Get the answer to the NYT Spelling Bee clue “Bette Davis: ‘WHAT … A (crummy place to live)!!’”, starting with the letters du.
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verb
- To let (something) fall in or as if in a heap or mass
"He dumped his clothes on the bed."
- To get rid of (something or someone) in an abrupt and often casual or careless way
"I dumped the old coffee down the drain."
- Jettison
"an airplane dumping gasoline"
- To knock down beat
"the man rushed out and dumped him"
- To sell in quantity at a very low price
- To copy (data in a computer's internal storage) to an external storage or output device
- To hit or throw short and softly
"dump a pass to a running back"
- To hit (a puck) deep into the opponent's zone in ice hockey
- To fall abruptly plunge
- To dump refuse
noun
- An accumulation of refuse and discarded materials
- A place where such materials are dumped
- A quantity of reserve materials accumulated at one place
- A place where such materials are stored
"ammunition dump"
- A disorderly, slovenly, or objectionable place
- The act of copying data from a computer's internal storage to an external storage or output device
"The output is a screen dump =a transfer of the data displayed on a computer screen to a dot matrix printer."
- An act of defecation
noun
- An automotive truck for the transportation of bulk material that has a body which tilts to dump its contents
noun
- The act or an instance of comprehensively and uncritically expressing and recording one's thoughts and ideas (as on a particular topic)
"Instead, Shafer recommends doing a brain dump—getting workflow, ideas, commitments, and to-do lists out of your head and onto a physical list and calendar."
idiom
- To pass solid waste from the body
noun
- A place where dangerous waste is left usually illegally
"The site has become a toxic (waste) dump."
noun
- Damaging information about a political candidate that is gathered and used or made public usually by an opponent's camp
"“I mean, everybody has oppo on their opponents, but nobody admits it.”"
idiom
- To give (something) to someone suddenly even though he or she did not want it or expect it
"Another major problem was dumped into her lap."
noun
- An area of land where people can dump things that are no longer useful or wanted and that are being thrown out
This clue was used on January 7, 2026.