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

Letters: c  a  b  e  i  m  n

• Total Answers: 42
• Pangrams: 2
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AB

1. AB5 — an instrument for performing calculations by sliding counters along rods or in grooves; a slab that forms the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column sounds like—hibachi

AC

2. AC6 — gum arabic; any of a large genus (**) of leguminous shrubs and trees of warm regions with leaves pinnate or reduced to phyllodes and white or yellow flower clusters sounds like—occasion
3. AC4 — a small, dark purple, berrylike fruit with a juicy pulp that is often used in beverages or eaten raw and that is produced by a tall, slender palm (Euterpe oleracea) native to tropical rain forests of Central and South America; the palm (Euterpe oleracea) that produces berries; a beverage made from the juice of the berry sounds like—occur, sky
4. AC4 — the highest part or point; the most perfect type or example synonyms—apex, apogee, capstone, climax, crescendo sounds like—axe
5. AC4 — a chronic inflammatory skin disorder typically involving the nose, forehead, and chin that is characterized especially by redness, flushing, telangiectasia, inflamed lesions, and burning sensation, and sometimes by eye dryness and irritation and thickening of tissues especially of the nose —called also ** rosacea sounds like—abbey, agony, algae, alley, and

AM

6. AM8 — a special quality or impression associated with something synonyms—air, aroma, atmosphere, aura, climate sounds like—absence
7. AM8 — a special quality or impression associated with something synonyms—air, aroma, atmosphere, aura, climate sounds like—absence
8. AM6 — acute human intestinal amebiasis caused by an amoeba (Entamoeba histolytica) and marked by dysentery, abdominal pain, and erosion of the intestinal wall sounds like—arabic, medic

AN

9. AN6 — as in bloodless synonyms—bloodless, white, whitened, untanned, sallow sounds like—atomic

BA

10. BA4 — in full court : with full judiciary authority sounds like—blank, bunk, dank, hank, rank

BE

11. BE6 — to eventually have as a state or quality synonyms—came, got, grew, ran, turned

CA

12. CA6 — as in camp, tent synonyms—cabin, camp, hooch, hovel, hut sounds like—banana, command, kimono
13. CA6 — cabdriver sounds like—abbey, crabby, shabby, tabby
14. CA5 — a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling; an often small house for recreational or seasonal use; one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided synonyms—camp, hooch, hovel, hut, hutch
15. CA6 — any of several Central and South American crocodilians (genera **, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) similar to alligators sounds like—common, omen
16. CA4 — to move closer to; to get to a destination; to eventually have as a state or quality synonyms—advanced, approached, neared, nighed, appeared sounds like—aim, claim, comb
17. CA4 — **sole —often used before another noun sounds like—balmy, cocky, coffee, collie, comma
18. CA6 — a woman's dance of French origin characterized by high kicking usually while holding up the front of a full ruffled skirt sounds like—common, concave, condom
19. CA4 — a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment synonyms—bastinado, bat, baton, billy, billy club sounds like—arraign, bane, chain
20. CA6 — a domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes synonyms—dog, doggy, hound, pooch, tyke sounds like—benign, confine, consign, mainline, quinine
21. CA5 — any of a genus (* of the family *ceae) of tropical herbs with simple stems, large leaves, and a terminal raceme of irregular flowers sounds like—manna

CI

22. CI6 — the art or business of making a movie; a building or part of a building where movies are shown synonyms—big screen, film, filmdom, filmland, filmmaking sounds like—minimal, minimum, serum, silica

EM

23. EM5 — a person who conducts a program of entertainment by making introductions and providing continuity synonyms—announcer, host, MC sounds like—airy, any, assay, chassis, edgy
24. EM8 — the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance; an area of high ground synonyms—distinction, dominance, noteworthiness, paramountcy, pre**

IA

25. IA6 — a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable or of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (as in above) sounds like—gambit

IC

26. IC6 — a man skilled in traveling on ice; one who sells or delivers ice sounds like—adman, airman, aspen, baseman, bison
27. IC6 — a man skilled in traveling on ice; one who sells or delivers ice sounds like—lemon, salmon, seaman, semen, sermon

IM

28. IM9 — something that may cause injury or harm synonyms—danger, hazard, menace, peril, pitfall sounds like—eminence

MA

29. MA4 — as in blackjack, knobkerrie synonyms—blackjack, knobkerrie, bastinado, bat, baton sounds like—ace, base, case, chase, face
30. MA6 — a person judged to be legally or medically insane; a person with a strong and habitual liking for something synonyms—bug, crackbrain, crazy, fool, fruitcake
31. MA5 — affected with, relating to, characterized by, or resulting from mania sounds like—panic

ME

32. ME5 — a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest synonyms—axis, base, capital, center, central sounds like—mica
33. ME6 — something that may cause injury or harm synonyms—danger, hazard, imminence, peril, pitfall sounds like—minus, tennis

MI

34. MI4 — any of various colored or transparent mineral silicates crystallizing in monoclinic forms that readily separate into very thin leaves sounds like—mecca
35. MI4 — as in cowards, pussies; as in icebergs, cold fishes synonyms—cowards, milquetoasts, nebbishes, nervous Nellies, pussies sounds like—dice, ice, lice, mass, mess
36. MI5 — 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 synonyms—burlesque, caricature, do, imitate, mock sounds like—gimmick, mythic
37. MI5 — to cut into small pieces synonyms—chop, dice, hash sounds like—rinse, since, wince
38. MI7 — sounds like—cynic, cynical, manic, manicure, moniker
39. MI7 — a portable television camera sounds like—cynical, income, modicum

NI

40. NI6 — an acid C6H5NO2 of the vitamin B complex found widely in animals and plants and used especially against pellagra; also : nicotinamide —called also nicotinic acid sounds like—basic, basin, casing, chasten, evasive
41. NI4 — following the established traditions of refined society and good taste; giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses; hard to please synonyms—befitting, correct, de rigueur, decent, decorous sounds like—dice, ice, knife, knight, lice
42. NI5 — as in nephew synonyms—nephew, bastard, by-blow, love child, whoreson sounds like—cease, knead, knee, kneel, lease