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

Letters: o  p  x  e  h  i  n

• Total Answers: 24
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

EX

1. EX4 — a public showing of objects of interest; display; exhibit; exhibition; exposition sounds like capo, echo

HI

3. HI5 — sounds like hero, zippo

HO

5. HO4 — to make sharp or sharper; to make smooth by friction; as in set, home (in on); edge; grind sounds like bone, cone, hen
6. HO4 — a circular strip; having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph; inclined or twisted to one side; band; circle sounds like coop, coupe, dupe, heap, hip
7. HO4 — as in wish, dream; as in optimism, hopefulness; as in confidence, faith; dream; wish sounds like cope, dope, heap, hip

NE

9. NE4 — sounds like bean, con, dean, don, eon

NO

11. NO4 — certainly not; not in any degree, way, or under any condition; no person; hardly; ill sounds like bun, done, dun, eon, fun
12. NO4 — the middle of the day; the highest part or point; as in daily, diurnal; high noon; lunch time sounds like boon, dune, goon, knew, known
13. NO4 — sounds like cope, dope, gnome, hope, knoll

ON

15. ON5 — sounds like undone

OP

17. OP4 — to change from a closed to an open position; to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions; to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area; unclose; clear sounds like ocean, omen, pun, spun
18. OP5 — to make a statement of one's opinion; allow; comment; editorialize; note sounds like pine, spine
19. OP7 — an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge; a position arrived at after consideration; an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements; belief; conviction sounds like dominion, minion, onion

OX

21. OX4 — sounds like arson, auction, toxin

PE

23. PE4 — a person who does very hard or dull work; dogsbody; drone; drudge; drudger sounds like neon, paean

PH

25. PH7 — sounds like fix, helix, nix, onyx, scenic
26. PH5 — to make a telephone call to; call; dial; ring (up); telephone sounds like bone, cone, fan, fawn, feign
27. PH5 — sounds like fun, fund, funny

PI

29. PI6 — to confine or restrain with or as if with chains; bind; chain; enchain; enfetter sounds like minion, o**

PO

31. PO4 — sounds like bony, penny, phoney, phony, tony
32. PO4 — to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true; one of high position or importance within a group; to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true; brush (off); dismiss sounds like boo, chew, coup, dew, doo
33. PO4 — solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal; information not generally available to the public; dirt; doo-doo; dropping sounds like coop, coupe, dupe, hoop, loop
34. PO4 — as in bishop, archbishop; abbot; archbishop; archpriest; bishop sounds like cope, dope, hope, lope, pap

XE

36. XE5 — sounds like neon, zenith