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NYT 🐝 Clues—Sun. 25 December, 2022

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

Letters: c  d  e  n  o  t  u

  • Total Answers: 75
  • Pangrams: 4
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

CE

  1. CE4 — to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress; to give over the legal possession or ownership of; to give up (as a position of authority) formally synonyms—cough up, deliver, give up, hand over, lay down sounds like—bead, deed, feed, heed, keyed
  2. CE5 — to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress; to give over the legal possession or ownership of; to give up (as a position of authority) formally synonyms—coughed up, delivered, gave up, handed over, laid down sounds like—faded, jaded
  3. CE4 — of or relating to money, banking, or investments synonyms—financial, fiscal, monetary, pecuniary, pocket sounds like—as, assent, bent, dent, lent

CO

  1. CO7 — a fatty oil or semisolid fat extracted from fresh ***s and used especially in making soaps and food products sounds like—cabinet
  2. CO6 — something that encloses another thing especially to protect it; something that serves as a protective barrier synonyms—armor, capsule, case, casing, cover sounds like—cuckoo
  3. CO8 — to surround or cover closely synonyms—bosomed, bowered, circumfused, embosomed, embowered
  4. CO4 — a collection or system of rules of conduct synonyms—canon, constitution, decalogue, law sounds like—bode
  5. CO5 — as in encrypted, en* synonyms—ciphered, enciphered, en*, encrypted, garbled
  6. CO5 — a specific sequence of three consecutive nucleotides that is part of the genetic code and that specifies a particular amino acid in a protein or starts or stops protein synthesis —called also triplet
  7. CO4 — as in undergraduate, postgraduate synonyms—collegian, postgraduate, undergraduate, pupil, scholar
  8. CO7 — to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly; to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) synonyms—acknowledge, admit, agree, allow, confess
  9. CO8 — to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly; to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control) synonyms—acknowledged, admitted, agreed, allowed, confessed sounds like—unleaded
  10. CO7 — to create or think of by clever use of the imagination synonyms—construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up sounds like—unlocked
  11. CO9 — as in unrealistic, fabricated synonyms—automatic, canned, fabricated, hokey, labored
  12. CO5 — as in *minium, penthouse synonyms—bed-sitter, cohousing, *minium, duplex, duplex apartment
  13. CO7 — to dismiss as of little importance synonyms—blink (at), brush (aside or off), discount, disregard, excuse
  14. CO8 — as in countenanced, brooked synonyms—brooked, countenanced, accorded, granted, sanctioned sounds like—bonded, candid, hardened
  15. CO7 — to look after and make decisions about; to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway; to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way synonyms—administer, administrate, carry on, control, direct
  16. CO9 — to look after and make decisions about; to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway; to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way synonyms—administered, administrated, carried on, controlled, directed
  17. CO4 — to make -shaped; to bevel like the slanting surface of a sounds like—bone, can, cane, clone, clones
  18. CO5 — to make cone-shaped; to bevel like the slanting surface of a cone sounds like—canned, honed, kind, owned
  19. CO7 — to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole; to come together to form a single unit; to think of (something) in combination synonyms—catenate, chain, compound, concatenate, conjugate
  20. CO9 — as in associated, inter* synonyms—associated, inter*, interrelated, joined, affiliated sounds like—affected
  21. CO6 — to commit to memory; to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition) synonyms—learned, memorized, studied, audited, checked (out) sounds like—bond, canned, card, fond, kind
  22. CO7 — to make you think about (something) in addition to the word's meaning synonyms—imply, suggest, denote, express, import sounds like—keynote
  23. CO8 — to make you think about (something) in addition to the word's meaning synonyms—implied, suggested, denoted, expressed, imported sounds like—noted, quoted, wanted
  24. CO7 — to engage in a contest; to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration; to state as a fact usually forcefully synonyms—battle, compete, face off, fight, race
  25. CO9 — to engage in a contest; to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration; to state as a fact usually forcefully synonyms—battled, competed, faced off, fought, raced
  26. CO7 — a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition); the amount of something (as subject matter) included; the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action synonyms—matter, motif, motive, question, subject
  27. CO9 — feeling that one's needs or desires have been met synonyms—content, gratified, happy, pleased, satisfied
  28. CO5 — as in curred synonyms—curred, fizzed, hissed, murmured, purred sounds like—crude, curd
  29. CO4 — as in geezer synonyms—geezer, bohemian, maverick, nonconformist, quixote sounds like—boot, cat, caught, chute
  30. CO4 — as in henhouse, dove synonyms—dove, henhouse, kraal, stockade, fold sounds like—boat, cat, caught
  31. CO6 — to have a clear idea of synonyms—appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch sounds like—carton, caution, curtain, gotten, kitten
  32. CO8 — to have a clear idea of synonyms—appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch
  33. CO5 — a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added; a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person synonyms—census, tale, tally, charge, complaint sounds like—ac*, can't, mount
  34. CO7 — to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added; to be of importance; to place reliance or trust synonyms—enumerated, numbered, told, imported, mattered sounds like—mounted

CU

  1. CU4 — as in lined, lined up synonyms—aligned, lined, lined up, queued, emplaced sounds like—crude, feud, queue, skewed
  2. CU4 — clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means; making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred; very pleasing to look at synonyms—artful, beguiling, cagey, crafty, cunning sounds like—a**, mute, queue
  3. CU6 — to stop functioning; to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end; to leave a place often for another synonyms—break, break down, conk (out), crash, die sounds like—shutout

