NYT 🐝 Clues—Wed. 9 November, 2022

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

Letters: p  a  b  c  e  l  o

  • Total Answers: 59
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AL

  1. AL7 — a flavored beverage containing usually 4 to 6 percent alcohol
  2. AL6 — a domesticated mammal (Vicugna pacos synonym Lama pacos) especially of Peru that is probably descended from the vicuña; wool of the **; a thin cloth made of or containing this wool sounds like—aspect, bloc, block, blocked, blocker

AP

  1. AP5 — with great speed synonyms—briskly, chop-chop, double-quick, fast, fleetly sounds like—pace, space
  2. AP6 — to cause an unpleasant surprise for synonyms—floor, jolt, shake up, shock
  3. AP6 — an earnest request; the power of irresistible attraction synonyms—adjuration, conjuration, cry, desire, entreaty sounds like—peal, peel, spiel
  4. AP10 — to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner synonyms—beg, beseech, besiege, conjure, entreat sounds like—achievable, available, peaceable
  5. AP8 — as in defendant, plaintiff synonyms—accuser, appellant, petitioner, pleader, complainant sounds like—belly, especially, jelly, lapel
  6. AP5 — to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior synonyms—bootlick, fawn, fuss, kowtow, suck (up) sounds like—addle, agile, ample, annul, chapel

BE

  1. BE5 — bop sounds like—bop
  2. BE4 — as in buzz synonyms—buzz, call, dial, phone, ring (up)

BL

  1. BL5 — as in remove, cut synonyms—blip, clip, cut, excise, remove sounds like—beep, leap, sleep
  2. BL5*er sounds like—loop, sloop

CA

  1. CA7 — having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance synonyms—able, competent, equal, fit, good sounds like—culpable, in***, payable, salable
  2. CA4 — a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back synonyms—capote, cloak, frock, manteau, mantle sounds like—ape, coop
  3. CA4 — a movable bar attached to the fingerboard of a fretted instrument to uniformly raise the pitch of all the strings sounds like—cop, copper, copy

CL

  1. CL4 — a loud explosive sound; a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument synonyms—bang, blast, boom, crack, crash sounds like—cap
  2. CL4 — as in clap, crash synonyms—clap, clip-**, crack, crash, crunch sounds like—cop, crop, flop, glop, lop

CO

  1. CO4 — a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody; an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals synonyms—bastille, big house, bridewell, brig, calaboose sounds like—cap, cape, cup, dupe, hoop
  2. CO4 — something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth synonyms—blanket, cloak, cover, cover-up, covering sounds like—cap, cape

EL

  1. EL5 — as in escape, abscond synonyms—abscond, clear out, decamp, escape, get (away) sounds like—alone, lope, slope

EP

  1. EP4 — a fencing or dueling sword having a bowl-shaped guard and a rigid blade of triangular section with no cutting edge that tapers to a sharp point blunted for fencing; the art or sport of fencing with the épée sounds like—easy, pea

LA

  1. LA5 — the part of a garment that is turned back; specifically : the fold of the front of a coat that is usually a continuation of the collar sounds like—appall, appeal, compel, couple, gazelle

LE

  1. LE4 — an act of **ing into the air synonyms—bound, hop, jump, spring, vault sounds like—beep, cheap, deep, heap, jeep

LO

  1. LO6 — to move with a light springing step synonyms—bounce, bound, hop, lope, skip sounds like—dollop, wallop
  2. LO4 — a circular strip synonyms—band, circle, eye, hoop, ring sounds like—coop, coupe, dupe, hoop, lap
  3. LO4 — to move with a light springing step synonyms—bounce, bound, hop, lollop, skip sounds like—cope, dope, hope, lap, leap

OP

  1. OP4 — a usually amorphous mineral that is a hydrated silica softer and less dense than quartz and typically with definite and often marked iridescent play of colors and is used especially as a gem sounds like—apple, ogle, oval

