NYT 🐝 Clues—Fri. 16 September, 2022

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

Letters: c  e  i  j  n  o  t

  • Total Answers: 48
  • Pangrams: 2
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

CE

  1. CE4 — of or relating to money, banking, or investments synonyms—financial, fiscal, monetary, pecuniary, pocket sounds like—as**, assent, bent, dent, lent

CI

  1. CI4 — to give as an example; to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically synonyms—adduce, instance, mention, quote, advert (to) sounds like—bite, byte, eyesight, fight, height

CO

  1. CO5 — a spherical bacterium sounds like—catchy

  2. CO6 — something that encloses another thing especially to protect it; something that serves as a protective barrier synonyms—armor, capsule, case, casing, cover sounds like—cuckoo

  3. CO4 — 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 synonyms—bread, bucks, cabbage, cash, change sounds like—can, cane, join, keen, kin

  4. CO7 — an elaborate or fanciful way of expressing something; a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality; an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements synonyms—metaphor, chimera, daydream, delusion, dream sounds like—unseat

  5. CO7 — to create or think of by clever use of the imagination synonyms—construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up sounds like—unlocked

  6. CO10 — something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination synonyms—brainchild, coinage, contrivance, creation, innovation

  7. CO4 — to make -shaped; to bevel like the slanting surface of a sounds like—bone, can, cane, clone, clones

  8. CO5 — a plane curve, line, pair of intersecting lines, or point that is the intersection of or bounds the intersection of a plane and a cone with two nappes; a curve generated by a point which always moves so that the ratio of its distance from a fixed point to its distance from a fixed line is constant sounds like—chronic, ionic, phonic, sonic, tonic

  9. CO7 — to come together to form a single unit; to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members; to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end synonyms—associate, coalesce, combine, conjugate, connect sounds like—enjoin

  10. CO8 — used or done by a number of people as a group synonyms—collaborative, collective, combined, common, communal

  11. CO7 — to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole; to come together to form a single unit; to think of (something) in combination synonyms—catenate, chain, compound, concatenate, conjugate

  12. CO10 — the fact or state of having something in common; a place where two or more things are united; an acquaintance who has influence especially in the business or political world synonyms—affinity, association, bearing, kinship, liaison

  13. CO7 — to make you think about (something) in addition to the word's meaning synonyms—imply, suggest, denote, express, import sounds like—keynote

  14. CO7 — a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition); the amount of something (as subject matter) included; the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action synonyms—matter, motif, motive, question, subject

  15. CO10 — an idea or opinion that is put forth in a discussion or debate; an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another synonyms—argument, assertion, thesis, ball game, battle

  16. CO10 — abstention from sexual intercourse; the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others; the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions synonyms—abstinence, celibacy, chasteness, chastity, constraint

  17. CO9 — one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division synonyms—landmass, main, mainland

  18. CO4 — as in geezer synonyms—geezer, bohemian, maverick, nonconformist, quixote sounds like—boot, cat, caught, chute

  19. CO6 — a child's toy that consists of paper folded into four pyramid-shaped parts that are manipulated by the fingers to open and close with each part having a flap that can be unfolded to reveal an answer to one's question about the future : fortune teller sounds like—booty, catty, duty, kitty, sooty

  20. CO4 — as in henhouse, dove synonyms—dove, henhouse, kraal, stockade, fold sounds like—boat, cat, caught

  21. CO6 — to have a clear idea of synonyms—appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch sounds like—carton, caution, curtain, gotten, kitten

EC

  1. EC7 — a transition area between two adjacent ecological communities sounds like—extol, intone

EJ

  1. EJ5 — to drive or force out; to violently throw out or off (something from within) synonyms—banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase sounds like—effect, elect, erect, inject, r*

  2. EJ8 — as in ouster, dispossession synonyms—dispossession, ouster, relocation, resettlement, extradition sounds like—election, erection, injection, r**

EN

  1. EN6 — to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage synonyms—allure, bait, beguile, betray, decoy

IC

  1. IC4 — a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion; a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader; a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality) synonyms—god, hero, idol, character, glyph sounds like—con

  2. IC6 — correspondence between form and meaning sounds like—ionic, ironic

IN

  1. IN6 — to bring (something volatile or intense) into being; to rouse to strong feeling or action synonyms—abet, brew, ferment, foment, instigate sounds like—excite

  2. IN12 — as in excess, intemperance synonyms—excess, excessiveness, immoderacy, indulgence, intemperance sounds like—continent, countenance

  3. IN11 — as in reckless, intemperate synonyms—extravagant, intemperate, reckless, splurging, uncontrolled sounds like—continent

  4. IN6 — to put among or between others synonyms—edge in, fit (in or into), insert, insinuate, intercalate sounds like—eject

  5. IN9 — as in shot synonyms—shot, cap, capsule, pill, tablet sounds like—ejection

  6. IN9 — the quality or state of being free from guilt or blame; the quality or state of being simple and sincere; the state of being unaware or uninformed synonyms—blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocency

  7. IN8 — free from sin; free from guilt or blame; free from any intent to deceive or impress others synonyms—impeccable, pure, sinless, white, blameless

IO

  1. IO5 — a chemical bond formed between oppositely charged species because of their mutual electrostatic attraction sounds like—ironic, phonic, sonic, tonic

NE

  1. NE6 — as in **servative synonyms—**servative, conformist, diehard, standpatter, right sounds like—beacon, deacon, knuckle, weaken

NI

  1. NI4 — following the established traditions of refined society and good taste; giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses; hard to please synonyms—befitting, correct, de rigueur, decent, decorous sounds like—dice, ice, knife, knight, lice

  2. NI8 — a poisonous alkaloid C10H14N2 that is the chief active principle of tobacco and is used as an insecticide sounds like—guillotine, rickety, sixteen

  3. NI5 — as in nephew synonyms—nephew, bastard, by-blow, love child, whoreson sounds like—cease, knead, knee, kneel, lease

NO

  1. NO5 — as in occasional, infrequent synonyms—inconstant, infrequent, intermittent, irregular, occasional sounds like—nuance

  2. NO6 — to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes; to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically synonyms—behold, catch, descry, discern, distinguish sounds like—lotus

OC

  1. OC5 — as in trio, quartet synonyms—duo, quartet, quintet, septet, sextet sounds like—onset

ON

  1. ON4 — at an earlier or previous time synonyms—erstwhile, formerly, onetime sounds like—whence, wince, won

TE

  1. TE8 — having great meaning or lasting effect synonyms—big, consequential, earth-shattering, earthshaking, eventful sounds like—chronic, electronic, hectic, isotonic, tactic

TI

  1. TI5 — as in colored, hued synonyms—colored, colorized, dyed, hued, painted sounds like—linked

TO

  1. TO5 — having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind; beneficial to the health of body or mind synonyms—bracing, cordial, invigorating, refreshing, rejuvenating sounds like—ionic, phonic, sonic, tunic

cent, cite, cocci, cocoon, coin, conceit, concoct, concoction, cone, conic, conjoin, conjoint, connect, connection, connote, content, contention, continence, continent, coot, cootie, cote, cotton, ecotone, eject, ejection, entice, icon, iconic, incite, incontinence, incontinent, inject, injection, innocence, innocent, ionic, neocon, nice, nicotine, niece, nonce, notice, octet, once, tectonic, tinct, tonic