NYT ๐Ÿ Cluesโ€”Thu. 22 June, 2023

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

Letters: e  b  c  h  i  o  t

  • Total Answers: 26
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! ๐Ÿคฃ

BE

  1. BE5 โ€” sounds like batch
  2. BE4 โ€” sounds like bait, bat

BI

  1. BI7 โ€” sounds like baroque, bloat, bloated, bloke, boat
  2. BI4 โ€” a harsh or sharp quality; a small piece or quantity of food; an uncomfortable degree of coolness; acerbity; acidity sounds like bait, bat, beat, beet, bet

BO

  1. BO5 โ€” sounds like base, bass, beau
  2. BO6 โ€” as in bobby socks, anklet; valuables stolen or taken by force; the part of the body upon which someone sits; anklet; bobby socks sounds like beauty, buoy, duty, sooty
  3. BO6 โ€” the part of the body upon which someone sits; valuables stolen or taken by force; backside; behind; bottom sounds like beauty, buoy, duty, sooty

CH

  1. CH6 โ€” the power, right, or opportunity to choose; a person or thing that is chosen; individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class; alternative; discretion sounds like voice

CI

  1. CI4 โ€” to give as an example; to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically; adduce; instance; mention sounds like bite, byte, eyesight, fight, height

CO

  1. CO6 โ€” sounds like booty, catty, duty, kitty, sooty
  2. CO4 โ€” as in henhouse, dovecote; dovecote; henhouse; kraal; stockade sounds like boat, cat, caught

EC

  1. EC4 โ€” to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves; to say after another; a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way; reecho; resonate sounds like ache, acre, act, ago, air
  2. EC6 โ€” sounds like aerobic, click, coke, epic, ethic

ET

  1. ET4 โ€” to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface; to produce a vivid impression of; as in etching, engraving; engrave; grave sounds like air, each, ebb, edge, egg
  2. ET5 โ€” as in norm, principles; conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue; following the accepted rules of moral conduct; form; mode sounds like epic, thick

HE

  1. HE6 โ€” being in a state of increased activity or agitation; agitated; excited; feverish; frenzied sounds like arctic, septic, tactic

HO

  1. HO6 โ€” a physically attractive person; babe; cutie; dish; doll sounds like haughty, hearty, knotty, potty

OB

  1. OB4 โ€” sounds like beau, lobo

OC

  1. OC5 โ€” as in trio, quartet; duo; quartet; quintet; septet sounds like onset

TE

  1. TE4 โ€” relating to or using new electronic devices and technology; futuristic; contemporary; current; designer sounds like check, deck, heck, neck, peck
  2. TE6 โ€” as in geek, technocrat; gearhead; geek; technocrat; technophile sounds like tacky, talky, tarry, turkey
  3. TE5 โ€” as in desires, tastes; by a very small margin; to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts; appetites; fancies sounds like heath, sheath
  4. TE6 โ€” sounds like seethe, tier

TH

  1. TH4 โ€” sounds like bee, earthy, fee, key, knee

TI

  1. TI5 โ€” an amount of money that a person gives to a church which is usually equal to 1/10 of that person's income; alms; benefaction; beneficence; benevolence sounds like with

TO

  1. TO4 โ€” as in backpack, satchel; to support and take from one place to another; to combine (numbers) into a single sum; backpack; barracks bag sounds like boat, coat, goat, moat, note

beech, beet, biotech, bite, bocce, bootee, bootie, choice, cite, cootie, cote, echo, echoic, etch, ethic, hectic, hottie, oboe, octet, tech, techie, teeth, teethe, thee, tithe, tote