NYT 🐝 Clues—Fri. 9 September, 2022

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

Letters: c  i  m  n  o  t  u

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

CO

  1. CO5 — a spherical bacterium sounds like—catchy

  2. CO7 — a fatty oil or semisolid fat extracted from fresh ***s and used especially in making soaps and food products sounds like—cabinet

  3. CO6 — something that encloses another thing especially to protect it; something that serves as a protective barrier synonyms—armor, capsule, case, casing, cover sounds like—cuckoo

  4. CO4 — 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 synonyms—bread, bucks, cabbage, cash, change sounds like—can, cane, join, keen, kin

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. CO6 — often observed or encountered; being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events; belonging or relating to the whole synonyms—** or garden, **place, everyday, familiar, frequent sounds like—caution

  8. CO9 — a state of noisy, confused activity synonyms—ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster

  9. CO9 — a friendly relationship marked by ready communication and mutual understanding synonyms—fellowship, rapport, rapprochement

  10. CO7 — to create or think of by clever use of the imagination synonyms—construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up sounds like—unlocked

  11. CO10 — something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination synonyms—brainchild, coinage, contrivance, creation, innovation

  12. CO5 — 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 like—chronic, ionic, phonic, sonic, tonic

  13. CO9 — a range or series of things that are slightly different from each other and that exist between two different possibilities synonyms—gamut, gauntlet, scale, spectrum, catena

  14. CO4 — as in geezer synonyms—geezer, bohemian, maverick, nonconformist, quixote sounds like—boot, cat, caught, chute

  15. CO6 — to have a clear idea of synonyms—appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch sounds like—carton, caution, curtain, gotten, kitten

  16. CO5 — a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added; a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person synonyms—census, tale, tally, charge, complaint sounds like—ac*, can't, mount

CU

  1. CU5 — a small annual herb (*um cyminum) of the carrot family cultivated for its aromatic fruits; also : the seedlike fruit of * used as a spice sounds like—coming, commit

  2. CU6 — to stop functioning; to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end; to leave a place often for another synonyms—break, break down, conk (out), crash, die sounds like—shutout

IC

  1. IC4 — 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) synonyms—god, hero, idol, character, glyph sounds like—con

  2. IC6 — correspondence between form and meaning sounds like—ionic, ironic

IO

  1. IO5 — a chemical bond formed between oppositely charged species because of their mutual electrostatic attraction sounds like—ironic, phonic, sonic, tonic

MI

  1. 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

MO

  1. MO9 — characterized by the use of or uttered in a monotone; having the property either of never increasing or of never decreasing as the values of the independent variable or the subscripts of the terms increase

NO

  1. NO6 — **missioned officer sounds like—calm, concave, condom, encore, gendarme

TI

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

TO

  1. TO5 — having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind; beneficial to the health of body or mind synonyms—bracing, cordial, invigorating, refreshing, rejuvenating sounds like—ionic, phonic, sonic, tunic

TU

  1. TU5 — a simple slip-on garment made with or without sleeves and usually knee-length or longer, belted at the waist, and worn as an under or outer garment by men and women of ancient Greece and Rome; surcoat; a hip-length or longer blouse or jacket sounds like—tonic

UN

  1. UN8 — being out of the ordinary; noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced synonyms—aberrant, aberrated, abnormal, anomalous, atypical sounds like—common

  2. UN7 — a sacrament in which a priest anoints and prays for the recovery and salvation of a critically ill or injured person sounds like—f***, j***

  3. UN5 — as in undiminished, unabridged synonyms—unabridged, undiminished, compleat, complete, comprehensive sounds like—annuity, bucket, circuit, cut, docket

cocci, coconut, cocoon, coin, comic, commit, common, commotion, communion, concoct, concoction, conic, continuum, coot, cotton, count, cumin, cutout, icon, iconic, ionic, mimic, monotonic, noncom, tinct, tonic, tunic, uncommon, unction, uncut