NYT 🐝 Clues—Fri. 23 September, 2022

Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.

Letters: b  a  g  n  o  r  z

  • Total Answers: 34
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AR

  1. AR5 — a wooden shelter in a garden that is shaped like an arch and that plants grow over synonyms—bower, pergola, awning, canopy, ceiling sounds like—barber, h*

BA

  1. BA4 — a rich cake soaked in a rum and sugar syrup sounds like—bobby

  2. BA6 — a ** (Papio hamadryas) that has a reddish-pink muzzle and a large bare patch of pink skin on each buttock and that was venerated by the ancient Egyptians —called also sacred ** sounds like—buffoon

  3. BA6 — as in comedian, wit synonyms—comedian, comedienne, comic, droll, farceur sounds like—bonanza

  4. BA4 — without delay synonyms—directly, forthwith, headlong, immediately, incontinently

  5. BA6 — a broad-trunked tropical tree (Adansonia digitata) of the silk-cotton family that is native to Africa and has an edible acidic fruit resembling a gourd and bark used in making paper, cloth, and rope; also : any of several related trees chiefly of Madagascar and Australia sounds like—blob, blobby, bobby, bombast, buyback

  6. BA4 — an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings synonyms—affront, brickbat, cut, dart, dig sounds like—borrow, garb

  7. BA4 — a gathering for the purpose of erecting a ** sounds like—born, borrow, darn, yarn

  8. BA5 — a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field synonyms—captain, czar, king, lion, lord

  9. BA6 — an establishment where goods are sold to consumers synonyms—emporium, shop, store sounds like—afar, ajar, buzz, buzzer, buzzing

  10. BA5 — sounds like—buzz, buzzer, kazoo

BO

  1. BO4 — an Old World wild hog (Sus scrofa) from which most domestic swine have been derived sounds like—balk, ball, bar, bare, bawl

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  3. BO7 — something that brings a large gain or profit; a huge amount synonyms—jackpot, treasure trove, benefit, boon, godsend sounds like—banana

  4. BO6 — a candy with chocolate or fondant coating and fondant center that sometimes contains fruits and nuts; something that is pleasing in a light or frivolous way sounds like—bargain, carbon, robin

  5. BO4 — to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates synonyms—chime, knell, peal, ring, toll sounds like—balk, ball, bang, bawl, long

  6. BO5 — an African antelope (Tragelaphus eurycerus synonym Boocerus euryceros) that is chestnut red with narrow white vertical stripes and is found in forests from Sierra Leone to Kenya sounds like—bingo

  7. BO6 — a rare anthropoid ape (Pan paniscus) that has a more slender build and longer limbs than the related common chimpanzee (P. troglodytes) and that inhabits a small geographic region in equatorial Africa south of the Congo River —called also pygmy chimpanzee sounds like—banjo, barb, barbed, barber, barrio

  8. BO4 — an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy synonyms—blunder, bobble, boo-boo, brick, clanger sounds like—babe, bib, buoy

  9. BO6 — an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy synonyms—blunder, bobble, boob, brick, clanger

  10. BO4 — likely to seek or enjoy the company of others synonyms—clubbable, clubby, companionable, convivial, extroverted sounds like—ban, bane, bean, been, bin

  11. BO4 — a person whose behavior is offensive to others synonyms—bastard, beast, bleeder, blighter, bounder sounds like—bar, bare, bear, beer, bull

  12. BO4 — being such from birth or by nature; belonging to a particular place by birth or origin synonyms—congenital, natural, aboriginal, autochthonous, domestic sounds like—barn, corn, horn, mourn, shorn

  13. BO5 — a metalloid chemical element that is found in nature only in combination and that is used especially in borosilicate glass and detergents sounds like—bun, burden, burgeon, burn, burne

  14. BO4 — a foolish or incompetent person sounds like—arose, barrow, beau, bellow, below

BR

  1. BR4 — of the very best kind synonyms—A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner sounds like—bag, drag, rag

  2. BR4 — the edible broken seed coats of cereal grain separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting sounds like—ban

  3. BR6 — a heavy shoe; especially : a coarse work shoe reaching to the ankle

GA

  1. GA4 — clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation; the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality synonyms—costume, drag, dress, getup, guise sounds like—barb, gob, guard

  2. GA8 — chickpea sounds like—argon, bronze, bronzed, carbine, carbon

GR

  1. GR4 — to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly synonyms—bag, capture, catch, collar, cop sounds like—crab, drab

NA

  1. NA5 — one of high position or importance within a group synonyms—big, big boy, big cheese, big gun, big leaguer sounds like—abbot, babble, cabin, dabble, habit

NO

  1. NO4 — a person who has recently started a particular activity : newbie sounds like—knew, knob, lube, nab, new

RA

  1. RA6 — an unorganized collection or mixture of various things synonyms—agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, botch sounds like—airbag, bag, gag, halfback, handbag

arbor, baba, baboon, banana, bang, baobab, barb, barn, baron, bazaar, bazoo, boar, boba, bonanza, bonbon, bong, bongo, bonobo, boob, booboo, boon, boor, born, boron, bozo, brag, bran, brogan, garb, garbanzo, grab, nabob, noob, ragbag