Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: a d l m n t y
- Total Answers: 49
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! đ¤Ł
AD
- AD7 â sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion synonymsâ***ine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hard-nosed sounds likeâanimate, dement, doesn't, dumbest, element
- AD9 â sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion synonymsâadamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hard-nosed sounds likeâvehemently
- AD5 â a person who writes, solicits, or places advertisements sounds likeâabdomen, action, airman
AL
- AL5 â to make more bearable or less severe synonymsâalleviate, assuage, ease, help, mitigate sounds likeâaway, clay, fillet, lay, play
- AL4 â someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support synonymsâabettor, backer, bedfellow, confederate, fellow traveler sounds likeâfly, lie, lye, ply, sleigh
AM
- AM4 â a colorless liquid acetate C7H14O2 of alcohol that has a pleasant fruity odor and is used especially as a solvent and in the manufacture of artificial fruit essences âcalled also banana oil sounds likeâmill
AN
- AN4 â extremely or overly neat, careful, or precise synonymsâ-retentive, obsessive, adamant, adamantine, bullheaded sounds likeâaddle, agile, apple, channel, null
- AN6 â of, relating to, situated near, or involving the anus; of, relating to, characterized by, or being the stage of psychosexual development which follows the oral stage and during which the child is concerned especially with his or her feces; of, relating to, characterized by, or being personality traits (such as parsimony, meticulousness, and ill humor) considered typical of fixation at the anal stage of development : anal-retentive âoften used in nontechnical contexts to describe someone as extremely or excessively neat, careful, or precise
- AN5 â sounds likeâaddle, agile, apple, channel, null
DA
- DA5 â a male human parent; something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed synonymsâdad, father, old man, pa, papa sounds likeâdowdy, paddy
- DA5 â to engage in activity for amusement; to move or act slowly; to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun synonymsâdisport, frolic, play, recreate, rollick sounds likeâalley, duly, galley, rally, sally
- DA4 â having no exceptions or restrictions synonymsâabsolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming sounds likeâbam, deem, dim
- DA5 â of the very best kind synonymsâA-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner sounds likeâbandy, candy, handy, sandy
- DA4 â a collection of factual knowledge about something synonymsâfacts, information sounds likeâdonna, dot, dotted
DY
- DY4 â two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together synonymsâbrace, couple, couplet, duo, pair sounds likeâdial, diet, dud
LA
- LA4 â an adult female human being; a female partner in a marriage; a woman of high birth or social position synonymsâfemale, skirt, woman, helpmate, helpmeet sounds likeâshady
- LA4 â 1935â Tenzin Gyatso Tibetan religious and political leader sounds likeâcomma, mama
- LA4 â a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government; a broad geographical area; the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air synonymsâcommonwealth, country, nation, sovereignty, state sounds likeâand, band, b, canned, g
- LA8 â as in landlord, proprietor synonymsâlandlord, lessor, letter, renter, laird sounds likeâblandly, handmade
- LA7 â any of a genus (***) of tropical shrubs or perennial herbs of the vervain family with showy heads of small bright flowers sounds likeâantenna
- LA6 â a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession synonymsâamateur, dabbler, dilettante, hobbyist, nonexpert sounds likeâlemon, lumen
LL
- LL5 â any of a genus (Lama) of wild or domesticated, long-necked, South American ruminant mammals related to the camels but smaller and without a hump; especially : a domesticated * (L. glama) descended from the guanaco and used especially in the Andes as a pack animal and a source of wool sounds likeâcomma, lava, mama
MA
- MA5 â the female partner in a marriage synonymsâhelpmate, helpmeet, lady, missus, Mrs. sounds likeâmodem
- MA5 â in a confused and reckless manner; in an enthusiastic manner synonymsâamok, berserk, berserkly, frantically, frenetically sounds likeâbadly, medley, sadly
- MA6 â a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear synonymsâdaredevil, devil, madcap sounds likeâadman, sideman
- MA6 â an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning synonymsâaffection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint sounds likeâmelody
- MA4 â a public place for strolling synonymsâboardwalk, promenade, walk sounds likeâall, ball, bawl, call, fall
- MA4 â as in beer, ale synonymsâale, beer, brew, brewage, brewski sounds likeâfault, halt, melt, molt, salt
- MA5 â grain (such as barley) softened by steeping in water, allowed to germinate, and used especially in brewing and distilling; malt liquor; malted milk sounds likeâalgae, alley, ante, calorie, catty
- MA4 â a female human parent synonymsâma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds likeâcomma, mom
- MA5 â a female human parent synonymsâma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds likeâcomma, mom
- MA6 â any of a class (**ia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans sounds likeâcamel
- MA7 â a Hindu or Buddhist graphic symbol of the universe; specifically : a circle enclosing a square with a deity on each side that is used chiefly as an aid to meditation; a graphic and often symbolic pattern usually in the form of a circle divided into four separate sections or bearing a multiple projection of an image sounds likeâcandle, handily, handle, handler
- MA5 â of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men synonymsâmale, man-size, manlike, mannish, masculine
- MA5 â a source of great satisfaction; something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing synonymsâdelectation, delight, feast, gas, joy
- MA5 â any of several extremely large rays synonymsâdevilfish, * ray, sea devil
- MA4 â being of a large but indefinite number synonymsâbeaucoup, legion, multifold, multiple, multiplex sounds likeâany, meant, mend, merry, messy
- MA6 â May 1 celebrated as a springtime festival and in some countries as Labor Day sounds likeâheyday, melee, payday
MY
- MY4 â any of various Asian starlings (especially genera Acridotheres, Gracula, and Sturnus); especially : a dark brown slightly crested bird (A. tristis) of southeastern Asia with a white tail tip and wing markings and bright yellow bill and feet sounds likeâmana, manna, min, mince, mint
NA
- NA4 â a round flat leavened bread especially of the Indian subcontinent sounds likeâcon, don, han, john, knob
- NA4 â nothing sounds likeânod
- NA4 â the mother of one's father or mother : grandmother âoften used as a form of address sounds likeâmanna
- NA5 â a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children synonymsâbabysitter, dry nurse, nurse, nursemaid, nurser sounds likeâcanny, fanny
- NA5 â a document describing all of the possible astrological influences on a subject based on the precise time and place of the subject's birth âcalled also * chart sounds likeâfatal, nettle
- NA6 â swimming or floating in water sounds likeâlatent
- NA5 â being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance synonymsâdapper, sharp, smart, snappy, spruce sounds likeâcatty, chatty, fatty, knotty, nutty
TA
- TA4 â extending to a great distance upward; requiring considerable physical or mental effort synonymsâaltitudinous, high, lofty, towering, arduous sounds likeâall, ball, bawl, call, fall
- TA5 â a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added synonymsâcensus, count, tale sounds likeâalley, dally, galley, rally, sally
- TA5 â showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect synonymsâbeat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels sounds likeâcatty, chatty, fatty, natty, patty