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

Letters: w  a  f  i  l  o  r

• Total Answers: 21
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AI

1. AI7 — as in air, wind synonyms—blast, blow, flurry, gale, headwind sounds like—floe, flow, inflow, outflow

AL

2. AL5 — to give permission for or to approve of; to give permission to; to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference synonyms—green-light, have, permit, suffer, leave sounds like—plough, plow

AR

3. AR5 — as in beeline synonyms—beeline, catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun sounds like—ammo, b*, crow, grow, h*

FA

4. FA6 — not being in a state of use, activity, or employment synonyms—dead, dormant, free, idle, inactive sounds like—fellow, floe, flow, follow, furlough
5. FA6 — to give birth to (a **); to bring forth young —often used with down sounds like—borrow, follow, morrow, sorrow

FL

6. FL4 — something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing synonyms—blemish, blight, blotch, defect, deformity sounds like—claw
7. FL4 — to move in a stream; to move or proceed smoothly and readily synonyms—pour, roll, run, stream, bowl sounds like—blow, fallow, fellow

FO

8. FO6 — to come after in time; to go after or on the track of; to act according to the commands of synonyms—postdate, succeed, supervene, bird-dog, chase sounds like—fallow, fellow, floe, flow, furlough
9. FO8 — a state of noisy, confused activity synonyms—ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster sounds like—afar, euphoric, far, farce, farm
10. FO4 — a member of the human race synonyms—baby, being, bird, bod, body sounds like—fail, fall, feel, fell, file

WA

11. WA4 — a young person who is thin and appears homeless or impoverished synonyms—gamine, guttersnipe, ragamuffin, urchin, beggar sounds like—chafe, safe
12. WA4 — a crying out in grief; a long low sound indicating pain or grief; an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment synonyms—groan, howl, keen, lament, lamentation sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, dale
13. 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
14. WA8 — a large reddish-gray kangaroo (Macropus robustus) —called also euro; either of two kangaroos (Macropus antelopinus and M. bernardus) related to the ** sounds like—altar, alter, altered, caller, falter
15. WA6 — a sunken and often wet area like that used by animals to roll in synonyms—borehole, chuckhole, crater, posthole, pothole sounds like—follow, hollow, s**, willow
16. WA7 — a person engaged in military service synonyms—dogface, fighter, legionary, legionnaire, man-at-arms

WI

17. WI4 — to give by means of a **; to see fit synonyms—bequeath, leave, choose, like, please sounds like—bill, chill, dill, fill, hill
18. WI6 — a ** (such as the North American Salix discolor) having large cylindrical silky catkins sounds like—below, billow, pillow, wallow

WO

19. WO4 — a man given to seducing women; a person who habitually preys upon others synonyms—Casanova, Don Juan, lecher, lothario, lounge lizard
20. WO4 — an immaterial thing upon which something else rests synonyms—base, basis, bedrock, bottom, cornerstone sounds like—goof, hoof, poof, roof, waif
21. WO4 — the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick synonyms—coat, fleece, fur, hair, jacket sounds like—bull, full, pull, wail, wale