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6-Letter Words (137):
bailey (11 points)
Inquisitive cabbie (wordplay)
Barnum's circus partner
Walker's Beetle
B·3+A·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
bakery (15 points)
Site of a bread line (wordplay)
Place kept in apple pie order (wordplay)
Where doughboys flourish (wordplay)
B·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
baldly (12 points)
How Yul Brynner acted (wordplay)
In unvarnished style.
In unadorned or hairless manner
B·3+A·1+L·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
banyan (11 points)
Tree with many trunks
South Asian shade tree
Tree with multiple trunks
B·3+A·1+N·1+Y·4+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
barely (11 points)
By a nose, say
How Godiva rode!
Just cook barley (wordplay)
B·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
barfly (14 points)
Alcoholic insect, perhaps
One who orders "the usual," maybe
Person who orders "the usual," maybe
B·3+A·1+R·1+F·4+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
barley (11 points)
Grain used in making whisky
Source of malt.
Brewer's purchase
B·3+A·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
barony (11 points)
Peer's estate
Certain peer's domain
British lord's domain
B·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
baryes (11 points)
Barye
B·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
baryon (11 points)
Subatomic particle made of three quarks
Particle made of quarks
Peer round unknown atomic particle
B·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
baryta (11 points)
Barium monoxide
Chemical solid
B·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4+T·1+A·1 = 11 pts
baryte (11 points)
""A mineral, also BARITE""
B·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
basely (11 points)
In a servile manner
In a lowdown way
In a snide manner
B·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
basify (14 points)
Make alkaline
B·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
bassly (11 points)
In a low-pitched manner
B·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
batboy (13 points)
One helping swingers (wordplay)
Bruce Wayne as a child (wordplay)
Baseball gear handler
B·3+A·1+T·1+B·3+O·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
baulky (15 points)
Stubborn
B·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
bawdry (15 points)
Risque language
B·3+A·1+W·4+D·2+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
bayamo (13 points)
A strong wind
B·3+A·1+Y·4+A·1+M·3+O·1 = 13 pts
bayard (12 points)
French military hero
Rinaldo's magic horse.
Rinaldo's bay horse
B·3+A·1+Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 12 pts
baying (12 points)
Howling like a dog
Barking with prolonged noises
The sound of hounds in pursuit
B·3+A·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
bayous (11 points)
Minor rivers in Gulf-coast region
Gators' stomping grounds
Arms of the Mississippi
B·3+A·1+Y·4+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 11 pts
beachy (16 points)
Like the shore, often
Like many coastal resort towns
Covered with sand
B·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
beauty (11 points)
What some say they sleep for
Age follower (wordplay)
Helen of Troy's trait
B·3+E·1+A·1+U·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
beechy (16 points)
Abounding in {beeches=n}
B·3+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
belady (12 points)
To apply the title of lady to
B·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
belays (11 points)
Lets a climber down gently (wordplay)
Makes ropes fast by winding Naut
Secures a ship's rope
B·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 11 pts
belfry (14 points)
Bats in the campanile (wordplay)
Crazy bats found here (wordplay)
Place for bats (wordplay)
B·3+E·1+L·1+F·4+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
benday (12 points)
Shading used in newspaper cartoons.
Cartoonist's toning tool
B·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
bendys (12 points)
Bendy
B·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+Y·4+S·1 = 12 pts
benzyl (20 points)
Year after car inventor left type of alcohol
B·3+E·1+N·1+Z·10+Y·4+L·1 = 20 pts
beryls (11 points)
Gems (usually green)
Some precious stones
Emerald and aquamarine
B·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
betony (11 points)
Plant also called germander
Purple-flowering plant
Might this be his blooming self
B·3+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
betray (11 points)
Inform on (someone)
Be disloyal to (someone)
Act treacherously towards (someone)
B·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
bewray (14 points)
To {betray=v}
B·3+E·1+W·4+R·1+A·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
beylic (13 points)
""The domain of a bey, also BEYLIK""
B·3+E·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
beylik (15 points)
Turkish ruler's dominion
B·3+E·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1+K·5 = 15 pts
beyond (12 points)
Out of this world (wordplay)
On the other side (of)
Above that, sleeping (wordplay)
B·3+E·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1+D·2 = 12 pts
bialys (11 points)
Onion-flavored rolls
Pole's rolls
Bagel alternatives
B·3+I·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1 = 11 pts
bigamy (14 points)
Becoming reunited (wordplay)
Crime involving marriage(s)
A condition of two unions (wordplay)
B·3+I·1+G·2+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
bigeye (12 points)
A seer, perhaps, to a large extent
A fish also called catalufa
Bright red fish of the Pacific
B·3+I·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4+E·1 = 12 pts
binary (11 points)
Composed of two (as with code, star etc)
Consisting of two parts.
Like computer math
B·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
biopsy (13 points)
Lab exam (wordplay)
Diagnostic tissue exam
Medical lab specimen
B·3+I·1+O·1+P·3+S·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
bitchy (16 points)
{catty=adj}
B·3+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
blabby (15 points)
Prone to chatter
Likely to tell all
Far from tight-lipped
B·3+L·1+A·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
blasty (11 points)
{gusty=adj}
B·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
bleary (11 points)
Like tired eyes, maybe
Having blurred vision
Eyes like this are dull from exhaustion
B·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
blebby (15 points)
{blistery=adj}
B·3+L·1+E·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
blenny (11 points)
Spiny-finned fish
Small elongated fish
Small, tapering fish
B·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
blimey (13 points)
My book: An Englishman Abroad (wordplay)
Word of surprise (informal)
Cockney's "I say!"
B·3+L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
blocky (17 points)
Pixelated
B·3+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 17 pts
bloody (12 points)
Like Halloween makeup, perhaps
Bally silly, old boy!
Flaming, as red
B·3+L·1+O·1+O·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
blooey (11 points)
""Being out of order, also BLOOIE""
B·3+L·1+O·1+O·1+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
bloomy (13 points)
In full flower
Flowering
B·3+L·1+O·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
blotty (11 points)
Smudged
B·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
blousy (11 points)
Loose-fitting, as a top
Unkempt
B·3+L·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
blowby (16 points)
Exhaust pollution reducer
Auto engine leakage
Pass easily
B·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+B·3+Y·4 = 16 pts
blowsy (14 points)
With a slovenly appearance
Fat and flushed
Coarse times full of beastly sounds
B·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+S·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
blowzy (23 points)
Unkempt
B·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+Z·10+Y·4 = 23 pts
bluely (11 points)
In a sad way
With sadness
B·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
bluesy (11 points)
Fit for a king
Like Big Mama Thornton's 'Hound Dog'
Like Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog"
B·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+S·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
blueys (11 points)
Bluey
B·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 11 pts
blurry (11 points)
Not well-defined
Out of focus
Like images, to a myope
B·3+L·1+U·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
blypes (13 points)
Blype
B·3+L·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
bodily (12 points)
Type of harm
By physical means
Kind of harm
B·3+O·1+D·2+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
bogeys (12 points)
Ones not up to par (wordplay)
Top Gun targets
Fearmongers invoke them
B·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 12 pts
boldly (12 points)
Infinitive splitter on "Star Trek"
How to 'go where no man has gone before'
Star Trek infinitive splitter
B·3+O·1+L·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
bolshy (14 points)
Awkward skier's about to try
Awkward shot after return of high one
Deliberately combative
B·3+O·1+L·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
bombyx (22 points)
Silkworm moth genus
B·3+O·1+M·3+B·3+Y·4+X·8 = 22 pts
bosomy (13 points)
Big on top (wordplay)
Like Mae West
Zaftig, perhaps
B·3+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
botany (11 points)
Growth area (wordplay)
Gray matter (wordplay)
Poppy field (wordplay)
B·3+O·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
botchy (16 points)
Poorly done
B·3+O·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
botfly (14 points)
Insect with parasitic larvae
Insect that lays its eggs on horses
B·3+O·1+T·1+F·4+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
bouncy (13 points)
Rebounding, as plastic castle say
Like a trampoline
Like pogo sticks
B·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
bounty (11 points)
The price on one's head (wordplay)
Name of Captain Bligh's mutinous ship
Captain Bligh's mutinous ship
B·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
bowery (14 points)
Big Apple area (with "the")
Historic street in New York City
Section of Manhattan
B·3+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
bowyer (14 points)
Maker of archery gear
Archer's supplier
Fletcher's coworker
B·3+O·1+W·4+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
boyard (12 points)
""A former Russian aristocrat, also BOYAR""
B·3+O·1+Y·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 12 pts
boyars (11 points)
Grandees in Czarist Russia.
Russian noblemen of yore
Old Russian noblemen
B·3+O·1+Y·4+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
boyish (14 points)
Like Peter Pan or some grins
Youthful, in a way
Like some grins
B·3+O·1+Y·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 14 pts
boylas (11 points)
Boyla
B·3+O·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 11 pts
braggy (13 points)
Tending to brag
B·3+R·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 13 pts
brainy (11 points)
Support one city? Clever!
Adjective for a quiz winner.
Clever binary code
B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
brandy (12 points)
Snifter's contents, maybe
Liquor of unknown make (wordplay)
Drink of unknown manufacture (wordplay)
B·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
branny (11 points)
Containing bran
B·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
brashy (14 points)
Rash and impetuous
Full of attitude
B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
brassy (11 points)
Club supporter's gutted, say
Bold and vulgar like yellow metal
Harsh and metallic.
B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
bratty (11 points)
Like an overtired child, perhaps
'Badly-behaved, child say (6)'
Like a spoiled kid
B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
brawly (14 points)
Inclined to brawl
B·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
brawny (14 points)
Strong and muscular
Muscular and strong-looking
Ripped, so to speak
B·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+N·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
brayed (12 points)
Made an asinine row!
The donkey did it
Uttered loudly and harshly.
B·3+R·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
brayer (11 points)
Printer's hand inking roller
Donkey, sound-wise
Donkey, at times
B·3+R·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
breezy (20 points)
Perfect for sailing
Light, as a conversation
Fresh and animated
B·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+Z·10+Y·4 = 20 pts
briary (11 points)
Full of prickles
Like many a rabbit's warren
Covered with protective barbs
B·3+R·1+I·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
bricky (17 points)
Made of bricks
B·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 17 pts
briery (11 points)
Like a Br'er Rabbit's patch
Full of prickly shrubs.
Rife with prickly shrubs
B·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
briony (11 points)
Nor I may be made in by the plant
Plant putting oxygen in the sea
B·3+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
brolly (11 points)
Portable rain-shield (abbreviation)
Umbrella (colloq.)
Umbrella (informal)
B·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
bronzy (20 points)
Tan, more or less
Nicely sun-tanned
B·3+R·1+O·1+N·1+Z·10+Y·4 = 20 pts
broody (12 points)
Wanting eggs (or a baby)
Seriously thoughtful or meditative
Ready and wanting to have children
B·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
broomy (13 points)
Abounding in broom (a shrub)
B·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
brothy (14 points)
Stock character description (wordplay)
Like weak soup
Like soup liquid
B·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
browny (14 points)
Sorta-dark tan
B·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
brumby (15 points)
Wild horse in Australia
Wild unbroken horse in Australia
Foreign 14 from Birmingham in reserve
B·3+R·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
brushy (14 points)
Like Dubya's Crawford ranch
Like some hillsides
Adjective for a fox's tail
B·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
bryony (14 points)
Wild climbing plant common in English hedgerows
B·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
bubbly (15 points)
Animated by champagne (wordplay)
Animated - by champagne (wordplay)
New Years Eve quaff, in slang
B·3+U·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
bugeye (12 points)
'58-'61 Austin Healey Sprite nickname
B·3+U·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4+E·1 = 12 pts
bunchy (16 points)
Concentrated in clusters
B·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
bunyas (11 points)
Bunya
B·3+U·1+N·1+Y·4+A·1+S·1 = 11 pts
buoyed (12 points)
Held up (wordplay)
Encouraged, with "up"
Sustained, with "up"
B·3+U·1+O·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
burbly (13 points)
Burbling
B·3+U·1+R·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
burley (11 points)
Kind of Kentucky tobaccompany
Kind of Kentucky tobacco
Kentucky tobaccompany
B·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
busboy (13 points)
Starting restaurant employee, maybe
Water bearer, maybe
Waiter's aide
B·3+U·1+S·1+B·3+O·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
busily (11 points)
With much activity
In a bustling way
In an active manner
B·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
butyls (11 points)
Butyl
B·3+U·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
buyers (11 points)
Store employees or customers
Some department-store employees
They sometimes feel remorse
B·3+U·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
buying (12 points)
Type of public record company caters to
Bull's activity
Giving credence to
B·3+U·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
buyout (11 points)
Store closing wish (wordplay)
Corporate deal
Corporate takeover
B·3+U·1+Y·4+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 11 pts
byelaw (14 points)
One of the rules of cricket (wordplay)
Local ordinance (Var.)
Local authority regulation
B·3+Y·4+E·1+L·1+A·1+W·4 = 14 pts
bygone (12 points)
Gone by (anagram)
Past (for example age)
In the past the single at last
B·3+Y·4+G·2+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
bylaws (14 points)
Charter members (wordplay)
Local authority regulations
Local regulations thus administered
B·3+Y·4+L·1+A·1+W·4+S·1 = 14 pts
byline (11 points)
Name in the newspaper (wordplay)
James Reston, for one.
Name in the newpaper (wordplay)
B·3+Y·4+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
byname (13 points)
Way to identify someone
One way to address somebody
How to single someone out
B·3+Y·4+N·1+A·1+M·3+E·1 = 13 pts
bypass (13 points)
Way around town, perhaps
Operation (on heart arteries)
Go round (town)
B·3+Y·4+P·3+A·1+S·1+S·1 = 13 pts
bypast (13 points)
Gone
B·3+Y·4+P·3+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
bypath (16 points)
Less-traveled way
Little traveled way
Definitely Bunyan's field
B·3+Y·4+P·3+A·1+T·1+H·4 = 16 pts
byplay (16 points)
The way to get to this stage (wordplay)
Secondary action on stage
In a dramatic, and secondary, manner
B·3+Y·4+P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
byrled (12 points)
Byrl
B·3+Y·4+R·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
byrnie (11 points)
An armored shirt
B·3+Y·4+R·1+N·1+I·1+E·1 = 11 pts
byroad (12 points)
Scenic route off the beaten path
Street less traveled
It's off the highway
B·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+A·1+D·2 = 12 pts
byssus (11 points)
A fine linen [n BYSSUSES or BYSSI] / the mass of filaments by which mulloscs cling
B·3+Y·4+S·1+S·1+U·1+S·1 = 11 pts
bytalk (15 points)
Chitchat
B·3+Y·4+T·1+A·1+L·1+K·5 = 15 pts
byways (17 points)
They're not highways
Side roads, not highways
Not by means of highroads
B·3+Y·4+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts
byword (15 points)
Condensed but memorable saying
Legend next to Bond (wordplay)
Broadway not as bad as the proverbial
B·3+Y·4+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2 = 15 pts
bywork (18 points)
Leisure-time labor
B·3+Y·4+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 18 pts
byzant (20 points)
""A coin of ancient Rome, also BEZANT, BEZZANT""
B·3+Y·4+Z·10+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 20 pts

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