Ben Willenbring

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NYT 🐝 Cluesβ€”Wed. 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! 🀣

AC

  1. AC4 β€” the highest part or point; the most perfect type or example; apex; apogee; capstone sounds like axe

AG

  1. 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

  1. AM4 β€” sounds like arrow, mow
  2. 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

  1. CA5 β€” sounds like cocaine, coco, cocoa, cocoon, cuckoo
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. CA5 β€” as in baguette, teardrop; baguette; cabochon; scarab; solitaire sounds like ammo
  6. CA4 β€” as in camouflage; camouflage; greasepaint; cold cream; cream sounds like combo, comma, commie

CO

  1. CO4 β€”
  2. CO5 β€”
  3. CO4 β€” as in sleep, rest; hibernation; hypnosis; repose; rest sounds like aroma, soma
  4. CO5 β€” as in space, window; caesura; interspace; lag; pause sounds like calm, calmer, mama

GA

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. GA8 β€” sounds like shamrock
  5. GA5 β€”

MA

  1. MA4 β€” as in blackjack, knobkerrie; blackjack; knobkerrie; bastinado; bat sounds like ace, base, case, chase, face
  2. MA4 β€” a person skilled in using supernatural forces; charmer; conjurer; enchanter; Magian sounds like badge
  3. MA5 β€” sounds like alma, asthma, dogma, gamma
  4. 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
  5. MA4 β€” sounds like mock, morrow, motto, taco
  6. MA4 β€” a female human parent; as in boy, kid; as in boys, kids; ma; mammy sounds like comma, mom
  7. MA5 β€” a female human parent; ma; mammy; mater; mom sounds like comma, mom

ME

  1. ME5 β€” a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest; axis; base; capital; center sounds like mica
  2. ME4 β€” unusually large; astronomical; Brobdingnagian; bumper; colossal

MO

  1. MO5 β€” a female human parent; ma; mammy; mater; mom sounds like comma, mana

OM

  1. OM5 β€” as in end, conclusion; as in be-all and end-all; as in center, core; close; conclusion sounds like mega

acme, agog, ammo, amok, cacao, cage, cake, came, cameo, camo, coca, cocoa, coma, comma, gaga, gage, game, gamecock, gamma, mace, mage, magma, make, mako, mama, mamma, mecca, mega, momma, omega