NYT 🐝 Clues—Wed. 26 October, 2022

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

Letters: c  d  g  i  n  o  t

  • Total Answers: 38
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

CI

  1. CI6 — to give as an example; to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically synonyms—adducing, instancing, mentioning, quoting, adverting (to) sounds like—biting, fighting, lighting, seating, sitting

CO

  1. CO5 — a spherical bacterium sounds like—catchy

  2. CO6 — something that encloses another thing especially to protect it; something that serves as a protective barrier synonyms—armor, capsule, case, casing, cover sounds like—cuckoo

  3. CO9 — to surround or cover closely synonyms—bosoming, bowering, circumfusing, embosoming, embowering sounds like—cunning

  4. CO6 — as in encrypting, en** synonyms—ciphering, enciphering, en**, encrypting, garbling

  5. CO5 — a specific sequence of three consecutive nucleotides that is part of the genetic code and that specifies a particular amino acid in a protein or starts or stops protein synthesis —called also triplet

  6. CO9 — conscious mental activities; the activities of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering synonyms—observation, perception, reflection, abstraction, cogitation sounds like—clinician, ignition

  7. CO4 — 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 synonyms—bread, bucks, cabbage, cash, change sounds like—can, cane, join, keen, kin

  8. CO10 — occupying the same space synonyms—coextensive, coincident, conterminous, coterminous

  9. CO7 — as in producing, designing; as in stamping, minting synonyms—designing, hatching, producing, concocting, constructing sounds like—caning, cunning, kenning

  10. CO7 — to create or think of by clever use of the imagination synonyms—construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up sounds like—unlocked

  11. CO10 — to create or think of by clever use of the imagination synonyms—constructing, contriving, cooking (up), devising, drumming up

  12. CO10 — something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination synonyms—brainchild, coinage, contrivance, creation, innovation

  13. CO9 — a state of being or fitness; something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends; an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning synonyms—estate, fettle, form, health, keeping

  14. CO12 — energetic movement of the body for the sake of physical fitness synonyms—activity, exercise, exertion

  15. CO5 — as in *minium, penthouse synonyms—bed-sitter, cohousing, *minium, duplex, duplex apartment

  16. CO9 — as in pardoning, absolving synonyms—absolving, pardoning, remitting, acquitting, exculpating

  17. CO5 — a plane curve, line, pair of intersecting lines, or point that is the intersection of or bounds the intersection of a plane and a cone with two nappes; a curve generated by a point which always moves so that the ratio of its distance from a fixed point to its distance from a fixed line is constant sounds like—chronic, ionic, phonic, sonic, tonic

  18. CO7 — to commit to memory; to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition) synonyms—learning, memorizing, studying, auditing, checking (out) sounds like—caning, cutting, kenning, running

  19. CO9 — as in suggestive, implying synonyms—hinting, implying, insinuating, suggestive, symbolic sounds like—carpeting, causative, cutting

  20. CO6 — as in curring synonyms—curring, fizzing, hissing, murmuring, purring sounds like—chewing, cling, king

  21. CO4 — as in geezer synonyms—geezer, bohemian, maverick, nonconformist, quixote sounds like—boot, cat, caught, chute

  22. CO6 — to have a clear idea of synonyms—appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch sounds like—carton, caution, curtain, gotten, kitten

  23. CO9 — to have a clear idea of synonyms—appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch sounds like—borrowing, bottling, calming, caning, carnage

DI

  1. DI6 — to cut into small pieces synonyms—chopping, hashing, mincing sounds like—missing

  2. DI7 — the clear and accurate pronunciation of words especially in public speaking; the way in which something is put into words synonyms—articulation, enunciation, language, phraseology, phrasing sounds like—ad***, fiction

IC

  1. IC5 — as in fringe benefit synonyms—fringe benefit, award, prize, reward, favor sounds like—sing

  2. IC4 — 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) synonyms—god, hero, idol, character, glyph sounds like—con

  3. IC6 — correspondence between form and meaning sounds like—ionic, ironic

ID

  1. ID7 — having or showing an inability to understand or make sensible choices synonyms—airheaded, birdbrained, boobish, brain-dead, chowderheaded sounds like—erotic, exotic

IN

  1. IN8 — serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction synonyms—charged, edgy, exciting, instigating, instigative sounds like—exciting

  2. IN9 — not named or identified by a name synonyms—anonymous, faceless, innominate, nameless, unbaptized

  3. IN6 — to make a claim of wrongdoing against synonyms—accuse, charge, criminate, defame, impeach

  4. IN9 — to make a claim of wrongdoing against synonyms—accusing, charging, criminating, defaming, impeaching sounds like—unwitting

IO

  1. IO5 — a chemical bond formed between oppositely charged species because of their mutual electrostatic attraction sounds like—ironic, phonic, sonic, tonic

NO

  1. NO8 — to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes; to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically synonyms—beholding, catching, descrying, discerning, distinguishing sounds like—enticing

TI

  1. TI5 — as in colored, hued synonyms—colored, colorized, dyed, hued, painted sounds like—linked

TO

  1. TO5 — having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind; beneficial to the health of body or mind synonyms—bracing, cordial, invigorating, refreshing, rejuvenating sounds like—ionic, phonic, sonic, tunic

citing, cocci, cocoon, cocooning, coding, codon, cognition, coin, coinciding, coining, concoct, concocting, concoction, condition, conditioning, condo, condoning, conic, conning, connoting, cooing, coot, cotton, cottoning, dicing, diction, icing, icon, iconic, idiotic, inciting, incognito, indict, indicting, ionic, noticing, tinct, tonic