NYT π CluesβMon. 31 July, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: c a g i n r y
- Total Answers: 40
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AC
- AC6 β sounds like occasion
- AC4 β sounds like occur, sky
- AC5 β as in nailing; as in surpassing, topping; nailing; bringing about; effecting sounds like icing, sing
AR
- AR6 β
- AR6 β to turn away from a straight line or course; to turn away from a straight line or course; arching; bending; bowing
- AR6 β sounds like onyx
CA
- CA6 β to close or shut in by or as if by barriers; to close or shut in by or as if by barriers; boxing (in); closeting; cooping (up) sounds like aging, bashing
- CA4 β clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means; slow to begin or proceed with a course of action because of doubts or uncertainty; artful; beguiling; crafty
- CA5 β a small quantity of stones heaped together that usually marks a place; barrow; cock; heap; hill sounds like corn
- CA6 β a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing; betrayer; deep throat; fink; informant sounds like country
- CA6 β sounds like common, concave, condom
- CA6 β as in strapping, leathering; blackjacking; cowhiding; flagellating; fustigating sounds like cunning, kenning
- CA5 β sounds like manna
- CA7 β to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end; to let go from office, service, or employment; to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end; breaking; breaking off sounds like cunning, kenning, tanning
- CA5 β having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment; enjoying physical comfort; astute; clear-eyed; clear-sighted sounds like cranny, fanny
- CA6 β having or showing concern for the well-being of others; to have an interest or concern for; to have an interest or concern for; attentive; beneficent sounds like bearing, chairing, daring, derring, herring
- CA5 β sounds like corny
- CA5 β to support and take from one place to another; to wear or have on one's person; to bring before the public in performance or exhibition; bear; cart sounds like curry
- CA8 β to support and take from one place to another; to wear or have on one's person; to bring before the public in performance or exhibition; bearing; carting sounds like creeping, rallying, varying
CI
- CI5 β sounds like guitar, scar, sear, sonar, star
- CI5 β not far from (something) in time; alongside; beside; about; around
- CI5 β sounds like airy, brie, eerie, free, sari
CR
- CR4 β a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice; barranca; bluff; cliff; escarpment sounds like brag, drag, rag
- CR6 β having an uneven edge or outline; broken; jagged; ragged; scraggly
- CR6 β the case of bone that encloses the brain and supports the jaws of vertebrates; the case of bone that encloses the brain and supports the jaws of vertebrates; skulls; skull sounds like chronic, cornea, krona
- CR7 β to move from a lower to a higher place or position; to move from a lower to a higher place or position; boosting; elevating; heaving
- CR6 β an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure; check; chink; cleft; crack sounds like canny
- CR8 β as in shrinking, cowering; to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust; to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission; cowering; shrinking sounds like bridging, clanging, clearing, clipping
- CR6 β
- CR6 β needing immediate attention; as in weeping, whining; to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress; acute; burning sounds like prying, trying
CY
- CY4 β sounds like ion, lion, science, sign, sine
- CY5 β a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons; misanthrope; naysayer; pessimist sounds like civic, scenic, sinning, sonic
GR
- GR7 β to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming; to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming; adorning; arraying; beautifying
IC
- IC5 β as in fringe benefit; to make sure, certain, or safe; to put to death deliberately; fringe benefit; award sounds like sing
NA
- NA4 β as in fed, plainclothesman; a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing; fed; Federal; G-man sounds like arc, bark, dark, knock, lark
NI
- NI6 β sounds like basic, basin, casing, chasten, evasive
RA
- RA6 β as in running, fast; to engage in a contest; to proceed or move quickly; barreling; bolting sounds like casing, facing, pacing, t**
- RA4 β having much high-spirited energy and movement; hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent; active; airy; animate sounds like lacey, lacy
RI
- RI5 β sounds like christen, listen, written
- RI6 β sounds like missing, racing