NYT 🐝 Clues—Thu. 29 December, 2022

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

Letters: o  e  g  h  i  l  p

  • Total Answers: 44
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🀣

EL

  1. EL5 — as in escape, abscond synonyms—abscond, clear out, decamp, escape, get (away) sounds like—alone, lope, slope

EP

  1. EP6 — a final section or speech after the main part of a book, play, or musical composition —sometimes used figuratively synonyms—follow-up, sequel, capper, close, closing

GI

  1. GI6 — as in fancy man synonyms—fancy man, beloved, darling, dear, favorite sounds like—jiggle

GL

  1. GL5 — sounds like—group, loop, sloop

  2. GL4 — a thick semiliquid substance (as food) that is unattractive synonyms—slop, swill sounds like—flop, lop, plop, slop

GO

  1. GO6 — to look long and hard in wonder or surprise synonyms—blink, gape, gawk, gawp, gaze sounds like—boggle, gaggle, giggle, gurgle

  2. GO6 — to use the ** search engine to obtain information about (someone or something) on the World Wide Web sounds like—gaggle, giggle, gurgle

  3. GO6 — the figure 1 followed by 100 zeros equal to 10100 sounds like—gaggle, giggle, gurgle

  4. GO4 — as in gunk, goo synonyms—crud, goo, guck, gunk, glop sounds like—coop, coupe, dupe, gap, group

HE

  1. HE8 — a dirty or messy place synonyms—dump, hole, pigpen, pigsty, shambles sounds like—bellhop, bellow, bellows, elbow, enroll

  2. HE5 — an expression of goodwill upon meeting synonyms—greeting, salutation, salute, welcome sounds like—halo, hollow, hulk, hull

HI

  1. HI5 — ancient city in northern Africa south of modern Annaba, Algeria; chief town of Numidia sounds like—hero, zippo

HO

  1. HO4 — a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing; a sunken area forming a separate space; a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape synonyms—aperture, opening, orifice, perforation, cavity sounds like—boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal

  2. HO4 — a circular strip synonyms—band, circle, eye, loop, ring sounds like—coop, coupe, dupe, heap, hip

  3. HO4 — as in wish, dream synonyms—dream, wish, aim, allow, aspire sounds like—cope, dope, heap, hip

IG

  1. IG5 — a usually dome-shaped dwelling of arctic regions that is usually made of blocks of snow or ice when built for temporary purposes or of sod, wood, or stone when permanent and that is typically associated with the indigenous Inuit, Inupiat, and Yupik peoples of Canada, Greenland, Alaska, and eastern Siberia; a building or structure shaped like a dome sounds like—glue

LI

  1. LI4 — to perform suction on (a person or part of the body) : to remove by suction sounds like—depot, leap

LO

  1. LO4 — as in box, booth synonyms—booth, box, crib, stall, cavity sounds like—ledge

  2. LO4 — a device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark synonyms—emblem, ensign, hallmark, impresa, symbol

  3. LO9 — a lover of words sounds like—codify, legal, legalize, mogul, notify

  4. LO4 — to be limp from lack of water or vigor; to refrain from labor or exertion; to spend time doing nothing synonyms—droop, flag, hang, sag, swag sounds like—doll, lat, lull, pall

  5. LO8 — a piece of hard candy on the end of a stick; a piece of food served on the end of a stick; a round stop sign on a pole used to stop traffic (as at a school crossing) sounds like—hollyhock

  6. LO6 — to move with a light springing step synonyms—bounce, bound, hop, lope, skip sounds like—dollop, wallop

  7. LO4 — a circular strip synonyms—band, circle, eye, hoop, ring sounds like—coop, coupe, dupe, hoop, lap

  8. LO8 — as in hole, breach synonyms—breach, break, chink, cleft, crack sounds like—dipole, hole, keyhole, lapel, manhole

  9. LO4 — to move with a light springing step synonyms—bounce, bound, hop, lollop, skip sounds like—cope, dope, hope, lap, leap

OG

  1. OG4 — a molding with an S-shaped profile; a pointed arch having on each side a reversed curve near the apex sounds like—edgy, gee

  2. OG4 — to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way synonyms—leer (at) sounds like—eagle, gull, mogul, oval

OL

  1. OL4 — margarine sounds like—polio

  2. OL4 — an unorganized collection or mixture of various things synonyms—agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, botch sounds like—audio

  3. OL5 — a maneuver in skateboarding in which the skater kicks the tail of the board down while jumping in order to make the board pop into the air; a maneuver in snowboarding in which the rider transfers weight from the front to the back foot to snap the board up off the ground sounds like—alley, awfully, c*, early, flea

PE

  1. PE8 — as in pothole, keyhole synonyms—airhole, armhole, buttonhole, keyhole, knothole sounds like—foal, keyhole, parole, payroll, pico

  2. PE6 — human beings in general; the body of the community as contrasted with the elite; a group of persons who come from the same ancestor synonyms—folks, humanity, humankind, public, species sounds like—papal, purple

PI

  1. PI7 — the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal synonyms—chops, gob, kisser, mouth, mug sounds like—keyhole

PL

  1. PL4 — to throw or set down clumsily or casually synonyms—flop, flump, plank, plump, plunk sounds like—flop, glop, lop, pop, prop

PO

  1. PO4 — a pole with a strong spring at the bottom and two footrests on which a person stands and moves along with a series of jumps sounds like—logo

  2. PO4 — as in center, capital synonyms—capital, center, cynosure, epicenter, mecca sounds like—boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal

  3. PO5 — a condition that affects former * patients long after recovery from the disease and that is characterized by muscle weakness, joint and muscle pain, and fatigue

  4. PO4 — 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—boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal

  5. PO4 — sounds like—pillow, solo

  6. 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

  7. PO4 — a small often deep body of water synonyms—billabong, mere, puddle, stank, well sounds like—cool, fool, pail, pal, pale

  8. PO4 — solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal synonyms—dirt, doo-doo, dropping, dung, excrement sounds like—coop, coupe, dupe, hoop, loop

  9. PO4 — as in bishop, archbishop synonyms—abbot, archbishop, archpriest, bishop, dean sounds like—cope, dope, hope, lope, pap

elope, epilog, gigolo, gloop, glop, goggle, google, googol, goop, hellhole, hello, hippo, hole, hoop, hope, igloo, lipo, loge, logo, logophile, loll, lollipop, lollop, loop, loophole, lope, ogee, ogle, oleo, olio, ollie, peephole, people, piehole, plop, pogo, pole, polio, poll, polo, pooh, pool, poop, pope