NYT 🐝 Clues—Fri. 9 December, 2022

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

Letters: g  a  e  l  m  n  t

  • Total Answers: 69
  • Pangrams: 2
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AG

  1. AG5 — a fine-grained variegated chalcedony having its colors arranged in stripes, blended in clouds, or showing mosslike forms; something made of or fitted with *: such as; a drawplate used by gold-wire drawers sounds like—abbot, gut, maggot
  2. AG5 — something used to achieve an end; a person who acts or does business for another; a person sent on a mission to represent another synonyms—agency, instrument, instrumentality, machinery, means sounds like—urgent
  3. AG6 — as in sparkling, shimmering synonyms—aglitter, blinding, coruscant, flaring, flashing sounds like—gleam, uglier, ugly
  4. AG5 — the plain or ornamental tag covering the ends of a lace or point; any of various ornamental studs, cords, or pins worn on clothing sounds like—glut

AL

  1. AL4 — a plant or plantlike organism of any of several phyla, divisions, or classes of chiefly aquatic usually chlorophyll-containing nonvascular organisms of polyphyletic origin that usually include the green, yellow-green, brown, and red **e in the eukaryotes and especially formerly the cyanobacteria in the prokaryotes
  2. AL5 — a plant or plantlike organism of any of several phyla, divisions, or classes of chiefly aquatic usually chlorophyll-containing nonvascular organisms of polyphyletic origin that usually include the green, yellow-green, brown, and red * in the eukaryotes and especially formerly the cyanobacteria in the prokaryotes
  3. AL5 — a plant or plantlike organism of any of several phyla, divisions, or classes of chiefly aquatic usually chlorophyll-containing nonvascular organisms of polyphyletic origin that usually include the green, yellow-green, brown, and red algae in the eukaryotes and especially formerly the cyanobacteria in the prokaryotes sounds like—angle
  4. AL6 — to state as a fact usually forcefully synonyms—affirm, assert, aver, avouch, avow sounds like—fledge, ledge, pledge

AM

  1. AM7 — a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things synonyms—admixture, alloy, ***ation, blend, cocktail
  2. AM10 — to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout synonyms—blend, combine, comingle, commingle, commix

AN

  1. AN5 — an innocent or gentle person; one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another; one that helps another with gifts or money synonyms—dove, innocent, lamb, sheep, foregoer sounds like—able, agile, april, cudgel, engine
  2. AN5 — a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded; a way of looking at or thinking about something; something that curves or is curved synonyms—aspect, facet, hand, phase, side sounds like—d*, m*, t*, w*, wr*

EA

  1. EA5 — having unusually keen vision synonyms—clear-sighted, hawkeyed, lynx-eyed, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted sounds like—evil, gull, legal, ogle, regal
  2. EA6 — a young eagle sounds like—glut

EL

  1. EL7 — having or showing elegance; having qualities that appeal to a refined taste synonyms—classy, courtly, fine, graceful, handsome sounds like—arrogant

EN

  1. EN6 — to hold the attention of; to enter into contest or conflict with; to obligate by prior agreement synonyms—absorb, bemuse, busy, catch up, engross
  2. EN10 — the act or state of being engaged to be married; an agreement to be present at a specified time and place; the state of being provided with a paying job synonyms—betrothal, espousal, troth, appointment, assignation
  3. EN8 — to twist together into a usually confused mass; to catch or hold as if in a net; to make complex or difficult synonyms—interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, knot
  4. EN12 — something that catches and holds synonyms—mesh(es), morass, net, noose, quagmire

GA

  1. GA4 — having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind synonyms—balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bedlam sounds like—goggle, saga
  2. GA4 — something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise synonyms—guarantee, guaranty, pawn, pledge, security sounds like—age, cage
  3. GA6 — as in swarm, school synonyms—colony, covey, pack, plump, pod sounds like—giggle, goggle, google, gurgle, haggle
  4. GA4 — a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something synonyms—carnival, celebration, fest, festival, festivity
  5. GA8 — either of two eastern Asian perennial herbs (Alpinia galanga and A. officinarum) of the ginger family with dark green sword-shaped leaves and pungent aromatic rhizomes; the fresh, dried, or ground rhizome of a ** used in cookery as a spice and in medicine sounds like—glottal, goggle
  6. GA4 — a sudden intense expression of strong feeling synonyms—agony, blaze, burst, ebullition, eruption sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, dale
  7. GA7 — a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried synonyms—cake, croquette, cutlet, fritter, patty sounds like—gullet
  8. GA4 — a deep-seated ill will; shameless boldness synonyms—animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, bad blood sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, fall
  9. GA7 — feeling or displaying no fear by temperament; having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature; large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception synonyms—bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty sounds like—talent
  10. GA4 — a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize; a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective; an attitude or manner not to be taken seriously synonyms—bout, competition, contest, event, match sounds like—aim, came, dame, fame
  11. GA7 — an Indonesian orchestra made up especially of percussion instruments (such as gongs, xylophones, and drums) sounds like—gumption
  12. GA6 — a mature male or female germ cell usually possessing a haploid chromosome set and capable of initiating formation of a new diploid individual by fusion with a ** of the opposite sex
  13. GA5 — a camera that detects the radiation from a radioactive tracer injected into the body and is used especially in medical diagnostic scanning
  14. GA4 — 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 synonyms—army, band, brigade, company, crew sounds like—bang, dang, fang
  15. GA4 — a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened; the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure; a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid synonyms—door, hatch, portal, door, doorway sounds like—ate, bait, date, eight, fate

