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

Letters: h  a  c  i  l  o  t

• Total Answers: 53
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AC

1. AC5 — used to represent the sound of a sneeze sounds like—axe, coup

AL

2. AL7 — a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk synonyms—aqua vitae, ardent spirits, booze, bottle, drink
3. AL9 — a person who makes a habit of getting drunk synonyms—alkie, boozehound, boozer, dipsomaniac, drinker sounds like—workaholic
4. AL5 — hawaiian shirt sounds like—ultra

AT

5. AT6 — to cause (something) to hold to another; to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty; to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority synonyms—affix, bend, fasten, fix, appoint

CA

6. CA5 — to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly; to become affected with (a disease or disorder); to bring (something) to a standstill synonyms—bag, capture, collar, cop, corral sounds like—batch
7. CA8 — something that holds or includes many different things synonyms—detritus, notions, oddments, odds and ends, sundries sounds like—crawl
8. CA8 — not limited or specialized in application or purpose synonyms—all-around, all-purpose, general, general-purpose, unlimited sounds like—chaotic, chronic, click, college, comic

CH

9. CH4 — a beverage that is a blend of black tea, honey, spices, and milk sounds like—awry, buy, die, dye
10. CH7 — egg-rich yeast-leavened bread that is usually braided or twisted before baking and is traditionally eaten by Jews on the Sabbath and holidays sounds like—gala
11. CH7 — lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness synonyms—cluttered, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled sounds like—aquatic, caustic, comic, critic, erotic
12. CH4 — friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this; talking or a talk between two or more people synonyms—back, cackle, causerie, ter, chin music sounds like—bat, cat, fat
13. CH4 — an annual herb (Salvia hispanica) of the mint family that is native to Mexico and Guatemala, has spikes of blue, purple, or white flowers, and is grown for its grayish, edible, mucilaginous seeds which are eaten whole or used especially to make a beverage or oil; also : any of several related salvias (especially Salvia columbariae) of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico; the seed of a ** sounds like—keel, keen, keep, key, keyed
14. CH4 — being in the latest or current fashion synonyms—à la mode, au courant, cool, exclusive, fashionable sounds like—beak, eke, geek, leak, meek
15. CH5 —
16. CH6 — as in extravagant, ostentatious synonyms—extravagant, exuberant, fancified, flamboyant, frilly
17. CH5 — a dipping sauce of melted cheese and chopped * peppers —called also queso sounds like—filly, hilly, lily, nilly, really
18. CH5 — lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling; uncomfortably cool; having a low or subnormal temperature synonyms—antiseptic, arctic, brittle, *y, clammy sounds like—bill, dill
19. CH4 — as in sister, lass synonyms—bird, filly, lass, lassie, sheila sounds like—bit, fit
20. CH8 — friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this synonyms—backchat, cackle, causerie, chat, chatter sounds like—begat, detach, detached, detect, detest
21. CH10 — a person who craves or compulsively consumes chocolate sounds like—alcoholic, workaholic

CL

22. CL5 — a woven or knitted material (as of cotton or nylon); the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church synonyms—fabric, textile, church, clergy, first estate

CO

23. CO5 — a person who trains performers or athletes synonyms—trainer sounds like—catch
24. CO4 — a rather small Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) that has light-colored flesh and is native to both coasts of the North Pacific and is stocked in the Great Lakes —called also ** salmon, silver salmon

HA

25. HA4 — to declare enthusiastic approval of; to demand or request the presence or service of synonyms—acclaim, accredit, applaud, cheer, crack up sounds like—ail, ale, bail, bale, dale
26. HA5 — sanctioned by Islamic law; especially : ritually fit for use; selling or serving food ritually fit according to Islamic law
27. HA4 — the entrance room of a building; a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building; a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings synonyms—entranceway, entry, entryway, foyer, **way sounds like—all, ball, bawl, call, fall
28. HA4 — a special quality or impression associated with something; an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage synonyms—air, ambience, aroma, atmosphere, aura sounds like—hello, hollow
29. HA4 — to bring (something) to a standstill; to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end; to come to an end synonyms—arrest, bring up, catch, check, draw up sounds like—fault, hilt, malt, salt, vault
30. HA5 — a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened synonyms—door, gate, portal sounds like—batch, catch
31. HA4 — sounds like—bath
32. HA5 — a system of physical exercises for the control and perfection of the body that constitutes one of the four chief Hindu disciplines sounds like—bath, gala, gamma

HI

33. HI4 — a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another; an area of high ground; an upward slope synonyms—cock, heap, mound, mountain, pile sounds like—bill, c**, dill, fill, hail
34. HI4 — as in shaft synonyms—shaft, bail, bow, loop, crop sounds like—built, gilt, guilt, halt, jilt
35. 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

HO

36. HO4 — Harold Edward 1908—1967 Australian politician; prime minister (1966—67) sounds like—bolt, colt, halt, hilt, jolt
37. HO5 — a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk synonyms—alcohol, aqua vitae, ardent spirits, booze, bottle sounds like—hatch, hitch, hutch, pooch, who
38. HO4 — a loud vocal expression of strong emotion; a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval; the smallest amount or part imaginable synonyms—cry, holler, howl, shout, whoop sounds like—boot, chute, hat, hate, heat

IT

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

LA

40. LA5 — to close or secure (something, such as a door) with a * synonyms—adhere, bolt, cinch, clamp, clasp sounds like—batch, catch, hatch
41. LA4 — a thin narrow strip of wood nailed to rafters, joists, or studding as a groundwork for slates, tiles, or plaster; a building material in sheets used as a base for plaster; a quantity of s sounds like—bath

LI

42. LI6 — the small, oval to roundish fruit of a Chinese tree (** chinensis) of the soapberry family having a rough or warty, yellow, pink, or reddish leathery rind and sweet to slightly acidic usually whitish edible flesh that surrounds a single large seed; a slow-growing tree that bears lychees and has glossy, leathery leaves and terminal clusters of tiny, apetalous, greenish-white to yellow flowers sounds like—bitchy, itchy, leery
43. LI5 — *graph; *graphy sounds like—ditto

LO

44. LO5 — any of a family (Cobitidae) of small Old World freshwater fishes related to the carps sounds like—coach, latch, leach, leech
45. LO5 — slow to begin or proceed with a course of action because of doubts or uncertainty synonyms—cagey, disinclined, dubious, hesitant, indisposed
46. LO4 — a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline synonyms—arm, bay, bight, cove, creek sounds like—bloc, block, chalk, clock, cock

OA

47. OA4 — a person's solemn declaration that he or she will do or not do something synonyms—pledge, promise, troth, vow, word sounds like—earth, l, ode, ole, owe

OI

48. OI8 — cloth treated with oil or paint and used for table and shelf coverings sounds like—cloth, loincloth, tablecloth

TA

49. TA4 — ometer sounds like—at**, batch, catch, hatch, latch

TH

50. TH4 — to a great degree synonyms—achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully sounds like—bat, cat, chat, fat, hat
51. TH6 — to cover with or as if with ** sounds like—batch, catch, hatch, latch, match

TI

52. TI5 — cultivated land : tillage; the state of aggregation of a soil especially in relation to its suitability for crop growth sounds like—filth

TO

53. TO5 — as in desire, taste synonyms—appetite, fancy, favor, fondness, like sounds like—booth, truth, tube, tune, two