NYT 🐝 Clues—Tue. 29 November, 2022

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

Letters: c  a  b  e  i  m  n

  • Total Answers: 42
  • Pangrams: 2
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🀣

AB

  1. AB5 — an instrument for performing calculations by sliding counters along rods or in grooves; a slab that forms the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column sounds like—hibachi

AC

  1. AC6 — gum arabic; any of a large genus (**) of leguminous shrubs and trees of warm regions with leaves pinnate or reduced to phyllodes and white or yellow flower clusters sounds like—occasion

  2. AC4 — a small, dark purple, berrylike fruit with a juicy pulp that is often used in beverages or eaten raw and that is produced by a tall, slender palm (Euterpe oleracea) native to tropical rain forests of Central and South America; the palm (Euterpe oleracea) that produces berries; a beverage made from the juice of the berry sounds like—occur, sky

  3. AC4 — the highest part or point; the most perfect type or example synonyms—apex, apogee, capstone, climax, crescendo sounds like—axe

  4. AC4 — a chronic inflammatory skin disorder typically involving the nose, forehead, and chin that is characterized especially by redness, flushing, telangiectasia, inflamed lesions, and burning sensation, and sometimes by eye dryness and irritation and thickening of tissues especially of the nose —called also ** rosacea sounds like—abbey, agony, algae, alley, and

AM

  1. AM8 — a special quality or impression associated with something synonyms—air, aroma, atmosphere, aura, climate sounds like—absence

  2. AM8 — a special quality or impression associated with something synonyms—air, aroma, atmosphere, aura, climate sounds like—absence

  3. AM6 — acute human intestinal amebiasis caused by an amoeba (Entamoeba histolytica) and marked by dysentery, abdominal pain, and erosion of the intestinal wall sounds like—arabic, medic

AN

  1. AN6 — as in bloodless synonyms—bloodless, white, whitened, untanned, sallow sounds like—atomic

BA

  1. BA4 — in full court : with full judiciary authority sounds like—blank, bunk, dank, hank, rank

BE

  1. BE6 — to eventually have as a state or quality synonyms—came, got, grew, ran, turned

CA

  1. CA6 — as in camp, tent synonyms—cabin, camp, hooch, hovel, hut sounds like—banana, command, kimono

  2. CA6 — cabdriver sounds like—abbey, crabby, shabby, tabby

  3. CA5 — a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling; an often small house for recreational or seasonal use; one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided synonyms—camp, hooch, hovel, hut, hutch

  4. CA6 — any of several Central and South American crocodilians (genera **, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) similar to alligators sounds like—common, omen

  5. CA4 — to move closer to; to get to a destination; to eventually have as a state or quality synonyms—advanced, approached, neared, nighed, appeared sounds like—aim, claim, comb

  6. CA4 — **sole —often used before another noun sounds like—balmy, cocky, coffee, collie, comma

  7. CA6 — a woman's dance of French origin characterized by high kicking usually while holding up the front of a full ruffled skirt sounds like—common, concave, condom

  8. CA4 — a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment synonyms—bastinado, bat, baton, billy, billy club sounds like—arraign, bane, chain

  9. CA6 — a domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes synonyms—dog, doggy, hound, pooch, tyke sounds like—benign, confine, consign, mainline, quinine

  10. CA5 — any of a genus (* of the family *ceae) of tropical herbs with simple stems, large leaves, and a terminal raceme of irregular flowers sounds like—manna

CI

  1. CI6 — the art or business of making a movie; a building or part of a building where movies are shown synonyms—big screen, film, filmdom, filmland, filmmaking sounds like—minimal, minimum, serum, silica

EM

  1. EM5 — a person who conducts a program of entertainment by making introductions and providing continuity synonyms—announcer, host, MC sounds like—airy, any, assay, chassis, edgy

  2. EM8 — the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance; an area of high ground synonyms—distinction, dominance, noteworthiness, paramountcy, pre**

IA

  1. IA6 — a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable or of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (as in above) sounds like—gambit

IC

  1. IC6 — a man skilled in traveling on ice; one who sells or delivers ice sounds like—adman, airman, aspen, baseman, bison

  2. IC6 — a man skilled in traveling on ice; one who sells or delivers ice sounds like—lemon, salmon, seaman, semen, sermon

IM

  1. IM9 — something that may cause injury or harm synonyms—danger, hazard, menace, peril, pitfall sounds like—eminence

MA

  1. MA4 — as in blackjack, knobkerrie synonyms—blackjack, knobkerrie, bastinado, bat, baton sounds like—ace, base, case, chase, face

  2. MA6 — a person judged to be legally or medically insane; a person with a strong and habitual liking for something synonyms—bug, crackbrain, crazy, fool, fruitcake

  3. MA5 — affected with, relating to, characterized by, or resulting from mania sounds like—panic

ME

  1. ME5 — a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest synonyms—axis, base, capital, center, central sounds like—mica

  2. ME6 — something that may cause injury or harm synonyms—danger, hazard, imminence, peril, pitfall sounds like—minus, tennis

MI

  1. MI4 — any of various colored or transparent mineral silicates crystallizing in monoclinic forms that readily separate into very thin leaves sounds like—mecca

  2. MI4 — as in cowards, pussies; as in icebergs, cold fishes synonyms—cowards, milquetoasts, nebbishes, nervous Nellies, pussies sounds like—dice, ice, lice, mass, mess

  3. 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

  4. MI5 — to cut into small pieces synonyms—chop, dice, hash sounds like—rinse, since, wince

  5. MI7 — sounds like—cynic, cynical, manic, manicure, moniker

  6. MI7 — a portable television camera sounds like—cynical, income, modicum

NI

  1. NI6 — an acid C6H5NO2 of the vitamin B complex found widely in animals and plants and used especially against pellagra; also : nicotinamide —called also nicotinic acid sounds like—basic, basin, casing, chasten, evasive

  2. 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

  3. NI5 — as in nephew synonyms—nephew, bastard, by-blow, love child, whoreson sounds like—cease, knead, knee, kneel, lease

abaci, acacia, acai, acme, acne, ambiance, ambience, amebic, anemic, banc, became, cabana, cabbie, cabin, caiman, came, cami, cancan, cane, canine, canna, cinema, emcee, eminence, iambic, iceman, icemen, imminence, mace, maniac, manic, mecca, menace, mica, mice, mimic, mince, minicab, minicam, niacin, nice, niece