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NYT 🐝 Clues—Sun. 11 December, 2022

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

Letters: n  a  d  h  m  o  w

  • Total Answers: 28
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AD

  1. AD5 — a person who writes, solicits, or places advertisements sounds like—abdomen, action, airman
  2. AD7sounds like—woman

AN

  1. AN4 — at or within a short time synonyms—before long, by and by, directly, momentarily, presently sounds like—upon

DA

  1. DA4 — having no exceptions or restrictions synonyms—absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming sounds like—bam, deem, dim
  2. DA4 — the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance; the point at which something begins synonyms—aurora, cockcrow, ing, day, daybreak sounds like—dean, den, din, dine, doff

DO

  1. DO4 — toward or in a lower position; from this or that place synonyms—below, ward, over, away, fro sounds like—dawn, dean, den, din, dine

HA

  1. HA4 — a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded; a place, space, or direction away from or beyond a central point or line; an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information synonyms—angle, aspect, facet, phase, side sounds like—and, band, canned, hind, honed

MA

  1. MA6 — a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear synonyms—daredevil, devil, madcap sounds like—adman, sideman
  2. MA8 — a woman who is or acts as if insane sounds like—adman, chairwoman, mudwagon, woman
  3. MA6 — material wealth or possessions especially as having a debasing influence sounds like—famine, salmon
  4. MA7 — the set of qualities considered appropriate for or characteristic of men synonyms—machismo, macho, manliness, masculinity, virility
  5. MA5 — a source of great satisfaction; something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing synonyms—delectation, delight, feast, gas, joy

MO

  1. MO4 — a long low sound indicating pain or grief; a crying out in grief; an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment synonyms—groan, wail, groan, howl, keen sounds like—bone, cone, hone, known, loan
  2. MO5 — unit, one; atom; an elementary individual substance which reflects the order of the world and from which material properties are derived sounds like—bond, conned, fond, honored, mad
  3. MO5 — extremely sounds like—condo
  4. MO4
  5. MO4 — a long or seemingly long period of time synonyms—aeon, age, blue **, coon's age, cycle sounds like—boon, dune, goon, loon, main
  6. MO4 — to kill on a large scale; to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall synonyms—butcher, massacre, slaughter, bowl (down or over), down sounds like—down, gown, main, man, mane

NA

  1. NA4 — a round flat leavened bread especially of the Indian subcontinent sounds like—con, don, han, john, knob
  2. NA4 — nothing sounds like—nod
  3. NA4 — the mother of one's father or mother : grandmother —often used as a form of address sounds like—manna

NO

  1. NO5 — in no manner or way : not at all; anyhow sounds like—coco, cocoa, gnome, hoe, knoll
  2. NO5 — traveling from place to place synonyms—ambulant, ambulatory, errant, fugitive, gallivanting sounds like—domed, gnome, mad, named, snowman
  3. NO4 — the middle of the day; the highest part or point synonyms—high , lunch time, midday, day, **tide sounds like—boon, dune, goon, knew, known

WA

  1. WA4 — a slender staff carried in a procession : verge; a slender rod used by conjurers and magicians; a slat six feet by two inches used as a target in archery; also : a narrow strip of paper pasted vertically on a target face sounds like—bond, conned, fond, pond, wind
  2. WA5 — said to indicate the listener's disagreement with a statement sounds like—donna, mana

WO

  1. WO5 — an adult female human being; a female romantic companion; a female partner in a marriage synonyms—female, lady, skirt, gal, gill
  2. WO9 — the set of qualities traditionally considered appropriate for or characteristic of women synonyms—femininity, feminity, muliebrity, womanishness, womanliness sounds like—manhood, nationhood

adman, adwoman, anon, damn, dawn, down, hand, madman, madwoman, mammon, manhood, manna, moan, monad, mondo, mono, moon, mown, naan, nada, nana, nohow, nomad, noon, wand, wanna, woman, womanhood