NYT 🐝 Clues—Tue. 11 October, 2022

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

Letters: o  a  f  l  m  r  u

  • Total Answers: 49
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AF

  1. AF5 — in or into conflict with; in or into collision or entanglement with sounds like—fool, foul, fowl

  2. AF4 — African : African and sounds like—arrow

AL

  1. AL5 — having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others synonyms—antisocial, asocial, buttoned-up, cold, cold-eyed

AM

  1. AM4 — ammunition sounds like—arrow, mow

  2. AM6 — having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong; being neither moral nor immoral; specifically : lying outside the sphere to which moral judgments apply; being outside or beyond the moral order or a particular code of morals sounds like—immoral, moral

  3. AM5 — a brief romantic relationship synonyms—affair, fling, love, love affair, romance sounds like—adore, ashore, more

AR

  1. AR5 — means or method of defending; something that encloses another thing especially to protect it synonyms—aegis, ammunition, buckler, cover, defense sounds like—charmer, farmer

  2. AR5 — a sweet or pleasant smell; the quality of a thing that makes it perceptible to the sense organs in the nose; a special quality or impression associated with something synonyms—attar, balm, bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy sounds like—coma, soma

AU

  1. AU6 — the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance synonyms—cockcrow, dawn, dawning, day, daybreak sounds like—drawer, flora, roar, trauma

  2. AU7 — the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance synonyms—cockcrow, dawn, dawning, day, daybreak sounds like—corporal, oracle, oral

FA

  1. FA7 — the amount by which something is lessened synonyms—abatement, decline, decrease, decrement, dent sounds like—flaw, flawed, floor, fluff

  2. FA5 — the grain of an ancient wheat having glumes that tightly enclose the kernel; specifically : the grain of emmer, einkorn, or spelt that is cooked in liquid and used in various dishes (such as soups or salads) sounds like—borrow, follow, morrow, sorrow

FL

  1. FL5 — the surface upon which a body of water lies synonyms—bed, bottom sounds like—for, fore, four, lore

  2. FL5 — green leaves or plants synonyms—foliage, green, greenery, herbage, leafage

  3. FL6 — of or relating to flowers synonyms—flowered, flowery sounds like—laurel

  4. FL5 — to coat with or as if with *; to break up into particles sounds like—glower

FO

  1. FO4 — as in filly, colt synonyms—colt, filly, gelding, mare, stallion sounds like—boll, bowl, coal, dole, fail

  2. FO4 — a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid synonyms—froth, head, lather, spume, suds sounds like—comb, dome, fame, firm, gnome

  3. FO4 — a person who lacks good sense or judgment; a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks; a person with a strong and habitual liking for something synonyms—berk, booby, charlie, cuckoo, ding-a-ling sounds like—cool, fail, fall, feel, fell

  4. FO4 — a meeting featuring a group discussion; a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information; an assembly of persons for the administration of justice synonyms—colloquies, conferences, councils, panel discussions, panels sounds like—aura, fauna, flora

  5. FO4 — the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance; a piece of paper with ination written or to be written on it; personal conduct or behavior as evaluated by an accepted standard of appropriateness for a social or professional setting synonyms—cast, configuration, conation, fashion, figure sounds like—dorm, farm

  6. FO6 — following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules; being something in name or form only; marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details synonyms—ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, orthodox, regular sounds like—normal

  7. FO7 — a set or series of actions or components that lead to a particular result synonyms—recipe, approach, arrangement, blueprint, design

  8. FO5 — a meeting featuring a group discussion; a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information; an assembly of persons for the administration of justice synonyms—colloquy, conference, council, panel, panel discussion sounds like—from

  9. FO4 — marked by wet and windy conditions; not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport; causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment synonyms—bleak, dirty, inclement, nasty, raw sounds like—fail, fall, feel, fell, file

  10. FO4 — a disrespectful or indecent word or expression synonyms—curse, cuss, cussword, dirty word, expletive sounds like—boar, bore, chore, core, door

FR

  1. FR4 — as in out of synonyms—out of sounds like—drum, forum, rum

  2. FR8 — as in frippery, finery synonyms—apparel, bells and whistles, blazonry, bric-a-brac, chichi sounds like—accrue, fluff, fluffy, gruff, prefer

FU

  1. FU5 — a state of noisy, confused activity; a state of wildly excited activity or emotion; an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something synonyms—ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster

LO

  1. LO4 — to spend time doing nothing synonyms—bum, chill, dally, dawdle, dillydally sounds like—laugh, leaf, life

  2. LO4 — a type of soil that is good for growing plants synonyms—humus, topsoil, clod, dirt, earth sounds like—comb, dome, foam, gnome, home

  3. 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

  4. LO5 — sounds like—aloof, alpha, goof, goofy, hoof

  5. LO4 — to be about to happen synonyms—brew, impend sounds like—b, boom, doom, g, lamb

MO

  1. MO5 — a tooth with a rounded or flattened surface adapted for grinding; specifically : one of the cheek teeth in mammals behind the incisors and canines sounds like—mauler, polar, roller, solar

  2. MO4 — as in mistress synonyms—mistress, gal, gill, girl, girlfriend sounds like—doll, loll, mail, male, mall

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

  4. 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

  5. MO4 — a broad area of level or rolling treeless country; spongy land saturated or partially covered with water synonyms—campo, champaign, down(s), grassland, heath sounds like—boor, lure, mar, mare, mere

  6. MO5 — conforming to a high standard of *ity or virtue; guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong synonyms—all right, decent, ethical, good, honest sounds like—a*, aural, choral, coral, im*

OF

  1. OF5 — discarded or useless material synonyms—chaff, deadwood, debris, dreck, dross sounds like—waffle

OR

  1. OR4 — expressed or communicated by voice; made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing synonyms—spoken, uttered, vocal, voiced, nuncupative sounds like—aura, ch, c, laurel, m**

RO

  1. RO4 — to move about from place to place aimlessly synonyms—bat, cruise, drift, float, gad (about) sounds like—chrome, comb, dome, foam, gnome

  2. RO4 — a violent shouting; loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound synonyms—clamor, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo sounds like—boar, bore, chore, core, door

  3. RO4 — to form into a round compact mass; to make a low heavy **ing sound; to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions synonyms—agglomerate, ball, round, wad, growl sounds like—boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal

  4. RO4 — a raised covering over something for decoration or protection; the place where one lives synonyms—awning, canopy, ceiling, cover, tent sounds like—goof, hoof, poof, p**, reef

  5. RO4 — an extent or area available for or used up by some activity or thing; an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall; a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place synonyms—elbow , place, space, way, apartment sounds like—boom, b, doom, g**, loom

  6. RO7 — as much or as many as a room will hold; also : the persons or objects in a room sounds like—rueful

RU

  1. RU5 — information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy synonyms—buzz, dish, gossip, hearsay, noise sounds like—boomer, roemer, roofer, room, roomier

afoul, afro, aloof, ammo, amoral, amour, armor, aroma, aurora, auroral, falloff, farro, floor, flora, floral, flour, foal, foam, fool, fora, form, formal, formula, forum, foul, four, from, froufrou, furor, loaf, loam, loll, loofa, loom, molar, moll, momma, moola, moor, moral, offal, oral, roam, roar, roll, roof, room, roomful, rumor