NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• ably with competence; in a competent capable manner
• alibi exonerate by means of an alibi
• audibly in an audible manner
• baba a small cake leavened with yeast
• baby treat with excessive indulgence
• badly (‘ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
• bail release after a security has been paid
• bald lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
• baldly in a bald manner
• ball to live very well
• ballad a narrative poem of popular origin
• baud (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems
• bialy flat crusty-bottomed onion roll
• biddy young bird especially of domestic fowl
• bilabial of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips
• bill demand payment
• billy a short stout club used primarily by policemen
• blab divulge confidential information or secrets
• blabby unwisely talking too much
• bubba
• bubbly full of or showing high spirits
• buddy a close friend who accompanies their buddies in their activities
• build order, supervise, or finance the construction of
• bulb anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop
• bull push or force
• bully excellent
• daub cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
• labia
• labial relating to or near the female labium
• laudably in an admirable manner
• lullaby a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep