Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: t b h i l n o
- Total Answers: 39
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣
BI
- BI9 — sounds like millionth
- BI6 — sounds like button
BL
- BL4 — a mark of guilt or disgrace; as in stain, dye; to destroy all traces of; brand; onus sounds like allot, bought, clot
- BL6 — being under the influence of alcohol; besotted; blasted; blind; blitzed
BO
- BO4 — to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise); to proceed or move quickly; to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening; jump; start sounds like belt, built, colt, jolt, molt
- BO6 — sounds like barrio
- BO4 — a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings; to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way; to drive or force out; bang; charge sounds like bait, bat, beat, beet, bet
- BO5 — as in cabin, bay; accommodation; bay; berth; cabin sounds like bath, berth, birth, buoy
- BO4 — to be on fire especially brightly; to set (something) on fire; to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger; blaze; combust sounds like balm, bar, bath, berth, birth
HI
- HI4 — as in shaft; with all power or resources being used; to a full extent or degree; shaft; bail sounds like built, gilt, guilt, halt, jilt
- HI4 — a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation); an almost imperceptible sign of something; a piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert; clue; cue sounds like haunt, hunt, lint, mint, tint
HO
- HO6 — sounds like bit, debit, habit, heart, hit
- HO4 — sounds like bolt, colt, halt, hilt, jolt
- HO4 — a loud vocal expression of strong emotion; a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval; the smallest amount or part imaginable; cry; holler sounds like boot, chute, hat, hate, heat
IN
- IN7 — to create difficulty for the work or activity of; to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression); to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action; clog; cramp
- IN10 — the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others; something that makes movement or progress difficult; constraint; continence; discipline sounds like exhibition, imposition
- IN4 — in addition to what has been said; to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face; to come upon unexpectedly or by chance; additionally; again sounds like ensue, onto, unto
LI
- LI4 — the attractive quality of speech or music that rises and falls in a pleasing pattern; as in croon, warble; movement; sway; swing sounds like built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt
- LI4 — a soft airy substance or covering; down; floss; fluff; fur sounds like f, g, hint, leant, learnt
- LI5 — sounds like ditto
LO
- LO4 — valuables stolen or taken by force; something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment; to search through with the intent of committing robbery; booty; pillage sounds like boot, chute, flute, hoot, jute
- LO6 — as in cream, balm; balm; cream; embrocation; liniment sounds like motion, notion, ocean, potion
- LO5 — sounds like lat, motto
NI
- NI5 — sounds like bind, china, dine, diner, find
NO
- NO6 — small useful items; a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action; an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge; etceteras; novelties sounds like lotion, motion, nation, ocean, potion
OB
- OB4 — a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account; necrology; obituary sounds like bit, omit
ON
- ON4 — as in hit (upon), pitch (upon); as in hit (upon), pitched (upon); as in hitting (upon), pitching (upon); chance (upon); encounter sounds like into, unto
TH
- TH4 — having a noticeably small amount of body fat; being of less than usual width; not containing very much of some important element; bony; fatless sounds like been, bin, chin, din, fin
TI
- TI4 — up to (a particular time); to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on; up to (a particular time); until; up till sounds like bill, chill, dill, fill, hill
- TI4 — the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle; to set or cause to be at an angle; as in gyroplane, convertiplane; angling; bend sounds like built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt
- TI5 — sounds like filth
- TI4 — a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished; to give color or a different color to; cast; color; hue sounds like hint, lint, mint, s**, taint
TO
- TO4 — very hard or unpleasant work; something that catches and holds; to devote serious and sustained effort; donkeywork; drudge sounds like boil, coil, foil, oil, roil
- TO4 — as in expense; as in tariff, income tax; to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates; expense; cost sounds like boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal
- TO9 — a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody; bastille; big house; bridewell; brig sounds like booth, rollback, sleuth, taboo, truth
- TO4 — an article intended for use in work; one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another; one who is easily deceived or cheated; device; implement sounds like cool, fool, pool, rule, s**
- TO4 — a lower limb of an animal; a portion of a trip; pin; lap; stage sounds like attune, boon, dune, goon, loon
- TO4 — a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking; bender; binge; bust; carousal sounds like boot, chute, hoot, jute, loot
- TO5 — as in desire, taste; with all power or resources being used; being of advanced years and especially past middle age; appetite; fancy sounds like booth, truth, tube, tune, two