DE

  1. DE8 — a dead person synonyms—deceased, bones, cadaver, carcass, corpus
  2. DE6 — conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue; following the accepted rules of moral conduct; following the established traditions of refined society and good taste synonyms—all right, ethical, good, honest, honorable sounds like—recent
  3. DE4 — a popular design style of the 1920s and 1930s characterized especially by bold outlines, geometric and zigzag forms, and the use of new materials (such as plastic) sounds like—echo
  4. DE6 — as in reduce, boil down synonyms—boil down, reduce, clarify, clean, cleanse
  5. DE8 — as in reduced, boiled down synonyms—boiled down, reduced, clarified, cleaned, cleansed
  6. DE6 — to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language; to have a clear idea of synonyms—break, crack, decipher, decrypt, appreciate sounds like—code
  7. DE7 — to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language; to have a clear idea of synonyms—broke, cracked, deciphered, decrypted, appreciated sounds like—divided, eroded
  8. DE6 — to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information synonyms—conclude, decide, derive, extrapolate, gather sounds like—seduce
  9. DE7 — to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information synonyms—concluded, decided, derived, extrapolated, gathered sounds like—reduced
  10. DE6 — to take away (an amount or number) from a total synonyms—abate, knock off, subtract, take off sounds like—didn't
  11. DE8 — to take away (an amount or number) from a total synonyms—abated, knocked off, subtracted, took off sounds like—addicted
  12. DE8 — to declare to be morally wrong or evil; to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of; to express public or formal disapproval of synonyms—anathematize, censure, condemn, damn, decry sounds like—renounce
  13. DE9 — to declare to be morally wrong or evil; to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of; to express public or formal disapproval of synonyms—anathematized, censured, condemned, damned, decried sounds like—announced
  14. DE6 — to come upon after searching, study, or effort synonyms—ascertain, descry, determine, dig out, dig up
  15. DE8 — as in identified, discovered synonyms—discovered, identified, bustling, busy, crowded sounds like—affected, connected, directed, protected, selected
  16. DE5 — as in dickens synonyms—dickens, archfiend, Beelzebub, devil, fiend sounds like—bus, dice, done, dose, douse

DO

  1. DO6 — as in professor, doctor synonyms—dean, doctor, don, prof, professor sounds like—decent

DU

  1. DU4 — a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas) synonyms—channel, conduit, leader, line, penstock sounds like—decay, decoy
  2. DU6 — to enclose in a duct; to convey (something, such as a gas) through a duct; also : to propagate (something, such as radio waves) through a duct sounds like—addicted, decayed, dictum, directed, dotted
  3. DU5 — a stupid person synonyms—airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead sounds like—dance, dense, done, once

EC

  1. EC7 — a transition area between two adjacent ecological communities sounds like—extol, intone

ED

  1. ED5 — to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved) synonyms—elicit, evoke, inspire, raise sounds like—juice
  2. ED6 — to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved) synonyms—elicited, evoked, inspired, raised sounds like—adjust, boost, gist, jest, joust

EN

  1. EN6 — as in encrypt, code synonyms—cipher, code, encipher, encrypt, garble sounds like—anode, code, decode, echo
  2. EN7 — as in encrypted, coded synonyms—ciphered, coded, enciphered, encrypted, garbled sounds like—unloaded

NE

  1. NE6 — as in **servative synonyms—**servative, conformist, diehard, standpatter, right sounds like—beacon, deacon, knuckle, weaken

NO

  1. NO5 — as in occasional, infrequent synonyms—inconstant, infrequent, intermittent, irregular, occasional sounds like—nuance

OC

  1. OC5 — as in trio, quartet synonyms—duo, quartet, quintet, septet, sextet sounds like—onset

ON

  1. ON4 — at an earlier or previous time synonyms—erstwhile, formerly, onetime sounds like—whence, wince, won

OU

  1. OU5 — a very small amount synonyms—ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram sounds like—b*, p*

UN

  1. UN7 — sounds like—needed
  2. UN11 — not clearly or logically connected; not physically attached to another unit synonyms—choppy, disconnected, disjointed, incoherent, detached
  3. UN9 — too many to be counted synonyms—countless, innumerable, innumerous, myriad, numberless
  4. UN5 — as in undiminished, unabridged synonyms—unabridged, undiminished, compleat, complete, comprehensive sounds like—annuity, bucket, circuit, cut, docket
  5. UN10 — as in unknown, undisclosed synonyms—undisclosed, unknown, unrevealed, pristine, unspoiled

cede, ceded, cent, coconut, cocoon, cocooned, code, coded, codon, coed, concede, conceded, concoct, concocted, condo, condone, condoned, conduct, conducted, cone, coned, connect, connected, conned, connote, connoted, contend, contended, content, contented, cooed, coot, cote, cotton, cottoned, count, counted, cued, cute, cutout, decedent, decent, deco, decoct, decocted, decode, decoded, deduce, deduced, deduct, deducted, denounce, denounced, detect, detected, deuce, docent, duct, ducted, dunce, ecotone, educe, educed, encode, encoded, neocon, nonce, octet, once, ounce, unceded, unconnected, uncounted, uncut, undetected