NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• added bestow a quality on
• addend a number that is added to another number (the augend)
• addenda
• addle mix up or confuse
• addled confused and vague; used especially of thinking
• adze an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
• allayed lessen the intensity of or calm
• analyzed examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts
• annealed bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
• daddy an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
• dale an open river valley (in a hilly area)
• dally behave carelessly or indifferently
• dandle move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees
• dandled move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees
• dandy excellent
• daze overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
• dazed in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
• dazedly in a daze; in a dazed manner
• dazzle to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
• dazzled stupefied or dizzied by something overpowering
• dead devoid of activity
• deaden cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
• deadened made or become less intense
• deadeye a dead shot
• deadly (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
• deal take action with respect to (someone or something)
• dean an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
• deed something that people do or cause to happen
• deeded something that people do or cause to happen
• delay act later than planned, scheduled, or required
• delayed not as far along as normal in development
• dell a small wooded hollow
• deny refuse to let have
• dyad two items of the same kind
• dyed (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
• dyne a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram
• eddy flow in a circular current, of liquids
• eland either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes
• ended having come or been brought to a conclusion
• ennead the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
• eyed having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination
• lade fill or place a load on
• laded fill or place a load on
• laden burdened psychologically or mentally
• ladle remove with or as if with a ladle
• ladled remove with or as if with a ladle
• lady a woman of refinement
• land deliver (a blow)
• landed owning or consisting of land or real estate
• landlady a landlord who is a woman
• lazed be idle; exist in a changeless situation
• lead be in charge of
• leaded (of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead
• leaden darkened with overcast
• leadenly darkened with overcast
• leaned lacking excess flesh
• lede the introductory section of a story
• lend give temporarily; let have for a limited time
• nada a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
• need require as useful, just, or proper
• needed necessary for relief or supply
• needle prick with a needle
• needled of trees whose leaves are acerate
• needy demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
• yelled in a vehement outcry
• yenned have a desire for something or someone who is not present