NYT 🐝 Clues—Sat. 5 November, 2022

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

Letters: z  a  b  e  l  m  o

  • Total Answers: 18
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! đŸ€Ł

AB

  1. AB6 — being on fire; filled with much light synonyms—afire, aflame, alight, blazing, burning sounds like—blase, blaze

AM

  1. AM5 — to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected synonyms—astonish, astound, bowl over, dumbfound, flabbergast sounds like—maze

AZ

  1. AZ6 — any of a subgenus (**) of rhododendrons with funnel-shaped corollas and usually deciduous leaves including many species and hybrid forms cultivated as ornamentals sounds like—acacia, ammonia, assail, avail, failure

BA

  1. BA9 — to cause to believe what is untrue; to throw into a state of mental uncertainty synonyms—beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch sounds like—amble, bramble, bumble, damsel, embezzle

  2. BA5 — sounds like—buzz, buzzer, kazoo

BE

  1. BE5 — a rim that holds a transparent covering (as on a watch, clock, or headlight) or that is rotatable and has special markings (as on a watch); the oblique side or face of a cut gem; specifically : the upper faceted portion of a brilliant projecting from the setting; a usually metal rim of a piece of jewelry in which an ornament (such as a gem) is set sounds like—basil

BL

  1. BL5 — a sudden intense expression of strong feeling; the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible synonyms—agony, burst, ebullition, eruption, explosion sounds like—a*, glaze

BO

  1. BO5 — a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk synonyms—alcohol, aqua vitae, ardent spirits, bottle, drink sounds like—bruise, buoy, buzz, choose, lose

  2. BO4 — a foolish or incompetent person sounds like—arose, barrow, beau, bellow, below

EM

  1. EM8 — to steal money that you have been trusted with synonyms—misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate, appropriate

LA

  1. LA4 — to spend time doing nothing synonyms—bum, chill, dally, dawdle, dillydally sounds like—blase, b, chaise, dais, daze

MA

  1. MA4 — a confusing and complicated arrangement of passages; a state of mental uncertainty synonyms—labyrinth, rabbit warren, warren, bafflement, bamboozlement sounds like—a, chaise, dais, daze, faze

ME

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

  2. ME5 — sounds like—mare, maze

  3. ME5 — a woman's voice with a range between soprano and contralto; also : a singer having this voice sounds like—marrow

OO

  1. OO4 — soft wet earth synonyms—guck, mire, muck, mud, slime sounds like—ahs, b**, choose, ease, lose

ZE

  1. ZE4 — a strong feeling of interest and enthusiasm that makes someone very eager or determined to do something synonyms—ardor, Ă©lan, fervor, fire, passion sounds like—deal, eel, feel, heal, heel

ZO

  1. ZO4 — a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion synonyms—burr, buzz, chirr, churr, drone sounds like—boom, doom, loom, room, tomb

ablaze, amaze, azalea, bamboozle, bazoo, bezel, blaze, booze, bozo, embezzle, laze, maze, meze, mezze, mezzo, ooze, zeal, zoom