GE

  1. GE5 — a cosmetic gel; a jellied food : an edible jelly sounds like—belly, gaily, galley, girlie, glee
  2. GE4 — to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality synonyms—castrate, damp, dampen, deaden, dehydrate sounds like—belt, dealt, felt, gilt, guest
  3. GE4 — a **tic process that involves nonreciprocal meiotic recombination in heterozygotes in which a mismatched DNA sequence from one heteroduplex DNA strand is replaced with a sequence complementary to the other strand resulting in aberrant gametic ratios (such as 3:1) and that is observed especially in ascomycetous fungi sounds like—bean, dean, gin, jeans, jeep
  4. GE4 — an adult male human being synonyms—bastard, bloke, buck, cat, chap sounds like—bent, cent, dent, jaunt, jest
  5. GE7 — following the established traditions of refined society and good taste; having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living; of high birth, rank, or station synonyms—befitting, correct, de rigueur, decent, decorous
  6. GE6 — not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect; marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low; of high birth, rank, or station synonyms—balmy, benign, bland, delicate, light sounds like—dental, lentil, mental, rental
  7. GE9 — a man of high birth or social position; an adult male human being; an honorable and courteous man synonyms—grandee, lord, milord, nobleman, peer
  8. GE9 — a man of high birth or social position; an adult male human being; an honorable and courteous man synonyms—grandees, lords, milords, noblemen, peers

GL

  1. GL4 — to make (someone or something) orous or more orous —usually used with up —sometimes used with out sounds like—clam, gram, lamb
  2. GL5 — the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible synonyms—blaze, flare, fluorescence, glare, glow sounds like—a*
  3. GL5 — as in gather, reap synonyms—gather, harvest, reap, plant, sow sounds like—clean, green, lean, lien
  4. GL4 — a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter synonyms—cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, festivity, gaiety sounds like—alley, early, flea, flee, gaily
  5. GL4 — a narrow valley synonyms—combe, dale, dell, hollow, shut-in

GN

  1. GN4 — any of various small dipteran flies (families Mycetophilidae and Sciaridae) resembling mosquitoes and having larvae that feed on fungi and decaying organic matter sounds like—bat, cat, chat, fat, hat

LE

  1. LE5 — permitted by law; following or according to the rules synonyms—lawful, legit, legitimate, licit, clean sounds like—eagle, il*, regal
  2. LE6 — a person sent on a mission to represent another synonyms—agent, ambassador, de**, emissary, envoy sounds like—gait, gate, late
  3. LE7 — a person who has the right to inherit property synonyms—heir, heir at law, inheritor

MA

  1. MA4 — a person skilled in using supernatural forces synonyms—charmer, conjurer, enchanter, Magian, magician sounds like—badge
  2. MA7 — fuchsin; a deep purplish red sounds like—agenda
  3. MA5 — dregs, sediment; a thin pasty suspension (as of a precipitate in water); molten rock material within the earth from which igneous rock results by cooling sounds like—alma, asthma, dogma, gamma
  4. MA7 — a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field synonyms—baron, captain, czar, king, lion
  5. MA6 — something that attracts interest synonyms—attraction, draw, lodestone
  6. MA6 — to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently; to look after and make decisions about; to meet one's day-to-day needs synonyms—address, contend (with), cope (with), field, grapple (with)
  7. MA10 — the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something synonyms—administration, care, charge, conduct, control sounds like—adamant, animate, arrangement, banishment, battlement
  8. MA5 — Japanese comic books and graphic novels considered collectively as a genre; also : an individual comic book or graphic novel of the * genre sounds like—mega, mingle, saga
  9. MA5 — any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite sounds like—arrange, change, range
  10. MA6 — to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way synonyms—blow, bobble, boggle, bollix (up), boot sounds like—angle, dangle, mingle, tangle, wangle

ME

  1. ME4 — unusually large synonyms—astronomical, Brobdingnagian, bumper, colossal, cosmic
  2. ME7 — an unorganized collection or mixture of various things synonyms—agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, botch sounds like—clang, mailing, selling, slang

NA

  1. NA7 — a piece of paper, cloth, plastic, or metal that has a person's name written on it and that is attached to the person's clothing sounds like—amateur, amity, amortize, asset, gamut

NE

  1. NE6 — to declare not to be true; to put an end to by formal action; to think not to be true or real synonyms—contradict, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disavow sounds like—begat, beget, berate, bigot, elate

TA

  1. TA4 — an almost imperceptible sign of something; the quality or state of being stimulating to the mind or senses synonyms—breath, flicker, glimmer, hint, suggestion sounds like—bang, dang, fang, gang, hang
  2. TA7 — a departure from the subject under consideration synonyms—aside, digression, divagation, excursion sounds like—pageant, pungent, tenant, transient
  3. TA6 — a state of mental uncertainty synonyms—bafflement, bamboozlement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderedness sounds like—angle, dangle, mangle, tingle, wangle

TE

  1. TE7 — as in underage, preteen synonyms—ephebic, minor, preteen, subadult, underage

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