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

Letters: a k l m n o w

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

`AL`

AL5 — to give permission for or to approve of; to give permission to; to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference synonyms—green-light, have, permit, suffer, leave sounds like—plough, plow

`AM`

AM4 — ammunition sounds like—arrow, mow

AM4 — in a confused and reckless manner synonyms—berserk, berserkly, frantically, frenetically, frenziedly sounds like—muck

`AN`

AN4 — extremely or overly neat, careful, or precise synonyms—**-retentive, obsessive, adamant, adamantine, bullheaded sounds like—addle, agile, apple, channel, null

AN5 — sounds like—addle, agile, apple, channel, null

AN4 — at or within a short time synonyms—before long, by and by, directly, momentarily, presently sounds like—upon

`KO`

KO5 — an Australian arboreal marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has a broad head, large hairy ears, dense gray fur, and sharp claws and feeds on eucalyptus leaves —called also * bear sounds like—coal, coca, cold, colon, colt

KO4 — a paradox to be meditated upon that is used to train Zen Buddhist monks to abandon ultimate dependence on reason and to force them into gaining sudden intuitive enlightenment sounds like—bone, can, cane, clone, clones

KO4 — sounds like—coal, coca, cold, colon, colt

`LA`

LA4 — 1935— Tenzin Gyatso Tibetan religious and political leader sounds like—comma, mama

LA4 — not stiff in structure synonyms—droopy, flaccid, floppy, limp, yielding sounds like—bank, b, c, dank, f**

LA6 — a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level synonyms—bobby, bull, constable, cop, copper sounds like—lemon, lumen

LA4 — an area of ground (such as the ground around a house or in a garden or park) that is covered with short grass synonyms—grass, green, greensward, clearing, field sounds like—dawn, fawn, gone, lean, learn

`LL`

LL5 — any of a genus (Lama) of wild or domesticated, long-necked, South American ruminant mammals related to the camels but smaller and without a hump; especially : a domesticated * (L. glama) descended from the guanaco and used especially in the Andes as a pack animal and a source of wool sounds like—comma, lava, mama

LL5 — a broad area of level or rolling treeless country synonyms—campo, champaign, down(s), grassland, heath sounds like—blond, blonde, bond, borrow, capo

`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

LO4 — as in advance synonyms—advance, bribe, douceur, peace offering, sop sounds like—alone, blown, bone, clone, clones

`MA`

MA4 — either of two relatively slender mackerel sharks (Isurus paucus and I. oxyrinchus) that are dark blue above and white below with long pointed snouts and that are notable sport fish —called also ** sounds like—mock, morrow, motto, taco

MA4 — a public place for strolling synonyms—boardwalk, promenade, walk sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, fall

MA6 — a pink-flowered European perennial herb (Althaea officinalis) of the ** family that is naturalized in the eastern U.S. and has flowers, leaves, and roots used in herbal remedies; a sweet white confection usually in the form of a spread or small spongy cylindrical pieces now usually made from corn syrup, sugar, albumen, and gelatin but formerly from the marsh**'s root; also : one of these spongy pieces sounds like—fallow, mellow, shallow, tallow

MA4 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom

MA5 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom

MA6 — any of a class (**ia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans sounds like—camel

MA6 — material wealth or possessions especially as having a debasing influence sounds like—famine, salmon

MA5 — a source of great satisfaction; something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing synonyms—delectation, delight, feast, gas, joy

`MO`

MO4 — a long low sound indicating pain or grief; a crying out in grief; an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment synonyms—groan, wail, groan, howl, keen sounds like—bone, cone, hone, known, loan

MO5 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mana

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

MO8 — to dance by gliding backwards while appearing to make forward walking motions

`NA`

NA4 — a round flat leavened bread especially of the Indian subcontinent sounds like—con, don, han, john, knob

NA4 — the mother of one's father or mother : grandmother — often used as a form of address sounds like—manna

`WA`

WA4 — to go on foot; to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands synonyms—ambulate, foot (it), hoof (it), leg (it), pad sounds like—balk, hawk, talk, weak, week

WA4 — a physical object that blocks the way; means or method of defending synonyms—barricade, barrier, fence, hedge, aegis sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, fall

WA6 — a sunken and often wet area like that used by animals to roll in synonyms—borehole, chuckhole, crater, posthole, pothole sounds like—follow, hollow, s**, willow

WA5 — said to indicate the listener's disagreement with a statement sounds like—donna, mana

`WO`

WO5 — an adult female human being; a female romantic companion; a female partner in a marriage synonyms—female, lady, skirt, gal, gill