NYT 🐝 Clues—Thu. 9 February, 2023

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

Letters: g  a  c  i  k  m  n

  • Total Answers: 49
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AC

  1. AC5 — as in nailing; as in surpassing, topping; nailing; bringing about; effecting sounds like icing, sing

AG

  1. AG5 — yet another time; in addition to what has been said; just the opposite being true; afresh; anew sounds like abet, adjoin, adjourn, affair, ahead

  2. AG5 — being of advanced years and especially past middle age; to become mature; to become mature; aged; ancient sounds like aching, ailing, p*, r*

AI

  1. AI6 — to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal; to have in mind as a purpose or goal; to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal; bending; casting sounds like king, mere, mill, min, mink

AN

  1. AN6 — sounds like vagina

CA

  1. CA6 — to close or shut in by or as if by barriers; to close or shut in by or as if by barriers; boxing (in); closeting; cooping (up) sounds like aging, bashing

  2. CA6 — to cover with a hardened layer; to cover with a hardened layer; crusting; encrusting; riming sounds like aching, cooking, waking

  3. CA6 — as in strapping, leathering; blackjacking; cowhiding; flagellating; fustigating sounds like cunning, kenning

  4. CA7 — to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end; to let go from office, service, or employment; to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end; breaking; breaking off sounds like cunning, kenning, tanning

GA

  1. GA4 — having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind; filled with an intense or excessive love for; balmy; barmy; bats sounds like goggle, saga

  2. GA7 — to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth; to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe; to make jokes; barfing; heaving sounds like lagging, nagging, sagging

  3. GA4 — to gradually increase in; to receive as return for effort; to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness; build up; gather sounds like arraign, bane, cane, chain, feign

  4. GA7 — as in continuing, advancing; to gradually increase in; to receive as return for effort; advancing; continuing sounds like caning

  5. GA5 — as in urchin, guttersnipe; guttersnipe; hobbledehoy; imp; squirt

  6. GA6 —

  7. GA5 —

  8. GA4 — a group of people working together on a task; a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially; a group involved in secret or criminal activities; army; band sounds like bang, dang, fang

  9. GA7 — as in joining, grouping; as in teaming (up), hanging together; as in swarming, mobbing; affiliating; allying sounds like changing, glancing, grudging, landing, managing

GI

  1. GI7 — as in driving, riding; busing; cabbing; coaching; cruising sounds like rigging

  2. GI7 — a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end; an interesting and often novel device with a practical use; a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized; artifice; device sounds like mimic

  3. GI7 — sounds like inning, sinning, winning

IC

  1. IC5 — as in fringe benefit; to make sure, certain, or safe; to put to death deliberately; fringe benefit; award sounds like sing

IM

  1. IM7 — as in visualization, envisaging; to present a picture of; to give a representation or account of in words; envisaging; visualization sounds like bridging, damaging, missing, rummaging

  2. IM9 — as in theory, assumption; to form a mental picture of; to have as an opinion; assumption; conjecture sounds like maddening

IN

  1. IN6 — to write one's name on (as a document); to write one's name on (as a document); autographing; signing; subscribing sounds like s**, th**

  2. IN6 — sounds like earring, g**, s**, w**

KI

  1. KI7 — to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely; to present an opposing opinion or argument; to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely; beefing; bellyaching sounds like cooking

  2. KI4 — a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field; the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe; unusually large; baron; captain sounds like aching, cling, owing, ping

  3. KI7 — sounds like caning, cunning, ginning, inning, kenning

  4. KI7 — as in turning, twisting; entwining; swirling; turning; twining sounds like sinking, thinking

MA

  1. MA6 — sounds like gassing, missing, passing

  2. MA4 — a person skilled in using supernatural forces; a person skilled in using supernatural forces; charmers; conjurers; enchanters sounds like algae, balmy, bobby, body, cagey

  3. MA5 — the power to control natural forces through supernatural means; the art or skill of performing tricks or illusions for entertainment; the power of irresistible attraction; bewitchery; bewitchment

  4. MA8 — a person skilled in using supernatural forces; one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment; charmer; conjurer; enchanter sounds like addition, commission, edition, militia, mission

  5. MA5 — sounds like alma, asthma, dogma, gamma

  6. MA7 — as in mayhem, mutilation; to cause severe or permanent injury to; to cause severe or permanent injury to; crippling; mayhem sounds like gaming

  7. MA6 — the basic elements from which something can be developed; to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials; to obtain (as a goal) through effort; material; raw material sounds like aching, mocking, waking

  8. MA8 — as in overseeing, controlling; as in husbanding; to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently; controlling; directing sounds like menacing, paneling

  9. MA5 — sounds like mega, mingle, saga

  10. MA7 — sounds like meaning, tanning

MI

  1. MI6 — sounds like biking, mocking

  2. MI9 — as in imitation, impersonation; 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; imitation; impersonation sounds like imaging

  3. MI6 — to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior; to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior; aping; copycatting; copying

  4. MI7 — as in simpering, cute; to cut into small pieces; to cut into small pieces; cute; cutesy sounds like rinsing

  5. MI6 — to place hidden explosive devices in or under; to place hidden explosive devices in or under; booby-trapping; booby-trap sounds like dining, fining, meaning, shining

NA

  1. NA7 — causing worry or anxiety; to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders; to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely; discomforting; discomposing sounds like lagging, sagging

  2. NA6 — as in nomination, assignment; to give a name to; to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically; appointment; assignment sounds like gaming, numbing

NI

  1. NI7 — to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep; to take or keep under one's control by authority of law; to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep; appropriating; boosting sounds like aching, biking, billing, booking, chilling

  2. NI10 — as in code-naming; code-naming; miscalling; misnaming; mistitling sounds like incoming, numbing

acing, again, aging, aiming, angina, caging, caking, caning, canning, gaga, gagging, gain, gaining, gamin, gaming, gamma, gang, ganging, gigging, gimmick, ginning, icing, imaging, imagining, inking, inning, kicking, king, kinging, kinking, macing, magi, magic, magician, magma, maiming, making, managing, manga, manning, miking, mimicking, miming, mincing, mining, nagging, naming, nicking, nicknaming