NYT 🐝 Clues—Tue. 20 December, 2022

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

Letters: t  c  e  i  l  o  v

  • Total Answers: 49
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

CI

  1. CI4 — to give as an example; to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically synonyms—adduce, instance, mention, quote, advert (to) sounds like—bite, byte, eyesight, fight, height

  2. CI5 — any of various Old World carnivorous viverrid mammals with long bodies, short legs, and a usually long tail; a thick yellowish musky-odored substance found in a sac near the anus of the * (especially genera *tictis, Viverra, and Viverricula) and used in perfume sounds like—pivot, rivet

CL

  1. CL4 — a number of things considered as a unit; a small uneven mass; a stupid person synonyms—array, assemblage, band, bank, batch sounds like—allot, blot, caught, cot, lat

CO

  1. CO7 — to gain emotional or mental control of; to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass; to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list synonyms—calm, compose, contain, control, re-*** sounds like—select

  2. CO10 — used or done by a number of people as a group synonyms—collaborative, combined, common, communal, concerted sounds like—selective

  3. CO6 — a metal band, collar, ferrule, or flange: such as; a casing or socket for holding a tool (such as a drill bit); a circle or flange in which a gem is set sounds like—cult, gullet

  4. CO4 — a person who is just starting out in a field of activity synonyms—abecedarian, apprentice, babe, beginner, cub sounds like—bolt, cult, jolt, kilt, molt

  5. CO4 — as in geezer synonyms—geezer, bohemian, maverick, nonconformist, quixote sounds like—boot, cat, caught, chute

  6. CO6 — a child's toy that consists of paper folded into four pyramid-shaped parts that are manipulated by the fingers to open and close with each part having a flap that can be unfolded to reveal an answer to one's question about the future : fortune teller sounds like—booty, catty, duty, kitty, sooty

  7. CO4 — as in henhouse, dove synonyms—dove, henhouse, kraal, stockade, fold sounds like—boat, cat, caught

  8. CO5 — to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy synonyms—ache (for), crave, desiderate, desire, die (for) sounds like—avert, bucket, buffet, cadet, cahoot

EC

  1. EC8 — consisting of many things of different sorts synonyms—assorted, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, kitchen-sink, magpie sounds like—elective, electric

EL

  1. EL5 — to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities synonyms—cherry-pick, choose, cull, handpick, name sounds like—effect, eject, erect

  2. EL7 — sounds like—affect, aplenty, collect, collector, plenty

  3. EL8 — subject to one's freedom of choice synonyms—discretionary, optional, voluntary sounds like—effective

  4. EL6 — to draw out (something hidden, latent, or reserved) synonyms—educe, evoke, inspire, raise sounds like—illicit

  5. EL5 — as in exclusive synonyms—exclusive, better, exceptional, fancy, high-grade sounds like—cleat, delete, fleet, pleat, sleet

EV

  1. EV5 — to force (someone) to leave a place synonyms—deforce, deport, displace, dispossess, exile sounds like—addict, civic, depict, edict, effect

  2. EV7 — an evicted person

IL

  1. IL7 — contrary to or forbidden by law synonyms—criminal, felonious, illegal, illegitimate, lawless sounds like—elicit

LI

  1. LI5 — permitted by law synonyms—lawful, legal, legit, legitimate sounds like—il*

  2. LI4 — the attractive quality of speech or music that rises and falls in a pleasing pattern synonyms—movement, sway, swing, beat, cadence sounds like—built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt

  3. LI4 — as in light synonyms—light, natural, plain, simple, unseasoned sounds like—alight, bite, blight, byte, cite

  4. LI6 — having relatively ** height; lacking importance; not broad or open in views or opinions synonyms—low, low-lying, low-slung, sawed-off, short sounds like—whittle

LO

  1. LO4 — valuables stolen or taken by force; 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—booty, pillage, plunder, spoil, swag sounds like—boot, chute, flute, hoot, jute

