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

Letters: l  c  f  i  m  o  r

• Total Answers: 28
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

CL

1. CL5 — a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice; something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome; as in resident, resider; barranca; bluff

CO

3. CO4 — a state of noisy, confused activity; to follow a circular or spiral course; ado; alarums and excursions; ballyhoo sounds like boil, call, cul, cull, curl
4. CO5 — as in cramps, gripes; cramps; gripes; bellyache; collywobbles sounds like click
5. CO5 — a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished; a substance used to color other materials; the hue or appearance of the skin and especially of the face; cast; hue sounds like caller, cul, cull
6. CO9 — sounds like allergic, caloric
7. CO4 — having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others; free from emotional or mental agitation; having a low or subnormal temperature; aloof; antisocial sounds like call, cul

FI

9. FI4 — to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained; to close up so that no empty spaces remain; to do what is required by the terms of; brim; charge sounds like bill, chill, dill, fail, fall
10. FI4 — a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track; the art or business of making a movie; as in videotape; flick; flicker

FL

12. FL5 — the surface upon which a body of water lies; to cause an unpleasant surprise for; to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected; bed; bottom sounds like for, fore, four, lore

FO

14. FO4 — to prevent from achieving a goal; something or someone that is different from another especially in a pleasing way; baffle; balk; beat sounds like boil, coil, fail, fall, feel
15. FO5 — sounds like falling, flick, frolic, phonic
16. FO5 — as in quarto; quarto; hardback; hardcover; paper sounds like polio
17. FO4 — a person who lacks good sense or judgment; a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks; a person with a strong and habitual liking for something; berk; booby sounds like cool, fail, fall, feel, fell

FR

19. FR5 — a strip of fabric gathered or pleated on one edge and used as trimming; something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary; something that decorates or beautifies; flounce; furbelow sounds like drill, fill, grill, grille, rill
20. FR6 — a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke; a time or instance of carefree fun; activity engaged in to amuse oneself; antic; caper sounds like chronic, erotic, falling, flick, ironic

LI

22. LI4 — sounds like lymph

LO

24. LO4 — a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest; the area or space occupied by or intended for something; a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest; axes; bases sounds like fussy, gussy, lacey, lacy, lucky
25. LO4 — having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind; to cause to go insane or as if insane; balmy; barmy; bats sounds like coco, cocoa
26. LO4 — to be limp from lack of water or vigor; to refrain from labor or exertion; to spend time doing nothing; droop; flag sounds like doll, lat, lull, pall
27. LO4 — to be about to happen; brew; impend sounds like b, boom, doom, g, lamb

MI

29. MI9 —
30. MI4 — a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods; to reduce to fine particles; as in kick around, knock (about); factory; manufactory sounds like bill, chill, dill, fill, hill

MO

32. MO4 — a state of noisy, confused activity; very hard or unpleasant work; to devote serious and sustained effort; ado; alarums and excursions sounds like boil, coil, foil, mail, male
33. MO4 — as in mistress; mistress; gal; gill; girl sounds like doll, loll, mail, male, mall

OL

35. OL4 — an unorganized collection or mixture of various things; agglomerate; agglomeration; alphabet soup; assortment sounds like audio

RI

37. RI4 — a natural body of running water smaller than a river; beck; bourn; brook; brooklet sounds like bill, chill, dill, d**, fill

RO

39. RO4 — to be in a state of violent rolling motion; to make angry; boil; churn; moil sounds like boil, b**, coil, foil, oil
40. RO4 — to form into a round compact mass; to make a low heavy rolling sound; to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions; agglomerate; ball sounds like boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal