NYT 🐝 Clues—Wed. 7 December, 2022

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

Letters: o  a  b  e  j  n  w

  • Total Answers: 22
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AE

  1. AE4 — a long or seemingly long period of time synonyms—age, blue moon, coon's age, cycle, donkey's years sounds like—neon

AN

  1. AN4 — at or within a short time synonyms—before long, by and by, directly, momentarily, presently sounds like—upon

BA

  1. BA6 — a ** (Papio hamadryas) that has a reddish-pink muzzle and a large bare patch of pink skin on each buttock and that was venerated by the ancient Egyptians —called also sacred ** sounds like—buffoon
  2. BA5 — a musical instrument with a drumlike body, a fretted neck, and usually four or five strings which may be plucked or strummed
  3. BA6 — a broad-trunked tropical tree (Adansonia digitata) of the silk-cotton family that is native to Africa and has an edible acidic fruit resembling a gourd and bark used in making paper, cloth, and rope; also : any of several related trees chiefly of Madagascar and Australia sounds like—blob, blobby, bobby, bombast, buyback

BO

  1. BO4 —
  2. BO6 — a candy with chocolate or fondant coating and fondant center that sometimes contains fruits and nuts; something that is pleasing in a light or frivolous way sounds like—bargain, carbon, robin
  3. BO4 — a habitual attraction to some activity or thing; a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games; the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions synonyms—affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias sounds like—ban, bane, bean, beau, been
  4. BO6 — a rare anthropoid ape (Pan paniscus) that has a more slender build and longer limbs than the related common chimpanzee (P. troglodytes) and that inhabits a small geographic region in equatorial Africa south of the Congo River —called also pygmy chimpanzee sounds like—banjo, barb, barbed, barber, barrio
  5. BO4 — an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy synonyms—blunder, bobble, boo-boo, brick, clanger sounds like—babe, bib, buoy
  6. BO6 — an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy synonyms—blunder, bobble, boob, brick, clanger
  7. BO4 — likely to seek or enjoy the company of others synonyms—clubbable, clubby, companionable, convivial, extroverted sounds like—ban, bane, bean, been, bin
  8. BO6 — loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound synonyms—babel, blare, bluster, brawl, bruit sounds like—barrow, beau, bellow, below, billow

EB

  1. EB4 — y sounds like—auburn, balm, ban, bane, bar

JA

  1. JA7 — to speak forcefully and persuasively to; to talk especially forcefully and persuasively sounds like—bone

JO

  1. JO6 — a shrub or small tree (Simmondsia chinensis synonym S. californica) of the box family of southwestern North America with edible seeds that yield a valuable liquid wax used especially in cosmetics sounds like—adobe, ayatollah, cajole, fajita, judge

NA

  1. NA5 — one of high position or importance within a group synonyms—big, big boy, big cheese, big gun, big leaguer sounds like—abbot, babble, cabin, dabble, habit

NE

  1. NE4 — a nonmetallic chemical element that is found in minute amounts in air and is used especially in electric lamps, in lasers, and as a cryogenic refrigerant; a discharge lamp in which the gas contains a large proportion of ; a sign composed of such lamps sounds like—bean, con, dean, don, eon

NO

  1. NO4 — certainly not; not in any degree, way, or under any condition synonyms—hardly, ill, no, noway, scarcely sounds like—bun, done, dun, eon, fun
  2. NO4 — a person who has recently started a particular activity : newbie sounds like—knew, knob, lube, nab, new
  3. NO4 — the middle of the day; the highest part or point synonyms—high , lunch time, midday, day, **tide sounds like—boon, dune, goon, knew, known

OB

  1. OB4 — a double-reed woodwind instrument having a conical tube, a brilliant penetrating tone, and a usual range from B flat below middle C upward for over 21/2 octaves sounds like—beau, lobo

aeon, anon, baboon, banjo, baobab, boba, bonbon, bone, bonobo, boob, booboo, boon, bowwow, ebon, jawbone, jojoba, nabob, neon, none, noob, noon, oboe