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
- AL7 — a flavored beverage containing usually 4 to 6 percent alcohol
- 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
- AP5 — with great speed synonyms—briskly, chop-chop, double-quick, fast, fleetly sounds like—pace, space
- AP6 — to cause an unpleasant surprise for synonyms—floor, jolt, shake up, shock
- AP6 — an earnest request; the power of irresistible attraction synonyms—adjuration, conjuration, cry, desire, entreaty sounds like—peal, peel, spiel
- AP10 — to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner synonyms—beg, beseech, besiege, conjure, entreat sounds like—achievable, available, peaceable
- AP8 — as in defendant, plaintiff synonyms—accuser, appellant, petitioner, pleader, complainant sounds like—belly, especially, jelly, lapel
- 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
- BE5 — bop sounds like—bop
- BE4 — as in buzz synonyms—buzz, call, dial, phone, ring (up)
BL
- BL5 — as in remove, cut synonyms—blip, clip, cut, excise, remove sounds like—beep, leap, sleep
- BL5 — *er sounds like—loop, sloop
CA
- CA7 — having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance synonyms—able, competent, equal, fit, good sounds like—culpable, in***, payable, salable
- 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
- 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
- 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
- CL4 — as in clap, crash synonyms—clap, clip-**, crack, crash, crunch sounds like—cop, crop, flop, glop, lop
CO
- 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
- CO4 — something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth synonyms—blanket, cloak, cover, cover-up, covering sounds like—cap, cape
EL
- EL5 — as in escape, abscond synonyms—abscond, clear out, decamp, escape, get (away) sounds like—alone, lope, slope
EP
- 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
- 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
- LE4 — an act of **ing into the air synonyms—bound, hop, jump, spring, vault sounds like—beep, cheap, deep, heap, jeep
LO
- LO6 — to move with a light springing step synonyms—bounce, bound, hop, lope, skip sounds like—dollop, wallop
- LO4 — a circular strip synonyms—band, circle, eye, hoop, ring sounds like—coop, coupe, dupe, hoop, lap
- LO4 — to move with a light springing step synonyms—bounce, bound, hop, lollop, skip sounds like—cope, dope, hope, lap, leap
OP
- 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
- PA4 — as in rate, tempo synonyms—clip, gait, rate, tempo, celerity sounds like—ace, a**, base, case, chase
- PA6 — a saffron-flavored dish containing rice, meat, seafood, and vegetables
- PA6 — showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort synonyms—Babylonian, deluxe, lavish, Lucullan, luxe sounds like—callous, malice, plus, polis
- PA6 — sounds like—plaza, plop
- 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
- PA5 — a * diet sounds like—polio
- 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
- PA4 — as in ate synonyms—ate, feel, touch, brush, graze sounds like—pulp
- 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
- PA4 — a male human parent synonyms—dad, daddy, father, old man, pa sounds like—pop, poppy
- PA5 — as in priestly, apostolic synonyms—apostolic, canonical, clerical, episcopal, evangelical sounds like—maple, people, purple
PE
- 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
- 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
- PE4 — to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates synonyms—bong, chime, knell, ring, toll sounds like—ap**, deal, eel, feel, heal
- 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
- PE4 — to remove the natural covering of synonyms—bark, flay, hull, husk, shell sounds like—appeal, deal, eel, feel, heal
- PE8 — to remove the natural covering of synonyms—bark, flay, hull, husk, shell
- PE4 — an instance of looking especially briefly synonyms—cast, eye, gander, glance, glimpse sounds like—beep, cheap, deep, heap, jeep
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- PL4 — as in commoner, eian synonyms—commoner, eian, prole, proletarian, everyman
- PL5 — as in commoner, *ian synonyms—commoner, *ian, prole, proletarian, everyman
- PL4 — to throw or set down clumsily or casually synonyms—flop, flump, plank, plump, plunk sounds like—flop, glop, lop, pop, prop
PO
- PO4 — as in center, capital synonyms—capital, center, cynosure, epicenter, mecca sounds like—boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal
- 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
- PO4 — sounds like—pillow, solo
- PO4 — a small often deep body of water synonyms—billabong, mere, puddle, stank, well sounds like—cool, fool, pail, pal, pale
- PO4 — solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal synonyms—dirt, doo-doo, dropping, dung, excrement sounds like—coop, coupe, dupe, hoop, loop
- PO4 — as in bishop, archbishop synonyms—abbot, archbishop, archpriest, bishop, dean sounds like—cope, dope, hope, lope, pap
- PO5 — a male human parent synonyms—dad, daddy, father, old man, pa