NYT π CluesβSat. 14 October, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: m a b c e i n
- Total Answers: 58
- Pangrams: 2
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AC
- AC4 β the highest part or point; the most perfect type or example; apex; apogee; capstone sounds like axe
AM
- AM8 β a special quality or impression associated with something; air; aroma; atmosphere; aura sounds like absence
- AM8 β a special quality or impression associated with something; air; aroma; atmosphere; aura sounds like absence
- AM5 β
- AM6 β sounds like asset, ebb, mare, mesh, mess
- AM6 β sounds like arabic, medic
- AM4 β sounds like again, aim, cayenne, den, glen
AN
- AN6 β as in bloodlessness; bloodlessness; indolence; laziness; languidness sounds like uneasy, uremia
- AN6 β as in bloodless; bloodless; white; whitened; untanned sounds like atomic
- AN5 β sounds like alma, asthma, edema, prima
- AN5 β
BE
- BE4 β a narrow sharply defined line of light radiating from an object; to emit rays of light; to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward; ray; shaft sounds like balm, bam
- BE6 β to eventually have as a state or quality; to eventually have as a state or quality; came; got; grew
CA
- CA6 β sounds like common, omen
- CA4 β to move closer to; to get to a destination; to eventually have as a state or quality; advanced; approached sounds like aim, claim, comb
- CA4 β sounds like balmy, cocky, coffee, collie, comma
CI
- CI6 β the art or business of making a movie; a building or part of a building where movies are shown; big screen; film; filmdom sounds like minimal, minimum, serum, silica
EM
- EM5 β a person who conducts a program of entertainment by making introductions and providing continuity; announcer; host; MC sounds like airy, any, assay, chassis, edgy
- EM8 β the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance; an area of high ground; the senior member of a group; distinction; dominance
EN
- EN5 β
IA
- IA4 β sounds like bam, dam, damn, ham, jam
- IA5 β sounds like abbey, amber, bamboo, mammary, shabby
- IA6 β sounds like gambit
IC
- IC6 β sounds like adman, airman, aspen, baseman, bison
- IC6 β sounds like lemon, salmon, seaman, semen, sermon
IM
- IM4 β sounds like mom
- IM6 β to swallow in liquid form; to take in (something liquid) through small openings; belt (down); drink; gulp sounds like embed, emboss
- IM9 β something that may cause injury or harm; danger; hazard; menace; peril sounds like eminence
MA
- MA4 β as in blackjack, knobkerrie; blackjack; knobkerrie; bastinado; bat sounds like ace, base, case, chase, face
- MA4 β to cause severe or permanent injury to; cripple; disable; incapacitate; lame sounds like aim, came, dame, fame, game
- MA4 β coming before all others in importance; muscular strength; one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division; arch; big sounds like arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign
- MA4 β a female human parent; as in boy, kid; as in boys, kids; ma; mammy sounds like comma, mom
- MA5 β as in rattlesnake, cobra; adder; anaconda; asp; black racer
- MA5 β a female human parent; ma; mammy; mater; mom sounds like comma, mom
- MA4 β sounds like arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign
- MA5 β a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life; something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned; aberration; dementia; derangement
- MA6 β a person judged to be legally or medically insane; a person with a strong and habitual liking for something; having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind; bug; crackbrain
- MA5 β sounds like panic
- MA5 β a source of great satisfaction; something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing; delectation; delight; feast
ME
- ME4 β to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind; to be of importance; to have in mind as a purpose or goal; denote; express sounds like bean, dean, gene, keen, lean
- ME6 β a mean, evil, or unprincipled person; baddie; beast; brute; caitiff sounds like genie, many, mien, money
- ME5 β a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest; axis; base; capital; center sounds like mica
- ME4 β sounds like beam, deem, mien, mom
- ME6 β something that may cause injury or harm; to place in danger; to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on; danger; hazard sounds like minus, tennis
MI
- MI4 β sounds like mecca
- MI4 β as in cowards, pussies; as in icebergs, cold fishes; cowards; milquetoasts; nebbishes sounds like dice, ice, lice, mass, mess
- MI4 β the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality; appearance; aspect; dress; figure sounds like bean, dean, gene, keen, lean
- MI4 β an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements; a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling; to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior; mimic; mummer sounds like chime, dime, lime, mom, mum
- MI5 β 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; being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials; burlesque; caricature sounds like gimmick, mythic
- MI5 β to cut into small pieces; chop; dice; hash sounds like rinse, since, wince
- MI4 β an abundant source; a usually concealed explosive device designed to go off when disturbed; to place hidden explosive devices in or under; argosy; cornucopia sounds like dine, fine, line, main, man
- MI4 β a very small automobile; as in small, little; as in department store, chain store; compact; coupe sounds like genie, many, mealy, mean, meaner
- MI7 β sounds like cynic, cynical, manic, manicure, moniker
- MI7 β sounds like cynical, income, modicum
- MI5 β as in tiny, minuscule; as in smidgen, iota; bitty; inappreciable; infinitesimal
- MI6 β as in semblances, modicums; hoots; iotas; jots; minims sounds like cinema, edema, mania
NA
- NA4 β a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known; an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings; outward and often deceptive indication; appellation; appellative sounds like aim, came, dame, fame, game
NI
- NI5 β a special quality or impression associated with something; an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage; a special quality or impression associated with something; airs; ambiences