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: 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

4. AL5 — to make more bearable or less severe synonyms—alleviate, assuage, ease, help, mitigate sounds like—away, clay, fillet, lay, play
5. 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

6. 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

7. AN4 — extremely or overly neat, careful, or precise synonyms—-retentive, obsessive, adamant, adamantine, bullheaded sounds like—addle, agile, apple, channel, null
8. 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
9. AN5 — sounds like—addle, agile, apple, channel, null

DA

10. 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
11. 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
12. DA4 — having no exceptions or restrictions synonyms—absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming sounds like—bam, deem, dim
13. DA5 — of the very best kind synonyms—A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner sounds like—bandy, candy, handy, sandy
14. DA4 — a collection of factual knowledge about something synonyms—facts, information sounds like—donna, dot, dotted

DY

15. 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

16. 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
17. LA4 — 1935— Tenzin Gyatso Tibetan religious and political leader sounds like—comma, mama
18. 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
19. LA8 — as in landlord, proprietor synonyms—landlord, lessor, letter, renter, laird sounds like—blandly, handmade
20. 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
21. 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

22. 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

23. MA5 — the female partner in a marriage synonyms—helpmate, helpmeet, lady, missus, Mrs. sounds like—modem
24. MA5 — in a confused and reckless manner; in an enthusiastic manner synonyms—amok, berserk, berserkly, frantically, frenetically sounds like—badly, medley, sadly
25. MA6 — a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear synonyms—daredevil, devil, madcap sounds like—adman, sideman
26. MA6 — an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning synonyms—affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint sounds like—melody
27. MA4 — a public place for strolling synonyms—boardwalk, promenade, walk sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, fall
28. MA4 — as in beer, ale synonyms—ale, beer, brew, brewage, brewski sounds like—fault, halt, melt, molt, salt
29. 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
30. MA4 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom
31. MA5 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom
32. 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
33. 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
34. MA5 — of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men synonyms—male, man-size, manlike, mannish, masculine
35. MA5 — a source of great satisfaction; something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing synonyms—delectation, delight, feast, gas, joy
36. MA5 — any of several extremely large rays synonyms—devilfish, * ray, sea devil
37. MA4 — being of a large but indefinite number synonyms—beaucoup, legion, multifold, multiple, multiplex sounds like—any, meant, mend, merry, messy
38. MA6 — May 1 celebrated as a springtime festival and in some countries as Labor Day sounds like—heyday, melee, payday

MY

39. 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

40. NA4 — a round flat leavened bread especially of the Indian subcontinent sounds like—con, don, han, john, knob
41. NA4 — nothing sounds like—nod
42. NA4 — the mother of one's father or mother : grandmother —often used as a form of address sounds like—manna
43. 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
44. 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
45. NA6 — swimming or floating in water sounds like—latent
46. NA5 — being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance synonyms—dapper, sharp, smart, snappy, spruce sounds like—catty, chatty, fatty, knotty, nutty

TA

47. 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
48. 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
49. 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