NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• adorn furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
• agar a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods
• agora 100 agorot equal 1 shekel in Israel
• angora a long-haired breed of cat similar to the Persian cat
• apron (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green
• ardor feelings of great warmth and intensity
• argon a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
• darn repair by sewing
• donor person who makes a gift of property
• door anything providing a means of access (or escape)
• dorado
• drag walk without lifting the feet
• dragon a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
• dragoon subjugate by imposing troops
• droop droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
• drop terminate an association with
• gorgon (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone
• gorp
• grad one-hundredth of a right angle
• gran the mother of your father or mother
• grand used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
• grandad the father of your father or mother
• granddad the father of your father or mother
• grandpa the father of your father or mother
• grandpapa
• grandpop
• grappa Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing
• groan indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
• grog rum cut with water
• odor the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
• orang large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
• organ a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
• paradrop
• paragon model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
• pardon grant a pardon to
• poor deserving or inciting pity
• porn creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
• porno creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
• prod poke or thrust abruptly
• prong a pointed projection
• prop support by placing against something solid or rigid
• propaganda information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
• radar measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects
• radon a radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health
• raga
• rand the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
• rando
• rang sound loudly and sonorously
• road an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
• roan (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey
• roar laugh unrestrainedly and heartily
• rondo a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata
• rood representation of the cross on which Jesus died