NYT 🐝 Clues—Wed. 24 August, 2022

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

Letters: t  c  e  h  i  k  n

  • Total Answers: 55
  • Pangrams: 3
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

CE

  1. CE4 — of or relating to money, banking, or investments synonyms—financial, fiscal, monetary, pecuniary, pocket sounds like—as**, assent, bent, dent, lent

CH

  1. CH4 — as in sister, lass synonyms—bird, filly, lass, lassie, sheila sounds like—bit, fit
  2. CH6 — a horny polysaccharide (C8H13NO5)n that forms part of the hard outer integument especially of insects, arachnids, and crustaceans sounds like—heighten, lighten, tighten, titan

CI

  1. CI4 — to give as an example; to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically synonyms—adduce, instance, mention, quote, advert (to) sounds like—bite, byte, eyesight, fight, height

EN

  1. EN7 — as in *** cordiale synonyms*** cordiale, accord, alliance, compact, convention sounds like—intent, intently
  2. EN6 — to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage synonyms—allure, bait, beguile, betray, decoy

ET

  1. ET4 — to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface; to produce a vivid impression of synonyms—engrave, grave, incise, inscribe, insculp sounds like—air, each, ebb, edge, egg
  2. ET5 — as in norm, principles synonyms—form, mode, mores, norm, principles sounds like—epic, thick
  3. ET6 — of, relating to, or reflecting the traits exhibited by a group of people with a common ancestry and culture synonyms**al, racial, tribal

HE

  1. HE6 — being in a state of increased activity or agitation synonyms—agitated, excited, feverish, frenzied, heated sounds like—arctic, septic, tactic

HI

  1. HI4 — a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation); an almost imperceptible sign of something; a piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert synonyms—clue, cue, indication, inkling, intimation sounds like—haunt, hunt, lint, mint, tint
  2. HI5 — a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized; a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position synonyms—booby trap, catch, catch-22, gimmick, gotcha sounds like—bitch, ditch, hatch, hear, here
  3. HI9 — to travel by securing free rides synonyms—hitch, thumb sounds like—dislike, hatchback, hereby, heroic

IN

  1. IN6 — to bring (something volatile or intense) into being; to rouse to strong feeling or action synonyms—abet, brew, ferment, foment, instigate sounds like—excite
  2. IN6 — 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 synonyms—aim, ambition, aspiration, bourne, design

IT

  1. IT4 — sexual appetite; a strong wish for something; intense sexual desire synonyms—concupiscence, desire, eroticism, horniness, hots sounds like—b, d, each, ear, etch

KE

  1. KE5 — colorfully patterned cloth traditionally woven by hand in Ghana —called also * sounds like—county
  2. KE5 — as in yacht, sloop synonyms—brigantine, bugeye, caïque, caravel, catamaran sounds like—care, catch, coach, couch, etch

KI

  1. KI7 — having much high-spirited energy and movement; marked by much life, movement, or activity synonyms—active, airy, animate, animated, bouncing sounds like—genetic, phonetic
  2. KI7 — consisting of many things of different sorts synonyms—assorted, eclectic, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, magpie
  3. KI11 — a small kitchen or an alcove containing cooking facilities
  4. KI4 — a person who habitually preys upon others synonyms—bloodsucker, buzzard, harpy, predator, shark sounds like—bite, byte, cat, caught, cite
  5. KI4 — as in kin, kinfolk synonyms—blood, folks, kin, kindred, kinfolk sounds like—myth, pith, writhe
  6. KI6 — a young cat synonyms—kit, cat, feline, house cat, kitty sounds like—bitten, cotton, curtain, mitten, written

KN

  1. KN4 — as in contract, furrow; as in crochet, quilt synonyms—contract, furrow, crisp, ripple, ruffle sounds like—bit, chit, fit, hit, kit

NE

  1. NE7 — a narrow length of material worn about the neck and tied in front; especially : four-in-hand

NI

  1. NI8 — a number that is one more than 18
  2. NI10 — a number that is one more than 18
  3. NI9 — a number equal to nine times 10; the numbers 90 to 99; specifically : the years 90 to 99 in a lifetime or century
  4. NI5 — glossopharyngeal nerve sounds like—bind, china, dine, diner, find
  5. NI4 — used as a simplified spelling of night sounds like—bite, byte, cite, fight, height

