NYT 🐝 Clues—Sun. 7 August, 2022

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

Letters: o  b  c  e  h  i  t

  • Total Answers: 33
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

BI

  1. BI7 — ***nology; a company that utilizes ***nology (as in the development of drugs or diagnostics for medicine) sounds like—baroque, bloat, bloated, bloke, boat

  2. BI6 — having a (specified) mode of life sounds like—buttock, rioting

BO

  1. BO5 — a game of Italian origin similar to lawn bowling played on a long narrow usually dirt court sounds like—base, bass, beau

  2. BO5 — a game of Italian origin similar to lawn bowling played on a long narrow usually dirt court sounds like—bitchy

  3. BO4 — a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs synonyms—bohemian, counterculturist, deviant, enfant terrible, free spirit sounds like—backhoe, barrow, beau, bellow, below

  4. BO4 — an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy synonyms—blunder, bobble, boo-boo, brick, clanger sounds like—babe, bib, buoy

  5. BO6 — an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy synonyms—blunder, bobble, boob, brick, clanger

  6. BO6 — to weep loudly and with sobs —often used as an interjection especially in mocking imitation of another's tears, complaints, unhappiness, etc. sounds like—blew, blue

  7. BO4 — a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings synonyms—bang, charge, exhilaration, frisson, jollies sounds like—bait, bat, beat, beet, bet

  8. BO6 — as in bobby socks, anklet synonyms—anklet, bobby socks, kneesock, support hose, hosiery sounds like—beauty, buoy, duty, sooty

  9. BO5 — as in cabin, bay synonyms—accommodation, bay, berth, cabin, compartment sounds like—bath, berth, birth, buoy

  10. BO6 — the part of the body upon which someone sits synonyms—backside, behind, bottom, breech, bum sounds like—beauty, buoy, duty, sooty

  11. BO5 — an unorganized collection or mixture of various things synonyms—agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, clutter sounds like—balm, bar, batch, beach, beech

  12. BO4 — to be on fire especially brightly; to set (something) on fire; to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger synonyms—blaze, combust, flame, glow, enkindle sounds like—balm, bar, bath, berth, birth

CH

  1. CH6 — the power, right, or opportunity to choose; a person or thing that is chosen; individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class synonyms—alternative, discretion, druthers, election, liberty sounds like—voice

CO

  1. CO5 — a spherical bacterium sounds like—catchy

  2. CO4 — a rather small Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) that has light-colored flesh and is native to both coasts of the North Pacific and is stocked in the Great Lakes —called also ** salmon, silver salmon

  3. CO4 — as in geezer synonyms—geezer, bohemian, maverick, nonconformist, quixote sounds like—boot, cat, caught, chute

  4. CO6 — a louse feeding primarily on the body; especially : a sucking louse (Pediculus humanus humanus) feeding on the body and living in the clothing of humans —called also ** sounds like—booty, catty, duty, kitty, sooty

  5. CO4 — as in henhouse, dove synonyms—dove, henhouse, kraal, stockade, fold sounds like—boat, cat, caught

EC

  1. EC4 — to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves; to say after another synonyms—re**, resonate, resound, reverberate, sound sounds like—ache, acre, act, ago, air

  2. EC6 — formed in imitation of some natural sound : onomatopoeic; of or relating to an echo sounds like—aerobic, click, coke, epic, ethic

HO

  1. HO6 — a member of a fictitious peaceful and genial race of small humanlike creatures that dwell underground sounds like—bit, debit, habit, heart, hit

  2. HO4 — a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living synonyms—bindle stiff, bum, bummer, sundowner, swaggie sounds like—lobo

  3. HO5 — a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk synonyms—alcohol, aqua vitae, ardent spirits, booze, bottle sounds like—hatch, hitch, hutch, pooch, who

  4. HO4 — a loud vocal expression of strong emotion; a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval; the smallest amount or part imaginable synonyms—cry, holler, howl, shout, whoop sounds like—boot, chute, hat, hate, heat

  5. HO6 — a physically attractive person synonyms—babe, cutie, dish, doll, dreamboat sounds like—haughty, hearty, knotty, potty

OB

  1. OB4 — a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account synonyms—necrology, **uary sounds like—bit, omit

  2. OB4 — a double-reed woodwind instrument having a conical tube, a brilliant penetrating tone, and a usual range from B flat below middle C upward for over 21/2 octaves sounds like—beau, lobo

OC

  1. OC5 — as in trio, quartet synonyms—duo, quartet, quintet, septet, sextet sounds like—onset

TO

  1. TO4 — a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking synonyms—bender, binge, bust, carousal, carouse sounds like—boot, chute, hoot, jute, loot

  2. TO5 — as in desire, taste synonyms—appetite, fancy, favor, fondness, like sounds like—booth, truth, tube, tune, two

  3. TO4 — to support and take from one place to another synonyms—bear, carry, cart, convey, ferry sounds like—boat, coat, goat, moat, note

biotech, biotic, bocce, bocci, boho, boob, booboo, boohoo, boot, bootee, booth, bootie, botch, both, choice, cocci, coho, coot, cootie, cote, echo, echoic, hobbit, hobo, hooch, hoot, hottie, obit, oboe, octet, toot, tooth, tote