NYT 🐝 Clues—Sun. 4 December, 2022
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: i c d e j n o
- Total Answers: 47
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣
CO
- CO5 — a spherical bacterium sounds like—catchy
- CO7 — a morphine derivative C18H21NO3·H2O that is found in opium, is weaker in action than morphine, and is used especially as an analgesic and antitussive sounds like—caffeine, careen, clean
- CO4 — something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment synonyms—bread, bucks, cabbage, cash, change sounds like—can, cane, join, keen, kin
- CO8 — to occur or exist at the same time; to be in agreement on every point; to have or come to the same opinion or point of view synonyms—accompany, attend, coexist, concur, co-occur sounds like—inside
- CO9 — to occur or exist at the same time; to be in agreement on every point; to have or come to the same opinion or point of view synonyms—accompanied, attended, coexisted, concurred, co-occurred
- CO11 — the occurrence or existence of several things at once synonyms—coexistence, concurrence, concurrency
- CO6 — as in produced, designed; as in stamped, minted synonyms—designed, hatched, produced, concocted, constructed sounds like—canned, kind
- CO5 — a plane curve, line, pair of intersecting lines, or point that is the intersection of or bounds the intersection of a plane and a cone with two nappes; a curve generated by a point which always moves so that the ratio of its distance from a fixed point to its distance from a fixed line is constant sounds like—chronic, ionic, phonic, sonic, tonic
- CO7 — to come together to form a single unit; to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members; to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end synonyms—associate, coalesce, combine, conjugate, connect sounds like—enjoin
- CO9 — as in united, joined synonyms—fused, joined, linked, united, amalgamated
DE
- DE6 — to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration; to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute); to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of synonyms—choose, conclude, determine, figure, name sounds like—beside, divide
- DE7 — not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation synonyms—apparent, bald, bald-faced, barefaced, bright-line sounds like—divided, dividing, misguided, un***
- DE5 — to rid or keep free of ice sounds like—bus, dice, done, dose, douse
- DE6 — as in heated, defrosted synonyms—defrosted, thawed, unfrozen, liquefied, melted sounds like—date, dirt, dot, doubt, dust
- DE7 — the act of killing a divine being or a symbolic substitute of such a being; the killer or destroyer of a god
- DE6 — as in rejected, refused synonyms—disallowed, refused, rejected, vetoed, objectionable sounds like—any, bend, buried, dairy
DI
- DI4 — a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games synonyms—bones, die sounds like—dose, douse, dye, dyke
- DI5 — to cut into small pieces synonyms—chopped, hashed, minced sounds like—cyst, dust, fist, gist, hissed
- DI4 — to stop living; to come to an end; to stop functioning synonyms—checked out, conked (out), croaked, deceased, demised sounds like—bide, chide, dad, dead, deed
- DI4 — to take a meal; to entertain with a fancy meal synonyms—eat, fare, feed, partake, refresh sounds like—dawn, dean, den
- DI5 — to take a meal; to entertain with a fancy meal synonyms—ate, fared, fed, partook, refreshed sounds like—denude, deny
- DI4 — ** 1895—1988 Conte di Mordano Italian Fascist politician sounds like—dean, depot, keno, wino
- DI5 — a silicon semiconductor device used especially as a voltage regulator sounds like—abode, anode, bide, bind, bio
DJ
- DJ5 — as in genie, angel synonyms—angel, daimon, familiar, genie, genius sounds like—been, bin, chin, din, fin
- DJ6 — as in genie, angel synonyms—angel, daimon, familiar, genie, genius sounds like—genie, gin, guinea, jiffy, jimmy
EC
- EC7 — the destruction of large areas of the natural environment as a consequence of human activity sounds like—exceed, excite, inside, oxide
ED
- ED6 — as in swirled, purled synonyms—purled, swirled, bubbled, dribbled, guggled sounds like—deed, readied
EN
- EN6 — to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority; to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority; to order not to do or use or to be done or used synonyms—call (for), claim, clamor (for), command, demand
- EN8 — to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority; to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority; to order not to do or use or to be done or used synonyms—called (for), claimed, clamored (for), commanded, demanded
IC
- IC4 — as in frozen, refrigerated synonyms—frore, frosted, frozen, refrigerated, unheated sounds like—east, eyesight, heist, oust
- IC4 — a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion; a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader; a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality) synonyms—god, hero, idol, character, glyph sounds like—con
- IC6 — correspondence between form and meaning sounds like—ionic, ironic
IN
- IN9 — the rate at which something happens synonyms—appearance, occurrence, chronicity, constancy, continuousness
- IN6 — without any question; not merely this but also; to tell the truth synonyms—all right, alright, assuredly, certainly, clearly sounds like—bandied, bodied, deed, endear, ended
- IN5 — one that is independent; especially : an unaffiliated record or motion-picture production company; something (such as a record or film) produced by an * sounds like—windy
- IN5 — a navel that is concave sounds like—any, eerie, guinea, iffy, itchy
- IN9 — the quality or state of being free from guilt or blame; the quality or state of being simple and sincere; the state of being unaware or uninformed synonyms—blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, innocency
IO
- IO6 — a light bulb consisting of a quartz bulb and a tungsten filament with the bulb containing ** which reacts with the vaporized tungsten to prevent excessive blackening of the bulb
- IO5 — a chemical bond formed between oppositely charged species because of their mutual electrostatic attraction sounds like—ironic, phonic, sonic, tonic
JI
- JI4 — as in genies, angels synonyms—angels, daimones, familiars, genies, geniuses sounds like—been, bin, chin, din, fin
- JI5 — as in genie, angel synonyms—angel, daimon, familiar, genie, genius sounds like—genie, gin, guinea, journey, tinny
JO
- JO4 — to be adjacent to; to become a member of; to come together to form a single unit synonyms—abut, ad, border (on), butt (on or against), flank sounds like—ad, coin, gene, gin, loin
- JO6 — as in connected, associated synonyms—associated, connected, interconnected, interrelated, affiliated
NI
- NI4 — following the established traditions of refined society and good taste; giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses; hard to please synonyms—befitting, correct, de rigueur, decent, decorous sounds like—dice, ice, knife, knight, lice
- NI5 — as in nephew synonyms—nephew, bastard, by-blow, love child, whoreson sounds like—cease, knead, knee, kneel, lease
- NI4 — as in last word, hot ticket synonyms—buzz, chic, craze, dernier cri, enthusiasm sounds like—been, bin, chin, din, fin
ON
- 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