NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• ache be the source of pain
• achoo
• alcohol any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation
• aloha an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye (aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian)
• athlete a person trained to compete in sports
• attach create social or emotional ties
• attache a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission
• cache save up as for future use
• cachet a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal
• catch suffer from the receipt of
• catchall an enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends
• chalet a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style
• challah (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking
• chat talk socially without exchanging too much information
• chattel personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc.)
• cheat deprive somebody of something by deceit
• cheetah long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game
• chocolate a food made from roasted ground cacao beans
• cloche a woman's close-fitting hat that resembles a helmet
• cloth artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
• clothe furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
• coach drive or operate a coach or carriage
• cochlea the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti
• cochleae
• coho fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes
• each (used of count nouns) every one considered individually; quantifier, singular, universal pronoun; quantifier, singular, universal
• echo ring or echo with sound
• echolocate
• etch cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible
• halal conforming to Muslim dietary laws
• hale exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
• hall a large entrance or reception room or area
• halo a toroidal shape
• halt disabled in the feet or legs
• hatch sit on (eggs)
• hatchet a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)
• hate dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
• hath
• hatha
• heal provide a cure for, make healthy again
• health the general condition of body and mind
• heat provide with heat
• heath a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
• heel follow at the heels of a person
• hell a cause of difficulty and suffering
• hellcat a malicious woman with a fierce temper
• hellhole any place of pain and turmoil
• hello an expression of greeting
• hole make holes in
• holt
• hooch an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor
• hoot to utter a loud clamorous shout
• hotel a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
• latch fasten with a latch
• lath a narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework
• lathe machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
• leach permeate or penetrate gradually
• lech man with strong sexual desires
• leech draw blood
• lethal of an instrument of certain death
• loach slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes
• loath (usually followed by ‘to’) strongly opposed
• loathe find repugnant
• loch Scottish word for a lake
• oath a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury
• tach measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation
• teach impart skills or knowledge to
• tech a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
• teeth the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
• teethe grow teeth; cut the baby teeth
• telehealth
• that
• thatch cover with thatch
• thee
• theta the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet
• tooth hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
• toothache an ache localized in or around a tooth