NYT 🐝 Clues—Fri. 25 November, 2022

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

Letters: k  a  g  i  n  p  r

  • Total Answers: 23
  • Pangrams: 2
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AK

  1. AK4 — having a close connection like that between family members; having qualities in common synonyms—affiliated, allied, kindred, related, alike sounds like—aching, kin, skin

IN

  1. IN6 — to write one's name on (as a document) synonyms—autographing, signing, subscribing sounds like—s**, th**

IR

  1. IR6 — to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts synonyms—aggravating, annoying, bothering, bugging, burning (up) sounds like—aching, king, working

KA

  1. KA5 — a person winning high scholastic distinction in an American college or university and being elected to membership in a national honor society founded in 1776 sounds like—cap

KI

  1. 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

  2. KI7 — sounds like—caning, cunning, ginning, inning, kenning

  3. KI7 — one of high position or importance within a group; the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do synonyms—big, big boy, big cheese, big gun, big leaguer sounds like—begin, campaign, carping, clipping, cockpit

  4. 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

  5. KI7 — as in turning, twisting synonyms—entwining, swirling, turning, twining, twisting sounds like—sinking, thinking

  6. KI5 — yarmulke sounds like—cap, cape, caper, capo, chip

NA

  1. NA6 — as in towel, tissue synonyms—serviette, tissue, towel, handkerchief, hankie sounds like—aspirin, captain, caption, captive, chaperone

PA

  1. PA7 — a usually mild red condiment consisting of the dried finely ground pods of various sweet peppers; also : a sweet pepper used for making *** sounds like—prima

  2. PA4 — the area around and belonging to a building synonyms—demesne, ground, premises, yard sounds like—arc, bark, dark, lark, mark

  3. PA5 — as in jacket, surtout synonyms—jacket, surtout, chesterfield, frock coat, mackinaw

  4. PA7 — as in setting, locating synonyms—deploying, emplacing, fixing, locating, planting sounds like—arming, borrowing, carping, charming, darling

PI

  1. PI4 — as in warm, ish synonyms—bloomy, blowsy, blushing, flushed, ish sounds like—ink, jink, link, mink, punk

  2. PI7 — to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object synonyms—goring, harpooning, impaling, jabbing, lancing sounds like—plinking, sinking, thinking

PR

  1. PR5 — a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke synonyms—antic, caper, capriccio, dido, escapade sounds like—crank, drank, franc, frank, plank

  2. PR8 — to play a trick or prank on (someone); to play tricks or pranks sounds like—planking, ranking

RA

  1. RA6 — to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something synonyms—combing, digging (through), dredging, hunting (through), ransacking sounds like—aching, breaking, rocking, waking

  2. RA4 — to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes; to arrange or assign according to type synonyms—be, grade, place, rate, stand sounds like—bank, c, dank, d, franc

  3. RA7 — a scheme of rank or order; the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement synonyms—graduation, hierarchy, ladder, ordering, scale sounds like—cracking, drinking, hacking, hanging, lacking

RI

  1. RI4 — a smooth extent of ice marked off for curling or ice hockey; a surface of ice for ice-skating; also : a building containing such a ; an enclosure for roller-skating sounds like—b, d**, ink, jink, link

akin, inking, irking, kappa, king, kinging, kingpin, kink, kinking, kippa, napkin, paprika, park, parka, parking, pink, pinking, prank, pranking, raking, rank, ranking, rink