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

Letters: n  c  g  h  i  k  u

• Total Answers: 41
• Pangrams: 2
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

CH

1. CH4 — to engage in casual or rambling conversation synonyms—babble, blab, cackle, chaffer, chat sounds like—been, bin, din
2. CH8 — to engage in casual or rambling conversation synonyms—babbling, blabbing, cackling, chaffering, chattering sounds like—ginning, inning, sinning, winning
3. CH8 — to get rid of as useless or unwanted; to give up (a job or office); to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm synonyms—cashiering, casting (off), deep-sixing, discarding, ditching
4. CH8 — to move or go with or as if with chugs sounds like—bugging, mugging
5. CH5 — a considerable amount; a small uneven mass synonyms—abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket sounds like—bunk, dunk, funk, hunk, junk
6. CH8 — to make a dull plunging or explosive sound; to mishit (a golf ball or shot) by striking the ground behind the ball; to organize (separate units of information) into a single large unit that is retained in the memory and easily recalled sounds like—hulking, junket, ranking, sinking, thinking

CI

7. CI5 — something that is easy to do; one that is certain to succeed synonyms—breeze, cake, cakewalk, child's play, cream puff sounds like—inch, lynch, pinch, sin, since
8. CI8 — to make sure, certain, or safe synonyms—assuring, ensuring, guaranteeing, guarantying, icing sounds like—sinning

CU

9. CU5 — as in lining, lining up synonyms—aligning, lining, lining up, queuing, emplacing sounds like—aching, cling, kick, kid, kill
10. CU7 — clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means; skillful with the hands synonyms—artful, beguiling, cagey, crafty, cute sounds like—caning, coming, kenning, running

GI

11. GI7 — as in driving, riding synonyms—busing, cabbing, coaching, cruising, driving sounds like—rigging
12. GI7 — to come up with : generate —usually used with up; to separate (cotton fiber) from seeds and waste material; snare sounds like—inning, sinning, winning

GU

13. GU4 — foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something synonyms—crud, dirt, filth, grime, muck sounds like—bunk, chunk, dunk, funk, hunk
14. GU7 — to strike with a missile from a gun synonyms—drilling, plugging, popping, shooting sounds like—cunning, running

HI

15. HI6 — to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure; to move from a lower to a higher place or position synonyms—ambling, perambulating, rambling, sauntering, strolling sounds like—biking, hacking
16. HI7 — to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) synonyms—depending, hanging, riding, turning sounds like—ginning, hearing, inning, sinning, winning

HU

17. HU7 — to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune; to put one's arms around and press tightly synonyms—complimenting, congratulating, felicitating, bear-***, clasping sounds like—bugging, mugging
18. HU5 — to lie low with the limbs close to the body synonyms—couch, crouch, huddle, hunker (down), scrunch sounds like—bunch, honey, lunch, munch, punch
19. HU8 — to lie low with the limbs close to the body synonyms—couching, crouching, huddling, hunkering (down), scrunching sounds like—annoying, cunning, funding, hatching, haunting
20. HU4 — bending downward or forward synonyms—bowed, bowing, declined, declining, descendant sounds like—dung, hang
21. HU4 — a physically attractive man; a small uneven mass synonyms—beefcake, pretty boy, stud, superstud, blob sounds like—bunk, c, dunk, funk, hank

IC

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

IN

23. IN4 — a very small distance or degree; an individual part of a process, series, or ranking; the distance of something or someone from bottom to top synonyms—ace, hair, hairbreadth, hairline, hop, skip, and jump sounds like—c, itch, lynch, p**
24. IN7 — as in imperceptible; as in plodding, ambling synonyms—imperceptible, progressive, stepped, tapered, decrescent
25. IN6 — to write one's name on (as a document) synonyms—autographing, signing, subscribing sounds like—s**, th**
26. IN6 — to put up at an inn sounds like—earring, g**, s**, w**

KI

27. KI7 — to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely; to present an opposing opinion or argument synonyms—beefing, bellyaching, bitching, bleating, carping sounds like—cooking
28. KI4 — a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field; the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe synonyms—baron, captain, czar, lion, lord sounds like—aching, cling, owing, ping
29. KI7 — sounds like—caning, cunning, ginning, inning, kenning
30. KI4 — a painful sudden tightening of a muscle; an odd or peculiar habit; a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action synonyms—charley horse, cramp, crick, spasm, crotchet sounds like—ink, jink, link, mink, pink
31. KI7 — as in turning, twisting synonyms—entwining, swirling, turning, twining, twisting sounds like—sinking, thinking

NI

32. NI4 — a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface; a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody; a state of being or fitness synonyms—chip, hack, indent, indentation, indenture sounds like—chick, dick, hick, kick, knack
33. NI7 — to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep; to take or keep under one's control by authority of law synonyms—appropriating, boosting, filching, heisting, hooking sounds like—aching, biking, billing, booking, chilling
34. NI4 — not being distant in time, space, or significance synonyms—close, close-up, immediate, near, nearby sounds like—awry, buy, die, dye, eye

NU

35. NU6 — to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of synonyms—annihilating, creaming, decimating, demolishing, desolating sounds like—aching, biking, booking, booming, chewing
36. NU8 — a weapon that consists of two sticks joined by a short length of cord, chain, or rawhide : nunchaku —usually plural sounds like—luncheon
37. NU7 — a weapon that consists of two sticks joined by a short length of cord, chain, or rawhide : nunchaku —usually plural sounds like—luncheon

UN

38. UN9 — to cause to go insane or as if insane; to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy synonyms—cracking, crazing, deranging, frenzying, locoing
39. UN6 —
40. UN6 — to cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls synonyms—straighten, unbend, uncurl sounds like—aching, annoying, biking, blink, booking
41. UN9 — to cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls synonyms—straightening, unbending, uncurling