NYT đ CluesâThu. 5 January, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: f e g i l n u
- Total Answers: 48
- Pangrams: 4
- Words revealed in these clues: None! đ¤Ł
EL
- EL5 â having an often mysterious or magical power to attract synonymsâalluring, appealing, attractive, bewitching, captivating sounds likeâcoffin, delphic, fin, selfish, sellin
EN
- EN6 â to cover with a flood synonymsâdeluge, drown, flood, gulf, inundate sounds likeâgulf, indulge, insult
- EN9 â to cover with a flood synonymsâdeluging, drowning, flooding, gulfing, inundating sounds likeâinsulting
FE
- FE4 â to have a vague awareness of; to come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin; to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it synonymsâperceive, scent, see, sense, smell sounds likeâdeal, eel, fail, fall, field
- FE7 â a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation; general emotional condition; an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge synonymsâchord, emotion, passion, sentiment, heartstrings sounds likeâceiling, falling, filing, fling, healing
- FE5 â to present a false appearance of synonymsâact, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit sounds likeâarraign, bane, cane, chain, face
- FE8 â as in pretense, hoax synonymsâcounterfeit, fake, forgery, hoax, humbug sounds likeâcaning, facing, fading, fining, finish
- FE6 â a small domestic animal known for catching mice synonymsâcat, house cat, kitty, moggy, puss sounds likeâairline, align, byline, fallen, field
- FE4 â to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall; to bring down by cutting; to deprive of life synonymsâbowl (down or over), down, drop, floor, knock down sounds likeâbell, cell, dell, fail, fair
- FE7 â to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall; to bring down by cutting; to deprive of life synonymsâbowling (down or over), downing, dropping, flooring, knocking down sounds likeâfalling, filing, fling, selling
- FE6 â a ** (Foeniculum vulgare azoricum) cultivated for its edible bulbous stem base âcalled also finocchio sounds likeâfinal, funnel, kennel
FI
- FI4 â a region of activity, knowledge, or influence synonymsâarea, arena, bailiwick, barony, business sounds likeâbeef, chief, feat, fee, feed
- FI4 â a rail about the mast near the deck to which rigging is belayed sounds likeâknife, life, rife, wife
- FI6 â
- FI4 â to make smooth by friction synonymsâbuff, grind, hone, rasp, rub sounds likeâaisle, bile, fail, fall, feel
- FI6 â as in document, form synonymsâblank, document, form, paper, instrument sounds likeâfalling, feeling, fling, piling
- FI4 â to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained; to close up so that no empty spaces remain; to do what is required by the terms of synonymsâbrim, charge, cram, heap, jam sounds likeâbill, chill, dill, fail, fall
- FI7 â soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something synonymsâfill, filler, padding, stuffing, wadding sounds likeâbilling, chilling, falling, feeling, fling
- FI4 â consisting of very small particles; made or done with extreme care and accuracy; being of less than usual width synonymsâdusty, floury, powdery, delicate, exact sounds likeâdine, fan, fawn, feign, fern
- FI6 â to establish or apply as a charge or penalty synonymsâassessing, charging, exacting, imposing, laying sounds likeâdining, shining
FL
- FL4 â to cease to be visible; to get free from a dangerous or confining situation; to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening synonymsâdematerialize, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate sounds likeâalley, awfully, early, fee, filly
- FL7 â to cease to be visible; to get free from a dangerous or confining situation; to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening synonymsâdematerializing, disappearing, dissolving, evanescing, evaporating
- FL5 â a time or instance of carefree fun; an effort to do or accomplish something; a brief romantic relationship synonymsâbinge, frisk, frolic, gambol, idyll sounds likeâailing, cling, falling, feeling, filing
- FL8 â to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm synonymsâcasting, catapulting, chucking, dashing, firing
- FL4 â as in chimney, smokestack synonymsâchimney, chimney stack, smokestack, channel, conduit sounds likeâblew, blue, clue, few
- FL5 â a soft airy substance or covering; an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy synonymsâdown, floss, fur, fuzz, lint sounds likeâbluff, slough
- FL8 â to make a mistake; to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way synonymsâblundering, boobing, erring, flubbing, fouling up
- FL5 â to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm synonymsâcast, catapulted, chucked, dashed, fired sounds likeâclung, lung, slung
FU
- FU4 â something with a usable capacity for doing work synonymsâenergy, power sounds likeâfeudal
- FU7 â as in pushing, charging synonymsâcharging, electrifying, energizing, firing, generating sounds likeâdwelling, falling, feeling, fiddling, filing
- FU4 â any of various very poisonous puffer fishes (family Tetraodontidae) that contain tetrodotoxin and that are used as food in Japan after the toxin-containing parts are removed sounds likeâboogie, few, fig, flew, flu
- FU5 â a musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices and contrapuntally developed in a continuous interweaving of the voice parts; something that resembles a * especially in interweaving repetitive elements; a disturbed state of consciousness in which the one affected seems to perform acts in full awareness but upon recovery cannot recollect the acts performed sounds likeâfeud, few, fewer
- FU7 â to do what is required by the terms of; to carry through (as a process) to completion synonymsâanswer, complete, comply (with), fill, keep sounds likeâfootfall, foothill
- FU10 â making one feel good inside synonymsâcheering, comforting, encouraging, gladdening, gratifying
- FU4 â containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible; of the highest degree; having one's appetite completely satisfied synonymsâbrimful, brimming, bursting, chockablock, chock-** sounds likeâbull, fail, fall, feel, fell
- FU5 â
- FU6 â to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway synonymsâcanalize, channel, channelize, conduct, direct sounds likeâfennel, final, tunnel
- FU9 â to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway synonymsâcanalizing, channeling, channelizing, conducting, directing sounds likeâbustling, foundling, guzzling, paneling, phenolic
GL
- GL7 â indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor synonymsâblithe, blithesome, festive, gay, jocose
GU
- GU4 â language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense synonymsâapplesauce, balderdash, baloney, beans, bilge sounds likeâbuff, cuff, gaffe, goof, gruff
- GU8 â clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means; given to or marked by cheating and deception synonymsâartful, beguiling, cagey, crafty, cunning sounds likeâbaleful, doleful, gainful, gleeful, rifle
- GU4 â a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline; an immeasurable depth or space; a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage synonymsâarm, bay, bight, cove, creek sounds likeâgolf
IN
- IN6 â material that fills in something (such as a hole or the spaces between a building's structural members); new buildings constructed in the space available between existing structures âoften used before another noun sounds likeâfill, refill
- IN9 â material that fills in something (such as a hole or the spaces between a building's structural members); new buildings constructed in the space available between existing structures âoften used before another noun sounds likeâunfailing, unwilling
LI
- LI4 â a history of a person's **; a member of the human race; active strength of body or mind synonymsâbio, biography, memoir, baby, being sounds likeâknife, laugh, leaf
- LI8 â a line (such as a rope) used for saving or preserving life: such as; a line along the outer edge of the deck of a boat or ship; a line used to keep contact with a person (such as a diver or astronaut) in a dangerous or potentially dangerous situation
UN
- UN9 â having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings; lacking in sensation or feeling; lacking animate awareness or sensation synonymsâaffectless, callous, case-hardened, cold-blooded, compassionless
- UN12 â not providing happiness or satisfaction : not fulfilling