NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Analysis

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• eggnog a punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor
• felon a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail
• floe a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea
• flog beat severely with a whip or rod
• flogging beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
• fogging make less visible or unclear
• foil hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
• foiling an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
• folio a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
• fool make a fool or dupe of
• fooling characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
• gigolo a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman
• goggle look with amazement; look stupidly
• goggling look with amazement; look stupidly
• going in full operation
• golf play golf
• golfing playing golf
• gone dead
• gong sound a gong
• gonging sound a gong
• goof commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
• goofing commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
• google search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine
• googling search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine
• googol a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred)
• goon an aggressive and violent young criminal
• igloo an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
• info a message received and understood
• legion amounting to a large indefinite number
• leonine of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
• lifelong continuing through life
• lingo a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
• lion (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
• loge private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
• logging the work of cutting down trees for timber
• login
• logo a company emblem or device
• loin a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
• loll be lazy or idle
• lolling be lazy or idle
• lone being the only one; single and isolated from others
• long having or being more than normal or necessary
• longing prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
• loon a worthless lazy fellow
• loonie the basic unit of money in Canada
• neon a colorless odorless gaseous element that gives a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
• noel period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
• noggin informal terms for a human head
• none not any; entity, negative pronoun
• nonillion
• noogie
• noon the middle of the day
• offing the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area
• offline
• ogee a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below
• ogle look at with amorous intentions
• ogling look at with amorous intentions
• oiling administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
• oleo a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
• olio
• ollie
• ongoing currently happening
• onion bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
• online being in progress now
• oolong Chinese tea leaves that have been partially fermented before being dried