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

Letters: f  a  b  d  e  l  t

• Total Answers: 58
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AF

1. AF7 — having a relaxed, casual manner; having an easygoing and pleasing manner especially in social situations; showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations synonyms—breezy, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, laid-back sounds like—amble, animal, arable, audible, bubble

AL

2. AL7 — a deep-rooted leguminous perennial plant (Medicago sativa) of southwestern Asia that is widely grown for hay and forage

BA

3. BA6 — to prevent from achieving a goal; to throw into a state of mental uncertainty synonyms—balk, beat, checkmate, discomfit, foil
4. BA7 — faced with difficulty or uncertainty about what to say, think, or do synonyms—confounded, hard put, hard-pressed, nonplussed, perplexed

BE

5. BE4 — an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment; muscular strength synonyms—bitch, bleat, carp, complaint, fuss
6. BE6 — to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely synonyms—bellyached, bitched, bleated, carped, caterwauled
7. BE6 — to take place synonyms—be, betide, chance, come, come about
8. BE6 — to take place synonyms—betided, came, came about, came down, came off

DA

9. DA4 — having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind; showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment synonyms—balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bedlam sounds like—deft, draft, draught, raft, shaft

DE

10. DE8 — a trap so constructed that a weight (such as a heavy log) falls on an animal and kills or disables it; a tangled mass of fallen trees and branches sounds like—downfall, dreadful
11. DE4 — sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion synonyms—adamant, adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard sounds like—chef, dare, doff
12. DE5 — to remove fat from sounds like—buffet, duffel
13. DE8 — as in lean synonyms—lean, fibrous, gristly, stringy, tough sounds like—affected, awaited, committed, datum, diluted
14. DE6 — to achieve a victory over synonyms—beat, best, conquer, dispatch, do down
15. DE8 — as in depressed, dejected synonyms—crestfallen, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, dispirited sounds like—affected, awaited, cheated, committed, diluted
16. DE7 — to become smaller in size or volume due to loss of contents; to make smaller in size or volume by removing the contents; to make or become lower in amount or value synonyms—shrink, contract, collapse, flatten, compress
17. DE8 — as in collapsed, detumescent synonyms—collapsed, detumescent sounds like—belated, related
18. DE4 — accomplished with trained ability; skillful with the hands synonyms—adroit, artful, bravura, delicate, dexterous sounds like—daft, heft, left, theft
19. DE5 — Jan 1632—1675 also calledJan van der Meer van * Dutch painter sounds like—adult, alert, alight, allot, aloft

EF

20. EF6 — having lost forcefulness, courage, or spirit; lacking bodily strength; lacking strength of will or character synonyms—decadent, decayed, degenerate, overripe, washed-up sounds like—feat

FA

21. FA5 — a story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life; a traditional but unfounded story that gives the reason for a current custom, belief, or fact of nature; something that is the product of the imagination synonyms—allegory, apologue, parable, legend, myth sounds like—able, cable, feeble, foible, gable
22. FA6 — based on, described in, or being a myth synonyms—fabulous, legendary, mythical
23. FA4 — to cease to be visible; to make white or whiter by removing color; to lose bodily strength or vigor synonyms—dematerialize, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate sounds like—aid, aide, bade
24. FA5 — lacking intensity of color synonyms—dull, dulled, light, pale, pastel sounds like—jaded
25. FA7 — a spicy mixture of ground vegetables (such as chickpeas or fava beans) formed into balls or patties and then fried
26. FA4 — to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily; to yield to the control or power of enemy forces; to go to a lower level especially abruptly synonyms—slip, stumble, topple, trip, tumble sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, feel
27. FA5 — bringing about ruin or misfortune; likely to cause or capable of causing death synonyms—calamitous, cataclysmal, catastrophic, damning, destructive sounds like—fertile, fetal, natal
28. FA4 — a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand; a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause; the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities synonyms—circumstance, destiny, doom, fortune, kismet sounds like—ate, bait, date, eight
29. FA5 — as in destined, predestined synonyms—destined, foreordained, predestined, predetermined, preordained sounds like—fetid, fitted, rated

