NYT π CluesβTue. 18 July, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: i c e n o t x
- Total Answers: 49
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
CI
- CI4 β 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
- CO5 β sounds like catchy
- CO4 β something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment; as in produce, design; as in stamp, mint; bread; bucks sounds like can, cane, join, keen, kin
- CO7 β an elaborate or fanciful way of expressing something; a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality; an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements; metaphor; chimera sounds like unseat
- CO10 β something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination; to create or think of by clever use of the imagination; brainchild; coinage; contrivance
- CO5 β sounds like chronic, ionic, phonic, sonic, tonic
- CO10 β the fact or state of having something in common; a place where two or more things are united; an acquaintance who has influence especially in the business or political world; affinity; association
- CO10 β an idea or opinion that is put forth in a discussion or debate; an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another; argument; assertion; thesis
- CO10 β abstention from sexual intercourse; the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others; the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions; abstinence; celibacy
- CO9 β one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division; given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites; landmass; main; mainland
- CO6 β sounds like booty, catty, duty, kitty, sooty
EN
- EN6 β to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage; allure; bait; beguile; betray
EX
- EX6 β to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings; to rouse to strong feeling or action; charge; electrify; exhilarate sounds like incite, insight
- EX4 β a place or means of going out; the act of leaving a place; the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities; egress; issue sounds like grit
- EX6 β excitingly or mysteriously unusual; something strange or unusual that is an object of interest; bizarro; fantastic; glamorous sounds like erotic, idiotic
- EX7 β no longer existing; bygone; bypast; dead; defunct sounds like instinct
- EX10 β the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless; annihilation; decimation; demolishment; demolition sounds like distinction
IC
- IC4 β a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion; a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader; a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality); god; hero sounds like con
- IC6 β sounds like ionic, ironic
IN
- IN6 β to bring (something volatile or intense) into being; to rouse to strong feeling or action; abet; brew; ferment sounds like excite
- IN12 β as in excess, intemperance; excess; excessiveness; immoderacy; indulgence sounds like continent, countenance
- IN11 β as in reckless, intemperate; extravagant; intemperate; reckless; splurging sounds like continent
- IN5 β sounds like any, eerie, guinea, iffy, itchy
- IN9 β the quality or state of being free from guilt or blame; the quality or state of being simple and sincere; the state of being unaware or uninformed; blamelessness; faultlessness
- IN8 β free from sin; free from guilt or blame; free from any intent to deceive or impress others; impeccable; pure
- IN6 β something that one hopes or intends to accomplish; the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action; fully committed to achieving a goal; aim; ambition
- IN9 β something that one hopes or intends to accomplish; the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action; aim; ambition; aspiration
- 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
- IN6 β to utter in musical or drawn out tones; chant; intonate; sing
IO
- IO5 β sounds like ironic, phonic, sonic, tonic
NI
- NI4 β following the established traditions of refined society and good taste; giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses; hard to please; befitting; correct sounds like dice, ice, knife, knight, lice
- NI8 β sounds like guillotine, rickety, sixteen
- NI5 β sounds like cease, knead, knee, kneel, lease
- NI4 β as in last word, hot ticket; as in last words, hot tickets; as in wage earner, wage slave; buzz; chic sounds like been, bin, chin, din, fin
- NI8 β
- NI4 β sounds like bite, byte, cite, fight, height
NO
- NO8 β as in nonpoisonous; nonpoisonous; nourishing; nutritional; nutritious sounds like toxic
- NO6 β to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes; to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically; a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest; behold; catch sounds like lotus
- 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
- ON5 β sounds like undone
TE
- TE8 β having great meaning or lasting effect; big; consequential; earth-shattering; earthshaking sounds like chronic, electronic, hectic, isotonic, tactic
TI
- TI5 β as in colored, hued; colored; colorized; dyed; hued sounds like linked
- TI4 β as in prong; prong; pinpoint; barb; jag sounds like dine, fine, line, mine, pine
- 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
TO
- TO5 β as in soda, pop; having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind; beneficial to the health of body or mind; pop; soda sounds like ionic, phonic, sonic, tunic
- TO7 β sounds like canteen, tartan, nineteen
- TO6 β sounds like loony, tinny, tiny, tuna, tune
- TO5 β containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing; a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing; envenomed; poison; poisoned sounds like boxing, tactic, taxing
- TO5 β a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing; bane; poison; toxic; venom sounds like arson, auction, parson, taken, tarpon