NYT π CluesβWed. 17 May, 2023
Clues for the New York Times Spelling Bee are generated daily by Ben Willenbring from his home in Brooklyn.
Letters: a c e g k m o
- Total Answers: 30
- Pangrams: 1
- Words revealed in these clues: None! π€£
AC
- AC4 β the highest part or point; the most perfect type or example; apex; apogee; capstone sounds like axe
AG
- AG4 β having or showing signs of eagerly awaiting something; showing urgent desire or interest; agape; anticipant; anticipatory sounds like afar, ajar, allot, atop, awash
AM
- AM4 β sounds like arrow, mow
- AM4 β in a confused and reckless manner; as in nuclear, berserk; to express one's anger usually violently; berserk; berserkly sounds like muck
CA
- CA5 β sounds like cocaine, coco, cocoa, cocoon, cuckoo
- CA4 β an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals; to close or shut in by or as if by barriers; coop; corral; hutch sounds like age, gage, gauge
- CA4 β a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried; something easily done or dealt with; to cover with a hardened layer; croquette; cutlet sounds like ache, bake, cock, coke
- CA4 β to move closer to; to get to a destination; to eventually have as a state or quality; advanced; approached sounds like aim, claim, comb
- CA5 β as in baguette, teardrop; baguette; cabochon; scarab; solitaire sounds like ammo
- CA4 β as in camouflage; camouflage; greasepaint; cold cream; cream sounds like combo, comma, commie
CO
- CO4 β
- CO5 β
- CO4 β as in sleep, rest; hibernation; hypnosis; repose; rest sounds like aroma, soma
- CO5 β as in space, window; caesura; interspace; lag; pause sounds like calm, calmer, mama
GA
- GA4 β having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind; filled with an intense or excessive love for; balmy; barmy; bats sounds like goggle, saga
- GA4 β something given or held to assure that the giver will keep a promise; to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement; to find out the size, extent, or amount of; guarantee; guaranty sounds like age, cage
- GA4 β a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize; a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective; an attitude or manner not to be taken seriously; bout; competition sounds like aim, came, dame, fame
- GA8 β sounds like shamrock
- GA5 β
MA
- MA4 β as in blackjack, knobkerrie; blackjack; knobkerrie; bastinado; bat sounds like ace, base, case, chase, face
- MA4 β a person skilled in using supernatural forces; charmer; conjurer; enchanter; Magian sounds like badge
- MA5 β sounds like alma, asthma, dogma, gamma
- MA4 β to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials; to obtain (as a goal) through effort; to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind); fabricate; fashion sounds like ache, bake, cake, fake, lake
- MA4 β sounds like mock, morrow, motto, taco
- MA4 β a female human parent; as in boy, kid; as in boys, kids; ma; mammy sounds like comma, mom
- MA5 β a female human parent; ma; mammy; mater; mom sounds like comma, mom
ME
- ME5 β a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest; axis; base; capital; center sounds like mica
- ME4 β unusually large; astronomical; Brobdingnagian; bumper; colossal
MO
- MO5 β a female human parent; ma; mammy; mater; mom sounds like comma, mana
OM
- OM5 β as in end, conclusion; as in be-all and end-all; as in center, core; close; conclusion sounds like mega