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! 🤣

AB

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

AM

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

AZ

3. 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

4. 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
5. BA5 — sounds like—buzz, buzzer, kazoo

BE

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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
9. BO4 — a foolish or incompetent person sounds like—arose, barrow, beau, bellow, below

EM

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

LA

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

MA

12. 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

13. ME4 — an appetizer in Greek or Middle Eastern cuisine often served with an aperitif sounds like—cheese, ease, maze
14. ME5 — sounds like—mare, maze
15. ME5 — a woman's voice with a range between soprano and contralto; also : a singer having this voice sounds like—marrow

OO

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

ZE

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

ZO

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