NYT 🐝 Clues—Thu. 3 August, 2023

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

Letters: m  a  i  n  r  t  v

  • Total Answers: 34
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AI

  1. AI6 — one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft; aviator; birdman; flier; pilot sounds like ch**

AN

  1. AN5 — sounds like alma, asthma, edema, prima

IM

  1. IM4 — sounds like mom

MA

  1. MA4 — to cause severe or permanent injury to; cripple; disable; incapacitate; lame sounds like aim, came, dame, fame, game

  2. MA4 — 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

  3. MA8 — to keep in good condition; to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections; to pay the living expenses of; conserve; keep up sounds like contain, mountain, mundane

  4. MA4 — a female human parent; as in boy, kid; as in boys, kids; ma; mammy sounds like comma, mom

  5. MA5 — a female human parent; ma; mammy; mater; mom sounds like comma, mom

  6. MA5 — 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

  7. MA5 — a source of great satisfaction; something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing; delectation; delight; feast

  8. MA5 — any of several extremely large rays; any of several extremely large rays; any of several extremely large rays; devilfish; manta ray

  9. MA6 — sounds like pantry, tantrum

  10. MA6 — an area of water where privately owned boats (such as yachts) are kept; basin; dock; moorage; mooring sounds like arena

  11. MA8 — sounds like canard, monarch, regard, regatta, sonata

  12. MA4 — sounds like arm, charm, farm, harm

  13. MA4 — as in department store, mini-mart; as in department store, chain store; boutique; chain store; department store sounds like art, cart, chart, dart, heart

  14. MA7 —

  15. MA6 — sounds like carton, hearten, tartan

  16. MA7 — sounds like artery, artsy, arty, botany, carton

MI

  1. MI4 — a very small automobile; as in small, little; as in department store, chain store; compact; coupe sounds like genie, many, mealy, mean, meaner

  2. MI5 — as in tiny, minuscule; as in smidgen, iota; bitty; inappreciable; infinitesimal

  3. MI6 — as in semblances, modicums; hoots; iotas; jots; minims sounds like cinema, edema, mania

  4. MI7 — as in minibus, van; coach; jitney; microbus; minibus sounds like divan, maniac, medieval, uneven

  5. MI4 — being in an original and unused or unspoiled state; a very large amount of money; as in coin, stamp; brand-new; fresh sounds like hint, lint, meant

  6. MI5 — sounds like grin

  7. MI4 — sounds like bit, chit, emit, fit, hit

TA

  1. TA6 — sounds like tomorrow

  2. TA7 —

  3. TA6 — sounds like anatomy, atom, balmy, battery, catty

TR

  1. TR4 — as in truck, wheelbarrow; barrow; hand truck; pushcart; truck sounds like cram, dram, gram, ram, tam

  2. TR4 — being clean and in good order; a state of being or fitness; something that decorates or beautifies; antiseptic; bandbox sounds like brim, grim, prim, rim

  3. TR8 — sounds like catamaran, drummer, promotion, tambourine, tomorrow

VA

  1. VA7 — a person whose behavior is offensive to others; bastard; beast; bleeder; blighter sounds like garment

VI

  1. VI7 — sounds like thiamin

airman, anima, imam, maim, main, maintain, mama, mamma, mania, manna, manta, mantra, marina, marinara, marm, mart, martian, martin, martini, mini, minim, minima, minivan, mint, mirin, mitt, tamari, tamarin, tatami, tram, trim, trimaran, varmint, vitamin