NYT π CluesβMon. 11 September, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: o c g i l r w
- Total Answers: 36
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
CL
- CL4 β something that makes movement or progress difficult; to prevent passage through by filling with something; to create difficulty for the work or activity of; balk; bar sounds like klieg, slog
CO
- CO5 β sounds like catchy
- CO4 β a state of noisy, confused activity; to follow a circular or spiral course; ado; alarums and excursions; ballyhoo sounds like boil, call, cul, cull, curl
- CO4 β sounds like car
- CO5 β as in cramps, gripes; cramps; gripes; bellyache; collywobbles sounds like click
- CO5 β a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished; a substance used to color other materials; the hue or appearance of the skin and especially of the face; cast; hue sounds like caller, cul, cull
- CO4 β having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others; free from emotional or mental agitation; having a low or subnormal temperature; aloof; antisocial sounds like call, cul
- CO5 β sounds like orgy
- CO7 β as in cowboy, cowpoke; buckaroo; cowboy; cowhand; cowherd sounds like curl, girl
- CO4 β as in poncho, capelet; as in hood, bonnet; burnoose; capelet; capuchin sounds like call, cul, cull, curl
CR
- CR4 β sounds like brok, clock, cock
- CR5 β
- CR4 β sounds like clog, frog
- CR4 β to feel or express joy or triumph; to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess; as in whoop; delight; exuberate sounds like arrow, chrome, grow, kayo, pro
GI
- GI6 β as in fancy man; fancy man; beloved; darling; dear sounds like jiggle
GL
- GL4 β the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible; to be on fire especially brightly; to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment); blaze; flare sounds like blow, flow, grow, low, slow
GO
- GO6 β sounds like gaggle, giggle, gurgle
GR
- GR4 β a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk; alcohol; aqua vitae; ardent spirits; booze sounds like frog
- GR4 β to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care; to become mature; to eventually have as a state or quality; crop; cultivate sounds like arrow, crow, glow
- GR5 β to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely; to make a long loud deep noise or cry; to make a low heavy rolling sound; beef; bellyache sounds like prowl
IG
- IG5 β sounds like glue
IL
- IL7 β as in incoherence; incoherence; absurdity; brainlessness; insanity sounds like logic
LO
- LO4 β a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest; the area or space occupied by or intended for something; a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest; axes; bases sounds like fussy, gussy, lacey, lacy, lucky
- LO4 β having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind; to cause to go insane or as if insane; balmy; barmy; bats sounds like coco, cocoa
- LO5 β the thought processes that have been established as leading to valid solutions to problems; to cut into small pieces; to bring down by cutting; intellection; ratiocination sounds like il*
- LO4 β a device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark; emblem; ensign; hallmark; impresa
- LO7 β sounds like patrol
- LO4 β to be limp from lack of water or vigor; to refrain from labor or exertion; to spend time doing nothing; droop; flag sounds like doll, lat, lull, pall
OL
- OL4 β an unorganized collection or mixture of various things; agglomerate; agglomeration; alphabet soup; assortment sounds like audio
RI
- RI5 β something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal; the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism); the quality or state of being very accurate; adversity; asperity sounds like bigger, digger, recur, trigger, vigor
RO
- RO6 β as in baroque, arabesque; arabesque; baroque; bedizened; florid sounds like coco, cocoa
- RO4 β to be in a state of violent rolling motion; to make angry; boil; churn; moil sounds like boil, b**, coil, foil, oil
- RO4 β to form into a round compact mass; to make a low heavy rolling sound; to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions; agglomerate; ball sounds like boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal
WI
- WI5 β
- WI6 β sounds like below, billow, pillow, wallow
WO
- WO4 β the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick; being such by habit and not likely to change; to cause to believe what is untrue; coat; fleece sounds like bull, full, pull, wail, wale