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

Letters: c  e  f  i  l  n  t

• Total Answers: 34
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

CE

1. CE4 — an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall; one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided; a local unit of an organization synonyms—apartment, chamber, closet, room, bay sounds like—bell, dell, fell, gel, hell
2. CE5 — the bass member of the violin family tuned an octave below the viola sounds like—belly, jelly, sally, self, sell
3. CE4 — of or relating to money, banking, or investments synonyms—financial, fiscal, monetary, pecuniary, pocket sounds like—as, assent, bent, dent, lent

CI

4. 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

CL

5. CL4 — a placing the F below middle C on the fourth line of the staff; the bass staff
6. CL5 — an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure synonyms—check, chink, crack, cranny, crevice sounds like—left
7. CL6 — a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business synonyms—account, customer, guest, patron, punter sounds like—pliant
8. CL9 — a body of clients
9. CL5 — a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice synonyms—barranca, bluff, crag, escarpment, palisade
10. CL6 — a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured; an intensive educational or training program synonyms—hospital, infirmary, medical center, sick bay, sickroom sounds like—chronic

EC

11. EC8 — consisting of many things of different sorts synonyms—assorted, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, kitchen-sink, magpie sounds like—elective, electric

EF

12. EF6 — a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause; the power to bring about a result on another; transportable items that one owns synonyms—after**, aftermath, backwash, child, conclusion sounds like—affect, eject, elect, erect, infect
13. EF9 — producing or capable of producing a desired result synonyms—effective, effectual, efficacious, fruitful, operative sounds like—deficient

EL

14. EL5 — to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities synonyms—cherry-pick, choose, cull, handpick, name sounds like—effect, eject, erect
15. EL7 — sounds like—affect, aplenty, collect, collector, plenty
16. EL6 — to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved) synonyms—educe, evoke, inspire, raise sounds like—illicit

EN

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

FE

18. FE5 — a physical object that blocks the way synonyms—barricade, barrier, hedge, wall sounds like—dense, hence, offense, pence, sense

FL

19. FL6 — the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick synonyms—coat, fur, hair, jacket, pelage sounds like—lease

IC

20. IC6 — a cold aloof person synonyms—cold fish, cold turkey, iceberg sounds like—bicycle, sickle

IL

21. IL7 — contrary to or forbidden by law synonyms—criminal, felonious, illegal, illegitimate, lawless sounds like—elicit

IN

22. 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
23. IN7 — the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon synonyms—cant, diagonal, grade, gradient, inclination
24. IN11 — not producing the desired result synonyms—counterproductive, feckless, hamstrung, ineffective, ineffectual sounds like—deficient, efficient
25. IN6 — to pass something harmful (such as a disease) to someone or something else synonyms—contaminate, poison, communicate, conduct, convey sounds like—effect
26. IN7 — to change from a straight line or course to a curved one synonyms—incurvate, incurve, reflect, arch, bend
27. IN7 — to cause someone to accept or experience something unwanted synonyms—entail, force, impose, thrust, beget
28. IN9 — a very smart person; the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems synonyms—brain, brainiac, genius, thinker, whiz

LE

29. LE8 — kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it synonyms—charity, clemency, forbearance, leniency, lenity

LI

30. LI4 — a person whose behavior is offensive to others synonyms—bastard, beast, bleeder, blighter, boor sounds like—dice, ice, lace, lass, lease
31. LI5 — permitted by law synonyms—lawful, legal, legit, legitimate sounds like—il*

NI

32. 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
33. NI5 — as in nephew synonyms—nephew, bastard, by-blow, love child, whoreson sounds like—cease, knead, knee, kneel, lease

TI

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