NYT π CluesβFri. 21 July, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: a c m n o r y
- Total Answers: 73
- Pangrams: 2
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AC
- AC5 β sounds like corn, scorn
- AC7 β sounds like arabic, auctioneer, auctioning, chronic, crowning
AM
- AM4 β sounds like arrow, mow
AN
- AN5 β to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts; aggravate; bother; bug; burn (up)
- AN4 β at or within a short time; on some occasions; a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded; before long; by and by sounds like upon
AR
- AR6 β
- AR4 β sounds like n**
- AR5 β means or method of defending; something that encloses another thing especially to protect it; as in ensheathe, encapsulate; aegis; ammunition sounds like charmer, farmer
- AR6 β a place where military arms are stored; arsenal; depot; dump; magazine
- AR4 β a large body of men and women organized for land warfare; a great number of persons or creatures massed together; a group of people working together on a task; array; battalion
- AR5 β a sweet or pleasant smell; the quality of a thing that makes it perceptible to the sense organs in the nose; a special quality or impression associated with something; attar; balm sounds like coma, soma
- AR5 β a number of things considered as a unit; a usually small number of persons considered as a unit; dressy clothing; assemblage; band sounds like awry, bay, day, earl, earn
- AR6 β as in runoff, freshet; billabong; fresh; freshet; runoff
CA
- CA5 β sounds like cocaine, coco, cocoa, cocoon, cuckoo
- CA4 β as in camouflage; camouflage; greasepaint; cold cream; cream sounds like combo, comma, commie
- CA6 β a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing; betrayer; deep throat; fink; informant sounds like country
- CA6 β sounds like common, concave, condom
- CA5 β sounds like manna
- CA6 β as in barrage, cannonade; a statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church; a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system; barrage; cannonade
- CA5 β having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment; enjoying physical comfort; astute; clear-eyed; clear-sighted sounds like cranny, fanny
- CA5 β a statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church; a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system; a collection or system of rules of conduct; doctrine; dogma
- CA6 β a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage; a statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church; a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system; col; couloir
- CA5 β sounds like corny
- CA5 β to strike and fly off at an angle; bounce; glance; rebound; ricochet sounds like chrome, come, cram, cream, crime
- CA5 β to support and take from one place to another; to wear or have on one's person; to bring before the public in performance or exhibition; bear; cart sounds like curry
- CA6 β sounds like common, layman
CO
- CO4 β
- CO5 β
- CO4 β as in sleep, rest; hibernation; hypnosis; repose; rest sounds like aroma, soma
- CO5 β as in space, window; caesura; interspace; lag; pause sounds like calm, calmer, mama
- CO6 β as in aura; aura; starburst; sunburst; aureole sounds like krona
- CO8 β sounds like cautionary
CR
- CR4 β a great number of persons or things massed together; to fit (people or things) into a tight space; to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained; army; bike sounds like chrome, clam
- CR6 β an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure; check; chink; cleft; crack sounds like canny
- CR6 β as in ink, pencil; ink; pencil; caricature; cartoon
CY
- CY4 β sounds like ion, lion, science, sign, sine
MA
- MA7 β sounds like muffin, mutton, occurrence, saccharin, suction
- MA8 β sounds like cocoon
- MA5 β sounds like micro
- MA6 β sounds like action, baron, barren, faction
- MA4 β a female human parent; as in boy, kid; as in boys, kids; ma; mammy sounds like comma, mom
- MA5 β a female human parent; ma; mammy; mater; mom sounds like comma, mom
- MA7 β sounds like memory
- MA6 β sounds like famine, salmon
- MA5 β a source of great satisfaction; something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing; delectation; delight; feast
- MA5 β a large impressive residence; a large impressive residence; a large impressive residence; castle; chΓ’teau sounds like banner, meaner, miner, minor
- MA4 β being of a large but indefinite number; as in number; a pronounceable series of letters having a distinct meaning especially in a particular field; beaucoup; legion sounds like any, meant, mend, merry, messy
- MA6 β
- MA4 β sounds like arm, charm, farm, harm
- MA6 β to cause to remain behind; abandon; desert; forsake; leave sounds like moon, moraine
- MA5 β to perform the ceremony of marriage for; to give in marriage; to take as a spouse; wed; espouse sounds like airy, berry, bury, cherry, dairy
- MA4 β sounds like kayo
- MA5 β sounds like layer
MO
- MO4 β a long low sound indicating pain or grief; a crying out in grief; an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment; groan; wail sounds like bone, cone, hone, known, loan
- MO5 β a female human parent; ma; mammy; mater; mom sounds like comma, mana
- MO9 β a system of government in which there is only one ruler whose power is unlimited; monarchism; monarchy; absolutism; autarchy
- MO5 β sounds like fray, gray, grey, may, pray
MY
- MY4 β sounds like mana, manna, min, mince, mint
NA
- NA4 β sounds like con, don, john, knob, knock
- NA4 β sounds like manna
- NA5 β a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children; babysitter; dry nurse; nurse; nursemaid sounds like canny, fanny
- NA4 β as in fed, plainclothesman; a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing; fed; Federal; G-man sounds like arc, bark, dark, knock, lark
- NA5 β sounds like arc, bark, barrio, borrow, cargo
- NA4 β sounds like airy, berry, bury, cherry, dairy
OR
- OR4 β sounds like aura
RA
- RA7 β as in rabbit, otter; badger; beaver; chamois; chinchilla sounds like cocoon, reckon, recoup, tycoon, wrack
- RA4 β having much high-spirited energy and movement; hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent; active; airy; animate sounds like lacey, lacy
- RA6 β a deep-seated ill will; animosity; animus; antagonism; antipathy sounds like anchor, banker, canker, tanker
- RA5 β sounds like reign, rein, ruin, run
RO
- RO4 β to move about from place to place aimlessly; bat; cruise; drift; float sounds like chrome, comb, dome, foam, gnome
- RO4 β as in blotchy, piebald; as in palomino, chestnut; blotched; blotchy; piebald sounds like bone, cone, crone, drone, g**
- RO4 β a violent shouting; loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound; to make a long loud deep noise or cry; clamor; howl sounds like boar, bore, chore, core, door
YA
- YA4 β a brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally; a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel; anecdote; story; tale sounds like barn, darn