NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• amen
• 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.
• anally 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.
• annal
• anneal bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
• ante place one's stake
• antenatal occurring or existing before birth
• antenna sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
• antennae
• eaten worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way
• elan a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)
• element a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
• elemental of or being the essential or basic part
• elementally of or being the essential or basic part
• emanate give out (breath or an odor)
• enamel coat, inlay, or surface with enamel
• enema an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes
• enemy an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
• entente an informal alliance between countries
• lament express grief verbally
• lane a narrow way or road
• lantana a genus of about 150 species of flowering shrub, commonly known as shrub verbenas or lantanas
• laten
• latent (pathology) not presently active
• latently (pathology) not presently active
• layman a man who is not a clergyman or a professional person
• laymen a man who is not a clergyman or a professional person
• lean lacking excess flesh
• leanly lacking excess flesh
• leant
• lent a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
• manatee sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded
• mane growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being
• manly possessing qualities befitting a man
• manna hardened sugary exudation of various trees
• manta a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl
• mantel shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
• mantle spread over a surface, like a mantle
• many a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by ‘as’ or ‘too’ or ‘so’ or ‘that’; amounting to a large but indefinite number; quantifier, plural pronoun; quantifier, plural
• mean of no value or worth
• meanly in a miserly manner
• meant of no value or worth
• meany a person of mean disposition
• mental affected by a disorder of the mind
• mentally in your mind
• mentee one who is being mentored
• myna tropical Asian starlings
• naan leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop
• name create and charge with a task or function
• namely as follows
• nana
• nanny a woman who is the custodian of children
• natal relating to or accompanying birth
• natant
• natty marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
• neat free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
• neaten care for one's external appearance
• neatly with neatness
• nene
• nettle sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
• netty
• talent a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
• teen being of the age 13 through 19
• teeny (used informally) little or tiny
• tenant occupy as a tenant
• tenement a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
• tenet a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
• tent live in or as if in a tent
• yenta (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
• yente