  2. LO5 — a game of chance resembling bingo sounds like—lat, motto

OC

  1. OC6 — a medium-sized American wildcat (Felis pardalis) that ranges from Texas to northern Argentina and has a tawny-yellow or grayish coat dotted and striped with black sounds like—oscillate

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

TE

  1. TE4 — to give an oral or written account of in some detail; to express (a thought or emotion) in words; to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added synonyms—chart, chronicle, describe, narrate, recite sounds like—bell, cell, dell, fell, gel

TI

  1. TI4 — as in drain, hydrant synonyms—drain, drainpipe, funnel, hydrant, main sounds like—aisle, bile, file, guile, isle

  2. TI4 — to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on synonyms—cultivate, farm, tend sounds like—bill, chill, dill, fill, hill

  3. TI4 — the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle synonyms—angling, bend, cock, inclination, list sounds like—built, gilt, guilt, hilt, jilt

  4. TI5 — a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known; a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize; the position occupied by the one who comes in first in a competition synonyms—appellation, appellative, cognomen, compellation, denomination sounds like—litle, total, turtle, vital

  5. TI6 — a very small piece; the smallest amount or part imaginable synonyms—atom, bit, crumb, dribble, fleck sounds like—little, total, turtle, whittle

TO

  1. TO4 — very hard or unpleasant work synonyms—donkeywork, drudge, drudgery, fatigue, grind sounds like—boil, coil, foil, oil, roil

  2. TO5 — an 18th century French scenic pattern usually printed on cotton, linen, or silk in one color on a light ground; broadly : a similar printed fabric sounds like—boil, coil, foil, oil, roil

  3. TO6 — a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste synonyms—bath, bathroom, bog, can, cloakroom sounds like—ballot, billet, bullet, eyelet, glut

  4. TO8 — a perfumed liquid containing a lower percentage of fragrant oils than is contained in ordinary perfume or eau de parfum —called also toilet water

  5. TO4 — as in expense; as in tariff, income tax synonyms—expense, cost, price, damages, forfeit sounds like—boll, bowl, coal, dole, foal

  6. TO4 — an article intended for use in work; one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another; one who is easily deceived or cheated synonyms—device, implement, instrument, utensil, cat's-paw sounds like—cool, fool, pool, rule, s**

  7. TO4 — a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking synonyms—bender, binge, bust, carousal, carouse sounds like—boot, chute, hoot, jute, loot

  8. TO6 — to toot gently, repeatedly, or continuously; to drive or move along in a leisurely manner; to toot continuously on sounds like—title, turtle

  9. TO4 — to support and take from one place to another synonyms—bear, carry, cart, convey, ferry sounds like—boat, coat, goat, moat, note

VE

  1. VE6 — a clothing and upholstery fabric (as of silk, rayon, or wool) characterized by a short soft dense warp pile; something suggesting **; a characteristic (such as softness or smoothness) of **

  2. VE4 — an order that something not be done or used synonyms—ban, embargo, interdict, interdiction, prohibition sounds like—auto, beat, beet, chateau, chateaux

VI

  1. VI6 — a shy or reserved person synonyms—introvert, wallflower

VO

  1. VO4 — a leaping movement in fencing to avoid a thrust; a tread or gait in which a horse going sideways makes a turn around a center; a circle traced by a horse in this movement sounds like—bolt, colt, jolt, molt, vault

  2. VO4 — the right to formally express one's position or will in an election; a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election; the right to express a wish, choice, or opinion synonyms—ballot, enfranchisement, franchise, suffrage, ballot sounds like—boat, coat, goat, moat, note

  3. VO6 — a mass celebrated for a special intention (as for a wedding or funeral) in place of the mass of the day sounds like—motive

cite, civet, clot, collect, collective, collet, colt, coot, cootie, cote, covet, eclectic, elect, electee, elective, elicit, elite, evict, evictee, illicit, licit, lilt, lite, little, loot, lotto, ocelot, octet, tell, tile, till, tilt, title, tittle, toil, toile, toilet, toilette, toll, tool, toot, tootle, tote, velvet, veto, violet, volt, vote, votive