NYT ð CluesâWed. 21 September, 2022
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: f a c e i l t
- Total Answers: 61
- Pangrams: 2
- Words revealed in these clues: None! ð€£
AF
- AF6 â to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response; to be the business or affair of synonymsâimpact, impress, influence, move, reach sounds likeâeffect
- AF9 â a local unit of an organization synonymsâbranch, cell, chapter, council, local sounds likeâofficiate
- AF7 â to cause persistent suffering to synonymsâagonize, anguish, bedevil, beset, besiege sounds likeâaddict, flick, flicker, flint, flit
AL
- AL7 â a deep-rooted leguminous perennial plant (Medicago sativa) of southwestern Asia that is widely grown for hay and forage
CA
- CA4 â a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts); a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises; a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises synonymsâbistro, boîte, cabaret, club, nightclub sounds likeâcuff
- CA4 â the muscular back part of the leg below the knee synonymsâdrumstick, ham, shank, shin, thigh sounds likeâchaff, cough
CL
- CL4 â a ** placing the F below middle C on the fourth line of the staff; the bass staff
- CL5 â an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure synonymsâcheck, chink, crack, cranny, crevice sounds likeâleft
- CL5 â a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice synonymsâbarranca, bluff, crag, escarpment, palisade
EF
- EF6 â to destroy all traces of synonymsâabolish, annihilate, black out, blot out, cancel sounds likeâface
- EF6 â a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause; the power to bring about a result on another; transportable items that one owns synonymsâafter**, aftermath, backwash, child, conclusion sounds likeâaffect, eject, elect, erect, infect
- EF6 â having lost forcefulness, courage, or spirit; lacking bodily strength; lacking strength of will or character synonymsâdecadent, decayed, degenerate, overripe, washed-up sounds likeâfeat
FA
- FA4 â to stand or sit with the ** or front toward; to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage; to cover with something that protects synonymsâfront, look (toward), point (toward), beard, brave sounds likeâace, base, case, chase
- FA8 â as in renovations, refurbishments synonymsâreclamations, reconstructions, re-creations, refurbishments, regeneracies sounds likeâairlift, bassist, flint, flit, forklift
- FA5 â a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded synonymsâangle, aspect, hand, phase, side
- FA6 â a treatment to improve the condition or appearance of the ** skin sounds likeâracial
- FA6 â having or showing a lack of depth of understanding or character; involving minimal difficulty or effort synonymsâone-dimensional, shallow, skin-deep, superficial, cheap sounds likeâpassel
- FA10 â to free from obstruction or difficulty synonymsâease, grease, loosen (up), smooth, unclog
- FA4 â the quality of being actual; something that actually exists; a single piece of information synonymsâactuality, **uality, materiality, reality, actuality sounds likeâact, backed, packed, pact, tact
- FA4 â to stop functioning; to be unsuccessful; to fall short in satisfying the expectation or hope of synonymsâbreak, break down, conk (out), crash, cut out sounds likeâail, ale, bail, bale, dale
- FA7 â a spicy mixture of ground vegetables (such as chickpeas or fava beans) formed into balls or patties and then fried
- FA4 â 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 synonymsâslip, stumble, topple, trip, tumble sounds likeâall, ball, bawl, call, feel
- FA5 â bringing about ruin or misfortune; likely to cause or capable of causing death synonymsâcalamitous, cataclysmal, catastrophic, damning, destructive sounds likeâfertile, fetal, natal
- FA4 â 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 synonymsâcircumstance, destiny, doom, fortune, kismet sounds likeâate, bait, date, eight
FE
- FE4 â an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness; something done by someone synonymsâdeed, exploit, number, stunt, tour de force sounds likeâbeat, beet, cheat, eat, effete
- FE5 â sounds likeâfickle, focal
- FE4 â 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 synonymsâperceive, scent, see, sense, smell sounds likeâdeal, eel, fail, fall, field
- FE4 â the lowest part, place, or point synonymsâbasements, bases, bottoms, nadirs, rock bottoms sounds likeâbeat, beet, cheat, eat, effete
- FE4 â to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall; to bring down by cutting; to deprive of life synonymsâbowl (down or over), down, drop, floor, knock down sounds likeâbell, cell, dell, fail, fair
