NYT 🐝 Clues—Mon. 5 December, 2022

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

Letters: l  g  i  r  t  u  y

  • Total Answers: 27
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! đŸ€Ł

GI

  1. GI6 — as in happy, playful synonyms—exuberant, flippant, fluttery, happy, light sounds like—biggie, chili, chilly, dearly, degree

  2. GI4 — a female romantic companion synonyms—gal, girl, girlfriend, inamorata, lady sounds like—bill, chill, dill, fill, gal

  3. GI4 — as in glitter, bedizenment synonyms—bedizenment, glitter, appliquĂ©, embossment, embroidery sounds like—built, guild, guilty, hilt, jilt

  4. GI4 — a young unmarried woman; a female person who has not yet reached adulthood; a female romantic companion synonyms—damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, miss sounds like—burl, curl, earl, gal, gale

  5. GI5 — as in girlish synonyms—girlish, female, feminine, womanish, womanlike sounds like—burley, burly, curly, eagerly, early

GL

  1. GL4 — to flow or pour with a gurgling sound; to drink quickly sounds like—lug, plug, slug

  2. GL4 — to fill with food to capacity synonyms—cram, gorge, sate, stuff, surfeit sounds like—eyelet, gullet, gut

GR

  1. GR5 — to put a series of questions to; to put a question or questions to synonyms—catechize, examine, interrogate, pump, query sounds like—drill, frill, rill

  2. GR8 — as in resolutely, determinedly synonyms—determinedly, firmly, gamely, pluckily, resolutely sounds like—brittle, brutally

GU

  1. GU5 — a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing; responsibility for wrongdoing or failure synonyms—contriteness, contrition, penitence, regret, remorse sounds like—built, gift, hilt, jilt, kilt

  2. GU8 — suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing synonyms—ashamed, shamed, shamefaced sounds like—willfully, wittily

  3. GU6 — suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing synonyms—ashamed, shamed, shamefaced sounds like—gilt

  4. GU4 — one who is easily deceived or cheated synonyms—chump, dupe, mug, patsy, pigeon sounds like—cul, cull, dull, eagle, gal

  5. GU5 — a long, narrow cut or low area in the ground that water moves through when it rains synonyms—arroyo, barranca, coulee, draw, gutter sounds like—gaily, galley, girlie, glee, golly

IL

  1. IL4 — not wisely or well : badly, ill sounds like—alley, chili, ch**, early, eerie

LI

  1. LI4 — the attractive quality of speech or music that rises and falls in a pleasing pattern synonyms—movement, sway, swing, beat, cadence sounds like—built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt

  2. LI4 — having or showing a shameful lack of courage synonyms—chicken, chicken-livered, chickenhearted, cowardly, craven sounds like—chili, chilly, filly, hilly, leery

  3. LI7 — a eucharistic rite; a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship; a customary repertoire of ideas, phrases, or observances sounds like—bitterly, glittery, jittery, lethargy

LU

  1. LU4 — a momentary halt in an activity synonyms—break, breath, breather, interruption, pause sounds like—cul, cull, dull, gull, hull

  2. LU4 — something very good of its kind synonyms—beaut, beauty, bee's knees, cat's meow, corker sounds like—blew, blue, clue, cool, cooled

RI

  1. RI4 — a natural body of running water smaller than a river synonyms—beck, bourn, brook, brooklet, burn sounds like—bill, chill, dill, d**, fill

TI

  1. TI4 — to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on synonyms—cultivate, farm, tend sounds like—bill, chill, dill, fill, hill

  2. TI4 — the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle synonyms—angling, bend, cock, inclination, list sounds like—built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt

TR

  1. TR5 — to sing with the alternation of two musical tones synonyms—quaver, warble sounds like—drill, frill, grill, grille, rill

  2. TR5 — not merely this but also; to tell the truth; without any question synonyms—even, indeed, nay, verily, yea sounds like—cruelly

UG

  1. UG4 — unpleasant to look at; causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment synonyms—grotesque, hideous, homely, ill-favored, monstrous sounds like—agleam, agree, glee

UT

  1. UT7 — the capacity for being useful for some purpose synonyms—account, avail, mileage, service, serviceability sounds like—f***

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