NYT 🐝 Clues—Sat. 20 August, 2022

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

Letters: a  b  c  e  h  l  y

  • Total Answers: 48
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🀣

AB

  1. AB6 — the office, dignity, jurisdiction, or tenure of an abbot sounds like—antsy, assay, baggy, bask, bass

  2. AB5 — a residence for men under religious vows synonyms—cloister, friary, hermitage, monastery, priory sounds like—alley, assay, bee, shabby, tabby

  3. AB4 — having the required skills for an accept level of performance synonyms—cap, competent, equal, fit, good sounds like—c, f, g, h, herbal

  4. AB4 — in a skillful or expert manner synonyms—adeptly, adroitly, artfully, cap**, competently sounds like—ail, ale, alley, awfully, baby

AC

  1. AC4 — a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body synonyms—pain, pang, prick, shoot, smart sounds like—age, aid, aide, ail, aim

  2. AC4 — causing or feeling bodily pain synonyms—aching, afflictive, hurting, nasty, painful sounds like—abbey, alley, assay, axe, key

AL

  1. AL5 — to make more bearable or less severe synonyms—alleviate, assuage, ease, help, mitigate sounds like—away, clay, fillet, lay, play

  2. AL6 — an ** of a genetic locus having more than two allelic forms within a population sounds like—addle, agile, annul, apple, lull

  3. AL5 — a narrow passage between buildings synonyms—*way, arterial, artery, avenue, boulevard sounds like—abbey, assay, dally, early, flea

  4. AL4 — someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support synonyms—abettor, backer, bedfellow, confederate, fellow traveler sounds like—fly, lie, lye, ply, sleigh

BA

  1. BA4 — a rich cake soaked in a rum and sugar syrup sounds like—bobby

  2. BA6 — unintelligible or meaningless talk synonyms—abracadabra, blabber, burble, double Dutch, double-talk sounds like—bible, bubble, dabble, rabble

  3. BA4 — a person who is just starting out in a field of activity; a recently born person; a lovely woman synonyms—abecedarian, apprentice, beginner, colt, cub

  4. BA5 — a place of uproar or confusion; loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound synonyms—bedlam, circus, madhouse, scrum, three-ring circus sounds like—bible, bubble, dabble, rabble

  5. BA4 — a recently born person; a member of the human race; a successful result brought about by hard work synonyms—babe, bambino, child, infant, neonate sounds like—bobby, booby, maybe

  6. BA4 — a large amount of a material (such as hay or wool) that is pressed together tightly and often tied or wrapped synonyms—bundle, pack, package, packet, parcel sounds like—ail, ale

  7. BA4 — a more or less round body or mass; a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm synonyms—globe, orb, sphere, bullet, pellet sounds like—all, bell, bile, bill, boar

BE

  1. BE5 — the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water synonyms—*front, sand(s), strand sounds like—batch

  2. BE6 — covered with pebbles or shingle; characterized by beaches sounds like—bitchy

  3. BE5 — to attach (a rope) to something so that it is secure synonyms—batten, button, do up, affix, bend sounds like—allay, ballet, bulb, bulge, bulk

  4. BE9 — abdominal pain especially when focused in the digestive organs synonyms—collywobbles, stomachache sounds like—billion, bullion

BL

  1. BL4 — to engage in casual or rambling conversation; to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature synonyms—babble, cackle, chaffer, chat, chatter sounds like—lab, slab

  2. BL6 — fond of talking or conversation synonyms—chatty, conversational, gabby, garrulous, loquacious

  3. BL4 — language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense; the state of being bored synonyms—applesauce, balderdash, baloney, beans, bilge

  4. BL6 — to make white or whiter by removing color synonyms—blanch, blench, decolorize, dull, fade sounds like—beach, beech, breach, leach, leech

CA

  1. CA5 — a group involved in secret or criminal activities synonyms—conspiracy, crew, gang, Mafia, mob sounds like—banal, bubble, cobble, collage, couple

  2. CA6 — a medieval and modern system of Jewish theosophy, mysticism, and thaumaturgy marked by belief in creation through emanation and a cipher method of interpreting Scripture; a traditional, esoteric, occult, or secret matter; esoteric doctrine or mysterious art sounds like—cobble, cobbler

  3. CA5 — cabdriver sounds like—abbey, crabby, shabby, tabby

  4. CA5 — a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things synonyms—cord, lace, lacing, line, rope sounds like—able, cobble, fable, gable, hable

  5. CA5 — a collection of things kept available for future use or need; a supply stored up and often hidden away synonyms—deposit, hoard, reserve, store, hoard sounds like—ash, bash

  6. CA4 — to speak so as to be heard at a distance; to make a telephone ** to; to make a brief visit synonyms—bawl, bay, bellow, cry, holler sounds like—all, ball, bawl, coal, cog

  7. CA5 — to speak so as to be heard at a distance; to make a telephone call to; to make a brief visit synonyms—bawl, bay, bellow, cry, holler sounds like—cola, gala

  8. CA8 — capable of being called; specifically : subject to a demand for presentation for payment sounds like—fallible

CH

  1. CH7 — egg-rich yeast-leavened bread that is usually braided or twisted before baking and is traditionally eaten by Jews on the Sabbath and holidays sounds like—gala

CL

  1. CL4 — the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others synonyms—character, colors, complexion, constitution, genius sounds like—allay, lay, play, slay

  2. CL6 — as in sandy, silty synonyms—dusty, muddy, sandy, silty, earthlike

EA

  1. EA4 — being one of a group synonyms—any, every sounds like—b**, beech, eel, eke, etch

EY

  1. EY7 — in direct confrontation or competition synonyms—face-to-face, head-on, head-to-head, mano a mano, one-on-one sounds like—ball, bawl

HA

  1. HA5 — sanctioned by Islamic law; especially : ritually fit for use; selling or serving food ritually fit according to Islamic law

  2. HA4 — enjoying health and vigor synonyms—able-bodied, bouncing, fit, healthy, hearty sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, dale

  3. HA4 — the entrance room of a building; a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building; a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings synonyms—entranceway, entry, entryway, foyer, way sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, fall

HE

  1. HE4 — to restore to a thy condition; to become **thy and strong again after illness or weakness; to bring about recovery from synonyms—cure, fix, mend, rehab, rehabilitate sounds like—deal, eel, feel, hail, hall

  2. HE8 — sounds like—billable, fallible, feasible, gullible, horrible

LA

  1. LA5 — a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it synonyms—marker, tag, ticket sounds like—able, cable, fable, gable, hable

  2. LA4 — a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things; a length of something formed of three or more strands woven together synonyms—cable, cord, lacing, line, rope sounds like—ace, base, case, chase, face

  3. LA4 — as in frilly, flowery synonyms—flowery, frilly, adorned, arrayed, beautified sounds like—lucy, racy

LE

  1. LE5 — as in percolate; as in clean, purify synonyms—percolate, filter, screen, strain, clarify sounds like—beach, beech, b*, each, latch

YE

  1. YE4 — used to express agreement synonyms—all right, alright, aye, exactly, OK sounds like—you

abbacy, abbey, able, ably, ache, achy, allay, allele, alley, ally, baba, babble, babe, babel, baby, bale, ball, beach, beachy, belay, bellyache, blab, blabby, blah, bleach, cabal, cabala, cabby, cable, cache, call, calla, callable, challah, clay, clayey, each, eyeball, halal, hale, hall, heal, healable, label, lace, lacy, leach, yeah