NYT 🐝 Clues—Thu. 4 August, 2022

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

Letters: t  c  i  l  m  n  o

  • Total Answers: 42
  • Pangrams: 1
  • Words revealed in these clues: None! 🤣

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. 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

  2. CO6 — to carry through (as a process) to completion; to obligate by prior agreement; to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another synonyms—accomplish, achieve, bring off, carry off, carry out

  3. CO9 — a state of noisy, confused activity synonyms—ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster

  4. CO7 — to create or think of by clever use of the imagination synonyms—construct, contrive, cook (up), devise, drum up sounds like—unlocked

  5. CO10 — something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination synonyms—brainchild, coinage, contrivance, creation, innovation

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

  7. CO9 — a social gathering for dancing synonyms—ball, dance, formal, hop, prom sounds like—battalion, billion, civilian, jillion, million

  8. CO6 — to have a clear idea of synonyms—appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch sounds like—carton, caution, curtain, gotten, kitten

IL

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

IN

  1. IN4 — in addition to what has been said synonyms—additionally, again, also, besides, either sounds like—ensue, onto, unto

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. LI5 — to set bounds or an upper * for; to mark the *s of synonyms—cap, circumscribe, confine, hold down, restrict sounds like—bigot, billet, climate, comet, demote

  4. LI4 — a soft airy substance or covering synonyms—down, floss, fluff, fur, fuzz sounds like—f, g, hint, lent, lynch

LO

  1. LO10 — the act or power of moving from place to place synonyms—mobility, motility, motivity, motion, move sounds like—commotion

  2. 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

  3. LO6 — as in cream, balm synonyms—balm, cream, embrocation, liniment, ointment sounds like—motion, notion, ocean, potion

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

MI

  1. MI4 — being in an original and unused or unspoiled state synonyms—brand-new, fresh, pristine, span-new, virgin sounds like—hint, lint, meant

  2. MI4 — to furnish with a tip; to cover or adorn the tip of; to blend (furs) for improved appearance by brushing the tips of the hair with dye sounds like—bit, chit, emit, fit, hit

MO

  1. MO4 — to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside synonyms—exfoliate, shed, slip, slough sounds like—bolt, colt, jolt, malt, melt

  2. MO9 — characterized by the use of or uttered in a monotone; having the property either of never increasing or of never decreasing as the values of the independent variable or the subscripts of the terms increase

  3. MO7 — as in sunny, sunlit synonyms—shiny, sunlit, sunny, sunshiny, ignited

  4. MO4 — open to question or dispute synonyms—arguable, controvertible, debatable, disputable, doubtable sounds like—boot, chute, hoot, jute, loot

  5. MO6 — the act or an instance of changing position synonyms—move, movement, shift, shifting, stir sounds like—e**, lotion, mission, notion, ocean

  6. MO5 — a short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule guiding the behavior of a particular person or group synonyms—axiom, precept, truism, truth, adage sounds like—macho, mater

NO

  1. NO6 — small useful items; a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action; an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge synonyms—etceteras, novelties, odds and ends, sundries, bee sounds like—lotion, motion, nation, ocean, potion

OC

  1. OC9 — a number equal to 1 followed by 27 zeros; also, British : a number equal to 1 followed by 48 zeros sounds like—battalion, billion, civilian, jillion, million

OM

  1. OM4 — to miss the opportunity or obligation synonyms—fail, forget, neglect sounds like—emit, mitt

ON

  1. ON4 — as in hit (upon), pitch (upon) synonyms—chance (upon), encounter, find, happen (on or upon), hit (upon) sounds like—into, unto

TI

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

  2. 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

  3. TI5 — as in colored, hued synonyms—colored, colorized, dyed, hued, painted sounds like—linked

  4. TI4 — a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished synonyms—cast, color, hue, shade, tincture sounds like—hint, lint, mint, s**, taint

TO

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

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

  3. TO6 — any of various small active birds sounds like—admit, armpit, atomic, bombing, calming

  4. TO5 — having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind; beneficial to the health of body or mind synonyms—bracing, cordial, invigorating, refreshing, rejuvenating sounds like—ionic, phonic, sonic, tunic

  5. 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**

  6. TO4 — a lower limb of an animal; a portion of a trip synonyms—pin, lap, stage sounds like—attune, boon, dune, goon, loon

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

clot, colt, commit, commotion, concoct, concoction, coot, cotillion, cotton, illicit, into, licit, lilt, limit, lint, locomotion, loot, lotion, lotto, mint, mitt, molt, monotonic, moonlit, moot, motion, motto, notion, octillion, omit, onto, till, tilt, tinct, tint, toil, toll, tomtit, tonic, tool, toon, toot