NYT π CluesβFri. 22 September, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: g a d n o p r
- Total Answers: 47
- Pangrams: 2
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AG
- AG4 β sounds like actor, after, amber, anchor, anger
- AG4 β having or showing signs of eagerly awaiting something; showing urgent desire or interest; agape; anticipant; anticipatory sounds like afar, ajar, allot, atop, awash
- AG5 β sounds like aboard, abort, accord, adore, adorn
AN
- AN6 β
AR
- AR5 β sounds like bargain, crayon, forgone, j*, organ
DA
- DA4 β deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure; to a great degree; as in dash, darn; accursed; blasted sounds like bang, dung, fang, gang, hang
DO
- DO5 β
- DO6 β sounds like darn, darned, gap, kidnap
- DO4 β a person who lacks good sense or judgment; as in ding, clang; berk; booby; charlie sounds like dang, daub, dawn, dung, long
DR
- DR4 β to cause to follow by applying steady force on; to move or act slowly; to move slowly; draw; hale sounds like brag, rag
- DR6 β a bad-tempered scolding woman; a bad-tempered scolding woman; battle-ax; fury; harpy sounds like organ, ragged, ration, wagon
- DR7 β to cause (a person) to give in to pressure; as in cavalryman, cuirassier; blackjack; coerce; compel
GA
- GA4 β having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind; filled with an intense or excessive love for; balmy; barmy; bats sounds like goggle, saga
- GA4 β a group of people working together on a task; a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially; a group involved in secret or criminal activities; army; band sounds like bang, dang, fang
GO
- GO4 β something that arouses action or activity; to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action; to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object; boost; encouragement sounds like bode, code, gauche, gird, guide
- GO5 β sounds like bond, conned, fond, gained, glad
- GO4 β as in ding, clang; chink; clang; clank; clash sounds like gall, gang, gauze, long, pong
- GO5 β sounds like donna, mana
- GO4 β based on sound reasoning or information; conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue; according to the rules of logic; commonsense; commonsensible sounds like could, gird, guide, hood, should
- GO4 β to take place; to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point; a stupid person; be; befall sounds like boon, dune, gain, gun
- GO4 β as in gunk, goo; crud; goo; guck; gunk sounds like coop, coupe, dupe, gap, group
- GO6 β as in fishwife; fishwife; battle-ax; dragon lady; fury sounds like organ
- GO4 β sounds like warp
GR
- GR4 β an individual part of a process, series, or ranking; degree of excellence; one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic; chapter; cut sounds like brad, glad
- GR4 β sounds like bran
- GR5 β large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception; coming before all others in importance; not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it; august; baronial sounds like brand, gland
- GR7 β sounds like branded
- GR8 β sounds like branded
- GR7 β
- GR9 β
- GR8 β
- GR6 β
- GR5 β a crying out in grief; a long low sound indicating pain or grief; to utter a moan; howl; keen sounds like crone, drone
- GR4 β a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk; alcohol; aqua vitae; ardent spirits; booze sounds like frog
NO
- NO7 β sounds like bargain, collagen, dragon, handgun, jargon
OR
- OR5 β sounds like rang
- OR5 β a publication that appears at regular intervals; something used to achieve an end; as in pianist, guitarist; book; bulletin
PA
- PA5 β as in godless, atheistic; a person who does not worship the God of the Bible; as in polytheist; atheistic; godless sounds like bacon, bagel, basin, begun, cajun
- PA6 β as in synagogue, mosque; mosque; shul; synagogue; church sounds like abode, ago, ayatollah, bugeyed, episode
- PA4 β as in hurt, stab; a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body; as in contraction, pains; hurt; pain sounds like bang, dang, fang, gang, hang
- PA7 β someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation; beau ideal; classic; eidolon; exemplar sounds like marathon, whereupon
PO
- PO4 β sounds like logo
- PO4 β sounds like long, pang, pause, paw, pawn
PR
- PR5 β as in tine; as in bayonet, pike; tine; pinpoint; barb sounds like pong, throng, wrong
- PR10 β ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc.; ballyhoo; boost; buildup; campaign
RA
- RA4 β sounds like saga
- RA4 β to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates; to form a circle around; to travel completely around; bonged; chimed sounds like bang, dang, fang, gang, hang