NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• ably with competence; in a competent capable manner
• adorably in an adorable manner
• allay lessen the intensity of or calm
• alloy make an alloy of
• ally become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage
• badly (‘ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
• 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
• balladry
• ballboy
• ballyard
• blab divulge confidential information or secrets
• blabby unwisely talking too much
• blob make a spot or mark onto
• blobby
• blood smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
• bloody having or covered with or accompanied by blood
• bola a rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin
• bold fearless and daring
• boldly with boldness, in a bold manner
• boll the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
• bollard a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)
• bolo long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin
• broadly without regard to specific details or exceptions
• dally behave carelessly or indifferently
• doll informal terms for a (young) woman
• dollar a United States coin worth one dollar
• dolly a small replica of a person; used as a toy
• dolor (poetry) painful grief
• drably in a drab manner
• droll comical in an odd or whimsical manner
• drolly
• drool let saliva drivel from the mouth
• drooly
• dryly in a dry laconic manner
• labor strive and make an effort to reach a goal
• lady a woman of refinement
• lard prepare or cook with lard
• load transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
• lobby detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
• loblolly thick gruel
• lobo
• loll be lazy or idle
• lord make a lord of someone
• lordly of or befitting a lord
• lordy
• lorry a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides
• loyal unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
• loyally with loyalty; in a loyal manner
• oddball a person with an unusual or odd personality
• oddly in a manner differing from the usual or expected
• oral a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression
• orally by spoken rather than written means
• rally gather or bring together
• roll emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
• rollbar
• royal invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown
• royally in a royal manner