NYT 🐝 Clues—Fri. 6 January, 2023

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

Letters: m  a  c  i  o  t  x

  • Total Answers: 30
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AM

  1. AM4 — ammunition sounds like—arrow, mow

AT

  1. AT4 — a very small piece synonyms—bit, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck sounds like—alum, annum, autumn, datum, item

  2. AT6 — very small in size synonyms—bitsy, bitty, infinitesimal, itty-bitty, little bitty sounds like—anemic, comic, di**, tonic, topic

AX

  1. AX5 — an idea or statement put forth and accepted as true by many people synonyms—truism, verity, assumption, given, hypothetical sounds like—accede, calcium, irksome, maxim

  2. AX9 — not needing proof in order to be accepted synonyms—prima facie, self-evident sounds like—acrobatic, idiomatic, systematic

CA

  1. CA4 — **sole —often used before another noun sounds like—balmy, cocky, coffee, collie, comma

  2. CA4 — as in uflage synonyms—uflage, greasepaint, cold cream, cream, eye shadow sounds like—combo, comma, commie

CO

  1. CO4 — as in sleep, rest synonyms—hibernation, hypnosis, repose, rest, sleep sounds like—aroma, soma

  2. CO5 — a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor; a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story; the amusing quality or element in something synonyms—card, comedian, droll, farceur, funnyman sounds like—calming

  3. CO5 — as in space, window synonyms—caesura, interspace, lag, pause, space sounds like—calm, calmer, mama

  4. CO6 — to carry through (as a process) to completion; to obligate by prior agreement; to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another synonyms—accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry off, carry out

IM

  1. IM4 — the prayer leader of a mosque; a Muslim leader of the line of Ali held by Shiites to be the divinely appointed, sinless, infallible successors of Muhammad; any of various rulers that claim descent from Muhammad and exercise spiritual and temporal leadership over a Muslim region sounds like—mom

MA

  1. MA4 — to cause severe or permanent injury to synonyms—cripple, disable, incapacitate, lame, mutilate sounds like—aim, came, dame, fame, game

  2. MA4 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom

  3. MA5 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom

  4. MA4 — a long skirt, dress, or coat sounds like—boxy, mockery

  5. MA5 — an often stated observation regarding something from common experience synonyms—adage, aphorism, apothegm, byword, epigram sounds like—axiom, axis, axle, buxom, handsome

  6. MA6 — the greatest amount, number, or part synonyms—maxes, mosts, outsides

MI

  1. MI4 — any of various colored or transparent mineral silicates crystallizing in monoclinic forms that readily separate into very thin leaves sounds like—mecca

  2. MI5 — to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of; to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior synonyms—burlesque, caricature, do, imitate, mock sounds like—gimmick, mythic

  3. MI4 — to furnish with a tip; to cover or adorn the tip of; to blend (furs) for improved appearance by brushing the tips of the hair with dye sounds like—bit, chit, emit, fit, hit

MO

  1. MO4 — a deep, wide excavation that is usually filled with water and that goes around the walls of a place (such as a castle) to protect it from being attacked synonyms—ha-ha, stank, sunk fence, dike, ditch sounds like—boat, coat, goat, mat, mate

  2. MO5 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mana

  3. MO4 — open to question or dispute synonyms—arguable, controvertible, debatable, disputable, doubtable sounds like—boot, chute, hoot, jute, loot

  4. MO5 — a short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule guiding the behavior of a particular person or group synonyms—axiom, precept, truism, truth, adage sounds like—macho, mater

OM

  1. OM4 — to miss the opportunity or obligation synonyms—fail, forget, neglect sounds like—emit, mitt

TA

  1. TA6 — straw matting used as a floor covering in a Japanese home sounds like—anatomy, atom, balmy, battery, catty

TO

  1. TO6 — a North American hawk moth (Manduca quinquemaculata) whose green larva is a hornworm feeding on leaves of plants of the nightshade family and especially tobacco and ** sounds like—automate, potato, teammate

  2. TO6 — as in gib synonyms—gib, alley cat, tabby, kit, kitten sounds like—combat

  3. TO6 — any of various small active birds sounds like—admit, armpit, atomic, bombing, calming

ammo, atom, atomic, axiom, axiomatic, cami, camo, coma, comic, comma, commit, imam, maim, mama, mamma, maxi, maxim, maxima, mica, mimic, mitt, moat, momma, moot, motto, omit, tatami, tomato, tomcat, tomtit