TE

  1. TE4 — relating to or using new electronic devices and **nology synonyms—futuristic, contemporary, current, designer, hot sounds like—check, deck, heck, neck, peck
  2. TE6 — as in geek, technocrat synonyms—gearhead, geek, technocrat, technophile, cracker sounds like—tacky, talky, tarry, turkey
  3. TE4 — someone who is between 13 and 19 years old synonyms—pre, pre-ager, sub, ager, **er sounds like—bean, dean, gene, keen, lean
  4. TE5 — as in desires, tastes synonyms—appetites, fancies, favors, likes, likings sounds like—heath, sheath
  5. TE6 — to experience the emergence of one's teeth through the gums sounds like—seethe, tier
  6. TE5 — an idea that is very important to a group synonyms—precept, principle, rule, standard, assumption sounds like—senate
  7. TE4 — a raised covering over something for decoration or protection synonyms—awning, canopy, ceiling, cover, roof sounds like—bent, cent, dent, lent, meant
  8. TE5 — of the lowest character or quality

TH

  1. TH4 — the utmost degree; a state of perfection sounds like—bee, earthy, fee, gee, key
  2. TH4 — in addition to what has been said synonyms—additionally, again, also, besides, either sounds like—den, hen, pen, ten
  3. TH6 — from that place; from that fact or circumstance : therefrom; from that time : **forth sounds like—dense, fence, hence, pence, sense
  4. TH5 — having or being of relatively great depth or extent from one surface to its opposite; being of a consistency that resists flow; closely acquainted synonyms—chunky, fat, ropy, syrupy, viscid sounds like—chick, dick, ethic, hick, kick
  5. TH7 — as in condense synonyms—condense, cake, concrete, firm (up), fix sounds like—chicken, sicken
  6. TH7 — a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush synonyms—boscage, bosk, bosquet, brake, brushwood sounds like—befit, emit, fidget, fixed, kit
  7. TH4 — having a noticeably small amount of body fat; being of less than usual width; not containing very much of some important element synonyms—bony, fatless, lean, lithe, skinny sounds like—been, bin, chin, din, fin
  8. TH5 — that which belongs to thee —used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective thy—used especially in ecclesiastical or literary language and still surviving in the speech of Friends especially among themselves sounds like—dine, fine, line, mine, pine
  9. TH5 — to have as an opinion synonyms—allow, believe, conceive, consider, deem sounds like—ink, jink, link, mink, pink

TI

  1. TI4 — as in moment, minute synonyms—beat, crack, flash, heartbeat, instant sounds like—attic, chick, dick, hick, kick
  2. TI6 — a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance); a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it; the means or right of entering or participating in synonyms—check, coupon, pass, pasteboard, label sounds like—picket, wicket
  3. TI4 — a restaurant or bar decorated in a simulated Polynesian theme that usually serves exotic cocktails sounds like—cheeky, leaky, tacky, talky, turkey
  4. TI5 — as in colored, hued synonyms—colored, colorized, dyed, hued, painted sounds like—linked
  5. TI4 — as in prong synonyms—prong, pinpoint, barb, jag, prickle sounds like—dine, fine, line, mine, pine
  6. TI4 — a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished synonyms—cast, color, hue, shade, tincture sounds like—hint, lint, mint, s**, taint
  7. TI5 — an amount of money that a person gives to a church which is usually equal to 1/10 of that person's income synonyms—alms, benefaction, beneficence, benevolence, charity sounds like—with

cent, chit, chitin, cite, entente, entice, etch, ethic, ethnic, hectic, hint, hitch, hitchhike, incite, intent, itch, kente, ketch, kinetic, kitchen, kitchenette, kite, kith, kitten, knit, necktie, nineteen, nineteenth, ninetieth, ninth, nite, tech, techie, teen, teeth, teethe, tenet, tent, tenth, thee, then, thence, thick, thicken, thicket, thin, thine, think, tick, ticket, tiki, tinct, tine, tint, tithe