Ben Willenbring

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NYT 🐝 Cluesβ€”Fri. 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! 🀣

AG

  1. AG4 β€” sounds like actor, after, amber, anchor, anger
  2. 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
  3. AG5 β€” sounds like aboard, abort, accord, adore, adorn

AN

  1. AN6 β€”

AR

  1. AR5 β€” sounds like bargain, crayon, forgone, j*, organ

DA

  1. 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

  1. DO5 β€”
  2. DO6 β€” sounds like darn, darned, gap, kidnap
  3. 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

  1. 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
  2. DR6 β€” a bad-tempered scolding woman; a bad-tempered scolding woman; battle-ax; fury; harpy sounds like organ, ragged, ration, wagon
  3. DR7 β€” to cause (a person) to give in to pressure; as in cavalryman, cuirassier; blackjack; coerce; compel

GA

  1. 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
  2. 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

  1. 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
  2. GO5 β€” sounds like bond, conned, fond, gained, glad
  3. GO4 β€” as in ding, clang; chink; clang; clank; clash sounds like gall, gang, gauze, long, pong
  4. GO5 β€” sounds like donna, mana
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. GO4 β€” as in gunk, goo; crud; goo; guck; gunk sounds like coop, coupe, dupe, gap, group
  8. GO6 β€” as in fishwife; fishwife; battle-ax; dragon lady; fury sounds like organ
  9. GO4 β€” sounds like warp

GR

  1. 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
  2. GR4 β€” sounds like bran
  3. 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
  4. GR7 β€” sounds like branded
  5. GR8 β€” sounds like branded
  6. GR7 β€”
  7. GR9 β€”
  8. GR8 β€”
  9. GR6 β€”
  10. 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
  11. GR4 β€” a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk; alcohol; aqua vitae; ardent spirits; booze sounds like frog

NO

  1. NO7 β€” sounds like bargain, collagen, dragon, handgun, jargon

OR

  1. OR5 β€” sounds like rang
  2. OR5 β€” a publication that appears at regular intervals; something used to achieve an end; as in pianist, guitarist; book; bulletin

PA

  1. 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
  2. PA6 β€” as in synagogue, mosque; mosque; shul; synagogue; church sounds like abode, ago, ayatollah, bugeyed, episode
  3. 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
  4. PA7 β€” someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation; beau ideal; classic; eidolon; exemplar sounds like marathon, whereupon

PO

  1. PO4 β€” sounds like logo
  2. PO4 β€” sounds like long, pang, pause, paw, pawn

PR

  1. PR5 β€” as in tine; as in bayonet, pike; tine; pinpoint; barb sounds like pong, throng, wrong
  2. 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

  1. RA4 β€” sounds like saga
  2. 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

agar, agog, agora, angora, argon, dang, doggo, dognap, dong, drag, dragon, dragoon, gaga, gang, goad, gonad, gong, gonna, good, goon, goop, gorgon, gorp, grad, gran, grand, grandad, granddad, grandpa, grandpapa, grandpop, grappa, groan, grog, nonagon, orang, organ, pagan, pagoda, pang, paragon, pogo, pong, prong, propaganda, raga, rang