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
- 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
- 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
- AG6 — as in sparkling, shimmering synonyms—aglitter, blinding, coruscant, flaring, flashing sounds like—gleam, uglier, ugly
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- AL6 — to state as a fact usually forcefully synonyms—affirm, assert, aver, avouch, avow sounds like—fledge, ledge, pledge
AM
- AM7 — a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things synonyms—admixture, alloy, ***ation, blend, cocktail
- AM10 — to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout synonyms—blend, combine, comingle, commingle, commix
AN
- 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
- 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
- EA5 — having unusually keen vision synonyms—clear-sighted, hawkeyed, lynx-eyed, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted sounds like—evil, gull, legal, ogle, regal
- EA6 — a young eagle sounds like—glut
EL
- EL7 — having or showing elegance; having qualities that appeal to a refined taste synonyms—classy, courtly, fine, graceful, handsome sounds like—arrogant
EN
- 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
- 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
- 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
- EN12 — something that catches and holds synonyms—mesh(es), morass, net, noose, quagmire
GA
- GA4 — having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind synonyms—balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bedlam sounds like—goggle, saga
- GA4 — something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise synonyms—guarantee, guaranty, pawn, pledge, security sounds like—age, cage
- GA6 — as in swarm, school synonyms—colony, covey, pack, plump, pod sounds like—giggle, goggle, google, gurgle, haggle
- GA4 — a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something synonyms—carnival, celebration, fest, festival, festivity
- 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
- GA4 — a sudden intense expression of strong feeling synonyms—agony, blaze, burst, ebullition, eruption sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, dale
- GA7 — a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried synonyms—cake, croquette, cutlet, fritter, patty sounds like—gullet
- GA4 — a deep-seated ill will; shameless boldness synonyms—animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, bad blood sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, fall
- 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
- 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
- GA7 — an Indonesian orchestra made up especially of percussion instruments (such as gongs, xylophones, and drums) sounds like—gumption
- 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
- GA5 — a camera that detects the radiation from a radioactive tracer injected into the body and is used especially in medical diagnostic scanning
- 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
- 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
- GE5 — a cosmetic gel; a jellied food : an edible jelly sounds like—belly, gaily, galley, girlie, glee
- GE4 — to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality synonyms—castrate, damp, dampen, deaden, dehydrate sounds like—belt, dealt, felt, gilt, guest
- 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
- GE4 — an adult male human being synonyms—bastard, bloke, buck, cat, chap sounds like—bent, cent, dent, jaunt, jest
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- GL4 — to make (someone or something) orous or more orous —usually used with up —sometimes used with out sounds like—clam, gram, lamb
- GL5 — the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible synonyms—blaze, flare, fluorescence, glare, glow sounds like—a*
- GL5 — as in gather, reap synonyms—gather, harvest, reap, plant, sow sounds like—clean, green, lean, lien
- 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
- GL4 — a narrow valley synonyms—combe, dale, dell, hollow, shut-in
GN
- 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
- LE5 — permitted by law; following or according to the rules synonyms—lawful, legit, legitimate, licit, clean sounds like—eagle, il*, regal
- LE6 — a person sent on a mission to represent another synonyms—agent, ambassador, de**, emissary, envoy sounds like—gait, gate, late
- LE7 — a person who has the right to inherit property synonyms—heir, heir at law, inheritor
MA
- MA4 — a person skilled in using supernatural forces synonyms—charmer, conjurer, enchanter, Magian, magician sounds like—badge
- MA7 — fuchsin; a deep purplish red sounds like—agenda
- 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
- MA7 — a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field synonyms—baron, captain, czar, king, lion
- MA6 — something that attracts interest synonyms—attraction, draw, lodestone
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ME4 — unusually large synonyms—astronomical, Brobdingnagian, bumper, colossal, cosmic
- ME7 — an unorganized collection or mixture of various things synonyms—agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, botch sounds like—clang, mailing, selling, slang
NA
- 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
- 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
- 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
- TA7 — a departure from the subject under consideration synonyms—aside, digression, divagation, excursion sounds like—pageant, pungent, tenant, transient
- TA6 — a state of mental uncertainty synonyms—bafflement, bamboozlement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderedness sounds like—angle, dangle, mangle, tingle, wangle
TE
- TE7 — as in underage, preteen synonyms—ephebic, minor, preteen, subadult, underage