FE

30. FE4 — an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness; something done by someone synonyms—deed, exploit, number, stunt, tour de force sounds like—beat, beet, cheat, eat, effete
31. FE6 — lacking bodily strength synonyms—asthenic, debilitated, delicate, down-and-out, effete sounds like—fable, foible
32. FE4 — to provide food or meals for; to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption; to take a meal synonyms—board, cater, provision, victual, deliver sounds like—bead, cede, deed, fad, fade
33. FE4 — to have a vague awareness of; to come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin; to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it synonyms—perceive, scent, see, sense, smell sounds like—deal, eel, fail, fall, field
34. FE4 — the lowest part, place, or point synonyms—basements, bases, bottoms, nadirs, rock bottoms sounds like—beat, beet, cheat, eat, effete
35. FE4 — to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall; to bring down by cutting; to deprive of life synonyms—bowl (down or over), down, drop, floor, knock down sounds like—bell, cell, dell, fail, fair
36. FE5 — an adult male human being synonyms—bastard, bloke, buck, cat, chap sounds like—phyla
37. FE7 — to perform fellatio on; to *** someone
38. FE8 — to perform fellatio on; to fellate someone sounds like—elated, melted
39. FE6 — to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall; to bring down by cutting; to deprive of life synonyms—bowled (down or over), downed, dropped, floored, knocked down sounds like—failed, field, filled, foiled, fold
40. FE4 — to have a vague awareness of; to come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin; to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it synonyms—perceived, saw, scented, sensed, smelled sounds like—belt, dealt, fault, knelt, melt
41. FE4 — a white moderately hard and crumbly Greek cheese made from sheep's or goat's milk and cured in brine
42. FE5 — sounds like—beetle, cheetal, fatal
43. FE4 — a social gathering; a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something synonyms—affair, bash, binge, blast, blowout sounds like—ate, bait, date, eight, face
44. FE5 — to show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration synonyms—honored, recognized sounds like—faded, fatal, fitted, rated
45. FE6 — a state of being or fitness synonyms—condition, estate, form, health, keeping sounds like—fatal, kettle, metal, mettle, nettle

FL

46. FL4 — soft **by body tissue sounds like—lab, slab
47. FL4 — being neither more nor less than a certain amount, number, or extent; causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest; having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities synonyms—even, exact, precise, round, arid sounds like—fat, fiat
48. FL7 — a motortruck or trailer with a body in the form of a platform or shallow box
49. FL8 — a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level synonyms—bobbies, bulls, constables, coppers, cops
50. FL4 — an interesting and often novel device with a practical use synonyms—appliance, contraption, contrivance, gadget, gimmick sounds like—alley, awfully, early, fee, filly
51. FL4 — to cease to be visible; to get free from a dangerous or confining situation; to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening synonyms—dematerialized, disappeared, dissolved, evanesced, evaporated sounds like—bled
52. FL4 — to cease to be visible; to get free from a dangerous or confining situation; to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening synonyms—dematerialize, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate sounds like—alley, awfully, early, fee, filly
53. FL5 — a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management synonyms—armada, caravan, cavalcade, line, motorcade sounds like—cleat, elite, feat

LE

54. LE4 — to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner synonyms—flip, riffle, skim, thumb sounds like—beef, chief, laugh
55. LE6 — to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner synonyms—flipped, riffled, skimmed, thumbed sounds like—lift, loft
56. LE7 — a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover synonyms—booklet, brochure, circular, flyer, folder sounds like—lifeless
57. LE4 — a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom synonyms— wing, ism, liberalism sounds like—deft, heft, lift, loft, theft

TA

58. TA7 — a crisp plain-woven lustrous fabric of various fibers used especially for women's clothing sounds like—hafta