NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• adage a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
• aged (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process
• agenda a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
• cadge obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
• cadged obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
• cage confine in a cage
• caged confine in a cage
• change give to, and receive from, one another
• changed made or become different in some respect
• dang
• edge provide with a border or edge
• edged having a specified kind of border or edge
• egad
• egged coat with beaten egg
• egghead an intellectual; a very studious and academic person
• eggheaded an intellectual; a very studious and academic person
• encage
• encaged
• engage carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
• engaged pledged to be married
• gadded wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
• gaga intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
• gage place a bet on
• gagged prevent from speaking out
• ganache
• gang act as an organized group
• ganged act as an organized group
• gene (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
• ghee clarified butter used in Indian cookery
• hang give heed (to)
• hanged give heed (to)
• hedge enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
• hedged evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement
• henge
• nagged worry persistently