Get the answer to the NYT Spelling Bee clue “Did you ever play ‘____, ____, goose’?”, starting with the letters du.
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noun
- Any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs are short, the feet typically webbed, the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes usually different from each other in plumage
- The flesh of any of these birds used as food
"The menu features roast duck."
- A female duck compare drake
- Person, creature
"You lucky duck!"
- Darling
- any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs are short, the feet typically webbed, the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes usually different from each other in plumage —often used figuratively in phrases like have one's ducks in a row, get one's ducks in a row, or put one's ducks in a row to describe being or becoming thoroughly prepared or organized
- the flesh of any of these birds used as food
- a female duck
verb
- To lower the head or body suddenly dodge
- Bow, bob
- To move quickly
- To evade a duty, question, or responsibility
- To plunge under the surface of water
- To descend suddenly dip
- To lower (the head, the body, etc.) quickly bow
- Avoid, evade
"duck the issue"
- To thrust (someone or something) underwater dunk
noun
- An instance of ducking
noun
- A durable closely woven usually cotton fabric
- Light clothes and especially trousers made of duck
noun
- Any of various herbivorous dinosaurs (family Hadrosauridae) of the Late Cretaceous having the jaw elongated into a snout that resembles a beak hadrosaur
"Fossils of a duck-billed dinosaur have turned up in Antarctica, recalling a time 66 million years ago when the now-frozen continent bore forests and a bountiful ecosystem."
noun
- Platypus
noun
- A device for imitating the calls of ducks
noun
- A pronounced and unintended hook in golf
noun
- A thick sauce in Chinese cuisine that contains fruits (such as plums or apricots), vinegar, sweeteners, and seasonings
noun
- Something easy to do
This clue was used on August 29, 2025.