Get the answer to the NYT Spelling Bee clue “Prepared food.”, starting with the letters co.
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verb
- To prepare (food) for eating by a heating process
"Cook the vegetables over low heat for 10 minutes."
- Concoct, fabricate
- To alter (something, such as records) with the intention of deceiving or misleading falsify, doctor
"The point is that every country's numbers are the result of a specific set of testing and accounting regimes. Everyone is cooking the data, one way or another."
- To subject (something) to the action of heat or fire during preparation
"Agents discovered a recipe for cooking meth at his lab …"
- to prepare (food) for eating by a heating process
- concoct, fabricate —usually used with up
- to alter (something, such as records) with the intention of deceiving or misleading : falsify, doctor
- To prepare food for eating especially by means of heat
"We're too busy to cook tonight."
- To undergo the action of being cooked
"The rice is cooking now."
- Occur, happen
"She tried to find out what was cooking in the committee."
- To perform, do, or proceed well
"The jazz quartet was cooking along."
- to prepare (food) for eating by a heating process
- concoct, fabricate —usually used with up
- to alter (something, such as records) with the intention of deceiving or misleading : falsify, doctor
noun
- A breakfast that includes cooked foods, such as eggs and meat
idiom
- Completely cooked
"Are the potatoes cooked through?"
adjective
- Hard-boiled
"hard-cooked eggs"
adjective
- Made and eaten at home
"After a week on the road, he couldn't wait to have a home-cooked meal."
noun
- An unripened cheese made from curd that has been cooked to a soft consistency
verb
- To fire as a result of overheating
idiomatic phrase
- To alter official accounting records in order to deceive or mislead
"Congress cooked the books with phony spending cuts and accounting gimmickry to appear to reduce the federal deficit."
noun
- An airtight utensil for quick cooking or preserving of foods by means of high-temperature steam under pressure
- A situation or environment that is fraught with emotional or social pressures
idiom
- To make it certain that someone will fail, lose, etc.
"They were already trailing, and that last goal really cooked their goose."
This clue was used on August 29, 2025.
This clue has been used several times with the same answer. It also appeared on these dates:
January 7, 2025