NYT 🐝 Clues—Sat. 24 December, 2022

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

Letters: o  b  g  i  n  u  x

  • Total Answers: 32
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

BI

  1. BI5 — a game of chance played with cards having numbered squares corresponding to numbered balls drawn at random and won by covering five such squares in a row; also : a social gathering at which * is played sounds like—dingo, lingo

BO

  1. BO6 — a cylinder or spindle on which yarn or thread is wound (as in a sewing machine); any of various small round devices on which threads are wound for working handmade lace; a coil of insulated wire; also : the reel it is wound on sounds like—robin

  2. BO7 — to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument synonyms—clipping, cropping, cutting, cutting back, docking

  3. BO7 — to place in conflict or difficulties synonyms—broil, embrangle, embroil, mire sounds like—bugging, jogging

  4. BO5 — sounds like—being, bring, buying, going, knowing

  5. BO6 — a candy with chocolate or fondant coating and fondant center that sometimes contains fruits and nuts; something that is pleasing in a light or frivolous way sounds like—bargain, carbon, robin

  6. BO4 — to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates synonyms—chime, knell, peal, ring, toll sounds like—balk, ball, bang, bawl, long

  7. BO5 — an African antelope (Tragelaphus eurycerus synonym Boocerus euryceros) that is chestnut red with narrow white vertical stripes and is found in forests from Sierra Leone to Kenya sounds like—bingo

  8. BO6 — as in dressing synonyms—dressing, cleaning, disemboweling, drawing, eviscerating sounds like—burning

  9. BO6 — a rare anthropoid ape (Pan paniscus) that has a more slender build and longer limbs than the related common chimpanzee (P. troglodytes) and that inhabits a small geographic region in equatorial Africa south of the Congo River —called also pygmy chimpanzee sounds like—banjo, barb, barbed, barber, barrio

  10. BO4 — an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy synonyms—blunder, bobble, boo-boo, brick, clanger sounds like—babe, bib, buoy

  11. BO6 — an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy synonyms—blunder, bobble, boob, brick, clanger

  12. BO6 — as in hissing synonyms—hissing, boo, hiss, hoot, jeer sounds like—being, bluing, bring, buying, chewing

  13. BO4 — likely to seek or enjoy the company of others synonyms—clubbable, clubby, companionable, convivial, extroverted sounds like—ban, bane, bean, been, bin

  14. BO6 — to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner synonyms—banging, bashing, batting, belting, biffing sounds like—biking, blessing, blocking, coaxing

BU

  1. BU6 — an inflamed swelling of the small fluid-filled sac on the first joint of the big toe accompanied by enlargement and protrusion of the joint sounds like—union

GI

  1. GI6 — Edward 1737—1794 English historian sounds like—ribbon

GO

  1. GO5 — accepted, used, or practiced by most people; being in effective operation; having attained a desired end or state of good fortune synonyms—conventional, current, customary, popular, prevailing sounds like—glowing, growing, knowing, owing, rowing

  2. GO4 — as in ding, clang synonyms—chink, clang, clank, clash, clink sounds like—gall, gang, gauze, long, pong

  3. GO7 — as in dinging, clanging synonyms—chinking, clanging, clanking, clashing, clinking

  4. GO4 — to take place; to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point synonyms—be, befall, betide, chance, come sounds like—boon, dune, gain, gun

  5. GO7 — the exaction of a grossly excessive charge for goods or services synonyms—extortion, fleecing, highway robbery, overcharging sounds like—aging

IN

  1. IN5 — a box or tray (as on a desk) for holding incoming interoffice mail; a computer folder devoted to incoming email sounds like—box, gearbox, icebox

NO

  1. NO6 — the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth synonyms—bean, block, dome, head, mazard sounds like—begin, jogging, knotted, nagging, nine

  2. NO4 — a person who has recently started a particular activity : newbie sounds like—knew, knob, lube, nab, new

  3. NO4 — the middle of the day; the highest part or point synonyms—high , lunch time, midday, day, **tide sounds like—boon, dune, goon, knew, known

  4. NO4 — a ** (such as Seattle, Joyce, or Empire State Building) that designates a particular being or thing, does not take a limiting modifier, and is usually capitalized in English —called also proper name sounds like—down, gown, known, nine, nun

ON

  1. ON7 — being in progress or development; existing or in progress right now; having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish synonyms—afoot, proceeding, current, extant, immediate sounds like—going, knowing, outgoing

  2. ON5 — a Mediterranean bulbous herb (Urginea maritima) of the lily family —called also sea *; the dried sliced bulb scales of a squill used especially formerly as an expectorant, cardiac stimulant, and diuretic; red squill sounds like—undone

UN

  1. UN5 — to remove from a box sounds like—box, icebox

  2. UN8 — to remove from a box sounds like—boxing

  3. UN5 — the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one; an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection; the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters) synonyms—combination, combining, connecting, connection, consolidation sounds like—canyon, minion, onion, re*

bingo, bobbin, bobbing, bogging, boing, bonbon, bong, bongo, boning, bonobo, boob, booboo, booing, boon, boxing, bunion, gibbon, going, gong, gonging, goon, gouging, inbox, noggin, noob, noon, noun, ongoing, onion, unbox, unboxing, union