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NYT 🐝 Clues—Mon. 14 November, 2022

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

Letters: a  b  c  e  h  l  w

  • Total Answers: 39
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AB

  1. AB4 — having the required skills for an accept level of performance synonyms—cap, competent, equal, fit, good sounds like—c, f, g, h, herbal

AC

  1. AC4 — a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body synonyms—pain, pang, prick, shoot, smart sounds like—age, aid, aide, ail, aim

AL

  1. AL6 — an ** of a genetic locus having more than two allelic forms within a population sounds like—addle, agile, annul, apple, lull

BA

  1. BA4 — a rich cake soaked in a rum and sugar syrup sounds like—bobby
  2. BA6 — unintelligible or meaningless talk synonyms—abracadabra, blabber, burble, double Dutch, double-talk sounds like—bible, bubble, dabble, rabble
  3. BA4 — a person who is just starting out in a field of activity; a recently born person; a lovely woman synonyms—abecedarian, apprentice, beginner, colt, cub
  4. BA5 — a place of uproar or confusion; loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound synonyms—bedlam, circus, madhouse, scrum, three-ring circus sounds like—bible, bubble, dabble, rabble
  5. BA4 — a large amount of a material (such as hay or wool) that is pressed together tightly and often tied or wrapped synonyms—bundle, pack, package, packet, parcel sounds like—ail, ale
  6. BA4 — a more or less round body or mass; a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm synonyms—globe, orb, sphere, bullet, pellet sounds like—all, bell, bile, bill, boar
  7. BA4 — to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress; to speak so as to be heard at a distance synonyms—blub, blubber, cry, sob, weep sounds like—all, bell, bile, bill, boar

BE

  1. BE5 — the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water synonyms*front, sand(s), strand sounds like—batch

BL

  1. BL4 — to engage in casual or rambling conversation; to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature synonyms—babble, cackle, chaffer, chat, chatter sounds like—lab, slab
  2. BL4 — language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense; the state of being bored synonyms—applesauce, balderdash, baloney, beans, bilge
  3. BL6 — to make white or whiter by removing color synonyms—blanch, blench, decolorize, dull, fade sounds like—beach, beech, breach, leach, leech

CA

  1. CA5 — a group involved in secret or criminal activities synonyms—conspiracy, crew, gang, Mafia, mob sounds like—banal, bubble, cobble, collage, couple
  2. CA6 — a medieval and modern system of Jewish theosophy, mysticism, and thaumaturgy marked by belief in creation through emanation and a cipher method of interpreting Scripture; a traditional, esoteric, occult, or secret matter; esoteric doctrine or mysterious art sounds like—cobble, cobbler
  3. CA5 — a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things synonyms—cord, lace, lacing, line, rope sounds like—able, cobble, fable, gable, hable
  4. CA5 — a collection of things kept available for future use or need; a supply stored up and often hidden away synonyms—deposit, hoard, reserve, store, hoard sounds like—ash, bash
  5. CA4 — to speak so as to be heard at a distance; to make a telephone ** to; to make a brief visit synonyms—bawl, bay, bellow, cry, holler sounds like—all, ball, bawl, coal, cog
  6. CA5 — to speak so as to be heard at a distance; to make a telephone call to; to make a brief visit synonyms—bawl, bay, bellow, cry, holler sounds like—cola, gala
  7. CA8 — capable of being called; specifically : subject to a demand for presentation for payment sounds like—fallible

CH

  1. CH7 — egg-rich yeast-leavened bread that is usually braided or twisted before baking and is traditionally eaten by Jews on the Sabbath and holidays sounds like—gala
  2. CH4 — to crush or grind with the teeth synonyms—bite (on), champ, chew, chomp (on), crunch (on) sounds like—gnaw, haw, jaw, law, maw
  3. CH8 — as in digestible, ingestible synonyms—absorbable, digestible, ingestible, swallowable, comestible sounds like—bubble, double, rubble

CL

  1. CL4 — as in burrow, grub; as in cut, lacerate synonyms—burrow, grub, dredge, dig in, dig sounds like—flaw, law

EA

  1. EA4 — being one of a group synonyms—any, every sounds like—b**, beech, eel, eke, etch

HA

  1. HA5 — sanctioned by Islamic law; especially : ritually fit for use; selling or serving food ritually fit according to Islamic law
  2. HA4 — enjoying health and vigor synonyms—able-bodied, bouncing, fit, healthy, hearty sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, dale
  3. HA4 — the entrance room of a building; a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building; a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings synonyms—entranceway, entry, entryway, foyer, way sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, fall

HE

  1. HE4 — to restore to a thy condition; to become **thy and strong again after illness or weakness; to bring about recovery from synonyms—cure, fix, mend, rehab, rehabilitate sounds like—deal, eel, feel, hail, hall
  2. HE8sounds like—billable, fallible, feasible, gullible, horrible
  3. HE6 — an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement synonyms—belly laugh, boff, boffola, cachinnation, cackle sounds like—haw

LA

  1. LA5 — a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it synonyms—marker, tag, ticket sounds like—able, cable, fable, gable, hable
  2. LA4 — a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things; a length of something formed of three or more strands woven together synonyms—cable, cord, lacing, line, rope sounds like—ace, base, case, chase, face

LE

  1. LE5 — as in percolate; as in clean, purify synonyms—percolate, filter, screen, strain, clarify sounds like—beach, beech, b*, each, latch

WA

  1. WA4 — something that is unusually large and powerful synonyms—behemoth, blockbuster, colossus, dinosaur, dreadnought sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, dale
  2. WA4 — a physical object that blocks the way; means or method of defending synonyms—barricade, barrier, fence, hedge, aegis sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, fall

WE

  1. WE4 — the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success synonyms—good, interest, welfare, well-being sounds like—deal, eel, feel, heal, heel

WH

  1. WH5 — something that is unusually large and powerful synonyms—behemoth, blockbuster, colossus, dinosaur, dreadnought sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, dale

able, ache, allele, baba, babble, babe, babel, bale, ball, bawl, beach, blab, blah, bleach, cabal, cabala, cable, cache, call, calla, callable, challah, chaw, chewable, claw, each, halal, hale, hall, heal, healable, heehaw, label, lace, leach, wale, wall, weal, whale