NYT đ CluesâTue. 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! đ¤Ł
AF
- AF5 â in or into conflict with; in or into collision or entanglement with sounds likeâfool, foul, fowl
- AF4 â African : African and sounds likeâarrow
AL
- AL5 â having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others synonymsâantisocial, asocial, buttoned-up, cold, cold-eyed
AM
- AM4 â ammunition sounds likeâarrow, mow
- AM6 â 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 likeâimmoral, moral
- AM5 â a brief romantic relationship synonymsâaffair, fling, love, love affair, romance sounds likeâadore, ashore, more
AR
- AR5 â means or method of defending; something that encloses another thing especially to protect it synonymsâaegis, ammunition, buckler, cover, defense sounds likeâcharmer, farmer
- AR5 â 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 synonymsâattar, balm, bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy sounds likeâcoma, soma
AU
- AU6 â the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance synonymsâcockcrow, dawn, dawning, day, daybreak sounds likeâdrawer, flora, roar, trauma
- AU7 â the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance synonymsâcockcrow, dawn, dawning, day, daybreak sounds likeâcorporal, oracle, oral
FA
- FA7 â the amount by which something is lessened synonymsâabatement, decline, decrease, decrement, dent sounds likeâflaw, flawed, floor, fluff
- FA5 â 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 likeâborrow, follow, morrow, sorrow
FL
- FL5 â the surface upon which a body of water lies synonymsâbed, bottom sounds likeâfor, fore, four, lore
- FL5 â green leaves or plants synonymsâfoliage, green, greenery, herbage, leafage
- FL6 â of or relating to flowers synonymsâflowered, flowery sounds likeâlaurel
- FL5 â to coat with or as if with *; to break up into particles sounds likeâglower
FO
- FO4 â as in filly, colt synonymsâcolt, filly, gelding, mare, stallion sounds likeâboll, bowl, coal, dole, fail
- FO4 â a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid synonymsâfroth, head, lather, spume, suds sounds likeâcomb, dome, fame, firm, gnome
- FO4 â 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 synonymsâberk, booby, charlie, cuckoo, ding-a-ling sounds likeâcool, fail, fall, feel, fell
- FO4 â a meeting featuring a group discussion; a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information; an assembly of persons for the administration of justice synonymsâcolloquies, conferences, councils, panel discussions, panels sounds likeâaura, fauna, flora
- FO4 â 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 synonymsâcast, configuration, conation, fashion, figure sounds likeâdorm, farm
- FO6 â 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 synonymsâceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, orthodox, regular sounds likeânormal
- FO7 â a set or series of actions or components that lead to a particular result synonymsârecipe, approach, arrangement, blueprint, design
- FO5 â a meeting featuring a group discussion; a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information; an assembly of persons for the administration of justice synonymsâcolloquy, conference, council, panel, panel discussion sounds likeâfrom
- FO4 â 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 synonymsâbleak, dirty, inclement, nasty, raw sounds likeâfail, fall, feel, fell, file
- FO4 â a disrespectful or indecent word or expression synonymsâcurse, cuss, cussword, dirty word, expletive sounds likeâboar, bore, chore, core, door
FR
- FR4 â as in out of synonymsâout of sounds likeâdrum, forum, rum
- FR8 â as in frippery, finery synonymsâapparel, bells and whistles, blazonry, bric-a-brac, chichi sounds likeâaccrue, fluff, fluffy, gruff, prefer
FU
- FU5 â a state of noisy, confused activity; a state of wildly excited activity or emotion; an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something synonymsâado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster
LO
- LO4 â to spend time doing nothing synonymsâbum, chill, dally, dawdle, dillydally sounds likeâlaugh, leaf, life
- LO4 â a type of soil that is good for growing plants synonymsâhumus, topsoil, clod, dirt, earth sounds likeâcomb, dome, foam, gnome, home
- LO4 â to be limp from lack of water or vigor; to refrain from labor or exertion; to spend time doing nothing synonymsâdroop, flag, hang, sag, swag sounds likeâdoll, lat, lull, pall
- LO5 â sounds likeâaloof, alpha, goof, goofy, hoof
- LO4 â to be about to happen synonymsâbrew, impend sounds likeâb, boom, doom, g, lamb
MO
- MO5 â 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 likeâmauler, polar, roller, solar
- MO4 â as in mistress synonymsâmistress, gal, gill, girl, girlfriend sounds likeâdoll, loll, mail, male, mall
- MO5 â a female human parent synonymsâma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds likeâcomma, mana
- MO5 â 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 synonymsâbread, bucks, cabbage, cash, change sounds likeâmullah
- MO4 â a broad area of level or rolling treeless country; spongy land saturated or partially covered with water synonymsâcampo, champaign, down(s), grassland, heath sounds likeâboor, lure, mar, mare, mere
- MO5 â conforming to a high standard of *ity or virtue; guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong synonymsâall right, decent, ethical, good, honest sounds likeâa*, aural, choral, coral, im*
OF
- OF5 â discarded or useless material synonymsâchaff, deadwood, debris, dreck, dross sounds likeâwaffle
OR
- OR4 â expressed or communicated by voice; made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing synonymsâspoken, uttered, vocal, voiced, nuncupative sounds likeâaura, ch, c, laurel, m**
RO
- RO4 â to move about from place to place aimlessly synonymsâbat, cruise, drift, float, gad (about) sounds likeâchrome, comb, dome, foam, gnome
- RO4 â a violent shouting; loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound synonymsâclamor, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo sounds likeâboar, bore, chore, core, door
- RO4 â to form into a round compact mass; to make a low heavy **ing sound; to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions synonymsâagglomerate, ball, round, wad, growl sounds likeâboll, bowl, coal, dole, foal
- RO4 â a raised covering over something for decoration or protection; the place where one lives synonymsâawning, canopy, ceiling, cover, tent sounds likeâgoof, hoof, poof, p**, reef
- RO4 â 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 synonymsâelbow , place, space, way, apartment sounds likeâboom, b, doom, g**, loom
- RO7 â as much or as many as a room will hold; also : the persons or objects in a room sounds likeârueful
RU
- RU5 â information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy synonymsâbuzz, dish, gossip, hearsay, noise sounds likeâboomer, roemer, roofer, room, roomier