NYT 🐝 Clues—Mon. 15 August, 2022

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

Letters: e  a  i  j  l  n  v

  • Total Answers: 46
  • Pangrams: 2
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AL

  1. AL5 — being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own; not being a vital part of or belonging to something synonyms—foreign, nonnative, accidental, adventitious, external
  2. AL5 — having or showing life; marked by much life, movement, or activity; being in effective operation synonyms—animate, breathing, live, living, quick sounds like—live
  3. AL6 — an ** of a genetic locus having more than two allelic forms within a population sounds like—addle, agile, annul, apple, lull

AN

  1. AN6 — to make stronger (as through hardship) synonyms—temper, fortify, harden, indurate, inure sounds like—aunt

EA

  1. EA4 — the lower border of a roof that overhangs the wall —usually used in plural; a projecting edge (as of a hill) —usually used in plural sounds like—eel, eke, h, l, thieve

EL

  1. EL4 — as in passion, ardor synonyms—ardor, fervor, fire, passion, zeal sounds like—align, alone, oven, sullen
  2. EL6 — a number that is one more than 10; the 11th in a set or series; something having 11 units or members; especially : a football team sounds like—leaven

EN

  1. EN7 — to give life, vigor, or spirit to synonyms—amp (up), animate, brace, energize, fillip

EV

  1. EV4 — not merely this but also; to a full extent or degree synonyms—indeed, nay, truly, verily, yea sounds like—been, bin, chin, din, easing
  2. EV4 — that which is morally unacceptable synonyms—bad, doing, ill, immorality, iniquity sounds like—eagle, easel, oval, we

IN

  1. IN5 — having no meaning synonyms—empty, meaningless, pointless, senseless
  2. IN5 — a navel that is concave sounds like—any, eerie, guinea, iffy, itchy

JA

  1. JA7 — a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade synonyms—lance, pike, pikestaff, shaft, spear sounds like—cavalier
  2. JA8 — peccary sounds like—avalanche, gasoline

JE

  1. JE4 — (**) Louis (Rodolphe) 1807—1873 American (Swiss-born) naturalist sounds like—bean, dean, gee, genie, gin
  2. JE4 — to take on a definite form; to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling y synonyms—crystallize, form, shape (up), solidify, clot sounds like—bell, cell, dell, fell, gem

JI

  1. JI4 — not being or expressing what one appears to be or express synonyms—artificial, backhanded, counterfeit, double, double-dealing sounds like—arrive, chive, dive, five, hive

LA

  1. LA4 — as in byway, way synonyms—bypath, byway, **way, approach, avenue sounds like—arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign
  2. LA4 — to flow along or against synonyms—bathe, lap, lip, splash, wash sounds like—cave, gave

LE

  1. LE4 — to set or cause to be at an angle; to show a liking or proneness (for something); to place reliance or trust synonyms—angle, cant, cock, heel, incline sounds like—bean, c, dean, gene, g
  2. LE5 — to cause to remain behind; to give by means of a will; to give up (a job or office) synonyms—abandon, desert, forsake, maroon, quit sounds like—eave, eve, heave
  3. LE6 — as in enliven, invigorate synonyms—animate, charge, enliven, invigorate, endue sounds like—eleven, heaven, seven
  4. LE5 — a bank of earth constructed to control water; a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers synonyms—dam, dike, embankment, head, dock sounds like—bevy, heavy
  5. LE5 — the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement synonyms—degree, echelon, footing, place, position sounds like—bevel, devil, revel

LI

  1. LI4 — a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law; the security interest created by a mortgage sounds like—bean, clean, dean, gene, glean
  2. LI4 — a series of persons or things arranged one behind another; a way of acting or proceeding; the activity by which one regularly makes a living synonyms—column, cue, file, queue, range sounds like—align, dine, fine, lain, lane
  3. LI6 — as in straight, linear synonyms—linear, right, straight
  4. LI5 — as in dirty laundry synonyms—dirty laundry, dirt, gossip, scuttlebutt, talebearing
  5. LI4 — to have a home; to have life synonyms—abide, dwell, reside, be, breathe sounds like—a**, arrive, chive, dive, five
  6. LI5 — to give life, vigor, or spirit to synonyms—amp (up), animate, brace, energize, en* sounds like—leaven

NA

  1. NA5 — lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment; free from any intent to deceive or impress others; readily taken advantage of synonyms—aw-shucks, dewy, dewy-eyed, green, ingenuous sounds like—achieve, arrive, chive, dive, eave
  2. NA4 — the hub of a wheel sounds like—cave, gave, nerve, pave, rave
  3. NA5 — a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest synonyms—axis, base, capital, center, central sounds like—novel

NE

  1. NE4 — an endangered goose (Branta sandvicensis synonym Nesochen sandvicensis) of the Hawaiian Islands that usually inhabits waterless uplands and feeds on berries and vegetation sounds like—bean, dean, gene, keen, knead

NI

  1. NI4 — as in last word, hot ticket synonyms—buzz, chic, craze, dernier cri, enthusiasm sounds like—been, bin, chin, din, fin

VA

  1. VA4 — an area of lowland between hills or mountains synonyms—dale, dene, hollow, valley sounds like—ail, ale, avail, bail, bale
  2. VA5 — a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid synonyms—cock, faucet, gate, spigot, stopcock
  3. VA4 — Sir Henry 1613—1662 the Younger English statesman sounds like—arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign

VE

  1. VE4 — to kill and dress (a calf) for ** sounds like—deal, eel, feel, heal, heel
  2. VE4 — something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth synonyms—blanket, cloak, cope, cover, cover-up sounds like—ail, ale, avail, bail, bale
  3. VE4 — a distinctive way of putting ideas into words synonyms—fashion, locution, manner, mode, phraseology sounds like—arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign
  4. VE5 — open to improper influence and especially bribery synonyms—bribable, corruptible, dirty, purchasable sounds like—penal, renal, vinyl
  5. VE6 — worthy of forgiveness synonyms—condonable, excusable, forgivable, pardonable, remissible sounds like—genial

VI

  1. VI4 — not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable; not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency; unpleasant to look at synonyms—bad, dark, evil, immoral, iniquitous sounds like—aisle, bile, file, guile, isle
  2. VI10 — as in sonnet, ode synonyms—anacreontic, clerihew, dithyramb, eclogue, elegy sounds like—venal
  3. VI4 — to be unsuccessful synonyms—bomb, collapse, crater, fail, flame out sounds like—dine, fine, line, mine, pine

alien, alive, allele, anneal, eave, elan, eleven, enliven, even, evil, inane, innie, javelin, javelina, jean, jell, jive, lane, lave, lean, leave, leaven, levee, level, lien, line, lineal, linen, live, liven, naive, nave, navel, nene, nine, vale, valve, vane, veal, veil, vein, venal, venial, vile, villanelle, vine