Ben Willenbring

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NYT 🐝 Cluesβ€”Tue. 12 September, 2023

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

Letters: t  g  i  n  o  p  v

  • Total Answers: 44
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🀣

IG

  1. IG8 β€” to set (something) on fire; to set (something) on fire; burning; enkindling; firing sounds like exciting, infighting, inviting
  2. IG8 β€” sounds like emission, exertion, initial

IN

  1. IN5 β€” as in slab, stick; bloom; slab; stick; band sounds like agate, angle, argot, bigot, gut
  2. IN4 β€” in addition to what has been said; to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face; to come upon unexpectedly or by chance; additionally; again sounds like ensue, onto, unto
  3. IN8 β€” to utter in musical or drawn out tones; to utter in musical or drawn out tones; chanting; intonating; singing
  4. IN8 β€” as in attractive, tempting; as in winning, endearing; to request the presence or participation of; alluring; attractive

NO

  1. NO9 β€” sounds like inviting, ongoing, uninviting, voting
  2. NO6 β€” to make a statement of one's opinion; to make a written note of; to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes; allowing; commenting sounds like coating, doting, knowing, voting
  3. NO6 β€” small useful items; a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action; an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge; etceteras; novelties sounds like lotion, motion, nation, ocean, potion

ON

  1. ON4 β€” 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

OP

  1. OP6 β€” to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration; to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration; to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities; choosing; concluding
  2. OP6 β€” something that is not necessary in itself but adds to the convenience or performance of the main piece of equipment; the power, right, or opportunity to choose; to make a part of a body or system; accessory; accoutrement sounds like auction
  3. OP9 β€” sounds like auctioneer, auctioning, rationing

PI

  1. PI5 β€” sounds like peanut
  2. PI8 β€” as in point, tip; meeting the highest standard of accuracy; to find out or establish the identity of; apex; cusp sounds like gunpoint, midpoint
  3. PI11 β€” to find out or establish the identity of; to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal; to find out or establish the identity of; distinguishing; fingering
  4. PI4 β€” of a size that is less than average; of a size that is less than average; a person of no importance or influence; bantam; diminutive sounds like paint, pant, point, punt
  5. PI5 β€” as in bay, chestnut; having blotches of two or more colors; bay; black; buckskin sounds like bestow, ditto, hint, inter, into
  6. PI5 β€” sounds like peanut, people, puppet
  7. PI5 β€” sounds like heighten, lighten, tighten, titan
  8. PI7 β€” as in denting; denting; bending; kinking; coarsening sounds like fitting, petting, sitting
  9. PI5 β€” the central part or aspect of something under consideration; to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis; bottom line; bull's-eye; centerpiece sounds like rivet
  10. PI8 β€” to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis; to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis; revolving; rolling; rotating sounds like riveting, voting

PO

  1. PO5 β€” as in mention, signal; as in set, aim; a particular and often important moment in time; advert; mention sounds like ap*, joint, paint, pant, pint
  2. PO8 β€” as in mentioning, signaling; as in setting, aiming; to serve as a sign or symptom of; adverting; mentioning sounds like painting, panting
  3. PO7 β€” as in canoe, kayak; bateau; caΓ―que; canoe; catamaran sounds like cartoon, monsoon, onto, platoon
  4. PO6 β€” a drink that is meant to have a special or magical effect on someone; cordial; tonic; cure; drug sounds like lotion, motion, notion, ocean, passion
  5. PO7 β€” as in planting, putting in; drilling; planting; putting in; seeding sounds like petting, yachting

TI

  1. TI7 β€” to give color or a different color to; to give color or a different color to; bepainting; coloring; dyeing sounds like ginning, inning, sinning, tanning, turning
  2. TI4 β€” a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished; to give color or a different color to; cast; color; hue sounds like hint, lint, mint, s**, taint
  3. TI7 β€” to give color or a different color to; to give color or a different color to; bepainting; coloring; dyeing sounds like tenting
  4. TI7 β€” inclined or twisted to one side; to set or cause to be at an angle; to set or cause to be at an angle; askew; aslant sounds like whipping
  5. TI6 β€” of the very best kind; the highest part or point; A-OK; A1; awesome sounds like hilltop, laptop

TO

  1. TO7 β€” to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes; apparel; array; attire; bedeck sounds like jogging
  2. TO4 β€” sounds like long, pong, song, talk, tall
  3. TO7 β€” sounds like tanning, turning
  4. TO6 β€” as in trimming; as in muting, muffling; as in firming (up); trimming; training sounds like tanning, turning
  5. TO4 β€” a lower limb of an animal; a portion of a trip; pin; lap; stage sounds like attune, boon, dune, goon, loon
  6. TO4 β€” a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking; bender; binge; bust; carousal sounds like boot, chute, hoot, jute, loot
  7. TO7 β€” sounds like shooting, tubing
  8. TO6 β€” sounds like choking, coating, coding, combing, doting
  9. TO7 β€” as in garnish, fixing(s); of the very best kind; to be greater, better, or stronger than; fixing(s); garnish sounds like lopping, shopping, sopping, whopping
  10. TO6 β€” to support and take from one place to another; to support and take from one place to another; to combine (numbers) into a single sum; bearing; carrying sounds like coating, doting, voting

VO

  1. VO6 β€” to set before the mind for consideration; to set before the mind for consideration; as in choosing, electing; advancing; bouncing sounds like coating, doting

igniting, ignition, ingot, into, intoning, inviting, nonvoting, noting, notion, onto, opting, option, optioning, pinot, pinpoint, pinpointing, pint, pinto, pipit, piton, pitting, pivot, pivoting, point, pointing, pontoon, potion, potting, tinging, tint, tinting, tipping, tiptop, togging, tong, tonging, toning, toon, toot, tooting, toping, topping, toting, voting