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• Total Answers: 62
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AD

1. AD5 — to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation synonyms—acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adjust, condition
2. AD7 — as in used, accustomed synonyms—acclimated, accustomed, adjusted, habituated, used
3. AD5 — having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor synonyms—accomplished, ace, compleat, complete, consummate
4. AD5 — to take for one's own use (something originated by another) synonyms—borrow, embrace, espouse, take on, take up
5. AD7 — as in orphaned synonyms—orphaned, nameless, fatherless, motherless, baseborn sounds like—dotted
6. AD7 — one who is adopted

AP

7. AP4 — to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior synonyms—copied, copycatted, emulated, imitated, mimed sounds like—opt, upper

AT

8. AT4 — on top of synonyms—above, over sounds like—stop, top

DA

9. DA6 — sounds like—adapt, apt, doped, lapped, rapped

DE

10. DE4 — extending far downward; having a low musical pitch or range; being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain synonyms—abysmal, bottomless, profound, bass, grave sounds like—beep, cheap, dip, dope
11. DE5 — a building for storing goods; a place where military arms are stored synonyms—depository, magazine, repository, storage, storehouse
12. DE5 — distance measured from the top to the bottom of something; the quality of being great in extent (as of insight); the most intense or characteristic phase of something synonyms—deepness, drop, deepness, profoundness, profundity

DO

13. DO4 — of the very best kind synonyms—A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner sounds like—cope, deep, dip
14. DO5 — to find an answer for through reasoning synonyms—answer, break, crack, figure out, puzzle (out)

EP

15. EP4 — a fencing or dueling sword having a bowl-shaped guard and a rigid blade of triangular section with no cutting edge that tapers to a sharp point blunted for fencing; the art or sport of fencing with the épée sounds like—easy, pea
16. EP5 — as in ode, epopee synonyms—anacreontic, clerihew, dithyramb, eclogue, elegy sounds like—abode, anode, bode, code, corrode

HE

17. HE4 — a considerable amount; a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another synonyms—abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket sounds like—beep, c**, deep, hip
18. HE6 — to give readily and in large quantities; to lay or throw on top of one another; to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained synonyms—lavished, poured, rained, showered, mounded
19. HE6 — a group of seven sounds like—fetid, halted, haunted, hunted, melted

HO

20. HO4 — a circular strip synonyms—band, circle, eye, loop, ring sounds like—coop, coupe, dupe, heap, hip
21. HO6 — to bind or fasten with or as if with a hoop
22. HO4 — as in wish, dream synonyms—dream, wish, aim, allow, aspire sounds like—cope, dope, heap, hip
23. HO5 — as in wished, dreamed synonyms—dreamed, wished, aimed, allowed, aspired sounds like—doped
24. HO6 — to move with a light springing step; to propel oneself upward or forward into the air synonyms—bounced, bounded, lolloped, loped, skipped sounds like—c**, heart, lopped, opt
25. HO6 — a stew of meat and vegetables; firepot

OP

26. OP4 — a large elliptical laterally compressed marine bony fish (Lampris guttatus of the family Lampridae) with brilliant colors
27. OP5 — to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration synonyms—chose, concluded, decided, determined, figured sounds like—ad*, cheated, coated, dotted, fetid

PA

28. PA6 — as in embroidered, embellished synonyms—elaborated, embellished, embroidered, enlarged, hyped-up sounds like—added
29. PA4 — a male human parent synonyms—dad, daddy, father, old man, pa sounds like—pop, poppy
30. PA4 — 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—ate, bait, date, eight, fate
31. PA4 — the direction along which something or someone moves; a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps; an established course for traveling from one place to another synonyms—course, line, **way, route, routeway sounds like—bath, math
32. PA6 — to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner synonyms—caressed, fondled, gentled, loved, petted

PE

33. PE6 — sounds like—keypad, plod, pod, prepaid, prod
34. PE4 — a bold lively woman sounds like—beat, beet, cheat, eat, feat
35. PE4 — urinate sounds like—bead, cede, deed, feed, heed
36. PE4 — an instance of looking especially briefly synonyms—cast, eye, gander, glance, glimpse sounds like—beep, cheap, deep, heap, jeep
37. PE6 — to make a short sharp sound like a small bird synonyms—cheeped, chirped, chirruped, chittered, jargoned
38. PE6 — to give life, vigor, or spirit to synonyms—amp (up), animate, brace, energize, enliven sounds like—kept, leapt, wept
39. PE6 — to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner synonyms—caressed, fondled, gentled, loved, patted sounds like—fetid

PH

40. PH4 — of the very best kind synonyms—A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner sounds like—bat, cat, chat, fact, fad
41. PH5 — a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera synonyms—*graph, pic, print, shot, snap sounds like—auto, boat, boater, chateau, chateaux

PO

42. PO4 — a person who writes ry synonyms—bard, minstrel, muse, aster, rhymester sounds like—putt
43. PO4 — to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true synonyms—brush (off), dismiss, flout, reject, scoff (at) sounds like—boo, chew, coup, dew, doo
44. PO4 — solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal synonyms—dirt, doo-doo, dropping, dung, excrement sounds like—coop, coupe, dupe, hoop, loop
45. PO6 — depleted in strength, energy, or freshness synonyms—all in, aweary, beat, beaten, bleary sounds like—apt, boost, boot, chipped, chopped
46. PO4 — as in bishop, archbishop synonyms—abbot, archbishop, archpriest, bishop, dean sounds like—cope, dope, hope, lope, pap
47. PO5 — a male human parent synonyms—dad, daddy, father, old man, pa
48. PO6 — to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure; to break suddenly with an explosive sound; to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive synonyms—blew, blew up, burst, crumped, detonated sounds like—chopped, lopped, opt, part
49. PO6 — a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything synonyms—action figure, doll, dolly, puppet sounds like—puppet
50. PO6 — a lazy person synonyms—deadbeat, do-nothing, drone, idler, layabout sounds like—petite, tomato
51. PO7 — as in crackhead, cokehead synonyms—acidhead, cokehead, crackhead, speed freak, addict sounds like—ahead, attend, petite, putt, putter
52. PO6 — being under the influence of alcohol synonyms—besotted, blasted, blind, blitzed, blotto sounds like—jotted, knotted

TA

53. TA4 — a coarse cloth made in the Pacific islands from the pounded bark especially of the paper mulberry and usually decorated with geometric patterns sounds like—top, topper, topple
54. TA4 — a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV synonyms— recording, vid, video, video sounds like—ape, cape, rape, shape
55. TA5 — as in wired, roped synonyms—chained, corded, enchained, lashed, roped sounds like—raped, shaped, typed
56. TA6 — to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically synonyms—beat, drummed, rapped sounds like—apt, lapped, rapped, rapt, trapped

TE

57. TE6 — a great commotion over an unimportant matter sounds like—pot, spot, taped, tapped, trot
58. TE6 — a conical tent usually consisting of skins and used especially by American Indians of the Great Plains sounds like—beady, beefy, beep, beeper, cheap
59. TE5 — a conical tent usually consisting of skins and used especially by American Indians of the Great Plains sounds like—guppy, puppy, touchy, tummy, yuppie

TO

60. TO4 — to drink liquor to excess sounds like—cope, dope, hope, lope, pope
61. TO5 — to drink liquor to excess sounds like—taped, tapped, tuft, typed, upped
62. TO6 — to be greater, better, or stronger than synonyms—beat, bettered, eclipsed, exceeded, excelled sounds like—chopped, lopped, opt, taped, tapped