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

Letters: t  c  h  m  n  o  u

• Total Answers: 31
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

CO

1. CO7 — sounds like cabinet
2. CO7 — to create or think of by clever use of the imagination; construct; contrive; cook (up); devise sounds like unlocked
3. CO4 — as in geezer; geezer; bohemian; maverick; nonconformist sounds like boot, cat, caught, chute
4. CO6 — to have a clear idea of; something attractive but lacking in substance; as in enjoy, revel (in); appreciate; apprehend sounds like carton, caution, curtain, gotten, kitten
5. CO11 — as in diamondback rattlesnake, water moccasin; as in diamondback rattlesnakes, water moccasins; adder; anaconda; asp
6. CO5 — a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added; a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person; to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added; census; tale sounds like ac*, can't, mount
7. CO5 — having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living; a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts; accomplished; civilized; cultivated sounds like earth, key, oath

CU

9. CU6 — to stop functioning; to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end; to leave a place often for another; break; break down sounds like shutout

HO

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

HU

13. HU4 — an act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or something; to seek out (game) for food or sport; to go in search of; quest; search sounds like bunt, haunt, hint, honey, punt
14. HU5 — a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling; a storage case typically having doors and shelves; an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals; cabin; camp sounds like hatch, hitch, hooch

MO

16. MO5 — sounds like munch
17. MO4 — open to question or dispute; to present or bring forward for discussion; to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion; arguable; controvertible sounds like boot, chute, hoot, jute, loot
18. MO4 — having passed its time of use or usefulness; showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect; used or heard so often as to be dull; antiquated; archaic sounds like mall, math, maul, mauve, maw
19. MO5 — a short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule guiding the behavior of a particular person or group; axiom; precept; truism; truth sounds like macho, mater
20. MO5 — to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number; to bring before the public in performance or exhibition; to move or extend upward; accelerate; accumulate sounds like a*, count, meant, mint
21. MO5 — the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal; a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval; disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request; chops; gob sounds like math, mirth, myth, south

MU

23. MU4 — a stupid person; airhead; birdbrain; blockhead; bonehead sounds like but, butt, cut, gut, hut
24. MU6 — sounds like button, mitten

NO

26. NO5 — a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface; a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage; an individual part of a process, series, or ranking; chip; hack sounds like botch, knob, knock, knot, niche

ON

28. ON4 — as in hit (upon), pitch (upon); as in hit (upon), pitched (upon); as in hitting (upon), pitching (upon); chance (upon); encounter sounds like into, unto

TH

30. TH4 — having or showing the annoying attitude of people who believe that they are morally better than other people; self-righteous; assured; biggety; bigheaded sounds like boo, chew, coup, dew, doo

TO

32. TO4 — a lower limb of an animal; a portion of a trip; pin; lap; stage sounds like attune, boon, dune, goon, loon
33. TO4 — a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking; bender; binge; bust; carousal sounds like boot, chute, hoot, jute, loot
34. TO5 — as in desire, taste; with all power or resources being used; being of advanced years and especially past middle age; appetite; fancy sounds like booth, truth, tube, tune, two
35. TO5 — to come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin; to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response; to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable; feel; affect sounds like hutch, much, such, teach, tub
36. TO4 — to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively; to declare enthusiastic approval of; to provide publicity for; ballyhoo; blow up sounds like bout, doubt, gout, out, pout

TU

38. TU4 — as in hoot, howl; as in hoots, howls; bark; bay; bellow sounds like tattoo

UN

40. UN7 — having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners; lacking in refinement or good taste; boorish; churlish; classless sounds like anew
41. UN5 — as in undiminished, unabridged; unabridged; undiminished; compleat; complete sounds like annuity, bucket, circuit, cut, docket
42. UN4 — sounds like anew, into, onto