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

Letters: m  a  c  i  o  t  x

• Total Answers: 30
• Pangrams: 1
• Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

AM

1. AM4 — ammunition sounds like—arrow, mow

AT

2. AT4 — a very small piece synonyms—bit, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck sounds like—alum, annum, autumn, datum, item
3. AT6 — very small in size synonyms—bitsy, bitty, infinitesimal, itty-bitty, little bitty sounds like—anemic, comic, di**, tonic, topic

AX

4. AX5 — an idea or statement put forth and accepted as true by many people synonyms—truism, verity, assumption, given, hypothetical sounds like—accede, calcium, irksome, maxim
5. AX9 — not needing proof in order to be accepted synonyms—prima facie, self-evident sounds like—acrobatic, idiomatic, systematic

CA

6. CA4 — **sole —often used before another noun sounds like—balmy, cocky, coffee, collie, comma
7. CA4 — as in uflage synonyms—uflage, greasepaint, cold cream, cream, eye shadow sounds like—combo, comma, commie

CO

8. CO4 — as in sleep, rest synonyms—hibernation, hypnosis, repose, rest, sleep sounds like—aroma, soma
9. CO5 — a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor; a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story; the amusing quality or element in something synonyms—card, comedian, droll, farceur, funnyman sounds like—calming
10. CO5 — as in space, window synonyms—caesura, interspace, lag, pause, space sounds like—calm, calmer, mama
11. CO6 — to carry through (as a process) to completion; to obligate by prior agreement; to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another synonyms—accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry off, carry out

IM

12. IM4 — the prayer leader of a mosque; a Muslim leader of the line of Ali held by Shiites to be the divinely appointed, sinless, infallible successors of Muhammad; any of various rulers that claim descent from Muhammad and exercise spiritual and temporal leadership over a Muslim region sounds like—mom

MA

13. MA4 — to cause severe or permanent injury to synonyms—cripple, disable, incapacitate, lame, mutilate sounds like—aim, came, dame, fame, game
14. MA4 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom
15. MA5 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mom
16. MA4 — a long skirt, dress, or coat sounds like—boxy, mockery
17. MA5 — an often stated observation regarding something from common experience synonyms—adage, aphorism, apothegm, byword, epigram sounds like—axiom, axis, axle, buxom, handsome
18. MA6 — the greatest amount, number, or part synonyms—maxes, mosts, outsides

MI

19. MI4 — any of various colored or transparent mineral silicates crystallizing in monoclinic forms that readily separate into very thin leaves sounds like—mecca
20. MI5 — to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of; to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior synonyms—burlesque, caricature, do, imitate, mock sounds like—gimmick, mythic
21. MI4 — to furnish with a tip; to cover or adorn the tip of; to blend (furs) for improved appearance by brushing the tips of the hair with dye sounds like—bit, chit, emit, fit, hit

MO

22. MO4 — a deep, wide excavation that is usually filled with water and that goes around the walls of a place (such as a castle) to protect it from being attacked synonyms—ha-ha, stank, sunk fence, dike, ditch sounds like—boat, coat, goat, mat, mate
23. MO5 — a female human parent synonyms—ma, mammy, mater, mom, mommy sounds like—comma, mana
24. MO4 — open to question or dispute synonyms—arguable, controvertible, debatable, disputable, doubtable sounds like—boot, chute, hoot, jute, loot
25. MO5 — a short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule guiding the behavior of a particular person or group synonyms—axiom, precept, truism, truth, adage sounds like—macho, mater

OM

26. OM4 — to miss the opportunity or obligation synonyms—fail, forget, neglect sounds like—emit, mitt

TA

27. TA6 — straw matting used as a floor covering in a Japanese home sounds like—anatomy, atom, balmy, battery, catty

TO

28. TO6 — a North American hawk moth (Manduca quinquemaculata) whose green larva is a hornworm feeding on leaves of plants of the nightshade family and especially tobacco and ** sounds like—automate, potato, teammate
29. TO6 — as in gib synonyms—gib, alley cat, tabby, kit, kitten sounds like—combat
30. TO6 — any of various small active birds sounds like—admit, armpit, atomic, bombing, calming