NYT 🐝 Clues—Wed. 16 November, 2022

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

Letters: l  b  g  h  i  t  u

  • Total Answers: 24
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! đŸ€Ł

BI

  1. BI4 — a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due; a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States; a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place synonyms—account, check, invoice, statement, tab sounds like—bail, bale, ball, bawl, been

BL

  1. BL6 — something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing synonyms—blemish, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement sounds like—alight, bite, bright, byte, flight

BU

  1. BU5 — as in ample, curvy synonyms—ample, bosomy, busty, buxom, chesty sounds like—belie, below, belt, bilk, bill

  2. BU4 — a stupid person synonyms—airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead sounds like—bely

  3. BU4 — an order publicly issued by an authority synonyms—decree, diktat, directive, edict, fiat sounds like—bail, bale, ball, bawl, bell

GI

  1. GI4 — a female romantic companion synonyms—gal, girl, girlfriend, inamorata, lady sounds like—bill, chill, dill, fill, gal

  2. GI4 — as in glitter, bedizenment synonyms—bedizenment, glitter, appliquĂ©, embossment, embroidery sounds like—built, guild, guilty, hilt, jilt

GL

  1. GL4 — said or done in a way that lacks thought or is not sincere synonyms—facile, superficial, empty, hollow, meaningless

  2. GL4 — to flow or pour with a gurgling sound; to drink quickly sounds like—lug, plug, slug

  3. GL4 — to fill with food to capacity synonyms—cram, gorge, sate, stuff, surfeit sounds like—eyelet, gullet, gut

GU

  1. GU5 — a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing; responsibility for wrongdoing or failure synonyms—contriteness, contrition, penitence, regret, remorse sounds like—built, gift, hilt, jilt, kilt

  2. GU4 — one who is easily deceived or cheated synonyms—chump, dupe, mug, patsy, pigeon sounds like—cul, cull, dull, eagle, gal

HI

  1. HI9 — to indicate the importance of by centering attention on synonyms—accent, accentuate, emphasize, feature, foreground sounds like—alight, blight, byline, daylight, delight

  2. HI4 — a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another; an area of high ground; an upward slope synonyms—cock, heap, mound, mountain, pile sounds like—bill, c**, dill, fill, hail

  3. HI4 — as in shaft synonyms—shaft, bail, bow, loop, crop sounds like—built, gilt, guilt, halt, jilt

HU

  1. HU4 — something that encloses another thing especially to protect it synonyms—armor, capsule, case, casing, cocoon sounds like—cul, cull, dull, gull, hail

LI

  1. LI5 — the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible; something that provides illumination; a person who is widely known and usually much talked about synonyms—blaze, flare, fluorescence, glare, gleam sounds like—a*, bite, b*, byte, cite

  2. LI9 — a glass bulb or tube that produces light when it is supplied with electricity synonyms—arc lamp, candelabra, candelabrum, candle, chandelier

  3. LI4 — the attractive quality of speech or music that rises and falls in a pleasing pattern synonyms—movement, sway, swing, beat, cadence sounds like—built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt

LU

  1. LU4 — a momentary halt in an activity synonyms—break, breath, breather, interruption, pause sounds like—cul, cull, dull, gull, hull

  2. LU4 — something very good of its kind synonyms—beaut, beauty, bee's knees, cat's meow, corker sounds like—blew, blue, clue, cool, cooled

TI

  1. TI4 — to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on synonyms—cultivate, farm, tend sounds like—bill, chill, dill, fill, hill

  2. TI4 — the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle synonyms—angling, bend, cock, inclination, list sounds like—built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt

  3. TI5 — cultivated land : tillage; the state of aggregation of a soil especially in relation to its suitability for crop growth sounds like—filth

bill, blight, built, bulb, bull, gill, gilt, glib, glug, glut, guilt, gull, highlight, hill, hilt, hull, light, lightbulb, lilt, lull, lulu, till, tilt, tilth