NYT đ CluesâFri. 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! đ¤Ł
CE
- CE4 â of or relating to money, banking, or investments synonymsâfinancial, fiscal, monetary, pecuniary, pocket sounds likeâas**, assent, bent, dent, lent
CI
- CI4 â to give as an example; to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically synonymsâadduce, instance, mention, quote, advert (to) sounds likeâbite, byte, eyesight, fight, height
CO
- CO5 â a spherical bacterium sounds likeâcatchy
- CO6 â something that encloses another thing especially to protect it; something that serves as a protective barrier synonymsâarmor, capsule, case, casing, cover sounds likeâcuckoo
- CO4 â 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 synonymsâbread, bucks, cabbage, cash, change sounds likeâcan, cane, join, keen, kin
- CO7 â 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 synonymsâmetaphor, chimera, daydream, delusion, dream sounds likeâunseat
- CO7 â to create or think of by clever use of the imagination synonymsâconstruct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up sounds likeâunlocked
- CO10 â something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination synonymsâbrainchild, coinage, contrivance, creation, innovation
- CO4 â to make -shaped; to bevel like the slanting surface of a sounds likeâbone, can, cane, clone, clones
- CO5 â 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 likeâchronic, ionic, phonic, sonic, tonic
- CO7 â 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 synonymsâassociate, coalesce, combine, conjugate, connect sounds likeâenjoin
- CO8 â used or done by a number of people as a group synonymsâcollaborative, collective, combined, common, communal
- CO7 â 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 synonymsâcatenate, chain, compound, concatenate, conjugate
- CO10 â 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 synonymsâaffinity, association, bearing, kinship, liaison
- CO7 â to make you think about (something) in addition to the word's meaning synonymsâimply, suggest, denote, express, import sounds likeâkeynote
- CO7 â 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 synonymsâmatter, motif, motive, question, subject
- CO10 â an idea or opinion that is put forth in a discussion or debate; an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another synonymsâargument, assertion, thesis, ball game, battle
- CO10 â 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 synonymsâabstinence, celibacy, chasteness, chastity, constraint
- CO9 â one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division synonymsâlandmass, main, mainland
- CO4 â as in geezer synonymsâgeezer, bohemian, maverick, nonconformist, quixote sounds likeâboot, cat, caught, chute
- CO6 â 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 likeâbooty, catty, duty, kitty, sooty
- CO4 â as in henhouse, dove synonymsâdove, henhouse, kraal, stockade, fold sounds likeâboat, cat, caught
- CO6 â to have a clear idea of synonymsâappreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch sounds likeâcarton, caution, curtain, gotten, kitten
EC
- EC7 â a transition area between two adjacent ecological communities sounds likeâextol, intone
EJ
- EJ5 â to drive or force out; to violently throw out or off (something from within) synonymsâbanish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase sounds likeâeffect, elect, erect, inject, r*
- EJ8 â as in ouster, dispossession synonymsâdispossession, ouster, relocation, resettlement, extradition sounds likeâelection, erection, injection, r**
EN
- EN6 â to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage synonymsâallure, bait, beguile, betray, decoy
IC
- IC4 â 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) synonymsâgod, hero, idol, character, glyph sounds likeâcon
- IC6 â correspondence between form and meaning sounds likeâionic, ironic
IN
- IN6 â to bring (something volatile or intense) into being; to rouse to strong feeling or action synonymsâabet, brew, ferment, foment, instigate sounds likeâexcite
- IN12 â as in excess, intemperance synonymsâexcess, excessiveness, immoderacy, indulgence, intemperance sounds likeâcontinent, countenance
- IN11 â as in reckless, intemperate synonymsâextravagant, intemperate, reckless, splurging, uncontrolled sounds likeâcontinent
- IN6 â to put among or between others synonymsâedge in, fit (in or into), insert, insinuate, intercalate sounds likeâeject
- IN9 â as in shot synonymsâshot, cap, capsule, pill, tablet sounds likeâejection
- IN9 â 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 synonymsâblamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocency
- IN8 â free from sin; free from guilt or blame; free from any intent to deceive or impress others synonymsâimpeccable, pure, sinless, white, blameless
IO
- IO5 â a chemical bond formed between oppositely charged species because of their mutual electrostatic attraction sounds likeâironic, phonic, sonic, tonic
NE
- NE6 â as in **servative synonymsâ**servative, conformist, diehard, standpatter, right sounds likeâbeacon, deacon, knuckle, weaken
NI
- NI4 â following the established traditions of refined society and good taste; giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses; hard to please synonymsâbefitting, correct, de rigueur, decent, decorous sounds likeâdice, ice, knife, knight, lice
- NI8 â a poisonous alkaloid C10H14N2 that is the chief active principle of tobacco and is used as an insecticide sounds likeâguillotine, rickety, sixteen
- NI5 â as in nephew synonymsânephew, bastard, by-blow, love child, whoreson sounds likeâcease, knead, knee, kneel, lease
NO
- NO5 â as in occasional, infrequent synonymsâinconstant, infrequent, intermittent, irregular, occasional sounds likeânuance
- NO6 â to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes; to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically synonymsâbehold, catch, descry, discern, distinguish sounds likeâlotus
OC
- OC5 â as in trio, quartet synonymsâduo, quartet, quintet, septet, sextet sounds likeâonset
ON
- ON4 â at an earlier or previous time synonymsâerstwhile, formerly, onetime sounds likeâwhence, wince, won
TE
- TE8 â having great meaning or lasting effect synonymsâbig, consequential, earth-shattering, earthshaking, eventful sounds likeâchronic, electronic, hectic, isotonic, tactic
TI
- TI5 â as in colored, hued synonymsâcolored, colorized, dyed, hued, painted sounds likeâlinked
TO
- TO5 â having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind; beneficial to the health of body or mind synonymsâbracing, cordial, invigorating, refreshing, rejuvenating sounds likeâionic, phonic, sonic, tunic