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

Letters: e  c  g  i  l  n  x

• Total Answers: 36
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

CE

1. CE7 — a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go; a raised covering over something for decoration or protection synonyms—bound, boundary, cap, confines, end sounds like—feeling, healing, seating, seedling, seeming
2. 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
3. CE5 — the bass member of the violin family tuned an octave below the viola sounds like—belly, jelly, sally, self, sell

EG

4. EG6 — as in whipping, prompting synonyms—exhorting, flogging, goading, hounding, pressing sounds like—etching

EN

5. EN6 — a device that changes energy into mechanical motion synonyms—machine, motor

EX

6. EX5 — to be greater, better, or stronger than synonyms—beat, better, eclipse, exceed, outclass
7. EX10 — exceptionally high quality; a quality that gives something special worth synonyms—choiceness, distinction, excellency, first-rateness, greatness
8. EX9 — to be greater, better, or stronger than synonyms—beating, bettering, eclipsing, exceeding, outclassing sounds like—selling
9. EX4 — a person who manages or directs something synonyms—administrant, administrator, archon, director, **utive sounds like—egghead, eggshell
10. EX5 — the forced removal from a homeland; a person forced to emigrate for political reasons synonyms—banishment, deportation, displacement, expatriation, expulsion
11. EX7 — to force to leave a country synonyms—banishing, deporting, displacing, expatriating, relegating

GE

12. GE5 — a cosmetic gel; a jellied food : an edible jelly sounds like—belly, gaily, galley, girlie, glee
13. GE7 — to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly synonyms—clotting, coagulating, congealing, gelating, gelatinizing sounds like—galling, selling
14. GE4 — a **tic process that involves nonreciprocal meiotic recombination in heterozygotes in which a mismatched DNA sequence from one heteroduplex DNA strand is replaced with a sequence complementary to the other strand resulting in aberrant gametic ratios (such as 3:1) and that is observed especially in ascomycetous fungi sounds like—bean, dean, gin, jeans, jeep
15. GE5 — a magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it synonyms—afreet, jinni, cacodemon, demon, devil sounds like—jeans, journey
16. GE5 — a magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it synonyms—afreets, jinn, cacodemons, demons, devils sounds like—any, enemy, ennui, envy, fennel

GI

17. GI6 — something said or done to cause laughter; an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement synonyms—boff, boffola, crack, drollery, funny sounds like—gaggle, goggle, google, gurgle, jiggle

GL

18. GL4 — a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter synonyms—cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, festivity, gaiety sounds like—alley, early, flea, flee, gaily
19. GL4 — a narrow valley synonyms—combe, dale, dell, hollow, shut-in

IC

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

IN

21. IN7 — the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon synonyms—cant, diagonal, grade, gradient, inclination
22. IN5 — a navel that is concave sounds like—any, eerie, guinea, iffy, itchy

LE

23. LE7 — as in hose, sweatpants synonyms—hose, sweatpants, baggies, bell-bottoms, blue jeans sounds like—lagging, logging
24. LE8 — kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it synonyms—charity, clemency, forbearance, leniency, lenity

LI

25. LI4 — a person whose behavior is offensive to others synonyms—bastard, beast, bleeder, blighter, boor sounds like—dice, ice, lace, lass, lease
26. LI5 — one who follows the opinions or teachings of another synonyms—acolyte, adherent, convert, disciple, epigone sounds like—leach, leaf, league, leak, lean
27. LI4 — a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law; the security interest created by a mortgage sounds like—bean, clean, dean, gene, glean
28. LI4 — a series of persons or things arranged one behind another; a way of acting or proceeding; the activity by which one regularly makes a living synonyms—column, cue, file, queue, range sounds like—align, dine, fine, lain, lane
29. LI5 — as in dirty laundry synonyms—dirty laundry, dirt, gossip, scuttlebutt, talebearing

NE

30. NE8 — as in lingerie, nightie synonyms—lingerie, nightie, nightcap, pajamas, pj's sounds like—effigy
31. NE10 — failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes; the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action synonyms—carelessness, dereliction, heedlessness, incaution, incautiousness
32. NE4 — an endangered goose (Branta sandvicensis synonym Nesochen sandvicensis) of the Hawaiian Islands that usually inhabits waterless uplands and feeds on berries and vegetation sounds like—bean, dean, gene, keen, knead

NI

33. 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
34. NI5 — as in nephew synonyms—nephew, bastard, by-blow, love child, whoreson sounds like—cease, knead, knee, kneel, lease
35. NI6 — to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant synonyms—carp, cavil, fuss, nitpick, quibble sounds like—giggle, jiggle, wiggle
36. NI4 — as in last word, hot ticket synonyms—buzz, chic, craze, dernier cri, enthusiasm sounds like—been, bin, chin, din, fin