New York Times Spelling Bee Solution and Answers for August 5, 2020

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Today’s pangram is BAMBOOZLE.

BAMBOOZLE is defined as conceal one’s true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.

ABLAZE is defined as lighted up by or as by fire or flame. It is also defined as keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement. It is also defined as lighted with red light as if with flames. It is also defined as resembling flame in brilliance or color.

ABLE is defined as having a strong healthy body. It is also defined as have the skills and qualifications to do things well. It is also defined as having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity. It is also defined as (usually followed by `to’) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.

ABLOOM is defined as bursting into flower.

ALLELE is defined as (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character.

ALOE is defined as succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa.

AMBLE is defined as walk leisurely. It is also defined as a leisurely walk (usually in some public place).

AZALEA is defined as any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.

BABBLE is defined as to talk foolishly. It is also defined as flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise. It is also defined as gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby. It is also defined as divulge confidential information or secrets. It is also defined as utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way.

BABEL is defined as (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah’s descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another. It is also defined as a confusion of voices and other sounds.

BALE is defined as a city in northwestern Switzerland. It is also defined as a large bundle bound for storage or transport. It is also defined as make into a bale.

BALL is defined as a lavish dance requiring formal attire. It is also defined as United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989). It is also defined as a solid projectile that is shot by a musket. It is also defined as a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs. It is also defined as a compact mass. It is also defined as one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens. It is also defined as an object with a spherical shape. It is also defined as a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass. It is also defined as a pitch that is not in the strike zone. It is also defined as a spherical object used as a plaything. It is also defined as form into a ball by winding or rolling. It is also defined as round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games. It is also defined as the people assembled at a lavish formal dance.

BALM is defined as semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation. It is also defined as any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.

BELL is defined as the shape of a bell. It is also defined as the sound of a bell being struck. It is also defined as a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed. It is also defined as English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961). It is also defined as (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship’s bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o’clock, either a.m. or p.m.. It is also defined as a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905). It is also defined as a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument. It is also defined as United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922). It is also defined as a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck. It is also defined as attach a bell to. It is also defined as the flared opening of a tubular device.

BELLE is defined as a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals.

BEZEL is defined as a sloping edge on a cutting tool.

BLAB is defined as speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. It is also defined as divulge confidential information or secrets.

The word BLAM has no known definition.

 

BLAME is defined as an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed. It is also defined as harass with constant criticism. It is also defined as a reproach for some lapse or misdeed. It is also defined as put or pin the blame on. It is also defined as attribute responsibility to. It is also defined as expletives used informally as intensifiers.

BLAZE is defined as move rapidly and as if blazing. It is also defined as noisy and unrestrained mischief. It is also defined as shoot rapidly and repeatedly. It is also defined as a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted. It is also defined as a cause of difficulty and suffering. It is also defined as a strong flame that burns brightly. It is also defined as a light-colored marking. It is also defined as burn brightly and intensely. It is also defined as indicate by marking trees with blazes. It is also defined as shine brightly and intensively.

BLOB is defined as make a spot or mark onto. It is also defined as an indistinct shapeless form.

BLOOM is defined as produce or yield flowers. It is also defined as the organic process of bearing flowers. It is also defined as the best time of youth. It is also defined as a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health. It is also defined as reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts. It is also defined as a powdery deposit on a surface. It is also defined as the period of greatest prosperity or productivity.

BOBBLE is defined as make a mess of, destroy or ruin. It is also defined as the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball.

BOLA is defined as a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie. It is also defined as a rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin.

BOLL is defined as the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.

BOLO is defined as long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin. It is also defined as a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.

EMBALM is defined as preserve a dead body.

EMBEZZLE is defined as appropriate (as property entrusted to one’s care) fraudulently to one’s own use.

EMBLEM is defined as a visible symbol representing an abstract idea. It is also defined as special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc..

LABEL is defined as trade name of a company that produces musical recordings. It is also defined as pronounce judgment on. It is also defined as attach a tag or label to. It is also defined as a brief description given for purposes of identification. It is also defined as an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object. It is also defined as a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction. It is also defined as assign a label to; designate with a label. It is also defined as distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions. It is also defined as distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom.

LAMA is defined as llamas. It is also defined as a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.

LAMB is defined as a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child). It is also defined as English essayist (1775-1834). It is also defined as a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters). It is also defined as give birth to a lamb. It is also defined as the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food. It is also defined as young sheep.

LAME is defined as deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg. It is also defined as someone who doesn’t understand what is going on. It is also defined as pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness. It is also defined as disabled in the feet or legs. It is also defined as a fabric interwoven with threads of metal.

LAMELLA is defined as any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus. It is also defined as a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones. It is also defined as thin plate.

The word LAMELLAE has no known definition.

 

LAZE is defined as be idle; exist in a changeless situation.

LEMMA is defined as the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae. It is also defined as a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition. It is also defined as the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry.

LLAMA is defined as wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.

LOAM is defined as a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.

LOBE is defined as (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part. It is also defined as a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure. It is also defined as (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided. It is also defined as the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern.

The word LOBO has no known definition.

 

LOLL is defined as hang loosely or laxly. It is also defined as be lazy or idle.

LOOM is defined as appear very large or occupy a commanding position. It is also defined as hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing. It is also defined as a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile. It is also defined as come into view indistinctly, often threateningly. It is also defined as weave on a loom.

MALE is defined as characteristic of a man. It is also defined as a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies. It is also defined as an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova). It is also defined as being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation. It is also defined as for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys. It is also defined as the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands.

MALL is defined as mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace. It is also defined as a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.

MALLEABLE is defined as easily influenced. It is also defined as capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out.

MAMMAL is defined as any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk.

MEAL is defined as the food served and eaten at one time. It is also defined as any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times. It is also defined as coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse.

MELEE is defined as a noisy riotous fight.

MOLE is defined as a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away. It is also defined as the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d’Unites. It is also defined as a spy who works against enemy espionage. It is also defined as a small congenital pigmented spot on the skin. It is also defined as small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet. It is also defined as spicy sauce often containing chocolate.

MOLL is defined as the girlfriend of a gangster.

The word MOOLA has no known definition.

 

OLEO is defined as a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.

ZEAL is defined as prompt willingness. It is also defined as a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause). It is also defined as excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end.

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