
- n. - A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.
- v. t. - To tell; to relate; to teach.
- v. t. - To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
- v. t. - To constitute; to measure.
- v. t. - To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.
- v. t. - To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.
- v. i. - To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing.
- v. i. - To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study.
Referring Clues
- Period of time
- Magic effect
- Hex
- Relieve, as for a break
- It may be cast by a witch
- Participate in a bee
- What a wizard casts
- Magic act?
- Short time
- Wizard's incantation
- Turn of work
- Trance
- Be in a bee
- Magic weapon?
- Compete in a bee
- Be in a bee?
- Kind of checker
- Incantation
- What a 9-Down might help you do
- Say "C-H-E-E-S-E"?
- While
- Period
- Fill in for
- Cast thing
- Length of time
- Amount to
- "How do you ___ relief?"
- Say "B-O-O"?
- Bit of witchcraft
- Something to cast
- Relieve temporarily
- Say "C-A-T" or "D-O-G," e.g.
- Brief period
- Punishment from a witch
- Say "B-A-D-G-E," e.g.
- Take turns
- Say "B-O-O"?
- Say W-H-E-N
- Hogwarts curriculum part
- Witch's work
- Say, "B-E-E," say
- Witch's incantation
- Weapon for Harry Potter
- Join a bee
- Relieve
- Time period
- Form a word
- Order letters
- Enchantment
- State of enchantment
- Wizard's work
- Participate in a Scripps-sponsored event
- Hogwarts lesson
- Charm
- Write letters?
- Bit of witch's work
- Magic formula
- It can be hot or cold
- Stretch
- Stint
- One cast in a Harry Potter film
- Read letters?
- Witch's charm
- Magic charm
- Take over for
- Magical incantation
- Say "B-E-E," say
- Participate in a certain bee
- Wizard's casting
- Magic phrase
- Magical saying
- Say "A-M-E-R-I-C-A"
- Witch work
- Short period of enchantment
- A short period of enchantment
- Hide words from the kids, maybe
- "I Put a ___ on You"
- Charm - time
- Penny goes into market for a while
- Name in order the letters of the alphabet involved
- Magic formula - period of time
- Period of time - bewitching utterance
- Time to identify all the characters
- Short period
- Magic words - period of time
- Short time - magical incantation
- Result in charming words
- Bewitching incantation
- Name letters of a word
- Period (of enchantment?)
- Charm - recite letters in word
- Briefly fill in for
- Expecto Patronum, for one
- Say W-H-A-T, e.g.?
- Dungeons & Dragons weapon
- Magic period?
- Witch's hex
- Take my place awhile, it's enchanting
- Charming period
- Period charm
- Give the letters of a magic formula
- Period Harry Potter's familiar with?
- Signify magic formula
- Form letters?
- Witch's formula
- Witch's curse
- One might be cast in a Harry Potter film
- Magical bit of bowling?
- Short period of time
- Magic words
- Effect of a love potion
- Orthographize
- Sorcerer's work
- What a wizard may cast
- Time for a magic formula
- Give a breather
- Cold or dry period
- Order letters?
- Sorcerer's creation
- Sing "R-E-S-P-E-C-T," say?
- Bit of bewitchment
- Magic saying
- Say "S-W-I-F-T," e.g.
- Wizard's creation
- One often cast in fantasy movies
- Say "M-U-R-R-A-Y-A," for example
- Bit of magic
- One might be cold or dry
- Something you need to do to solve crosswords
- One cast in a fantasy movie
- Nina Simone's "I Put a ___ on You"
- Participate in a bee with many letters
- Say "C-H-E-E-S-E"?
- Something that may be cast
- Warlock's creation
- Write some letters
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - December 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 16, 2025
- LA Times - December 12, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 10, 2025
- LA Times - October 30, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 13, 2025
- Daily American - August 20, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 14, 2025
- New York Times - July 08, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 06, 2025
- Daily American - June 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 16, 2025
- LA Times - April 09, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 13, 2025
- LA Times - March 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 11, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 31, 2024
- New York Times - December 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 23, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 01, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 13, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 15, 2024
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