NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• again anew
• aging growing old
• agita
• agitating causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
• angina a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart
• anti not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)
• attain to gain with effort
• attaining to gain with effort
• attuning adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with
• aught a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
• aunt the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
• gaga intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
• gagging prevent from speaking out
• gain win something through one's efforts
• gaining win something through one's efforts
• gait the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
• gang act as an organized group
• ganging act as an organized group
• gating supply with a gate
• gauging rub to a uniform size
• gaunt very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
• giant of great mass; huge and bulky
• gnat (British usage) mosquito
• hang give heed (to)
• hanging decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
• hath
• hatha
• hating dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
• haunt be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
• haunting continually recurring to the mind
• iguana large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America
• initiating accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
• naan leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop
• nagging continually complaining or faultfinding
• nana
• natant
• naught a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
• tagging go after with the intent to catch
• tahini a thick Middle Eastern paste made from ground sesame seeds
• taiga
• taint contaminate with a disease or microorganism
• tainting contaminate with a disease or microorganism
• tang the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907
• tannin any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine
• tanning process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light
• tatting needlework consisting of handmade lace made by looping and knotting a single thread on a small shuttle
• taught impart skills or knowledge to
• taunt harass with persistent criticism or carping
• taunting abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule
• taut pulled or drawn tight
• than
• that
• titan (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth)
• tuna tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica
• unhang
• unhanging
• untag to remove a metadata tag from an internet post
• untagging to remove a metadata tag from an internet post
• untaught lacking in schooling