NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• affix attach or become attached to a stem word
• affixed firmly attached
• aide an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
• aided having help; often used as a combining form
• ataxia inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
• defied resist or confront with resistance
• deified consider as a god or godlike
• died suffer or face the pain of death
• diet eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight
• dieted eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight
• eddied flow in a circular current, of liquids
• edified instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement
• edit supervise the publication of
• edited improved or corrected by critical editing
• exit move out of or depart from
• exited move out of or depart from
• fetid offensively malodorous
• fiat a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
• fief a piece of land held under the feudal system
• fife a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band
• fifed a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band
• fitted being the right size and shape to fit as desired
• fixate pay attention to exclusively and obsessively
• fixated pay attention to exclusively and obsessively
• fixed incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. ‘frozen prices’
• idea (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
• ideate form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
• ideated form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
• taxi travel slowly
• taxied travel slowly
• tide be carried with the tide
• tided be carried with the tide
• tidied large in amount or extent or degree
• tied bound or secured closely
• tiff a quarrel about petty points