Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: o a e l m p y
- Total Answers: 52
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣
AL
- AL5 — a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things synonyms—admixture, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, cocktail sounds like—cloy, ploy
- AL4 — agarwood; any of a large genus () of succulent chiefly southern African plants of the lily family with basal leaves and spicate flowers; the dried juice of the leaves of various s used especially formerly as a purgative —usually used in plural but singular in construction sounds like—ago, blow, floe, flow, glow
AM
- AM4 — ammunition sounds like—arrow, mow
EL
- EL5 — as in escape, abscond synonyms—abscond, clear out, decamp, escape, get (away) sounds like—alone, lope, slope
EM
- EM6 — to provide with a paying job; to put into action or service synonyms—assume, engage, fee, hire, lay on
- EM8 — one who works for another for wages or a salary synonyms—hand, hireling, jobholder, retainer, worker
LA
- LA9 — as in laymen, seculars synonyms—laymen, seculars, lay readers, lectors sounds like—people
LO
- LO4 — a type of soil that is good for growing plants synonyms—humus, topsoil, clod, dirt, earth sounds like—comb, dome, foam, gnome, home
- LO5 — consisting or suggestive of earth synonyms—earthlike, earthy sounds like—foamy, homey
- LO4 — to be limp from lack of water or vigor; to refrain from labor or exertion; to spend time doing nothing synonyms—droop, flag, hang, sag, swag sounds like—doll, lat, lull, pall
- LO6 — to move with a light springing step synonyms—bounce, bound, hop, lope, skip sounds like—dollop, wallop
- LO4 — to be about to happen synonyms—brew, impend sounds like—b, boom, doom, g, lamb
- LO4 — a circular strip synonyms—band, circle, eye, hoop, ring sounds like—coop, coupe, dupe, hoop, lap
- LO5 — as in dotty, touched synonyms—dotty, fey, off, potty, teched sounds like—lucy, rupee, soupy
- LO4 — to move with a light springing step synonyms—bounce, bound, hop, lollop, skip sounds like—cope, dope, hope, lap, leap
- LO5 — firm in one's allegiance to someone or something synonyms—constant, dedicated, devoted, devout, down-the-line sounds like—lull, royal
- LO7 — firm in one's allegiance to someone or something synonyms—constant, dedicated, devoted, devout, down-the-line
MA
- MA4 — Charles Horace 1865—1939 and his brother William James 1861—1939 American surgeons sounds like—kayo
- MA7 — a tall flower-wreathed pole forming a center for May Day sports and dances
ME
- ME4 — a message on paper from one person or group to another; a usually brief written reminder; a written communication giving information or directions synonyms—dispatch, epistle, letter, **randum, missive sounds like—demo, marrow
MO
- MO4 — a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country synonyms—agent, asset, emissary, intelligencer, operative sounds like—boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal
- MO4 — as in mistress synonyms—mistress, gal, gill, girl, girlfriend sounds like—doll, loll, mail, male, mall
- MO5 — any of various small, often brightly colored tropical fish (genus Poecilia) that are live-bearers found in fresh, brackish, or salt water and include several that are highly valued as aquarium fishes sounds like—collie, folly, golly, jolly, mealy
- MO5 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mana
- MO5 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mama, mammy, mater, mom sounds like—balmy, commie, mama, mummy
- MO5 — something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment synonyms—bread, bucks, cabbage, cash, change sounds like—mullah
- MO4 — to move or act slowly; to silently go about in a bad mood synonyms—crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay sounds like—cope, dope, hope, lope, map
- MO5 — given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability synonyms—glum, pouting, pouty, sulky, sullen sounds like—soapy
MY
- MY7 — a disease of bone marrow that is characterized by the presence of numerous ***s in various bones of the body sounds like—ayatollah, diploma, militia, mullah
- MY5 — a myopic person sounds like—bio, cope, dope, grope, hope
OL
- OL4 — margarine sounds like—polio
OP
- OP4 — a usually amorphous mineral that is a hydrated silica softer and less dense than quartz and typically with definite and often marked iridescent play of colors and is used especially as a gem sounds like—apple, ogle, oval
PA
- PA5 — a * diet sounds like—polio
- PA6 — undercover or indirect payment (as to a disc jockey) for a commercial favor (as for promoting a particular recording) sounds like—cola, polar, pole
PE
- PE6 — human beings in general; the body of the community as contrasted with the elite; a group of persons who come from the same ancestor synonyms—folks, humanity, humankind, public, species sounds like—papal, purple
PL
- PL4 — to throw or set down clumsily or casually synonyms—flop, flump, plank, plump, plunk sounds like—flop, glop, lop, pop, prop
- PL4 — a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end; a time or instance of carefree fun synonyms—artifice, device, dodge, fetch, flimflam sounds like—alloy, cloy
PO
- PO4 — a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect synonyms—lyric, rune, song, verse sounds like—plum, plumb
- PO4 — as in center, capital synonyms—capital, center, cynosure, epicenter, mecca sounds like—boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal
- PO4 — the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth synonyms—bean, block, dome, head, mazard sounds like—boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal
- PO4 — sounds like—pillow, solo
- PO5 — as in cancer, carcinoma synonyms—cancer, carcinoma, lymphoma, malignancy, melanoma
- PO4 — a fleshy fruit (such as an apple or pear) consisting of an outer thickened fleshy layer and a central core with usually five seeds enclosed in a capsule sounds like—comb, dome, foam, gnome, home
- PO6 — sounds like—mellow
- PO6 — to strike repeatedly synonyms—bash, baste, bat, batter, beat sounds like—pummel
- PO4 — the impressive decorations, music, clothing etc., that are part of some formal events synonyms—dazzle, fanfare, foofaraw, pageantry, razzle-dazzle sounds like—chomp, palm, pimp, pump, romp
- PO6 — an automatic antiaircraft gun of 20 to 40 millimeters mounted especially on ships
- PO4 — a small often deep body of water synonyms—billabong, mere, puddle, stank, well sounds like—cool, fool, pail, pal, pale
- PO4 — solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal synonyms—dirt, doo-doo, dropping, dung, excrement sounds like—coop, coupe, dupe, hoop, loop
- PO4 — as in bishop, archbishop synonyms—abbot, archbishop, archpriest, bishop, dean sounds like—cope, dope, hope, lope, pap
- PO5 — a male human parent synonyms—dad, daddy, father, old man, pa
- PO5 — a cultivated corn * with brightly colored usually white, pink, or red single or double flowers sounds like—choppy, copy, peppy, puppy