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

Letters: k  a  b  c  o  t  u

• Total Answers: 23
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AB

1. AB5 — without warning synonyms—suddenly, unanticipatedly, unaware, unawares, unexpectedly sounds like—attack, back

AT

2. AT6 — the act or action of setting upon with force or violence; a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder synonyms—aggression, assault, attempt, blitz, blitzkrieg sounds like—stack, tack

BA

3. BA5 — sounds like—bobby, box, vodka
4. BA4 — earlier than the present time; toward the opposite direction; toward the rear synonyms—ago, agone, since, syne, about

BO

5. BO4 — a dark lager beer with a high alcohol content that has a strong flavor of malt and a mild flavor of hops and is typically sold in the winter or early spring sounds like—back, bake, balk, balm, bar
6. BO4 — a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction; a made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God; a publication that appears at regular intervals synonyms—tome, volume, Bible, Good , Holy Writ sounds like—back, bake, balk, beak, bike

BU

7. BU4 — a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance; an adult male human being; a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents synonyms—beau, Beau Brummell, dandy, dude, fop sounds like—back, bake, balk, beak, bike
8. BU5 — a person who is domineering and bullying : swaggerer; young fellow : lad
9. BU7 — the back of a hip that forms one of the fleshy parts on which a person sits; the seat of the body; rump

CO

10. CO4 — a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid synonyms—faucet, gate, spigot, stop**, tap sounds like—cake, calm, car, caught, cause
11. CO8 — any of various large noisy chiefly Australasian crested parrots (family Cacatuidae and especially genus Cacatua) sounds like—docket, pocket, rocket, socket
12. CO4 — to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of; to take place synonyms—bend, color, distort, falsify, fudge sounds like—book, cake, crook, hook, kick
13. CO8 — a book of cooking directions and recipes; broadly : a book of detailed instructions sounds like—checkbook, kickback
14. CO7 — as in barbecue, roast synonyms—barbecue, clambake, fry, luau, roast sounds like—lookout

CU

15. CU6 — having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind; showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment synonyms—balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bedlam sounds like—canoe, cocoon, kazoo
16. CU7 — to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument; to make less in extent or duration synonyms—bob, clip, crop, cut, dock sounds like—comeback

KA

17. KA5 — cubes of meat (such as lamb or beef) marinated and cooked with vegetables usually on a skewer sounds like—cabin

KO

18. KO4 — a person of odd or whimsical habits synonyms—character, codger, crack, crackbrain, crackpot sounds like—cake, cock, coke, cook, cool

OU

19. OU7 — a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country synonyms—backcountry, backland(s), backwater, backwoods, bush sounds like—attack, back, buyback, cutback, payback

TA

20. TA4 — the means or procedure for doing something synonyms—approach, fashion, form, how, manner sounds like—at**, back, hack, jack, knack

TO

21. TO4 — sounds like—chalk, cock, dock, hock, jock
22. TO4 — to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms; to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly; to become affected with (a disease or disorder) synonyms—clasped, grasped, gripped, held, accepted sounds like—book, cook, hook, look, nook

TU

23. TU4 — as in layer, seam synonyms—corrugation, layer, loop, plait, pleat sounds like—buck, chuck, duck, luck, muck