PA

  1. PA4 — as in rate, tempo synonyms—clip, gait, rate, tempo, celerity sounds like—ace, a**, base, case, chase
  2. PA6 — a saffron-flavored dish containing rice, meat, seafood, and vegetables
  3. PA6 — showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort synonyms—Babylonian, deluxe, lavish, Lucullan, luxe sounds like—callous, malice, plus, polis
  4. PA6sounds like—plaza, plop
  5. PA4 — lacking intensity of color; lacking a healthy skin color; not seen or understood clearly synonyms—dull, dulled, faded, light, pastel sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, dale
  6. PA5 — a * diet sounds like—polio
  7. PA4 — a boxlike container for holding a dead body; an overspreading element that produces an atmosphere of gloom; something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth synonyms—bier, box, casket, coffin, sarcophagus sounds like—doll, loll, peal, pearl, peel
  8. PA4 — as in ate synonymsate, feel, touch, brush, graze sounds like—pulp
  9. PA8 — able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind; capable of being perceived by the sense of touch; not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation synonyms—appreciable, apprehensible, detectable, discernible, distinguishable sounds like—culpable, fallible, malleable, pliable, valuable
  10. PA4 — a male human parent synonyms—dad, daddy, father, old man, pa sounds like—pop, poppy
  11. PA5 — as in priestly, apostolic synonyms—apostolic, canonical, clerical, episcopal, evangelical sounds like—maple, people, purple

PE

  1. PE5 — a state without war; freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions; a state of freedom from storm or disturbance synonyms*fulness, calm, calmness, heartsease, *fulness sounds like—apiece, cease, eyepiece, lease, niece
  2. PE9 — inclined to live in peace and to avoid war; not involving violence or force synonyms—dovish, pacific, pacifist, peaceful, nonviolent sounds like—passable, possible
  3. PE4 — to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates synonyms—bong, chime, knell, ring, toll sounds like—ap**, deal, eel, feel, heal
  4. PE6 — to pelt with **s; to pave or cover with **s or something resembling **s; to grain (a material, such as leather) so as to produce a rough and irregularly indented surface sounds like—rebel
  5. PE4 — to remove the natural covering of synonyms—bark, flay, hull, husk, shell sounds like—appeal, deal, eel, feel, heal
  6. PE8 — to remove the natural covering of synonyms—bark, flay, hull, husk, shell
  7. PE4 — an instance of looking especially briefly synonyms—cast, eye, gander, glance, glimpse sounds like—beep, cheap, deep, heap, jeep
  8. PE6 — human beings in general; the body of the community as contrasted with the elite; a group of persons who come from the same ancestor synonyms—folks, humanity, humankind, public, species sounds like—papal, purple

PL

  1. PL5 — the area or space occupied by or intended for something; a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business; an assignment at which one regularly works for pay synonyms—em*ment, locale, locality, location, locus sounds like—lace, pace
  2. PL7 — a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder; an inert or innocuous substance used especially in controlled experiments testing the efficacy of another substance (such as a drug); something tending to soothe sounds like—casino, libido, policy, procedure, proceed
  3. PL4 — an earnest request; an explanation that frees one from fault or blame synonyms—adjuration, appeal, conjuration, cry, desire sounds like—alley, early, flea, flee, glee
  4. PL4 — as in commoner, eian synonyms—commoner, eian, prole, proletarian, everyman
  5. PL5 — as in commoner, *ian synonyms—commoner, *ian, prole, proletarian, everyman
  6. PL4 — to throw or set down clumsily or casually synonyms—flop, flump, plank, plump, plunk sounds like—flop, glop, lop, pop, prop

PO

  1. PO4 — as in center, capital synonyms—capital, center, cynosure, epicenter, mecca sounds like—boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal
  2. PO4 — the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth synonyms—bean, block, dome, head, mazard sounds like—boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal
  3. PO4sounds like—pillow, solo
  4. PO4 — a small often deep body of water synonyms—billabong, mere, puddle, stank, well sounds like—cool, fool, pail, pal, pale
  5. PO4 — solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal synonyms—dirt, doo-doo, dropping, dung, excrement sounds like—coop, coupe, dupe, hoop, loop
  6. PO4 — as in bishop, archbishop synonyms—abbot, archbishop, archpriest, bishop, dean sounds like—cope, dope, hope, lope, pap
  7. PO5 — a male human parent synonyms—dad, daddy, father, old man, pa

alcopop, alpaca, apace, appall, appeal, appealable, appellee, apple, bebop, beep, bleep, bloop, capable, cape, capo, clap, clop, coop, cope, elope, epee, lapel, leap, lollop, loop, lope, opal, pace, paella, palace, palapa, pale, paleo, pall, palp, palpable, papa, papal, peace, peaceable, peal, pebble, peel, peelable, peep, people, place, placebo, plea, pleb, plebe, plop, pole, poll, polo, pool, poop, pope, poppa