NYT 🐝 Clues—Sat. 27 August, 2022

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

Letters: e  g  i  l  m  t  z

  • Total Answers: 36
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

EL

  1. EL7 — as in suffer, grieve (for) synonyms—bemoan, bewail, deplore, grieve (for), lament sounds like—energize

  2. EL5 — as in exclusive synonyms—exclusive, better, exceptional, fancy, high-grade sounds like—cleat, delete, fleet, pleat, sleet

EM

  1. EM4 — to throw or give off; to send forth using the vocal chords synonyms—cast, discharge, emanate, evolve, exhale sounds like—mitt, omit

GE

  1. GE4 — a Semitic language formerly spoken in northern highland Ethiopia and still used as the liturgical language of the Christian church in Ethiopia sounds like—cheese, ease, gauze, gaze, guise

  2. GE5 — a cosmetic gel; a jellied food : an edible jelly sounds like—belly, gaily, galley, girlie, glee

  3. GE4 — to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality synonyms—castrate, damp, dampen, deaden, dehydrate sounds like—belt, dealt, felt, gilt, guest

GI

  1. GI6 — something said or done to cause laughter; an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement synonyms—boff, boffola, crack, drollery, funny sounds like—gaggle, goggle, google, gurgle, jiggle

  2. GI6 — as in bayonet, pike synonyms—bayonet, dirk, pike, poniard, prong

  3. GI5 — as in laugher, walkaway synonyms—laugher, walkaway, sitting duck, no-brainer, nothing sounds like—dim, game, gear, grim, gum

GL

  1. 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

IT

  1. IT4 — a separate part in a list, account, or series; a report of recent events or facts not previously known synonyms—detail, particular, point, 411, advice(s) sounds like—atom, autumn

  2. IT7 — to make a list of; to specify one after another synonyms—enumerate, inventory, list, numerate, detail sounds like—idolize, ionize, optimize

LE

  1. LE5 — to go on foot synonyms—ambulate, foot (it), hoof (it), pad, step sounds like—adjudge, adjust, bludgeon, bucket, budget

  2. LE10 — to make something real, accepted, or official synonyms—legitimate, sanction, validate, warrant, authorize

LI

  1. LI5 — one who follows the opinions or teachings of another synonyms—acolyte, adherent, convert, disciple, epigone sounds like—leach, leaf, league, leak, lean

  2. LI4 — as in y synonyms—y, powerboater, sailboater, able-bodied seaman, able seaman sounds like—chime, climb, c**, dime, lamb

  3. LI4 — as in light synonyms—light, natural, plain, simple, unseasoned sounds like—alight, bite, blight, byte, cite

  4. LI6 — having relatively ** height; lacking importance; not broad or open in views or opinions synonyms—low, low-lying, low-slung, sawed-off, short sounds like—whittle

ME

  1. ME4 — to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face; to come together into one body or place; to come upon unexpectedly or by chance synonyms—catch, chance (upon), encounter, happen (upon), stumble (upon) sounds like—beat, beet, cheat, eat, feat

  2. ME5 — a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people synonyms—affray, brawl, broil, donnybrook, fracas sounds like—mail, mailed, male

  3. ME4 — to cease to be visible; to go from a solid to a liquid state synonyms—dematerialize, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate sounds like—belt, dealt, felt, knelt, malt

  4. ME4 — all the same : even so : nevertheless sounds like—beam, deem, mien, mom

  5. ME4 — to give out (something) to appropriate individuals synonyms—administer, allocate, apportion, deal (out), dispense sounds like—beat, beet, cheat, eat, feat

  6. ME6 — strength of spirit; ability to continue despite difficulties synonyms—main, might, muscle, potency, power sounds like—kettle, mottle, myrtle, nettle, petal

  7. ME4 — an appetizer in Greek or Middle Eastern cuisine often served with an aperitif sounds like—cheese, ease, maze

  8. ME5 — sounds like—mare, maze

MI

  1. MI4 — a long distance synonyms—afar, country **, far cry, long haul sounds like—aisle, bile, file, guile, isle

  2. MI6 — Jean-François 1814—1875 French painter sounds like—billet

  3. MI4 — an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements; a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling synonyms—mimic, mummer, panto**, pantomimist, gesticulation sounds like—chime, dime, lime, mom, mum

  4. MI4 — a very small sum of money; a living thing much smaller than others of its kind; a very small amount synonyms—chicken feed, chump change, dime, hay, peanuts sounds like—bite, byte, cite, fight, height

TE

  1. TE4 — to be copiously supplied synonyms—abound, brim, bristle, bulge, burst sounds like—beam, deem, ream, seam, seem

  2. TE4 — to give an oral or written account of in some detail; to express (a thought or emotion) in words; to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added synonyms—chart, chronicle, describe, narrate, recite sounds like—bell, cell, dell, fell, gel

TI

  1. TI4 — as in drain, hydrant synonyms—drain, drainpipe, funnel, hydrant, main sounds like—aisle, bile, file, guile, isle

  2. TI4 — a particular point at which an event takes place; an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand; an extent of ** associated with a particular person or thing synonyms—moment, occasion, adventure, emprise, experience sounds like—chime, dime, lime, rhyme, tam

  3. TI5 — a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known; a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize; the position occupied by the one who comes in first in a competition synonyms—appellation, appellative, cognomen, compellation, denomination sounds like—litle, total, turtle, vital

  4. TI6 — a very small piece; the smallest amount or part imaginable synonyms—atom, bit, crumb, dribble, fleck sounds like—little, total, turtle, whittle

elegize, elite, emit, geez, gelee, gelt, giggle, gimlet, gimme, glee, item, itemize, legit, legitimize, liege, lime, lite, little, meet, melee, melt, meme, mete, mettle, meze, mezze, mile, millet, mime, mite, teem, tell, tile, time, title, tittle