NYT 🐝 Clues—Wed. 28 December, 2022

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! 🤣

AD

  1. AD7 — sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion synonyms—***ine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hard-nosed sounds like—animate, dement, doesn't, dumbest, element
  2. AD9 — sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion synonyms—adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hard-nosed sounds like—vehemently
  3. AD5 — a person who writes, solicits, or places advertisements sounds like—abdomen, action, airman

AL

  1. AL5 — to make more bearable or less severe synonyms—alleviate, assuage, ease, help, mitigate sounds like—away, clay, fillet, lay, play
  2. AL4 — someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support synonyms—abettor, backer, bedfellow, confederate, fellow traveler sounds like—fly, lie, lye, ply, sleigh

AM

  1. AM4 — 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 —called also banana oil sounds like—mill

AN

  1. AN4 — extremely or overly neat, careful, or precise synonyms—-retentive, obsessive, adamant, adamantine, bullheaded sounds like—addle, agile, apple, channel, null
  2. AN6 — 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 —often used in nontechnical contexts to describe someone as extremely or excessively neat, careful, or precise
  3. AN5 — sounds like—addle, agile, apple, channel, null

DA

  1. DA5 — a male human parent; something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed synonyms—dad, father, old man, pa, papa sounds like—dowdy, paddy
  2. DA5 — to engage in activity for amusement; to move or act slowly; to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun synonyms—disport, frolic, play, recreate, rollick sounds like—alley, duly, galley, rally, sally
  3. DA4 — having no exceptions or restrictions synonyms—absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming sounds like—bam, deem, dim
  4. DA5 — of the very best kind synonyms—A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner sounds like—bandy, candy, handy, sandy
  5. DA4 — a collection of factual knowledge about something synonyms—facts, information sounds like—donna, dot, dotted

DY

  1. DY4 — two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together synonyms—brace, couple, couplet, duo, pair sounds like—dial, diet, dud

LA

  1. LA4 — an adult female human being; a female partner in a marriage; a woman of high birth or social position synonyms—female, skirt, woman, helpmate, helpmeet sounds like—shady
  2. LA4 — 1935— Tenzin Gyatso Tibetan religious and political leader sounds like—comma, mama
  3. LA4 — 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 synonyms—commonwealth, country, nation, sovereignty, state sounds like—and, band, b, canned, g
  4. LA8 — as in landlord, proprietor synonyms—landlord, lessor, letter, renter, laird sounds like—blandly, handmade
  5. LA7 — any of a genus (***) of tropical shrubs or perennial herbs of the vervain family with showy heads of small bright flowers sounds like—antenna
  6. LA6 — a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession synonyms—amateur, dabbler, dilettante, hobbyist, nonexpert sounds like—lemon, lumen

LL

  1. LL5 — 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 like—comma, lava, mama

MA

  1. MA5 — the female partner in a marriage synonyms—helpmate, helpmeet, lady, missus, Mrs. sounds like—modem
  2. MA5 — in a confused and reckless manner; in an enthusiastic manner synonyms—amok, berserk, berserkly, frantically, frenetically sounds like—badly, medley, sadly
  3. MA6 — a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear synonyms—daredevil, devil, madcap sounds like—adman, sideman
  4. MA6 — an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning synonyms—affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint sounds like—melody
  5. MA4 — a public place for strolling synonyms—boardwalk, promenade, walk sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, fall
  6. MA4 — as in beer, ale synonyms—ale, beer, brew, brewage, brewski sounds like—fault, halt, melt, molt, salt
  7. MA5 — grain (such as barley) softened by steeping in water, allowed to germinate, and used especially in brewing and distilling; malt liquor; malted milk sounds like—algae, alley, ante, calorie, catty
  8. MA4 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom
  9. MA5 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom
  10. MA6 — 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 like—camel
  11. MA7 — 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 like—candle, handily, handle, handler
  12. MA5 — of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men synonyms—male, man-size, manlike, mannish, masculine
  13. MA5 — a source of great satisfaction; something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing synonyms—delectation, delight, feast, gas, joy
  14. MA5 — any of several extremely large rays synonyms—devilfish, * ray, sea devil
  15. MA4 — being of a large but indefinite number synonyms—beaucoup, legion, multifold, multiple, multiplex sounds like—any, meant, mend, merry, messy
  16. MA6 — May 1 celebrated as a springtime festival and in some countries as Labor Day sounds like—heyday, melee, payday

MY

  1. MY4 — 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 like—mana, manna, min, mince, mint

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
  4. NA5 — a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children synonyms—babysitter, dry nurse, nurse, nursemaid, nurser sounds like—canny, fanny
  5. NA5 — a document describing all of the possible astrological influences on a subject based on the precise time and place of the subject's birth —called also * chart sounds like—fatal, nettle
  6. NA6 — swimming or floating in water sounds like—latent
  7. NA5 — being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance synonyms—dapper, sharp, smart, snappy, spruce sounds like—catty, chatty, fatty, knotty, nutty

TA

  1. TA4 — extending to a great distance upward; requiring considerable physical or mental effort synonyms—altitudinous, high, lofty, towering, arduous sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, fall
  2. TA5 — a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added synonyms—census, count, tale sounds like—alley, dally, galley, rally, sally
  3. TA5 — showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect synonyms—beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels sounds like—catty, chatty, fatty, natty, patty

adamant, adamantly, adman, allay, ally, amyl, anal, anally, annal, daddy, dally, damn, dandy, data, dyad, lady, lama, land, landlady, lantana, layman, llama, madam, madly, madman, malady, mall, malt, malty, mama, mamma, mammal, mandala, manly, manna, manta, many, mayday, myna, naan, nada, nana, nanny, natal, natant, natty, tall, tally, tatty