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

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• Total Answers: 46
• Pangrams: 2
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

BE

1. BE7 — a quickly followed straight or direct course synonyms—dash, scramble, stampede, haste, hastiness sounds like—byline, feline
2. BE4 — to have life; to occupy a place or location; to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes synonyms—breathed, existed, lived, subsisted, borne sounds like—ban, bane, bib, bid, big
3. BE4 — a biennial garden plant (Beta vulgaris) of the goosefoot family that includes several cultivars (such as Swiss chard and sugar **) and that has thick edible leaves with long petioles and often swollen purplish-red roots; also : its root used especially as a vegetable, as a source of sugar, or for forage sounds like—bait, bat
4. BE6 — to extend outward beyond a usual point synonyms—bag, balloon, belly, billow, bulge sounds like—battle, bottle, cheetal, fetal
5. BE5 — to give a misleading impression of; to prove to be false; to keep secret or shut off from view synonyms—misrepresent, confound, confute, debunk, disconfirm sounds like—bilk, bill, billed, billow, build
6. BE8 — to express scornfully one's low opinion of synonyms—bad-mouth, cry down, decry, denigrate, deprecate
7. BE4 — as in howl, wail synonyms—caterwaul, howl, wail, yowl, bawl sounds like—bail, bale, ball, bare, bawl
8. BE5 — as in peach, charmer synonyms—charmer, peach, babe, beauty, beauty queen sounds like—bail, bale, ball, bare, bawl
9. BE4 — a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument; the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time synonyms—bang, bash, bat, beat, biff sounds like—bolt, built, dealt
10. BE8 — a line encircling the narrowest part of the waist : waistline; also : the part of a piece of clothing that covers the waistline; the line of an automobile body along the side of the vehicle just below the windows; a railroad going wholly or partly around a city for the interchange of traffic between trunk lines or for handling traffic to terminals off the trunk lines sounds like—airline, baseline, byline, coastline, deadline
11. BE4 — given to or marked by cheating and deception synonyms—crooked, deceptive, dishonest, double-dealing, duplicitous sounds like—bunt, burnt, cent, dent, lent
12. BE5 — a climbing pepper (Piper betle) of southeastern Asia whose leaves are chewed together with * nut and mineral lime as a stimulant masticatory sounds like—battle, bottle, hotel, kettle

BI

13. BI5 — a book made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God synonyms—Book, Good Book, Holy Writ, Scripture sounds like—babble, bauble, bubble, libel
14. BI4 — biting sharpness of feeling or expression synonyms—acidity, acidness, acridity, acridness, acrimony sounds like—aisle, bail, bale, ball, bawl
15. BI4 — a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due; a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States; a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place synonyms—account, check, invoice, statement, tab sounds like—bail, bale, ball, bawl, been
16. BI6 — a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide synonyms—bar, rod sounds like—ballot, built, bullet
17. BI4 — a harsh or sharp quality; a small piece or quantity of food; an uncomfortable degree of coolness synonyms—acerbity, acidity, acidness, acridity, acridness sounds like—bait, bat, beat, beet, bet
18. BI6 — to be objectionable or unsatisfactory synonyms—smelled, stunk, sucked sounds like—beaten, begun, button, kitten, mitten

BL

19. BL4 — as in crepe, tze synonyms—tze, crepe, oatcake, wheat cake, waffle sounds like—been, bin
20. BL5 — as in crepes, blintzes synonyms—blintzes, crepes, oatcakes, wheat cakes, waffles sounds like—baloney, beady, bean, beefy, bikini
21. BL4 — depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society; feeling unhappiness; hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent synonyms—bawdy, coarse, crude, dirty, filthy sounds like—boo, brew, clue, flew, flu
22. BL8 — any of various bellflowers; especially : harebell; any of various plants bearing blue bell-shaped flowers: such as; a European herb (Hyacinthoides nonscripta synonym Scilla nonscripta) of the lily family having scapose racemes of drooping bell-shaped flowers —called also wild hyacinth sounds like—allowable, alphabet, bearable, billable, bubble
23. BL5 — being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner; lacking sharpness of edge or point synonyms—abrupt, bluff, brusque, crusty, curt sounds like—brunt, bunt, buoyant

BU

24. BU6 — to flow in a broken irregular stream synonyms—dribble, guggle, gurgle, lap, plash sounds like—babble, bauble, bible, double, rubble
25. BU5 — as in ample, curvy synonyms—ample, bosomy, busty, buxom, chesty sounds like—belie, below, belt, bilk, bill
26. BU4 — a stupid person synonyms—airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead sounds like—bely
27. BU4 — an order publicly issued by an authority synonyms—decree, diktat, directive, edict, fiat sounds like—bail, bale, ball, bawl, bell
28. BU6 — a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm synonyms—ball, pellet sounds like—ballot, billet
29. BU8 — a publication that appears at regular intervals; a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest synonyms—book, diurnal, gazette, journal, mag sounds like—belittle, bitten
30. BU4 — as in tap, flick synonyms—flick, stroke, tap, scuff, bump sounds like—bent, blunt, brunt
31. BU4 — the part of the body upon which someone sits synonyms—backside, behind, booty, bottom, breech sounds like—abbot, bait, bat, beat, beet
32. BU5 — a type of hill with a flat top and steep sides that is found in the southwestern U.S. synonyms—mesa, plateau, table, tableland, altitude(s) sounds like—abbot, bait, bat, beat, beet

EB

33. EB9 — filled with life and enthusiasm synonyms—boisterous, bubbly, exuberant, high-spirited, active sounds like—abundant, billion, blunt, brilliant, bullion

IN

34. IN7 — built-in sounds like—built, rebuilt

LI

35. LI5 — the making of false statements that damage another's reputation synonyms—aspersing, blackening, calumniation, calumny, character assassination sounds like—bible, label
36. LI7 — one against whom a libel has been filed in a court

LU

37. LU4 — lubricant; an application of a lubricant : lubrication sounds like—lab, lewd, lob, lobe, loom

NI

38. NI6 — a small piece or quantity of food synonyms—bite, morsel, mouthful, nugget, taste sounds like—noble

NU

39. NU6 — a very small piece; the central part or aspect of something under consideration synonyms—atom, bit, crumb, dribble, fleck sounds like—above, abuzz, baboon, bourbon, bubble
40. NU6 — a small uneven mass synonyms—blob, chunk, clod, clot, clump sounds like—bubble, double, knuckle, nibble, noble
41. NU6 — sexually attractive synonyms—desirable, dishy, dollish, foxy, hot sounds like—bile, nibble, noble, noodle, ruble

TU

42. TU4 — a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas); an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound synonyms—channel, conduit, duct, leader, line sounds like—lube, tab, tomb, too, tool
43. TU6 — a duct that receives and concentrates urine from the distal convoluted ** of nephrons and discharges it into the renal pelvis sounds like—lobule

UN

44. UN6 — sounds like—abet, belt, knelt
45. UN6 — as in untwisted, uncurled synonyms—uncurled, untwisted, direct, linear, right sounds like—affront, ancient, annoyance, bunt, infant
46. UN7 — to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces synonyms—demolished, leveled, pulled down, razed, tore down sounds like—built, rebuilt