Get the answer to the NYT Spelling Bee clue “I rob ‘em cuz that’s where the money is”, starting with the letters ba.
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noun
- A piled-up mass of cloud or fog
"a fog bank"
- An undersea elevation rising especially from the continental shelf
- The rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea or forming the edge of a cut or hollow
"We lived along the banks of the Mississippi River."
- A steep slope (as of a hill)
"climbed a steep bank up to the cabin"
- The lateral inward tilt of a surface along a curve
"The engineers hadn't given the road enough bank."
- A protective or cushioning rim or piece
- a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as
- a piled-up mass of cloud or fog
- an undersea elevation rising especially from the continental shelf
verb
- To build a raised border of earth around to raise a bank see bank about
"bank a fishpond"
- To restrict the flow of air to (a fire) especially by piling ash around or over the burning embers
"They banked the campfire at midnight so it could be easily revived in the morning."
- To build (a curve) with the roadbed or track inclined laterally upward from the inside edge
- To heap or pile in a bank
"banking sand up along a river to prevent flooding"
- To drive (a ball) into a cushion
- To bounce (a ball or shot) off a surface (such as a backboard) into or toward a goal
"bank in a rebound"
- To form or group in a tier
- To rise in or form a bank
- To incline an airplane laterally
"The pilot banked right."
noun
- An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue of money, for the extension of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds
"paychecks automatically deposited into the bank"
- The table, counter, or place of business of a money changer
- A person conducting a gambling house or game
- The fund of supplies (such as money, chips, or pieces) held by the banker see banker or dealer
- A fund of pieces (such as dominoes) from which the players draw
"select another domino from the bank"
- A place where something is held available
"memory banks"
verb
- To manage a bank
- To deposit money or have an account in a bank see bank
"choosing where to bank"
- To deposit or store in a bank
"bank a check"
noun
- A set of elevators
- A row or tier of telephones
"worked at a phone bank calling potential donors"
- One of the horizontal and usually secondary or lower divisions of a headline
"reading the bank of the headline"
noun
- A card (such as a credit card or an ATM card) issued by a bank
noun
- The interest discounted in advance on a note and computed on the face value of the note
noun
- Legal holiday
- A period when banks in general are closed often by government fiat
noun
- A computerized electronic machine that performs basic banking functions atm
"Plus she needed to pay a visit to the bank machine and there were a few other odds-and-ends she wanted to pick up."
noun
- A medium of exchange consisting chiefly of checks and drafts
This clue was used on November 14, 2025.