NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• adding bestow a quality on
• addling mix up or confuse
• again anew
• aging growing old
• aiding an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
• ailing somewhat ill or prone to illness
• alga primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
• algal of or relating to alga
• align be or come into adjustment with
• aligning causing to fall into line or into position
• anal a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.
• angina a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart
• angling fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole)
• annal
• dahlia any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia
• dandling move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees
• dang
• dangling the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
• dial operate a dial to select a telephone number
• dialing operate a dial to select a telephone number
• gadding wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
• 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
• gala a gay festivity
• galangal European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots
• gall become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
• galling causing irritation or annoyance
• gang act as an organized group
• ganging act as an organized group
• gangland underworld organizations
• ganglia
• gangling tall and thin
• glad cheerful and bright
• gladhand
• gladhanding
• gland any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
• glia sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system
• haggling an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
• hail precipitate as small ice particles
• hailing precipitate as small ice particles
• halal conforming to Muslim dietary laws
• hall a large entrance or reception room or area
• hand place into the hands or custody of
• handing place into the hands or custody of
• handling the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
• hang give heed (to)
• hanging decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
• hangnail a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected
• highland used of high or hilly country
• inhaling draw in (air)
• inlaid adorned by inlays
• inland situated away from an area's coast or border
• lading goods carried by a large vehicle
• ladling remove with or as if with a ladle
• lagging insulation used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat
• laid set down according to a plan
• lain
• lanai a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room
• land deliver (a blow)
• landing structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods
• naan leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop
• nada a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
• nagging continually complaining or faultfinding
• naiad (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
• nail succeed at easily
• nailing succeed at easily
• nana