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NYT 🐝 Clues—Tue. 8 November, 2022

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

Letters: g  h  l  n  o  r  u

  • Total Answers: 20
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

GH

  1. GH5 — an evil spirit synonyms—cacodemon, demon, devil, fiend, ghost sounds like—cool, fool, gal, gale, gall

GL

  1. GL4 — to flow or pour with a gurgling sound; to drink quickly sounds like—lug, plug, slug

GO

  1. GO4 — as in ding, clang synonyms—chink, clang, clank, clash, clink sounds like—gall, gang, gauze, long, pong
  2. GO6 — the figure 1 followed by 100 zeros equal to 10100 sounds like—gaggle, giggle, gurgle
  3. GO4 — to take place; to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point synonyms—be, befall, betide, chance, come sounds like—boon, dune, gain, gun
  4. GO6 — as in fishwife synonyms—fishwife, battle-ax, dragon lady, fury, harpy sounds like—organ

GR

  1. GR4 — a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk synonyms—alcohol, aqua vitae, ardent spirits, booze, bottle sounds like—frog

GU

  1. GU4 — one who is easily deceived or cheated synonyms—chump, dupe, mug, patsy, pigeon sounds like—cul, cull, dull, eagle, gal
  2. GU4 — a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field; one who brings an art or science to full realization synonyms—ace, adept, artist, authority, cognoscente sounds like—grew

HO

  1. HO8 — lasting an hour sounds like—along, belong, daylong, long, oblong

HU

  1. HU4 — bending downward or forward synonyms—bowed, bowing, declined, declining, descendant sounds like—dung, hang

LO

  1. LO4 — a device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark synonyms—emblem, ensign, hallmark, impresa, symbol
  2. LO7 — to take part in ***ing; to promote passage of by ***ing sounds like—patrol
  3. LO4 — of great extent from end to end; lasting for a considerable time synonyms—eate, extended, king-size, lengthy, extended sounds like—a, laud, law, lawn, lung
  4. LO8 — a large long-horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) that is a serious pest of hardwood trees and is native to China and Korea and has been introduced into North America and Europe sounds like—bullhorn, horn, shoehorn

LU

  1. LU4 — 1711—1799 Chinese emperor (1736—96) sounds like—c, dung, f, hung, long

OO

  1. OO6 — tea made from leaves that have been partially oxidized before firing sounds like—along, long

RO

  1. RO5 — covered with or as if with hair; marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity; marked by wet and windy conditions synonyms—bristly, brushy, cottony, fleecy, furred sounds like—buff, cuff, gruff, huff, muff

RU

  1. RU4 — the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement; a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment synonyms—degree, echelon, footing, level, place sounds like—dung, hung, lung, rang, ring

UN

  1. UN6 —

ghoul, glug, gong, googol, goon, gorgon, grog, gull, guru, hourlong, hung, logo, logroll, long, longhorn, lung, oolong, rough, rung, unhung