Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: m a e l n t y
- Total Answers: 66
- Pangrams: 2
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AM
- AM4 β sounds like again, aim, cayenne, den, glen
- AM4 β sounds like mill
EL
- EL7 β one of the parts that make up a whole; general or basic truths on which other truths or theories can be based; a region of activity, knowledge, or influence; building block; component
- EL9 β of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject; abecedarian; basal; basic; beginning
- EL11 β as in essentially, fundamentally; of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject; basically; essentially; fundamentally
EM
- EM7 β to throw or give off; cast; discharge; emit; evolve sounds like detonate, dominate, educate, elevate, errant
EN
- EN6 β sounds like animal, camel, inasmuch, inertial, initial
- EN5 β
- EN5 β one that is hostile toward another; adversary; antagonist; foe; hostile sounds like annum, any, crummy, dummy, ebony
LA
- LA4 β sounds like comma, mama
- LA4 β arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust; falling short of a standard; to cause severe or permanent injury to; cheap; contemptible sounds like aim, b**, came, claim, dame
- LA6 β as in uncertainly, ineffectually; arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust; falling short of a standard; impotently; ineffectively sounds like comely, glumly, lovely, lumpy
- LA6 β to feel or express sorrow for; to feel sorry or dissatisfied about; a crying out in grief; bemoan; bewail sounds like cement, dement
- LA6 β a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession; amateur; dabbler; dilettante; hobbyist sounds like lemon, lumen
- LA6 β a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession; a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession; amateurs; dabblers; dilettantes sounds like lemon, lumen
LE
- LE5 β
LL
- LL5 β sounds like comma, lava, mama
MA
- MA4 β of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men; an adult male human being; man-size; manlike; manly sounds like ail, ale, bail, bale, dale
- MA4 β a public place for strolling; boardwalk; promenade; walk sounds like all, ball, bawl, call, fall
- MA6 β as in hammer, sledgehammer; beetle; gavel; hammer; maul sounds like ballot, palate, palette, pallet
- MA4 β as in beer, ale; as in beers, ales; ale; beer; brew sounds like fault, halt, melt, molt, salt
- MA5 β sounds like algae, alley, ante, calorie, catty
- MA4 β a female human parent; as in boy, kid; as in boys, kids; ma; mammy sounds like comma, mom
- MA5 β a female human parent; ma; mammy; mater; mom sounds like comma, mom
- MA6 β sounds like camel
- MA7 β sounds like sanity, vanity
- MA4 β sounds like arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign
- MA5 β of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men; male; man-size; manlike; mannish
- MA5 β a source of great satisfaction; something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing; delectation; delight; feast
- MA5 β any of several extremely large rays; any of several extremely large rays; any of several extremely large rays; devilfish; manta ray
- MA6 β sounds like mental
- MA6 β a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back; something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth; to surround or cover closely; cape; capote sounds like mental
- MA4 β being of a large but indefinite number; as in number; a pronounceable series of letters having a distinct meaning especially in a particular field; beaucoup; legion sounds like any, meant, mend, merry, messy
- MA4 β either of a pair matched in one or more qualities; a person frequently seen in the company of another; a person who helps a more skilled person; companion; fellow sounds like ate, bait, date, eight, fate
- MA5 β having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest; amicable; bonhomous; buddy-buddy; chummy sounds like eighty, meaty, mighty, weighty
- MA5 β lacking a surface luster or gloss; dim; dull; dulled; flat sounds like bat, cat, chat, fat, hat
ME
- ME4 β food eaten or prepared for eating at one time; chow; feed; menu; mess sounds like deal, eel, feel, heal, heel
- ME5 β lacking a healthy skin color; not being or expressing what one appears to be or express; ashen; ashy; blanched
- ME4 β to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind; to be of importance; to have in mind as a purpose or goal; denote; express sounds like bean, dean, gene, keen, lean
- ME6 β in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion; in a mean or spiteful manner; abjectly; deferentially; hat in hand sounds like keenly, mainly, manly
- ME5 β to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind; to be of importance; to have in mind as a purpose or goal; denoted; expressed sounds like bent, cent, dent, lent, many
- ME5 β a mean, evil, or unprincipled person; baddie; beast; brute; caitiff sounds like genie, many, mien, money
- ME4 β animal and especially mammal tissue used as food; substances intended to be eaten; the central part or aspect of something under consideration; flesh; bread sounds like beat, beet, cheat, eat, feat
- ME5 β as in substantial; substantial; abbreviated; abridged; condensed sounds like mighty
- ME4 β to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face; to come together into one body or place; to come upon unexpectedly or by chance; catch; chance (upon) sounds like beat, beet, cheat, eat, feat
- ME5 β a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people; affray; brawl; broil; donnybrook sounds like mail, mailed, male
- ME4 β to cease to be visible; to go from a solid to a liquid state; to yield to mental or emotional stress; dematerialize; disappear sounds like belt, dealt, felt, knelt, malt
- ME5 β
- ME4 β sounds like beam, deem, mien, mom
- ME6 β of or relating to the mind; having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind; as in mental retardation; cerebral; inner sounds like dental, gentle, lentil, mantel, mantle
- ME8 β of or relating to the mind; having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind; cerebral; inner; intellectual
- ME6 β sounds like many
- ME4 β
- ME5 β the basic elements from which something can be developed; strength of spirit; matter; possibility; potential sounds like kettle, mottle, myrtle, nettle, petal
- ME4 β to give out (something) to appropriate individuals; administer; allocate; apportion; deal (out) sounds like beat, beet, cheat, eat, feat
- ME6 β strength of spirit; ability to continue despite difficulties; fully committed to achieving a goal; main; might; muscle sounds like kettle, mottle, myrtle, nettle, petal
MY
- MY4 β sounds like mana, manna, min, mince, mint
NA
- NA4 β a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known; an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings; outward and often deceptive indication; appellation; appellative sounds like aim, came, dame, fame, game
- NA6 β that is to say; scilicet; to wit; videlicet sounds like calmly, comely, daily, dimly, firmly
TA
- TA6 β sounds like banal, cabal, pummel, tomorrow, tumble
- TA4 β changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans; causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest; to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression); domestic; domesticated sounds like aim, came, dame, fame, game
- TA6 β as in meekly, passively; changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans; causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest; meekly; mildly sounds like timely
TE
- TE4 β as in join, league; a group of people working together on a task; to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end; affiliate; ally sounds like beam, deem, ream, seam, seem
- TE8 β a person who is on the same team as someone else; classmate; housemate; messmate; playfellow sounds like automate, cremate, female, inmate, mate
- TE4 β to be copiously supplied; abound; brim; bristle; bulge sounds like beam, deem, ream, seam, seem
- TE8 β a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place; as in apartment building, apartment house; as in apartment buildings, apartment houses; apartment; diggings sounds like element, ornament, regiment, sediment, sentiment