- FE5 â an adult male human being synonymsâbastard, bloke, buck, cat, chap sounds likeâphyla
- FE7 â to perform fellatio on; to *** someone
- FE4 â 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 synonymsâperceived, saw, scented, sensed, smelled sounds likeâbelt, dealt, fault, knelt, melt
- FE4 â a white moderately hard and crumbly Greek cheese made from sheep's or goat's milk and cured in brine
- FE5 â sounds likeâbeetle, cheetal, fatal
- FE4 â a social gathering; a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something synonymsâaffair, bash, binge, blast, blowout sounds likeâate, bait, date, eight, face
- FE6 â a state of being or fitness synonymsâcondition, estate, form, health, keeping sounds likeâfatal, kettle, metal, mettle, nettle
FI
- FI4 â an order publicly issued by an authority synonymsâbull, decree, diktat, directive, edict sounds likeâfat, flat
- FI4 â a region of activity, knowledge, or influence synonymsâarea, arena, bailiwick, barony, business sounds likeâbeef, chief, feat, fee, feed
- FI4 â a rail about the mast near the deck to which rigging is belayed sounds likeâknife, life, rife, wife
- FI4 â to make smooth by friction synonymsâbuff, grind, hone, rasp, rub sounds likeâaisle, bile, fail, fall, feel
- FI5 â a lace with a square mesh and geometric designs sounds likeâdelay
- FI6 â a generation in a breeding experiment that is successive to a mating between parents of two distinctively different but usually relatively pure genotypes sounds likeâbilious, cereal, ciliate, fearful
- FI4 â to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained; to close up so that no empty spaces remain; to do what is required by the terms of synonymsâbrim, charge, cram, heap, jam sounds likeâbill, chill, dill, fail, fall
- FI6 â as in braid, lace synonymsâbraid, embroider, feather, figure, filigree sounds likeâallay
FL
- FL5 â to move or cause to move with a striking motion; to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible synonymsâbeat, flap, flop, flutter, whip sounds likeâfail, frail
- FL4 â 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 synonymsâeven, exact, precise, round, arid sounds likeâfat, fiat
- FL8 â a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level synonymsâbobbies, bulls, constables, coppers, cops
- FL4 â an interesting and often novel device with a practical use synonymsâappliance, contraption, contrivance, gadget, gimmick sounds likeâalley, awfully, early, fee, filly
- FL4 â to cease to be visible; to get free from a dangerous or confining situation; to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening synonymsâdematerialize, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate sounds likeâalley, awfully, early, fee, filly
- FL6 â the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick synonymsâcoat, fur, hair, jacket, pelage sounds likeâlease
- FL5 â a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management synonymsâarmada, caravan, cavalcade, line, motorcade sounds likeâcleat, elite, feat
- FL4 â to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements synonymsâdance, dart, flick, flicker, flirt sounds likeâfit
IC
- IC7 â a frozen waterfall; the mass of usually jagged blocks into which a glacier may break when it moves down a steep declivity sounds likeâasphalt, befall, eyeball, eyesore, fall
LE
- LE4 â to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner synonymsâflip, riffle, skim, thumb sounds likeâbeef, chief, laugh
- LE7 â a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover synonymsâbooklet, brochure, circular, flyer, folder sounds likeâlifeless
- LE4 â a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom synonymsâ wing, ism, liberalism sounds likeâdeft, heft, lift, loft, theft
- LE6 â sounds likeâhefty, lofty
LI
- LI4 â a history of a person's **; a member of the human race; active strength of body or mind synonymsâbio, biography, memoir, baby, being sounds likeâknife, laugh, leaf
- LI4 â to move from a lower to a higher place or position; to move or extend upward; to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep synonymsâboost, crane, elevate, heave, heft sounds likeâgift, left, loft, miffed, rift
TA
- TA7 â a crisp plain-woven lustrous fabric of various fibers used especially for women's clothing sounds likeâhafta
TI
- TI4 â an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions synonymsâaltercation, argle-bargle, argument, argy-bargy, battle royal sounds likeâriff, s**, tough, turf, whiff