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

17. 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
18. 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

19. 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
20. IC6 — correspondence between form and meaning sounds like—ionic, ironic

IO

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

MI

22. 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

23. 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

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

TI

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

TO

26. 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

27. 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

28. UN8 — being out of the ordinary; noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced synonyms—aberrant, aberrated, abnormal, anomalous, atypical sounds like—common
29. 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***
30. UN5 — as in undiminished, unabridged synonyms—unabridged, undiminished, compleat, complete, comprehensive sounds like—annuity, bucket, circuit, cut, docket